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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 MINISTRIES – LEADING EVANGELISTS

CREATION MINISTRIES – LEADING EVANGELISTS

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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End-Times and Early-Times

End-Times and Early-Times

Dr Don Batten, former CEO of Creation ministries, makes several lucid observations about the differences between having different opinions about Genesis and eschatology – End Time events. To read Don’s biography, which is most interesting, click on his name at the top of the article. You can subscribe to Creation magazine, of which Don is the Editor, by clicking the link below: https://creation.com/ You may also like to watch Don live in the clip below, which went viral on the internet recently. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley by Dr Don Batten Bible-believing Christians can differ on their understanding of endtime matters (eschatology) and other things such as form of church government, mode and subject of baptism, and Sabbath observance. So why make an issue about the days of creation? Surely this is just another one of those issues where we can tolerate various views, without criticizing each other? On the surface, this sounds like a good argument. However, let’s tease it out. Christians generally differ in their understanding of eschatology on the basis of their different interpretations of Scripture alone. The differences in views do not originate from anything outside of the Bible. So, the Reformation principle, sola scriptura (‘Bible alone’), guides the various people in arriving at their conclusions. Disagreements over eschatology, baptism, etc. begin and end with the Bible—the authority of the Bible is not normally an issue. However, when it comes to Genesis, virtually everyone agrees about what Genesis says and how the writer(s) meant readers to understand it—six ordinary days of creation where everything was very good, and death and suffering entered the world through the sin of Adam and Eve; the global Flood; etc. (see Hebrew scholar affirms that Genesis means what it says! also in this issue). But outside influences generate the differing viewpoints—for example, the conjectures of the historical…

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CREATION GOES VIRAL

CREATION GOES VIRAL

I am thrilled to share this e-mail from Creation Ministries. They have very recently published short “grabs” about the Creation/Evolution debate and published them on the leading social media sites. Mark Harwood’s talk with a student is at the link directly below, his short “grab” has gained 3 million hits on Tic Toc. (all the short “grabs” can be accessed via the live links that are included in CMI’s letter that follows). Make sure you subscribe to Creation Magazine and support this effective evangelistic outreach, as well as keeping yourself informed about the Creation/Evolution debate via this high quality fill colour magazine carrying no adverts. Click the link below: https://creation.com/magazines Gibber! Gibber! Chugley  Social Media Video Project August Update Dear Subscriber, I am pleased to share another update on the progress of the Social Media Video Project (SMVP). Your ongoing support has been instrumental in its progress, and we are thrilled to share some exciting early achievements. A few months ago, we (somewhat reluctantly, it must be said) joined TikTok in preparation for the launch of this project. TikTok is the largest short-form video platform on the web, and is a top choice for a significant proportion of younger ‘digital natives’, so it was important for us to have a presence there. However, since we were brand new to the platform, we weren’t expecting much action early on. And sure enough, after three weeks of releasing daily content, we had gained just 30 subscribers, and most of our TikTok videos were only getting a few hundred views each. So, we weren’t expecting what came next. About a week ago, two of our TikTok videos went viral in quick succession. In a few days, they garnered over two million views… each! In just over a week, our TikTok channel gained 17,000 new…

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FLATTENED BY THE EVOLUTION STEAMROLLER?!

FLATTENED BY THE EVOLUTION STEAMROLLER?!

I am delighted to publish the following article by Don Batten of Creation Ministries International. Don’s biography can be accessed by clicking his name at the top of this article. Make sure you subscribe to Creation Magazine, the best value colour magazine, annual subscription is a mere $32 for four quarterly issues a year. Click link below and make sure you proof yourself against the wiles of evolution! https://creation.com/magazines Gibber! Gibber! Chugley ‘Flattened by the evolution steamroller’?! by Don Batten, Senior scientist, CMI-Australia This first appeared in CMI-Australia, CMI-Singapore, and CMI-UK/Europe’s Update, February 2022. As a young teenager, Christopher Beckingham had made a commitment to Jesus Christ.1 However, when he studied biology he was “flattened by the evolution steamroller”, as he put it. He realized that evolution, as taught by mainstream academics, contradicts the Bible’s account of Creation and the Fall in Genesis. They could not both be correct, he thought, and he put his ‘faith’ in the ‘facts’ of science. “It was in this way that the rug of faith was pulled from under my feet, and it was eight long years before I recovered my trust in the Lord.” Initially, Christopher would engage with his believing Dad in the creation/evolution debate, but he grew increasingly disinterested as he hardened his heart towards God. “I hardened my heart and rejected God, indulging in unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness and covetousness. I became increasingly cold and aggressive as I mercilessly pursued my own selfish ambition.” He likened his attitude to those the Apostle Paul referred to in Romans 1:22: “Claiming to be wise, they became fools…”. He felt invincible and thought that his intelligence and the wisdom of the world would give him whatever he wanted. He even investigated the occult. Brought low But in September 2016 Christopher was brought to his knees. “As part of my struggle,…

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