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Yes, it seems like an dull subject, but blinking is important for many creatures so they can keep their vision. People who have dry eye syndrome need treatment. Although blinking is not a conscious activity, it can be controlled for a short time. In " Mudskippers Blink, Evolution Tinkers ," we considered how Darwin's disciples study the mudskipper for evidence of evolution, assuming  it is evolution in action and that life evolved in the sea — then things decided to evolve further on land. Yet there is no evidence for mudskipper evolution. Blink and smile, Flickr / Lee Haywood ( CC BY-SA 2.0 ) Controlled winking and blinking are often used for communication. When a cat gives you a slow blink, that's affection, Alfred. In the book of Proverbs, those planning evil signal with blinks and such ( e.g. , Prov. 6:12-15). More importantly, autonomic blinking cleans and lubricates the eyes. Evolutionists study mudskippers, ignoring the fact that there is no evidence for evolu

Pretty much everyone knows that the origins of the universe, the solar system, life, and humanity are fundamental questions. Believers in atoms-to-atheist evolution find science and logic abhorrent when they support special creation , so they come up with other ideas that are in keeping with materialism. There is no uniformity among scientists about the origin of the solar system, and there are several speculations that have their own adherents. The nebular hypothesis is the prize pig at the fair, the best of the worst . Artists concept of a protoplanetary disk at NASA People say that something is nebulous, meaning unformed or gaseous ( nebulous thinking is one example). In the imaginings of secularists, there was the extremely hot Big Bang, and eventually, swirling hot gasses came together to form the sun and planets. Except that this defies several laws of physics. Sure, some owlhoots may say, "A paper that says hot gases can contract," but those ignore important facts. He

Obviously, it is human nature to celebrate the arrival of a new life, and to mourn the loss of life. It is interesting that people get emotional over the passing of a celebrity that they never met. People wonder what makes human life have value at all, whether close to us or someone we admire from a distance. Materialists necessarily believe that there is nothing beyond molecules and atoms, but their evolutionary worldview is very self-refuting. They cannot account for logic, thought, love, or any of the preconditions of intelligibility. Standing near Giants Causeway, Unsplash / Steven Roussel It is consistent with his worldview for an atheist to value human life by how much someone contributes to society — using an inconsistent arbitrary standard. Obviously, Christians have a far different worldview and is not utilitarian. Life comes from God the Creator. That alone gives it value. More than that, however, is that God made us in his image ; we are not the product of evolution. The end

A critter known as the mudskipper  is found in warmer waters of the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic. They are surprising in the way they use their front fins and tails to skip across dry land, and can even climb branches. Not for too long, though, they must remain wet. Believers in fish-to-fool evolution claim that life began in the ocean and that we are, ultimately, fish. Those with Atheism Spectrum Disorder want to know how tetrapods (a large group of mammals including us) evolved to move from the sea to live on land and walk around. Mudskipper, iNaturalist / George Baker   ( CC BY 4.0 ), modified at PhotoFunia Of course, materialists assume evolution in order to prove it (begging the question), so they figure that the mudskipper gives insight into how tetrapods evolved from fish. Mudskippers blink, but they are amphibious fish and somehow give insight into how blinking evolved. There is no evidence for mudskipper evolution. Darwin's acolytes insist that they are "evolution in

This news is a mite confusing on several levels. The secular science industry is outraged — outraged , I tell you — that evolution has been dropped from the education system in India. That may change momentarily, but like evolutionists feeling threatened by Neanderthal intelligence , principles here are important. One thing this child found confusing is that officials said one reason to remove evolution is that it "conflicts with creation stories." Evolution is in keeping with Hinduism, the majority religious viewpoint. (Christians are a minority, and atheists are a tiny fraction of the population.) Secularists were disingenuous in their objections. Angry shouting scientist image made at Bing AI Image Creator As expected, tinhorns said that evolution is essential for science. That is false, and there are many times when genuine science is performed without rubbing the belly of the Bearded Buddha. Molecules-to-mystic evolution is unhelpful in teaching medical science , and we

There is a substance called pitch  that is the result of geological processes, and that has been presented as a problem for biblical creationists. Pitch is the result of the Genesis Flood, so how could Noah coat the Ark with this waterproof tar-like substance (Gen. 6:14)? That is not such a "gotcha" as scoffers think, since pitch also comes from plant material . It has been learned that Neanderthals learned how to make and use pitch from birch trees. This shows yet again that they were smarter than secularists previously thought — and this threatens them. Neanderthal reconstruction, Flickr / Michael (a.k.a. moik) McCullough ( CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 ) Obviously, denizens of the secular science industry will not accept the fact that these fully-human folks were descendants of Adam, who was created intelligent from the get-go. Secularists are reluctant to relinquish the evolutionary link concept. Like my Question Evolution Day breakfast, there are link problems.   Excuses are made,

The biblical patriarchs lived hundreds of years until after the Genesis Flood, but this is rejected by those who disrespect the Bible,. Even afterward, there were some who had impressive ages. These include Abraham at 175, Isaac was 180, etc. When watching movies like the silent 1923 or the 1956 The Ten Commandments , Moses was not exactly a spring chicken. They were not far off in that detail.  He was around eighty, and afterward led cursed Israel for the forty years of wandering in the wilderness . Moses died at age 120, but he was not decrepit (Deut. 34:7). Moses and the Ten Commandments , James Tissot There are people today that reach the century mark and even beyond, but they are not exactly vigorous. Skeptics, including some professing Christians, reject what the Bible says about Moses' age. They appeal to average lifespans of the time, ignoring evidence of long age from their own extrabiblical sources. (It should be noted that lifespan averages way back yonder or in the Medi

There are many things about Earth that make it stand out from the competition. The stellar neighbors are far enough away so their antics of giving deadly radiation bursts do not bother us, and our own sun is well-behaved . Indeed, even the planets keep the solar system in balance . Our Creator has given us things of beauty and order for our pleasure, and they also reflect his nature. The atmosphere of Earth is obviously supports life, including colors and displays that are simply amazing. 747 Solar Glory, Wikimedia Commons / Brocken Inaglory ( CC BY-SA 3.0 ) You like rainbows, and those less common double rainbows? Same here. There are seven colors discernable to the eye, but the spectrum is actually far more complex . How about a circular rainbow ? Then there's something that has several names, one of which is glory . It has similarities to a rainbow, but is different in composition. A glory can manifest around objects and even the shadows of people, but special conditions invol

Some folks make a big deal out of saying that marine reptiles such as plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs,  thalattosuchians , and so on were not dinosaurs. It is a classification thing, we get that, but no need for being fastuous about it. Moving on. Those water dinosaurs (I had to do that) — marine reptiles of dinosaur times cause consternation for secular paleontologists because a priori  presuppositions of evolution are not supported by evidence (see " Paleontologists Dodging Important Ichthyosaur Questions " for one example). Their research on locomotion is...interesting. Varieties of ichthyosaurs. WikiComm /  Nobu Tamura , compiled by Levi Bernardo ( CC BY 3.0 ) Darwin's disciples want to know how they evolved and adapted. Creation scientists argue from their own presuppositions and say that they did not evolve, and the evidence is nonexistent. Michael Benton said that scientists "know" some things, but how? Were they there ? Obviously not. This is a historical vie

Regular readers should remember that Stevia Dolce, the baker at the Darwin Ranch, has expressed doubts about evolution. Yesterday afternoon, she was in her wagon heading away from Deception Pass, and I happened across her when I was out riding so we stopped and talked. She gets good pay, but Rusty Swingset requires all employees to believe evolution. If she expresses doubts, she is afraid she will lose her job. The main doubt began when she held out her hand and a butterfly landed on her finger. Then Stevia did the worst thing for evolution: she began thinking. Swallowtail butterfly, Unsplash / David Clode Honest evolutionists admit that there are many things about butterflies they do not understand, especially metamorphosis itself. Monarch migration is an exquisite mystery, how they supposedly existed before flowering plants appeared , the design of the wings , and other stories are nothing less than evoporn . Now some tinhorn says he has things figured out. As is too common in the s