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Ancient Cypress Trees and Modern Shipworms

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Back in 2004, Hurricane Ivan removed sediment that was hiding cypress trees, which was obviously interesting to scientists. It was also remarkable for creation scientists as well because they were clearly not tens of thousands of Darwin years old. New findings are surfacing as well. Credit: Unsplash / Joshua J. Cotten The people of yesteryear were mistaken by giving shipworms their name. They are actually a kind of mollusk, but look very much like a worm. They also like to eat wood among other things. By extracting the shipworms, many types of bacteria were discovered, and a passel of them were previously unknown. Yes, bacteria are practically everywhere, but many are beneficial — or at least, harmless. When researchers commenced to looking for the shipworms in the submerged cypress stumps, they were amazed — amazed , I tell you — and how well the wood was preserved. But the shipworms could easily have consumed the wood long ago if the earth was as old as secular scientists b

Ape Vocal Sounds do not Indicate Evolution

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Up yonder past Deception Pass, the hands at the Darwin Ranch are doing some smoke and mirrors fake science again. Spurious research about orangutan speech has been happening for some time, this is submitted to the secular science industry, then the obedient lapdog science media puts spurs to it. Made at PhotoFunia Some time ago, we saw some of this word trickery . But like the aquatic ape silliness we looked at yesterday, Darwin's acolytes light their prayer candles and give glory to evolution because a load of malarkey appears to confirm their biases. Hail Darwin, blessed be! You don't need to have wasted money obtaining advanced degrees in pseudoscience to see that orangutans are essentially parroting speech like — well, parrots. Actual language requires cognitive skills and the ability to communicate, both sending and receiving. This is a far cry from making sounds (including with a kazoo) that the "researchers" want in order to obtain rewards. Then these

Planet of the Aquatic Apes?

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Some believers in universal common descent admit that there is no real evidence to support their views, but they are compelled to uphold the narrative of atheistic naturalism. Stephen Jay Gould revamped Goldschmidt's "hopeful monster" idea and called it "punctuated equilibrium" (which also had no evidence). Other evolutionists are floating the aquatic ape theory . Images from Clker free clipart It is interesting to note that naturalists claim that they believe the evidence and deny the fact that they do indeed have faith in their worldviews. When it comes to evolution (especially human evolution), they have faith that evidence will be found someday; evolution of the gaps. They are not consistent with their claims about how science operates! A claim from people monkeying around with this idea is that scientists are entrenched with evolution of land animals. In addition, it was postulated that humans have similar traits of semi-aquatic animals, so the ea

Baffling Dipper Highlights Design

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A cute songbird in the Eastern Hemisphere has traits that clearly show the handiwork of the Master Engineer. The white-throated dipper can be found in northern Europe, but it has relatives in central Asia. Some migrate, others like to set up their homesteads and stay put. Credit: Flickr / Barbara Walsh  ( CC BY 2.0 ) They are fond of water, and know how to use it. It has diving traits in common with the kingfisher, but it can do that underwater flying thing as seen in penguins. The dipper also dips, and it also takes a stroll along the bottom of streambeds when looking for lunch. A bit of a challenge, since it likes moving water instead of stale ponds and such. Darwinian evolution, with its hit-or-miss purposelessness, cannot give a plausible explanation for the development of its numerous characteristics. The official bird of Norway is Cinclus cinclus, the white-throated dipper, an ordinary-looking bird that behaves in very extraordinary ways. It’s designed to forage under wa

Eugenics and Dog Breeds

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When the science of genetics (pioneered by Gregor Mendel, peas be upon him) was still developing, well-heeled folks wanted the fruits of science. Back then, thinking and science were popular. So was Darwinism. Artificial selection (selective breeding) and eugenics were becoming fashionable. Dogs paid the price. Credit: RGBStock / Richard Dudley There are similar principles in the social Darwinist  eugenics movement and dog breeding. Both have arbitrary criteria where only certain individuals are allowed to reproduce, and both began when genetics was not very well understood. When it came to dog breeds, traits of temperament and appearance were emphasized. Unfortunately, undesirable and unseen traits would often appear, making the animal less able to survive. Dogs like pugs and others with faces that look pushed in often have the breathing problem known as brachycephalic syndrome . To be direct, much of selective breeding is ultimately cruel. Creationists believe that something

The Amazing Design of Hemoglobin

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Hemoglobin (HGB) is one of thousands of proteins designed by our Creator. We know that it carries oxygen through the bloodstream, but hemoglobin (Hgb) was designed Hgb to fulfill a number of detailed functions. Even the oxygen delivery is regulated for various needs. Credit: Pixabay /  Narupon Promvichai The intricacies of the biology of living things continue to become more amazing and complex as more research is conducted, including a surprising blood component that was recently discovered . Believers in universal common descent evolution cannot adequately explain Hgb and its specified complexities, so they simply evosplain it away . There are also Hgb molecules produced by humans for fetal development as needed for various functions. Also, organisms that breathe air experience regulation from Hgb so that when the need for oxygen is lower (at rest), not as much is delivered. The opposite is also true. Further, the gas nitric oxide is needed and Hgb extends its extremely short

Secular Geologists Determined to Deceive Themselves

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A person may not be lying when what is related is considered true, and sometimes people have deceived themselves. The secular science industry is riding for the Darwin brand and they work and finding answers, but they are building on seriously flawed presuppositions. Two linked articles demonstrate this. Chimney Rock image credit: Freeimages / Steven Ritts Scientists have ideas and work from those to see if they have validity. We get that. However, there are times when they have had numerous failures and dead ends that they should ask themselves if their starting points are correct in the first place. They often do not realize that they are mistaken by illusions of progress when they are cantering in the opposite direction. Deep time geology has a passel of problems, and geologists would do well to seriously consider the work of creation scientists instead of rejecting catastrophism out of hand for the sake of the naturalism narrative. Here is the first linked article: It’s p