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The other day, I wrote an article about the use of Artificial Intelligence in modern Viking music . There are historical inaccuracies, but admittedly, some is layered and quite good — when people do more than type a prompt and let AI do everything. Authors and AI have noticeable failings. People are polarized about the use of AI. Some act like it is a secular savior of the world, others detest dealing with chatbots. A big problem is that AI can hallucinate and make up its own "facts," and even be deceived, then give medical advice. Social media, Pixabay / Gerd Altmann ( geralt ) Another online way of getting medical advice is through influencers , those folks who have reputations on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, and other social(ist) media sites. If you use the mind that God gave you and think, consider that short videos cannot give sufficient information. You may have conditions that make taking that herbal supplement they recommend a disaster. Some say a food is bad because it...

Some folks get all het up when creationists talk about the Big Bang, telling us that it has nothing to do with evolution. Two distinct possibilities are that they are uninformed or simply dishonest. Cosmic evolution is the secular origin of the universe myth. You savvy that, pilgrim? There was nothing, which exploded. Eventually there were stars and galaxies, elements formed, our solar system, geologic evolution, and then gas-to-geneticist evolution. Biblical creationists and Intelligent Design proponents point to the fine-tuning of the universe as evidence of a Creator. The Passion of Creation with JWST image from NASA (who does not endorse this site), both modified Secularists tacitly affirm Romans 1:18-24, which says that people know evidence for God which is clear in his creation, but they suppress that truth. It is obvious that Earth was designed for life in many ways such as having a well-behaved sun, our placement in the galaxy, Earth's orbit itself, ATP synthase, and much...

As discussed previously, we often use artificial intelligence without even knowing it. The debate rages on about AI being a good, bad, a neutral tool to be used properly, or something else. A chatbot interacts with user input and can provide conversations. Many search engines incorporate AI features and resemble chatbots in how they answer a search query or basic question, then continue in a conversational way if a user requests it. I asked about Viking shield-maidens and received several supporting links, such as this one . AI-generated infant with robot, Pixabay / AiCanvas A fun illustration before I continue with why AI can be a problem for students. A spell back, I saw an AI-generated Viking song that was rather well done, and I took a screenshot of the warrior woman from this clip  where she is looking somber. (Another version gives her a lovely smile .) The AI screenshot was cluttered with captions, so I had another AI take them out. I put the picture in a frame at PhotoFunia...

As mentioned previously , scientists have claimed to follow where the evidence leads  — as if evidence was a person. (Even so, we know what they mean.) However, many are unwilling to reach certain conclusions based on evidence because they dislike them. Dr. Richard Lewontin admitted that he believes in evolution despite  the evidence . Others have done the same. Once again we see that the narrative takes priority, and that is based on a materialistic worldview. Notice that respected evolutionists do not debate science with qualified biblical creation scientists. Black-eyed Susan and Coneflower, Unsplash / Cowboy Bob Sorensen (modified at PhotoFunia ) It is my contention that materialism and atheism are incoherent, inconsistent, and unliveable. Beauty is not utilitarian. Love, compassion, wonder, hatred, and a host of other aspects of the spirit exist and atheists use them despite their worldviews . With worldviews come presuppositions; people may deny it, but everyone has the...

There was a time when people thought that answers to many problems would be found by scientists, but over the years, there has been a growing distrust for scientists. This has increased after Dr. Anthony Fauci and vaccines for the Rona virus fell into disrepute in many areas. There are moral standards for the secular science industry that the public expects to be upheld. These are especially evident in medical science. There are certain criteria that can be implemented to discern if scientists are providing reasons for us to have confidence in their pronouncements. Chimp says, "She made a good point", made with Bing Image Creator Creationists have long pointed out the fact that science can be divided into two areas, historical (forensic) and operational. Obviously there is some overlap as forensics use what exists in the present in their efforts to determine what happened in the past. There are six criteria for medical science that can be used to some extent in some areas. Wh...

There is a mystery, a paradox, regarding death and the Bible. Originally, everything was created very good  and death is an interloper. When Adam sinned, death entered the world (Rom. 5:12). It is the last enemy and will be destroyed (1 Cor. 15:26). Death was not used in God's creative process. Yet death is beneficial in some ways. The Creator implemented a kind of cleanup crew to take care of dead things and be nourished by them. Before the Genesis Flood, some folks lived 900 years but that drastically changed . Even cells are designed to die. Skull, flowers, and butterflies, Pixabay / Ron Hoekstra After the return of Jesus, death will be done away with. Many animals are designed to have short life spans. (I saw a video where a woman had a pet jumping spider, a creature that only lives a few months.) On the other hand, some critters live an astonishing number of years. Creation theologians should be able to answer this, but this child speculates that with the fall of man and the ...

Since Benjamin Franklin was a diplomat, practitioner of science, influencer of culture, and considered very wise, it is not surprising that he is still known worldwide over 300 years after his birth. Secularists who try to rewrite American history say Ben and others were Deists. The Deist claim is mostly false , but Franklin? His views are hard to pin down, and they changed over the years. Deists typically view God as someone who wound up the universe and stepped away. That kind of thinking does not describe Ben Franklin's views. Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky / Benjamin West (1816), PD Deists and theistic evolutionists I have encountered online (I believe TEs are essentially deists), typically show disdain for the authority and reliability of the Bible. Franklin took the time to examine creation and arrived at the firm conclusion that there is a Creator. Indeed, he is an example of what Paul wrote about in Romans 1:20. Also, some people have hated God because ...

People try to find value (or validation) in many places, something to make them feel...complete. It is natural to wonder what standard is used to give a person value. Comparing ourselves to other people is common, but it gets discouraging because there is always someone better at something. Computers and robots are better at many things than humans, but those are designed for specific purposes. Artificial intelligence is highly advanced software. It often mimics human thinking, and some folks think it can surpass humanity. Bionic eye, Pixabay /  intographics A person is unlikely to feel inferior to a robot or computer because a comparison is unreasonable — and they do not look like us. AI is being implemented into human images, and perhaps some people are intimidated by something that seems human but is superior as well. Is the worth of a person based on performance or the expectations of what he or she can contribute to society? My wife worked for an agency that supported mentally...

The other day, I went to visit Hammond Suisse at his spread and helped with some odds and ends. Day became night. We were taking a break, looking up at the stars. That always stirs me on the inside. Canada geese were honking and flying in formation, darker areas against the night. "Do they use the stars to know where they're going?" he asked. I replied, "Sure do. The Creator gave us the sun, moon, and stars for lots of things including navigation," I replied. "We're not the only ones to take advantage of them." Male bogong moth ( Agrotis infusa ), Wikimedia Commons / Birgit E. Rhode ( CC BY 4.0 ) Down 'Straya way, researchers performed some interesting science on bogong moths. Some of these critters migrate 1,000 km (621 miles) at night. Testing revealed that they navigate by the stars. Since the world turns, so they had to adjust for that as well. It is not a learned or taught behavior, as they do not live long enough to pass along the inform...

Have you ever heard of parallel dimensions, also called the multiverse? The concept is quite ancient. My first introductions to it was a young adult book The Forgotten Door . In it, a boy fell through a hole in his world and ended up in ours — similar, but with noticeable differences. There are various concepts of the multiverse. A common version is that our universe resides in a bubble, and other universes are in their own bubbles in a much larger universe. Since things appear finely tuned, we are the results of dumb luck. Multiverse, geralt (Gerd Altmann) / Pixabay The fine-tuning argument for the design of the universe is frequently used by biblical creationists and Intelligent Design advocates. A couple of atheists on a podcast rejected it, saying that there is no scientific evidence (they must not look around much). Instead, the fact-free fantasy of the multiverse, a rescuing device for the Big Bang and atheism in general, passes for science to them. This is another example o...

One aspect of science that could be considered to be fun, aside from all the hard work, is the thrill of learning new things — except when discoveries ruin evolution for the secular science industry. Whales have long been subjects of study, and new information about humpback whales has been found. The story goes that life came from non-life, things evolved in the sea, human ancestors are fish. Some critters flopped onto land and evolved to live there, but something like a bear decided life in the sea was better. That is where whales came from. Humpback whale breaching, i image credit: NOAA  (usage does not imply endorsement of site contents) The characteristics of whales show that the story of their evolution is laughable, instead showing that they were designed by the Master Engineer. For that matter, the songs of humpback whales possibly contain sophisticated language ! Recent research indicates their songs may be supplemented by those slaps on the water to help communicate. Hump...

Many years ago, I believed that UFOs were vessels for extraterrestrials. I read in a special-interest magazine remarks from an investigator who said they wanted to rule out natural phenomena before declaring something was a UFO. Similarly, many ghost investigators take that approach. Belief in such things aside, I commend them for not jumping at every chance to declare something is paranormal. An astrophysicist recommends that SETI folks pull on the reins and holler, "Whoa!" when they detect signals. After all, it may be another breakroom microwave oven . Parkes Radio Telescope, Flickr / Amanda Slater ( CC BY-SA 2.0 ) Interesting that the secular science industry believes in unguided chance-driven evolution, denying the much more logical conclusions of intelligent design by the Creator. Biblical creationists believe God is the First Cause of life, the universe, and everything, but creationist scientists want to know  how  he created; what makes things tick. Similarly, Intelli...

A proponent of stardust-to-psychologist evolution makes a statement, then it gets supported by terms like  scientists think , it could be ,  maybe , and other weasel words. No evidence though. The statement is then accepted by those with atheism spectrum disorder who call it science. Psychologists speculate about the evolution of religion (ignoring the fact that atheism is itself a religion ). Some are speculating that belief in gods is a function of the brain, but an existing part of the brain had to quickly evolve a religion section. No evidence though. Replica painting from the Chauvet cave, Wikimedia Commons / HTO (PD) A psychologist thinks he has evidence for this brain phenomenon. Deep-time presuppositions are fundamental, as human religious artifacts were dated tens of thousands of years ago. Plug in the assumption of atheism as a "default" position (never mind that children are born believing in God ) and biases appear to be confirmed. The real evidence shows that we...

People who have paid attention to history, and those who are curious about country name changes in Africa, may know that parts of Africa were claimed and divvied up by Europeans and the United States. British-controlled Nigeria became a kind of "see what happens" social experiment. The northern part of Nigeria was given control to a violent Islamist tribe called the Fulani. Apparently they were not really African, but lighter-skinned pillaging nomads. Those in charge were operating by Darwinian presuppositions and gave the Fulani control. It did not go well. Nigerian festival, Pexels / Darkshade Photos Social Darwinists were wrecking Northern Nigeria, and they heavily utilized the racism built into the Bearded Buddha's teachings. People were thought to be animals, were treated as such — and acted like they were. However, Christian governance further south was a different story. The area was prospering, and people were in leadership positions because of their skills, not b...

Although many materialists treat science as a religion, it is actually a philosophy — a way of conducting searches to find certain truths about the world. Materialists assume that physical things such as molecules and atoms are all that exist, but there is no God. Materialists use their presuppositions to advance their secular worldview. When they cannot back up their claims, they fudge it and employ escape hatches (rescuing devices). Notice how Darwinists say that something emerged  but let the statement itself serve as evidence. Aircraft escape hatch at Kasuga Air Base, Wikimedia Commons / Hunini ( CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Something supposedly emerged according to evolution. How did it emerge? What caused it? People who want their biases confirmed are willing to settle for stories and bland assertions, but they are unwilling to consider that evidence can be better interpreted to show that something "emerged" because it was created. Faced with conundrums posed by the origin of the un...

Although humans are classified as animals ( which is biblically untenable ), it is useful in scientific ways. To use self-serving rhetoric used by atheists and other evolutionists and claim that we are "just" animals is quite ridiculous. Biblical creationists have been pointing out notable differences for many years. Some things we do that are not found in animals are composing symphonies, painting detailed art, sculpture, writing, nuanced language, photography, and more. Many of those things are aspects of creativity  — which is an aspect of the Designer (Romans 1:20). Picture of picture taking apparatus, Unsplash / Cowboy Bob Sorensen Materialists appeal to naturalism and exclude anything supernatural, especially God, then think their belief system is "reality." (Ironic that their reality cannot come from from the science they claim to uphold). Creativity seems to originate in the imagination. Where is that  located in the body? Most secularists deny the existence...

An icon of minerals-to-meteorologist evolution is the Neanderthal, which was portrayed as a hulking brute. Stupid, too, since it still had some of its apelike ancestor in its nature. Some folks still believe that image and call someone a Neanderthal as an insult. As extensive documentation reveals , Neanderthals were intelligent and creative. Evolutionists were forced to admit that Neanderthals were fully human. Indeed, their DNA is found in most population groups (but is rare in sub-Saharan groups). A controversy remains: Where did they go? Image cropped and enhanced, original: Flickr /  Clemens Vasters  ( CC BY 2.0 ) Since they were fully human and freely shared their DNA , they most likely did not go extinct. Instead, they probably assimilated. We have met the Neanderthal, and he is us. Lonely Neanderthal boy sees a group of modern humans and is attracted to a woman. Next thing you know, they married up and he is a part of that clan. That's because they were created, not ev...

As discussed previously, Intelligent Design is a movement that is decidedly not biblical creation science . Evolutionists (especially atheists) on social(ist) media do not seem to have received the memo, thus telling the opposite of the truth. They also spread myths about the Dover ruling. One tinhorn left a comment on a post that the ruling devastated ID both legally and scientifically, but he clearly did not know what he was talking about. Study on it a spell: How can science be settled by a judge — and a biased one at that? Flagellum base diagram, Wikimedia Commons / LadyofHats (public domain) Dr. Michael Behe's presentation of irreducible complexity (where all of the parts need to be in place and functioning from the get-go) was ridiculed, but the bacterial flagellum is irreducibly complex nonetheless . Since 2005, that fact has only been reinforced. Although Dr. Behe came up with the term, biblical creationists have been using irreducible complexity arguments for quite some ...

Once again, it is worth asking that if evolution is a scientific fact with a mountain of evidence, why does it need to be protected from challenges and scrutiny? In 2004, the Kitzmiller v Dover  lawsuit was filed because the school district wanted teachers to say that there were problems with evolution. It also referred to the  Of Pandas and People textbook that proposed Intelligent Design as an alternative. Katie, bar the door! Someone has the gall , the unmitigated audacity, to doubt Darwin and have students  actually think ! Evolution must be protected! It has been twenty years since the ruling which is praised by atheists and other evolutionists. They continue to promote myths , probably because reasoning is difficult for them. One tinhorn from Michigan State University wrote an article that told several blatant falsehoods and misrepresented history. He was an expert witness at that trial. One of the most common lies from anti-creationists and anti-ID folks is that I...

by Cowboy Bob Sorensen  Many people say that evidence for the Designer is clearly obvious in many ways, even showing his engineering and planning skills, love of beauty, and more. Even the single-celled  Stentor coeruleus  shows intricacy found in multicellular organisms. The wealthy and intelligent Elon Musk was asked about the Creator , and he said, "I believe this universe came from something. People have different labels." I do not think he simply meant that the word God  is not the same in all languages. Chromosomes, National Human Genome Research Institute (public domain) There are people who admit that the universe and life itself were designed, but they distance themselves from the Designer. Believers in microbes-to-microscopist evolution study things like chromosomes and then gleefully give the credit to evolution. While evolution is pantheistic in nature (is is an ancient religious and philosophical belief, after all), it is not a person and cannot make de...