Category: CREATION MAGAZINE

Amazing ant antics

Amazing ant antics

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by Lucien Tuinstra A wonderful article from Creation Ministries displaying the wonders of God’s Creation at the miniature level. I urge my readers to subscribe to Creation magazine to ensure that your appreciation of such miraculous design never diminishes. Click below to subscribe: https://creation.com/magazines To read the biography of the author click on his name above. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley Have you ever taken part in a game where a group of you get taken to a mystery location (without being able to see your surroundings on the way), are dropped off, then challenged to find your way back? The first team back wins. Now convert that to the real-life matter of how animals find their way back to their birthplace in order to mate and reproduce. For instance, think of pacific salmon,1 monarch butterflies,2 and migratory warblers.3 And what about creatures returning home after foraging for food? It’s no game but can be a matter of life and death. Social insects like ants live in structured colonies within nests. When they leave these to forage for food, they, too, are amazingly skilled at finding their way back home. Scientific studies of navigation skills and other instincts in animals continue to amaze scientists and laypeople alike. Researchers from universities in the UK and Australia wanted to better understand the remarkable homing abilities that ants possess. They reported their findings in a 2022 paper.4 The scientists studied a colony of ants routing between home (their nest) and their source of food, a tree they commonly went to in search of nutrients. Anticipating the route home Think about a trip to the grocery shop, buying food to feed the family. Irrespective of whether you always go to the same supermarket or try a different one every time, the idea is that you get home quickly in order…

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PLANETS AROUND THE STARS – IS THERE LIFE ON THEM?

PLANETS AROUND THE STARS – IS THERE LIFE ON THEM?

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I am pleased that my readers enjoy these articles which are written primarily for kids. They are also popular with adults, who find them easy to read and most educational.. This monkey finds it hard to understand how the Christ hating Mr Darwin managed to trick so many into believing his unworkable theory. The Universe is beyond the understanding of finite minds, and is magnificent display of the workmanship of an Almighty Creator. In order to keep informed make sure to subscribe to Creation Magazine: https://creation.com/magazines The authors biography can be read by clicking on his name at the beginning, which is a live link. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley Creation for kids—Planets around other stars: Is there life on them by Jonathan Sarfati Published in Creation 44(4):32–35, 2022 Our star, the sun, has eight planets and many other smaller objects. All of these make up the solar system. But what about all the other stars—200 billion in our galaxy alone? Could they have planets—called extrasolar, i.e., outside our solar system? In other words, could stars have their own stellar systems like our solar system? But they are so far away. How could we detect planets around them? After all, they would be much smaller than the stars they orbit. And they would not produce their own light; instead, they would reflect light from their star. Detecting extrasolar planets The first confirmed extrasolar planet was discovered as recently as 1992. Now there are over 5,000 confirmed extrasolar planets (‘exoplanets’). How do we know? Some planets have indeed been seen directly from their reflected light. But this is rare because the glare of the star usually overwhelms the faint reflected light. The most common detection is when the planet moves in front of its star, or ‘transits’. The planet is much smaller than the star, but…

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CREATION FOR KIDS OLD AND YOUNG!

CREATION FOR KIDS OLD AND YOUNG!

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The Creation articles written for kids are proving very popular with my adult readers also. They are very attention grabbing, easy to read and understand, The Universe cannot possibly be old. Make sure you keep up with this exciting ministry, subscribe to Creation magazine: https://creation.com/magazines To read the author’s biography just click on his live linked name at the top of his article below. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley Creation for kids—Dwarf planets, Asteroids, and Comets by Jonathan Sarfati Published in 2022 The most massive object in our solar system is the sun. By far—it has 99.85% of the total mass. Most of the rest of the mass—0.135%—is the eight planets. Jupiter has by far the most—over 2½ times the mass of the other seven planets combined. But what of the remaining 0.015%? Most of that is the moons around the planets. But the remaining relatively small objects are still interesting. Dwarf planets The most famous dwarf planet is 134340 Pluto, or just Pluto. The American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh (1906–1997) discovered it in 1930. He showed that it orbited the sun—once every 248 Earth years. Astronomers declared this the 9th planet of our solar system. It was named by the 11-year-old English schoolgirl Venetia Burney (1918–2009). She chose the name of the Roman god of the underworld (Greek: Hades). However, in 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) ruled that Pluto was not a planet but a dwarf planet. Pluto is much smaller than the planets; in fact, it’s a fifth of the mass of our moon. There are also other objects of similar size, such as Eris, Haumea, Makemake, Gonggong, Quaoar, and Sedna. Eris is actually 27% more massive than Pluto. So the choice was to name all these objects as planets or demote Pluto to a dwarf planet like them. In 2015, NASA’s New Horizons space probe…

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THE GENESIS FLOOD

THE GENESIS FLOOD

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This simple explanation of Noah’s flood is filled with very helpful facts for kids young and old. This monkey finds it puzzling as to why humans should be so reluctant to accept the Bible as being history. Be sure to subscribe to Creation Magazine and keep your self informed about such matters: https://creation.com/magazines To read the Jonathan Sarfati’s biography click on his name at the beginning of his article. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley The Genesis Flood for kids: The flood peaks by Jonathan Sarfati Published in Creation 46(2):32–35, 2024 In the previous articles, we learned more about the globe-covering Flood taught in Genesis 6–8. It started in the oceans, then rose to cover the land. As it did so, all people, birds, livestock, and wild animals died—except those on the Ark. Vast numbers were buried in rock layers that spanned continents. Layer upon layer was laid down very quickly. All bad things come to an end Fortunately, even such a Flood doesn’t last forever. But it still lasted far longer than any local flood. Genesis 7:17–24 informs us that the Flood “prevailed” for 150 days. After that, the Ark rested on the mountains of Ararat, and the water started going down. But it took more than half a year before the Flood left the land so Noah and everyone else could leave the Ark. How high did the Flood reach? At the peak, the Flood covered the highest mountains to 15 cubits deep (about 7 metres or 22.5 feet). The Ark was safe because it sank only about ten cubits into the water—a third of its height. But how could water cover the highest mountains? The highest mountain today is Mt Everest—its summit (highest point) is 8,848.86 m (29,031.7 ft) above sea level. The answer is: Mt Everest didn’t exist at the beginning of the Flood. Rather, the highest mountains were pushed up towards…

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Did Cain marry an intelligent animal?

Did Cain marry an intelligent animal?

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One of the questions often asked by sceptics is “where did Cain get his wife?” because at the beginning there were very few people on earth. The answer is that Brothers and Sisters married in those days. This was before that was forbidden by God in Leviticus, because the human genome was starting to be corrupted after Adam and Eve sinned. By banning close marriages the passing on of “copying mistakes” was lessened. Subscribe to Creation Magazine and be informed click the link below: https://creation.com/magazines To read the author’s biography click on his name at the beginning of the article. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley by Andrew Sibley Writing in the February edition of Christianity Magazine (UK) David Instone-Brewer suggests that Cain was forced to marry an intelligent animal. In other words, a being with a human form and soul (Hebrew: nephesh; Greek: psuchē) that looked like him, but without a spirit (Hebrew: ruach; Greek: pneuma).1 He claims that like humans, animals possess souls which gives emotions and individuality, but they lack a spirit which gives the capacity for a personal relationship with God, and he comments that the Bible is consistent on this distinction.2 Cain had been driven away from Adam’s family after murdering his brother Abel and became a wandering resident in the land of Nod (Genesis 4). Here Instone-Brewer suggests Cain encountered these non-spiritual beings and took one for his wife. His further justification for the presence of non-spiritual people living at the time is that Cain formed a city, that Cain was fearful that someone might kill him, and that there were already people living in Nod for it to have been named. But are these valid arguments? Cain’s wife The answer is that Cain would have married a sister … And this seems the far more satisfactory explanation than proposing an elaborate narrative…

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Darwin, Marx, and two letters

Darwin, Marx, and two letters

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by Russell Grigg I believe that the Darwinian belief system is at the root of the collapse of your human civilisation. Once you convince people that they arrived by chance, “Goo to you via the Zoo” it is really game over for rational thinking. Why not support Cration.com and their highly successful campaign to address this fraudulent concept? Click on the author’s name above to read his biography, below to access the Craetin website. https://creation.com/ Gibber! Gibber! Chugley Karl Marx (1818–1883), the founder of communism, called religion (meaning Christianity) “the opium of the people”. 1 He was enthusiastic that Darwin’s evolutionary theory (Origin of Species, 1859) provided a completely materialistic explanation of living things. Marx even sent a copy of Volume 1 of his book Das Kapital2 (published in German in 1867) to Darwin with the handwritten inscription: Mr Charles Darwin On the part of his sincere admirer Karl Marx London 16 June 1873 Modena Villas Maitland. Darwin is unlikely to have read it, however. Apart from being in German, only the first 100 pages had been ‘opened’. (Prior to the widespread use of printing guillotines, a book was generally sold ‘unopened’, i.e. with “the folding of its component sections still intact at the top and fore-edges”, and so the pages had to be “severed from their neighbours with the paper-knife.”3) Letter 1—the Marx-dedication myth There has always been a huge causal relationship between belief in evolution and disbelief in the Bible, disbelief in God, and disbelief in one’s need of the Gospel. It has long been thought that at a later date, Marx wrote to Darwin offering to dedicate one of the later volumes of his book to him. This is because a letter from Darwin, dated 14 October 1880, was found in Marx’s archives, and in it Darwin declines the offer of a book dedication….

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THE Z- FACTOR

THE Z- FACTOR

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Amidst all the doom and gloom I make absolutely no apology for posting another report from the hugely evangelically successful Christian Ministry – Creation.com. Their social media short clips achieved more than THIRTY MILLION HITS during the last few months, I know of no Christian Ministry that can come close to this. Know that by subscribing to Creation Magazine (click below) you are helping to broadcast the Gospel message: https://creation.com/magazines This story below is another prime example of the effectiveness of Creation Evangelism. The late author’s biography can be read by clicking his name. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley THE Z-FACTOR How a university geology lecturer’s last obstacle to believing a literal Genesis—‘What about coal?’—was overturned in an instant The Z-factor by David Catchpoole This is an account of the interaction between the senior pastor of a large metropolitan church (whom I’ll refer to as ‘Pastor X’), a university geology lecturer (‘Geologist Y’), and myself. I had just addressed the first of three services on a Sunday morning concerning the creation/evolution issue, at Pastor X’s church. But now, sitting in the pastorate office facing Pastor X across a coffee table, I was anxiously wondering if he might abruptly cancel my scheduled addresses to the subsequent two services. Not because he was unhappy about what I’d presented to the first congregation—he had in fact glowingly endorsed my presentation publicly as he closed the first service. However, I was now daring, in the privacy of his office, to challenge one aspect of his closing remarks.We were interrupted by an abrupt knock at the door, which immediately burst open Perhaps I’d not made it clear in my presentation that not only was I taking a very public stance against evolution, but also against evolution’s claimed millions and billions of years. For in Pastor X’s closing comments to the…

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BIRD TRACKS BEFORE BIRDS EXISTED?

BIRD TRACKS BEFORE BIRDS EXISTED?

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The more this monkey reads about “evolution” the more ridiculous it seems. Is it any wonder that your world is in the mess it is in when your foundational world view is based on a lie? Thank you to Dr Don Batten for this thought provoking article. Click on Don’s name at the top of his article for his biography. Do not forget to subscribe to Creation magazine and help to support this outstanding Christian evangelistic ministry, (30 million hits in the last 3 moths), while educating and strengthening your own faith. Click on the link below: https://creation.com/magazines Gibber! Gibber! Chugley Bird tracks before birds existed? by Don Batten Trackways preserved in stone in South Africa look very much like those from modern birds. However, deep time ‘dating’ puts them at 215 million years ago, over 60 million years older than the oldest bird fossil (Archaeopteryx, 150 Ma).1 The evolutionary story that birds evolved from dinosaurs already had problems—for example, Archaeopteryx, a clearly flying bird, predates any of its supposed ancestors. How could a grandson be older than his grandfather?Deep time ‘dating’ puts them [the footprints] at 215 million years ago, over 60 million years older than the oldest bird fossil The researchers identified six characteristics of the prints that were consistent with birds making them. However, bird tracks that put birds back another 65 million years would compound the problem for the evolutionary story. Thus, the authors try to downplay the similarity to modern birds: “[the foot type] is not distinctly avian, as it lacks a well-developed digit III metatarsophalangeal pad and preserves no direct evidence of associated hallux [hind toe] impressions.” However, there are modern birds with a three-toe foot design (i.e. no hallux), such as cassowaries, emus, rheas, and bustards.The birds made the footprints on sediments already laid down [in the Flood],…

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CREATION FOR KIDS AND PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY STILL ARE

CREATION FOR KIDS AND PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY STILL ARE

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   Print Readers tell me they enjoy these Creation articles for kids, especially those who remain young at heart. Remember to subscribe to the magazine and enjoy the wonders of the Creator’s Creation: https://creation.com/magazines Gibber! Gibber! Chugley Creation for Kids—The earth: “Created to be inhabited” by Jonathan Sarfati and Lita Cosner Published in Creation 43(4):32–35, 2021 The planet we live on is not the biggest, but it’s the most important by far. It is amazingly well designed to support a huge variety of life. Size Eratosthenes worked out the size of the earth 200 years before Christ. He was the head of the famous Library of Alexandria in Egypt. He measured the angles of shadows in two different places on the same day of the year. He already knew the sun cast no shadow during midsummer noon at a place called Syene (Aswan), which was far south of Alexandria. Where he lived, noon midsummer shadows had an angle of about 7°, or about 1⁄50 of a circle, on that day. He realized that the earth must have a circumference 50 times the distance between the cities, which he knew. His result was very close to the modern value of 40,007 km (24,859 miles). Design features Our own planet has many amazing features which no other planets in our solar system have. Here are just a few of them: Right distance. The earth travels around the sun once per year and is always about 150 million km (93 million miles) from the sun. This is just right! Too close and the oceans would boil. Too far and the oceans would freeze. But at the right distance, most water is liquid, just like we need. Right spin. The earth spins once per day (half as fast as the hour hand of a clock!). This means we have the day and night cycle….

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CREATION MINISTRIES – LEADING EVANGELISTS

CREATION MINISTRIES – LEADING EVANGELISTS

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The Chugley Blog salutes Creation Ministries for their mighty evangelistic effort using Social Media. What an amazing result by a small, dedicated, well educated and articulate team of people. If only “churches” would pick up on this avenue for reaching the lost, surely less people would be made monkeys of! See the clip above featuring Mark Harwood…… Be sure to do your bit – subscribe to Creation Magazine: https://creation.com/magazines Gibber! Gibber! Chugley Social sophistry CMI’s social media videos reaching millions Editorial Sneak peek of a powerful article from the latest Creation magazine by Don Batten As I write this, the Social Media Video Project of Creation Ministries International approaches 30 million views on social media (Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, X, and Instagram). In embarking on this project, we were hoping to reach a lot more young people, and that is happening. This project involves producing short videos (less than a minute) on various topics, which then inspire viewers to access a longer one with more information.We mustn’t be discouraged by the loud ‘anti’ brigade. Even the nasty comments show that the videos are hitting the mark—challenging unbelief. Engaging with people on social media, I am often appalled at the ignorance and sophistry evident in comments. Many of the ‘gotcha’ questions are answered on creation.com, if only the questioner would look. And then, often when you direct the person to the answer, they won’t read it, dismissing it with derision, asserting that they believe in ‘science’ or that ‘science’ says something different. This sort of response involves the fallacies of ‘No true Scotsman’, as well as ‘reification’ (see pp. 52–53 in this issue). One wonders—why would a person even be commenting in the ‘creation science’ channel/group if they are not interested in engaging with biblical creation? Perhaps some feel their ego stroked by browbeating others. Social media can be quite…

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