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Secularists Admit Materialism Hinders Science

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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...

Evidence of Design — Checkmate, Atheists?

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by Cowboy Bob Sorensen  There are many articles, books, videos, and so forth that have incontrovertible evidence for intelligent design. When presented on various platforms, they are occasionally accompanied by antagonistic expressions like, "Checkmate, atheists!" However, evolutionists find rescuing devices to dodge evidences for creation and the unpalatable conclusions that accompany them. Conversely, misotheists use dysteleological arguments: God would not make killer jellyfish , or he fouled up on the human eye and reproduction . Although creationists also have rescuing devices, those arguments against design are not based on science . They are opinions — and theology. Chess pieces, Pixabay / moritz320 Folks on either side of the origins debate present what they think is a "smoking gun" or " knockout punch " that will force their opponents to abandon their beliefs and embrace the truth. Anyone who is capable of rational thought can see that evolution ...

Fundamentally Flawed Lizard Brain Human Evolution

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One of the problems in descent with modifications evolution is that it is pervasive, with outdated ideas still used. I occasionally see videos that make evolutionary assertions that have no basis in fact. A couple of these on psychology referred to the lizard (or reptile) brains of humans. The idea of humans having a triune brain with a lizard at the base is fundamentally flawed in several ways. One of these is lack of evidence. Another problem is that since it fit the narrative so well, evolutionists seemed to just plug it in. MacLean's Triune Brain concept, WikiComm / Lchunhori ( CC BY-SA 2.5 ), modified at PhotoFunia The three-part brain concept, underpinned by a lizard brain, was set forth by  Paul D. MacLean. He was a respected neuroscientist. His status and authority may have been part of the reason the story was easily accepted.  Also, it was firmly rooted not only in the assumption of evolution, but also strongly based on Haeckel's fraudulent embryo drawings . Fraud, ...

The Influence of Plato on Christianity

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While approaches to logical reasoning and some other areas in philosophy are useful, people can be so wrapped up in it that they become deceived. Some believe that Christianity is simply the development of ideas from Aristotle, and especially Plato. It has even been suggested that the Trinity came from their philosophies. This indicates ignorance of the Bible, including the Old Testament . However, a kind of trickle-down effect can be seen by philosophers on church fathers — and on Western culture today. Worldviews in our society, especially in Christianity, are markedly different from those philosophers. Plato, WikiComm / Leonidas Drosis ( photo by C messier ), ( CC BY-SA 4.0 ), cross added from Clker clipart Consider if you will that Socratic Questioning is used today — and a form of it can be seen in Paul the Apostle, and when Jesus answered his critics. However, the Christian view of truth is very different from those of Socrates, Plato, and the gang . It may be surprising that som...

Still No Feathered Dinosaurs

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When I finished loading supplies into my buckboard, I noticed someone standing nearby. It was Lisa Myworries, supervisor of the Winkie Guards at the Darwin Ranch out yonder at Deception Pass. We talked a bit, then went into the town's best eatery for lunch. Like a couple of others at the ranch, Lisa has doubts about fish-to-farrier evolution but keeps mum —  she needs her job. She quietly mentioned the idea that dinosaurs evolved into birds is silly. She is correct, and the idea is unscientific and illogical. Feathered dinosaur assembled with components from Clker clipart, finished at PhotoFunia Everyone has a worldview by which they interpret and utilize what they observe in life. Charles Lyell, a lawyer by training who made geology his avocation, was an advocate for the slow and gradual processes of uniformitarianism. (That word was coined by a reviewer of his Principles of Geology  writings.) Liar Lyell opposed recent creation and the catastrophism of Genesis Flood geologi...

Original Hemoglobin in Dinosaur Bones

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Darwin's acolytes are unable to accept the hand they have been dealt, so they deal from the bottom of the deck, mark cards, and essentially cheat up a storm. Soft tissues in dinosaur bones have given them apoplexy, so they try to make excuses and defy logic. Some even deny the facts, such as the existence of soft tissues. (One village evolutionist made a comment on a post about C-14 in dinosaur bones , "It's rare, which suggests contamination." In other words, "Nuh UH! I make up my own truth!") Hemoglobin is also a huge problem. Haemoblobin, Wikimedia Commons / Zephyris ( CC BY-SA 3.0 ) Secularists try to evosplain with scenarios that do not fit real-world data. Also, have you ever noticed that the age of the earth has dramatically increased over the years? Papa Darwin needs deep time his wonders to perform, and conventional scientists do their best to give them to him. However, deep time works against soft tissues, C-14, hemoglobin, and other things found ...

Definitely Teach Evolution to Christian Children

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Having been involved in presenting biblical creation science on social(ist) media for several years, there are some distressing things I have noticed. Unfortunately, it is not from atheists and theistic evolutionists, who we expect to be obstreperous. It is distressing when professing Christians act like those folks. Many Christians do not realize that we are not in it to "win" arguments, but to remove stumbling blocks so we can present the gospel message. Cute pictures with slogans get "likes" but in-depth material is ignored. Mean-spirited material gets applauded. These things ought not to be. There are parents who want to shield their children from evolution, but that is ridiculous. Kids learn things anyway — and often rebel against their parents. They will  learn about evolution whether we like it or not. Worse, it is the sanitized version that suppresses the deceit, racism, outright fraud, and more. What needs to be done is to teach them both  creation science ...

Living in a Simulation, and the Basis of Truth

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Saddle up and ride to the top of the hill for the big picture, useful when atheists make assertions. They often claim that they believe in reality because they deny the existence of God; they are materialists and matter is all that exists. That is their definition of reality. Something simple that this child learned long ago is to ask pertinent questions, including, " How do you know? " Note that many of their assertions are arbitrary. They presuppose materialism, then put Christians on the defensive — if we let them. Ashokan Reservoir, Unsplash /  Cowboy Bob Sorensen Things like this illustrate a bigger concern: How do you know what you know? Similarly,  how do you know what you believe is true ? Atheists make claims that they cannot logically justify. Indeed, if matter is all there is, then logic itself cannot exist because it is not material. Neither is love, hate, joy, integrity, science, justice, and other things that people use every day. Only a theistic worldview warra...

Monkeying Around with Evolution and Time

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For Darwin's disciples, time is a hero in their evolution stories. It has been pointed out before that evolution requires millions or billions of years to happen. Cosmologists, geologists, and others strive to "find" those years — which are constantly assumed anyway. Consider that geologists tenaciously cling to slow and gradual uniformitarianism, reluctantly admitting rapid processes occur when they are in a corner. Also, the myth that humans and chimpanzee DNA is 98%–99% similar was debunked, but pertinent information was obscured in footnotes  because the timeline was too small. Sulawesi crested macaque, Wikimedia Commons / R.Rahasia ( CC BY-SA 4.0 ), modified at PhotoFunia Obscuring the data, denying the evidence, and even lying outright are not science, old son. Those are tactics to protect the narrative. People are desperate to deny the fact that life was created, and created recently. An old attempt to make evolution plausible (which presupposes deep time) is the ...

Question Evolution Day and Marketing Darwin

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Probably everyone that watches television has seen advertisements for food, but the product purchased is disappointingly different. Marketing people have techniques to make stuff look good, and they put a great deal of time and effort into creating an image that is far different from reality. Charles Darwin had a mediocre theology degree but nothing in science. He did not make a great discovery about evolution and then tell the world. Instead, he presupposed evolutionary ideas (which dated back to ancient Hindus and Greek philosophers). Then he popularized them for his era. Marketing Darwinism, made at NightCafe AI Like the food people, Charlie knew his audience and what would be accepted. He also made friends of influential people. One was Thomas Henry Huxley, who promoted Darwinism. T.H.'s grandson Julian also championed his ideas (see " Darwin Succeeded through Huxley Conspiracies "). Further, Darwin labeled his material as science and not what it really was. There ha...

The Ark, the Animals, and the Water

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As people who have read or viewed creation science material know, the Genesis Flood is extremely important. One reason is that the Flood ruins uniformitarian (old Earth) geology. Scoffers dismiss it out of hand without learning even the basics of what is involved. Creationists have pointed out that there are questions raised in bad faith to trip up biblical creationists, but there are also people who sincerely want explanations. Today we examine two. The first is how Noah rounded up all those critters. The Animals Entering Noah's Ark , Jacopo Bassano ca. 1570 Noah saddled up a Compsognathus, put a cart behind it, made a lariat, and lassoed — "Don't be facetious, Cowboy Bob!" Actually, scoffers paint a similarly absurd picture through their prejudicial conjectures. When intelligently  debating opponents, it is necessary to learn their views and look for inconsistencies and logic flaws. Genesis 6:20, 7:8-9 tells us that the animals came to Noah at the Ark; they were gui...

Biofluorescence Baffles Evolutionists

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This is probably one of those things you may have seen, but cannot remember the five-syllable word for it. Some creatures absorb light (usually ultraviolet or blue) and then give it out again as a different color. The expensive word for this is biofluorescence . It occurs in many organisms. Researchers concluded that biofluorescence evolved independently over 100 times. That is a popular miracle and rescuing device in the secular science industry called convergent evolution . Since Darwin's disciples cannot explain how something evolved once, they obscure it with quantities. Aequorea victoria (crystal jellyfish), Wikimedia Commons / Sierra Blakely The researchers studied teleost fishes. Supposedly, they had a prairie-schooner full of evolutionary changes for biofluorescence. The empirical evidence? Nuffin. They used evolution to demonstrate evolution — highly illogical, Captain. Mathematical models look good on paper, but are based on presuppositions. The most logical conclusion wa...

Proofs of Evolution are Lacking

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Everywhere we turn, Darwinism is assumed to be true. People even make up their own fake truths to seem all sciency and stuff. A video made an assertion about behavior being based on caveman days. The claim was unsubstantiatable, and when I called out the video maker on the false claim, a fundamentalist evolutionist railed at me that evolution is the best supported fact of science. Indeed, many people claim evolution is a proven fact — showing their ignorance of how science works. Algae pond near Hurley, NY, Unsplash / Cowboy Bob Sorensen (modified) "That's a pretty bold statement, Cowboy Bob!" No, not really. Things that have been considered scientific facts have been removed many times. What science does quite well is disprove  things. Also, there are scientists who admit that particles-to-planetologist evolution has many problems. F'rinstance, since abiogenesis (the secularist origin of life) violates the law of biogenesis and cannot be explained, evolutionists try...

Flightless Birds and Evolutionary Storytelling

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Proponents of evolution believe that they have evidence, yes? Many also claim that their evidence that destroys creation science, yes? There are many instances where evolutionists claim to prove or give evidence for their speculations but fail. The idea that flightless birds such as the chicken-sized kiwi, the huge ostrich, and several others devolved from a common flying ancestor was put forward. People read the ostentatious claims and believe them — but fail to use critical thinking, which shows how evidence works against the narrative. North Island Brown Kiwi, Wikimedia Commons / The.Rohit ( CC BY 2.0 ) The story is that these birds devolved from one flighted ancestor, but if the secular science industry was thinking matters through, they would see that they would have a better story if it was the opposite! At any rate, there is no fossil evidence to support their claims. The preposterous idea that a loss of traits is evidence for evolution was used, but that remains absurd to thin...

Beyond the Myth of Vestigial Organs

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Again, it is necessary to remind people to keep pressure on evolutionists . They have a prairie schooner-full of bad science, hoaxes, terrible logic, lies, and even outright fraud to bolster something that is often called a "proven fact." A fact does not need junk to bolster it, but vestigial organs are used to support evolution. Also called structures, they are vestiges — leftovers — from our supposed evolutionary past. This is something that should shame the medical science community because tonsils, adenoids, the appendix, and others were called unnecessary. Why? They were not understood; an argument from silence . Hammond C3 organ, Wikimedia Commons /  Emilio Muñoz  (Public Domain), modified Most of the organs/structures in humans labeled as vestigial have been found to have important functions, and some of the remainders are disputed. Sneaky evolutionists have even redefined the meaning of vestigial so they can continue to use it as an argument against creation. This sc...

Evaluating the Quality of Evidence for Lucy

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People expect scientists to evaluate data according to logic, but that seems to be happening less. Indeed, critical thinking is shunned by people and what can be called stupidification is taking its place . People "think" with their emotions and parrot what people they admire have said. In my workplace, I have seen certain workers playing videos of people pontificating that they are victims of Conservatives. (Interesting how these "oppressed" people ignore the fact that they have public platforms for their views.) Lucy's evolutionary transitional form status is an example of poor critical thinking. Modified from a public domain image at  Wikimedia Commons Let's first consider medical science. In 2001, I was having chest pains. A doctor said that if he were a betting man, he's bet that my problem was anxiety. Although educated, it was his opinion  based on incomplete evidence; there was  a problem that was resolved with an angioplasty and stent. In 2023,...

Drumming Monkeys and Music Evolution?

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Remember how evolution is used to explain almost everything , actually explaining nothing? Instead of using their skill and education to do something useful, some of Darwin's disciples produced some evoporn about how chimpanzees demonstrate the evolution of rhythms, and then music. There are some interesting things in the research, showing that the chimps have different styles and selected percussive devices. This is supposed to show that an unknown common ancestor of humans and apes also drummed. However, commonality can also be evidence of a common Designer. Chimpanzee playing drum kit, made at DeepAI Anyone who has studied on it a spell knows that music is intricate and many things are coordinated. No word of chimpanzees composing a drum piece or full-scale music to go with it. Also, our alleged evolutionary cousins have been around a long time, but they have not developed intricacy of drumming. Presuppose evolution and expect to have one's biases confirmed results in pusill...

Theistic Evolutionists Misrepresenting Young-Earth Geology

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Something atheists and other evolutionists like to do is use religious people in their attacks on creation, and especially the Genesis Flood. I had someone appeal to the Pope on evolution (even though the Catholic Church does not have evolution as an official dogma). He was attempting to manipulate me through appeal to the wrong wrong authority — I reject that. In addition, it is not uncommon for theistic evolutionists to join with atheists on social(ist) media to demonize biblical creationists. Hail Darwin, blessed be! United in hate. Colorado River and Grand Canyon,  US Geological Survey  (usage does not imply endorsement of site contents) There are some theological concerns in these posts, but the science and logical fallacies are helpful to creationists when encountering an atheist or TE who says Grand Canyon displays evidence of an old earth. A book and an article by TEs at BioLogos attack biblical creationists, and their flaws are exposed. Again I ask: Why is it so impor...

Evolution Explains Practically Everything

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There are times when someone is confronted by an accuser, and after giving responses, is told, "You have an answer to everything!" That remark is often sarcastic because some people make things up and give ridiculous excuses. (Of course, the accuser may not want to accept legitimate replies.) Evolution has answers. It is interesting that the puny god of evolution is often treated as a powerful being with the ability to make decisions. A good part of the way evolution explains what is observed is from practiced storytelling, especially those in science fields. Spectacles modified from Freeimages /  Kenn Kiser Life and history (including imagined history) are interpreted through Darwin spectacles. Such a worldview only lets someone see evolution at every turn. There were some "science facts" videos I was watching about biology, but had to leave them in the dust. Some interesting material that was marred by evolutionary stories about the unobserved past, such as "...

Inside the Scopes Monkey Trial

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As mentioned in " The Scopes Monkey Trial — 100 Years Later ," there is more material on the trial to present. Again, its real name was "The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes." Plays and movies about the trial are mostly fictional and heavily biased. The pair of articles by Dr. Jason Lisle linked below were surprising, as I was expecting more of the same. Wrong. While there is a bit of overlap at the beginning, he went more deeply into events of the trial than several other articles. Things were really interesting when he discussed evidence. Monkey Trial, image made at NightCafe The trial was actually an attack on the validity of Christianity, beginning with creation, so it took several days. Surprisingly, ammunition by experts was presented in writing, but deemed irrelevant to the trial so the jury never saw it. Evolutionists each had their say on paper, but it did not go well. Some tactics never change. It is one thing to use "science" that is inc...