Piltdown Superman

Never thought I would do a post about motorsports. Some people are thrill about "man and machine". Even though I am a guy, motorsports are not something I prefer. But I grabbed the article featured below just to see why ICR wrote about Formula One (or, F1) racing, and I was pleasantly surprised. It's not so much about the sport as it is about the driver.  I hope you will stay along for the ride (heh!) and maybe learn a few things like I did. Credit: Pixabay /  Ádám Urvölgyi The racing sport that seems to be the one most people hear about is NASCAR, but I reckon that it's on the wane . There are several auto racing sports in which well-heeled folks participate, and have some similarities. Those racing sports are popular, too. Here we'll focus on Formula One. Don't commence to thinking you'll be like one of the good ol' boys and use your own car in a Grand Prix race. That'll be the day! F1 autos are mighty expensive . Let me take a side trai

A small species of parrot from 'Straya is known as the parakeet, budgie, and other names, but more formally as the  budgerigar . Very popular as pets. Lovely plumage. The ability to mimic human speech is probably a factor in their popularity, but you need to  train them properly . Also, the purchase price is much cheeper than that of full-sized parrots. Freeimages /  Julie Elliott-Abshire We're used to the parakeets with their feathers under control, but there's a sad mutation that may look cute at first, but ruins their health and usually shortens their lifespans to a few months instead of years. It gives a feather duster effect because the feathers keep on growing, and is also indicative of other problems. The hands at the Darwin Ranch insist that natural selection and mutations brought about all the varieties of life on Earth, but the overwhelming majority of mutations are harmful, or neutral at best. Actually, life was created — Darwin was wrong. Nora’s long,

The Genesis Flood (also called the Noachian Flood, among others) radically changed the earth's surface and send secular geologists on a goat rodeo to try and force-fit the observed data into their paradigm. Doesn't work too well. Creationary models explain data far better , as we have seen numerous times. What about Noah himself and the massive project? The Animals Entering Noah' Ark , Jacopo Bassano, 1570s Scoffers argue from ignorance and incredulity based on their naturalistic presuppositions , saying that the Flood was fictitious, such as this bigot . There are no miracles — because atheism . They refuse to even consider the possibilities of Noah doing his work, preferring prejudicial conjecture to learning our side of the story. Two reasons scoffers hate recent creation is because Darwinism needs long ages, and it shows that God is our Creator. They also hate the Flood because not only does geology support creationary models, but Noah's Ark is a type  (f

Things are getting silly with the hands at the Darwin Ranch, down Deception Pass way. They are so certain of their presuppositions about evolution, they assume  that it happened both on Earth and way out yonder, thataway. (Worse, they assume  that the origin of life began in space as well.) But they're used to believing in things without evidence, such as the Oort cloud  (some think the fantastical death star "Nemesis" stirs up the mythical Oort cloud), and believing fish-to-fish farmer evolution itself. So, betting on the odds of their own fantasies that some intelligent life must  be out there, some folks keep looking. Credit: Pixabay /  Stefan Keller Some scientists want us to keep mum about our presence, as bad things could happen. Others are determined to go ahead and broadcast into space, even setting dates by which we would be contacted — but those speculators would be long gone so they don't have to own up to their errors. The following link has severa

In studies of origins, a great deal of attention is given to the historical sciences of geology and paleontology. Most of the fossils are in six megasequences , which present  strong evidence for the Genesis Flood . Other aspects of geology are of interest, especially since secular geologists are unable to furnish plausible uniformitarian models and explanations for what is observed. Detail of the wind and water-weathered sandstone that forms the Beehive Formation in the Valley of Fire Nevada State Park Credit: Alex Demas / US Geological Survey (Usage does not imply endorsement of site contents) One of the many aspects of geology that mystifies secularists is sheet sands.  It may be possible to occasionally write off something unusual, but not these things. They extend over vast areas, and defy uniformitarian explanations. (They cling to their deep time notions, and refuse to acknowledge scientific evidence that the earth is actually much younger than in their philosophies.)

by Cowboy Bob Sorensen Although disciples of Darwin pretend that there is no basis for reports that creationists and other Darwin deniers are fired from science and academia, facts show otherwise. Secularists may throw us an occasional "maybe" that there was substance to the dismissal claims of creationists and ID supporters, but they generally say that the wise and noble secular judges were right in dismissing claims. Click for full size (original graphic source unknown) Persecution of Christians, Intelligent Design supporters, and biblical creationists is on the increase. One of the more famous cases is that of Dr. David Coppedge . Another high-profile case is that of Mark Armitage , who was fired after presenting facts in a peer-reviewed paper regarding dinosaur soft tissue. Armitage prevailed in his lawsuit , which is surprising. Dr. Jerry Bergman was removed from Bowling Green State University for his creationary views. It happened again! He was asked to resi

Remember the Dracula  movie with Bela Lugosi? If you looked into his eyes, he had hypnotic power. The lighting helped, too. Here, we look into the amber and see  Linguamyrmex vladi . Scientists got a mite creative there, that last word vladi  is based on Vlad Tepes, also known as Vlad Dracul and Vlad the Impaler. He had a nasty way of dealing with enemies, and became part of the inspiration for the Dracula novel and movies. Although nobody has any idea what the thing called a vampire hell ant  actually ate, it had some interesting vertical   trap jaw  mandibles that are similar to vertical  mandibles of ants living today. Did they grab another insect as prey, tip it like Junior's sippy cup and drink bug juice? Not all that likely, really. It may have used it to impale fresh fruit and drink that stuff down like a forerunner of the juice box. I reckon the "vampire hell ant" moniker is just a trifle hyperbolic. Gets your attention, though. Linguamyrmex vladi in amber