Recently I had a routine check of ears to see if my hearing was all right. First I went to a test by the audiologist. Then I talked briefly with the otolaryngologist who said I was fine. While in the office, I was intrigued by the long name of his title and picked up [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Creator’
The Bottom Line in Debate of Design (2)
What facts must be explained by natural processes or the entire theory of evolution collapses? Previously we looked at four of them. Here are five more.
5) The earth (the entire universe in fact) must be very old. In order to account for enough random accidents to occur to produce life as we know it, vast [...]
Sheep (2)
What sports team is named the Lambs? We have Lions, Tigers, Bears, Eagles, even the Rams, but not the Lambs. We like to be identified with the aggressive, invulnerable, macho types of animals.
Several years ago Candid Camera hid their camera in a high school counselor’s office. Students had taken an aptitude test and were [...]
The Marvel of Flight Feathers
While visiting the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum west of Tucson, I was not surprised to find a model depicting the evolution of birds from reptiles. Made of welded copper (if I remember correctly), the model showed how gradually reptiles developed wings and eventually learned to fly as birds. It was all so clearly presented showing six [...]
Explaining Instinct
Every reputable scientist knows that Lamarck’s theory of inherited characteristics was repudiated long ago. He had conjectured that acquired characteristics were passed on to the offspring. Thus, to explain how a giraffe got a long neck, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829) theorized that, as leaves were eaten from the trees, they were harder to reach and the [...]