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Mercury Top the Dinosaur

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The dinosaur called Mercuriceratops gemini  has been discovered in a well-populated dinosaur graveyard called the Dinosaur Park Formation in Alberta, Canada. Unlike the Roman character Mercury, this one was not named because it was a messenger of the dinosaur gods. Rather, it has frills on its head that reminded people of the wings on the head of that particular Roman. Mercury  by Evelyn de Morgan As is so typical of evolutionary paleontologists, they see evolution  instead of variation.  In fact, even though most of the creature has not been recovered (only some skull bones), there is already speculation as to the purpose of the frills on the head. What is more interesting than this less-than-frilling relative of Triceratops  is the story that the massive boneyard itself reveals. Sporting wing-like frills on the side of its head, Mercuriceratops gemini , like its winged messenger namesake among the gods of classical mythology, is said to deliver a new chapter to the evolution

The Universe Should Not Even Exist — Wait, What?

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The Big Bang has evolved several times and is only distantly related to the original concept. Cosmic background radiation was thought to be a proof for it, but then the horizon problem appeared and did more harm than good. Also, the Teleological Argument would not go away. Being skilled metaphysicians, cosmogonists and cosmologists brought forth ex nihilo  the idea of "inflationary theory". This, too, is something that looks good on paper but cannot be proved. Computer simulation of particle traces from an LHC collision in which a Higgs Boson is produced. (c) CERN. Image credit: Lucas Taylor Then there was a ruckus about the Higgs boson. Atheists were rejoicing at the possibility that the universe could indeed spontaneously come into existence (a credulity-straining extrapolation at best), but the celebration was premature . Now it looks worse. Given for the sake of argument that evidence for the Big Bang and inflation has been found, it cannot work.  The more

Evolution Endorsers Perturbed When Facts Contradict Paradigms

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We frequently see how evolutionary scientists are amazed and annoyed because the facts do not comport with their presuppositions. In addition, we also see that they tweak, ignore, deny and make up wild stories to force-fit observed evidence into their evolutionary worldview. This does not work. In reality, the evidence fits the biblical creationist models. Real Science Radio hosts Bob Enyart and Fred Williams have fun providing so many examples of evolutionists (chemical, stellar, biological) being jaw-dropping surprised, shocked, even stunned and horrified, when their huge discoveries contradict some of the most fundamental predictions of their materialist theories. You can read the write-up and listen to the audio at " RSR's List of Shocked Evolutionists ". Also, you may like the parody of Kanye West's "Gold Digger", which is "Bone Digger" by ApologetiX, at the bottom of this page.

Does Astrophysics Refute Biblical Creation?

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If you listen to Darwin's Cheerleaders, belief in the Bible (especially a recent, six-day creation) is the domain of the mentally incompetent or scam artists. However, there are actually many scientists, past and present, who reject evolution and accept Genesis as literal history . In addition, there are many non-scientists who believe the Bible as well; scoffing does not equal intellectual superiority — or truth. NASA/JPL-Caltech Astronomy and astrophysics are disciplines that one would consider "off limits" to creationists, especially with black holes, huge distances and so forth. Not hardly. Some are able to cast off "deep time" presuppositions, believe the Bible and also be productive in their fields. Dr. Jonathan Sarfati had a discussion with Dr. Markus Blietz about such things. After progressing through the rigorous German schooling, Markus eventually specialized in astrophysics. In particular, he explains: “My Ph.D. work was about a special cl

Goal-Oriented Evolution

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When reading or listening to evolutionists, some of the metaphysical elements of their worldview becomes apparent. Evolution itself is often spoken of as if it was an entity, with volition to select and even direct the changes in organisms. This is a form of pantheism. Evolution is not a being or a force. (There is only one Creator, and evolution was not his method of creation.) Nor can any creature decide to evolve another feature — or evolve itself into something else. No animal can plan ahead how it will evolve, so why do some evolutionists talk like they do? “ 500-million-year-old creature was on the way to evolving jaws ,” Sid Perkins titled his short article in Science Magazine, accompanied by an artist’s conception of “ one of the world’s oldest known vertebrates ”—a Cambrian creature named Metaspriggina from Canada.  The thumb-sized swimming creature possessed “ eyes, muscle groups and the support for gills ,” the article says; the upward-pointing eyes were “ large and

Were Dinosaurs Warm- or Cold-Blooded? Maybe Neither!

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The debate has raged for decades whether or not dinosaurs are warm-blooded or cold-blooded. They had to be cold-blooded because they were just overgrown, terrible lizards, yes? However, since an ancestor for bird evolution could not be found, dinosaurs were nominated as candidates for the bird ancestor position and given the status of warm-blooded. Dino-to-bird evolution is the dominant viewpoint for evolutionary scientists, but it is not unanimous. There are problems with it, including the fact that dinosaurs ate birds , and dinosaur fossils have been found with modern birds , so those facts should destroy the "theory" right there. Evolutionists get desperate to deny the Creator, and give evolution undeserved credit for all sorts of change , further reducing origins science to absurdity. There is hope in the dino-to-bird camp. New studies indicate that instead of either/or regarding dinosaur warm- or cold-bloodedness, it may be neither/nor . Unfortunately (and de

Antarctica Puts a Chill on Uniformitarian Geology

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The overriding viewpoint for evolutionary geology is uniformitarianism; the present is the key to the past. Geologic processes are observed and measured in the present, and then the assumption is that these rates have been the same throughout geologic history. However, not only do these conflict with biblical creationist models on the age of the earth, but they even contradict the expectations of secular scientists. Pixabay/WikiImages Problems down south. Antarctic ice has been rising and falling at rates that are far too rapid for evolutionary assumptions. Worse for them, the rates are not constant. This is problematic for uniformitarian geology, but not for young earth creationists. Land is not supposed to rise this fast. Generations of geologists have been trained to think in terms of slow and steady processes to explain Earth features. New results show that the continental crust underlying Antarctica is rising rapidly as parts of its massive ice sheet have been melting awa