Category: EVOLUTION

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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GOODNESS GRANNY

GOODNESS GRANNY

Creation excels itself! Just click on Gavin Cox’s name (the author) to read his biography. Make sure you subscribe to Creation Magazine: https://creation.com/magazines Gibber! Gibber! Chugley Goodness granny Great balls of fire! by Gavin Cox At 11:35pm on 3 October 2021, 66-year-old grandmother Ruth Hamilton was woken suddenly by a loud bang as a space rock smashed through her apartment roof. It landed on her pillow, inches from her head. Hamilton was stunned to see the black meteorite, slightly larger than a baseball and weighing 1.27 kg (2.8 lb), which left a gaping hole in her ceiling.1 Moments before, residents of Golden, in Canada’s British Columbia province, were treated to a fireball streaking across the night sky. This was caused by a meteor that had disintegrated in the upper atmosphere before parts of it fell to Earth as meteorites. One part landed in a field a mile from Hamilton’s house; another fragment landed in her house.2 Out of this worldview The stunning encounter with an extraterrestrial rock left Ruth ruffled and contemplating the meaning of life. According to scientists who studied Ruth’s space rock, it would have lost approximately 90% of its mass during its trip through the atmosphere, burning at 2,000oC (3,600oF), while travelling at up to 50 times the speed of sound.2 Such observable facts demolish ideas about Earth life arriving by meteorites (panspermia), because bacteria (even if they could hide inside meteorites) would never survive the heat of entry.3 By the time the meteorite landed on Hamilton’s pillow, thankfully, it would have cooled enough to handle.2 Hamilton stated: “l’m just totally amazed over the fact that it is a star that came out of the sky, it’s maybe billions of years old.” 4 Such ideas about the supposed history of rocks are based mainly on radiometric dating techniques. These rely on assumptions about the…

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TURNING BAD NEWS INTO GOOD NEWS

TURNING BAD NEWS INTO GOOD NEWS

The irrepressible Bud Hancock presents another highly perceptive article about Good News and how to find it. Many thanks Bud, it is much appreciated by this monkey. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley PS: If these articles are helpful to you would you consider buying me a banana by clicking the icon on the landing page right hand side? Amounts start at $5, and, if you help us, we can help our contributors, like Bud, and others. Many thanks to those who have helped so far – many thanks and a big Gibber! Turning Bad News Into Good News By Bud Hancock Introduction News: noo͞z, nyoo͞z noun plural Information about recent events or happenings, especially as reported by means of newspapers, websites, radio, television, and other forms of media. A presentation of such information, as in a newspaper or on a newscast. New information of any kind. As can be seen from the definitions above found in the American Heritage Dictionary, the word “information” can be interchanged for the word “news”. The only “media” not mentioned in any of the definitions is the word “book”, so I guess the world does not see books as sources of information. How wrong they are. No matter where you get your “news”, any good news is becoming very difficult to find these days. Whether it is political, cultural or educational in nature, it is mostly negative and inspires negativity in the listener, viewer or reader. The Bad News Educational –  In the U.S., the basics of education have been more or less forgotten or replaced by what now passes for education. The three R’s, readin’, ‘riting and ‘rithmetic, were dominant when I was a youngster and WERE the basis of education and were the critical subjects that all students were expected to gradually master as they progressed from…

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HOW OLD IS THE EARTH?

HOW OLD IS THE EARTH?

The story of Surtsey is a dramatic example of how quickly an eco system can form on this earth. Click on the red arrow above to view the short video. The article below elaborates on this historical geological event and its relevance to the age of the earth. Don’t forget to subscribe to Creation magazine and keep abreast of articles that make it easy to “give a reason for your faith” 1 Peter 3:15-20. Just click the live link below: https://creation.com/magazines Gibber! Gibber! Chugley PS: If these articles are helpful to you would you consider buying me a banana by clicking the icon on the landing page right hand side? Amounts start at $5, and, if you help us, we can help our contributors, like Creation Ministries, and others. Many thanks to those who have helped so far – many thanks and a big Gibber! Surtsey, the young island that ‘looks old’ by Carl Wieland (Click on this link to read Carl Wieland’s biography). Great minds of the past had no difficulty with the concept of a young earth shaped and reshaped by catastrophic forces, especially the upheavals associated with Noah’s Flood. Today, we have been so thoroughly saturated with the ‘slow and gradual’ philosophy that when we look at vast cliffs, landscapes and boulders we tend to immediately associate them with very long ages. The pictures in this article are of Surtsey, an island which was born in only days from a huge undersea volcanic eruption off Iceland in the North Atlantic in 1963. It shows features which most people would think take much, much longer to form. Of course, there never has been any logical (as opposed to psychological) barrier to the idea that large forces can do enormous amounts of geological work in a short time.1 The following quote is…

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HAS AN APE LEARNED TO TALK?

HAS AN APE LEARNED TO TALK?

This article by Dr Carl Wieland reinforces my conclusion that I am a rare freak. I have only received , apparently, the download for reading and writing, not the talking download. Be sure to subscribe to Creation magazine to keep informed about the Creation/Evolution battle. https://creation.com/magazines Gibber! Gibber! Chugley Editor’s note: As Creation magazine has been continuously published since 1978, we are publishing some of the articles from the archives for historical interest, such as this. For teaching and sharing purposes, readers are advised to supplement these historic articles with more up-to-date ones suggested in the Further Reading below. Has an ape learned to talk? by Carl Wieland Claims are circulating widely that Kanzi, a bonobo or pygmy chimpanzee, has done just this. In fact, the reality is far more mundane than all the evolutionary excitement would suggest. It has been known for some years that Kanzi and others had been trained to use simple symbols to represent concepts like ‘banana’, ‘grapes’, ‘juice’ or ‘yes’. And now it has apparently been shown, from analyzing tapes, that this ape has used four distinct sounds to represent those four particular concepts. Whether any other ape or human was meant to ‘understand’ them is not presently clear. It should be noted that the sounds are nothing like human speech, not even an imitation of it. An ape’s larynx simply does not have that capability. For example, it can’t make the fundamental vowels (a, o, i, etc.) of the human language. African Gray Parrots, not thought to be closely related to humans at all, do a much better job of using vocalization to communicate symbolic concepts. One of them at least, as we have reported in Creation magazine some time ago, has been able to articulate actual English words and link them to meaningful concepts. But because there is no obvious evolutionary mileage,…

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JUST PREACH THE GOSPEL

JUST PREACH THE GOSPEL

I am pleased to present an article by Jonathan Sarfati of Creation Ministries. This monkey understands that many in your Churches consider Genesis to be unimportant – ” We just preach Jesus”. This article will illuminate the reasons why believing Genesis 1-11 is absolute truth is very important. Jonathan’s biography is accessible by clicking on his name at the beginning of his article. Don’t forget to subscribe to Creation Magazine, click below: https://creation.com/magazines Gibber! Gibber! Chugley ‘Just preach the Gospel!’ Or: how not to impress atheists by Jonathan Sarfati Many Christians who disbelieve biblical (‘young earth’) creation claim that it harms the witness to atheists. Thus they say we should avoid such divisive1 issues as Genesis and ‘just preach the Gospel’. However, how does that match up with the best Gospel preachers in Scripture? Paul’s Gospel message included Genesis For example, how did the Apostle Paul preach the Gospel? In 1 Corinthians 15, he summarizes the Gospel, and reminds the Corinthians that this is what he had previously taught them when he first evangelized them about 15 years earlier:2Paul explains that the Gospel, the ‘good news’, doesn’t dangle rootlessly in a vacuum. To explain the good news, Paul gave the bad news, that we need saving because we are sinners Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, … (1–4) But note the last phrase, “in accordance with the Scriptures”. Paul explains…

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Nuclear physicist embraces biblical creation

Nuclear physicist embraces biblical creation

Many thanks to Creation Ministries for this interview just published with an eminent Nuclear Physicist. It never ceases to amaze my monkey mind how so many of you humans believe in the “theory” of evolution. To subscribe to Creation magazine click link below: https://creation.com/magazines Gibber! Gibber! Chugley Nuclear physicist embraces biblical creation Nuclear scientist Dr Brandon van der Ventel shares his creationist faith with Dr Jonathan Sarfati Dr Brandon van der Ventel obtained his B.Sc. in 1992 and his Ph.D. in 1999, both from Stellenbosch University in South Africa. For 12 years, he has been an academic. He is currently an associate professor of physics at his alma mater1 (Note: in their system, ‘Associate Professor’ is the second highest academic rank, equivalent to “Reader” in the UK). Most of his research for the past twelve years has been on relativistic descriptions of nuclear reactions, but he also studies problems in mathematical biology. He has published 19 papers in scientific journals, and a number of international conference proceedings. In 2008 one of Brandon’s doctoral students in theoretical nuclear physics was awarded the prestigious Fulbright scholarship. Brandon is married to Tracy-Lee and they have one son, Levi. Dr Brandon van der Ventel has long been interested in science. He explains that as a young boy he loved comic books, where heroes like Spiderman would often defeat powerful foes with scientific know-how. He also liked to play with all kinds of gadgets to see how they work. However, at university he found that he liked theoretical work even more. So he eventually specialized in theoretical nuclear physics. We, as Christians, have a great advantage since the Bible provides an eyewitness account of Creation and as scientists we can study God’s creation from this perspective. Brandon is also a Christian, who says he was blessed to be raised…

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DESIGN? DARWINIAN OR DIVINE?

DESIGN? DARWINIAN OR DIVINE?

Philip Bell gives a concise summary of the Creation/Evolution facts. Easy to understand and great for giving you points to counter evolutionist’s arguments. His biography is below this link. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley Biography Philip is a scientist and educator who lives and works in the United Kingdom. He studied biology and geology at the University of Wales (Swansea), graduating in zoology in 1989. For nine years he worked at a cancer research unit in chemosensitivity testing. During the 1990s, he was also a member of the Postgraduate School of Medicine, Bath University and (co-)authored a number of papers in secular medical journals (see longer bio for details). Philip became a secondary school science teacher in the late 1990s, but has worked full time in Creation ministry since 2001, speaking on Bible/science topics in churches, schools and universities. Since January 2007, he has been CEO of Creation Ministries International (UK/Europe) and is a contributor to Creation magazine, the Journal of Creation and CMI’s website. Philip trusted in Christ as a child and was raised in a strong Christian home to believe the Bible from the very first verse, but compromised with secular beliefs about origins in his late teens. During the course of his later, graduate studies he rejected evolution/millions of years on both scientific and biblical grounds. He came again to see the Bible as God’s completely trustworthy, infallible Word on scientific and historical matters—not just matters of Christian faith and conduct. Philip is married with five adult children and is a strong advocate of Christian education.He is author of Evolution and the Christian Faith: Theistic evolution in the light of Scripture and the contributing editor to Does Evolution Explain Everything About Life? and author of the children’s book Discovering the Truth about Dinosaurs.

OCTOPUSES

OCTOPUSES

Another fascinating article from Creation magazine. The latest issue features Pelicans and is just out. Subscriptions can be made at: https://creation.com/magazines To read about the author, Bruce Lawrence, click on his live link name below. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley Argonauts, octopuses, and death by Bruce Lawrence The octopus is a strange and beautiful creature. While the many varieties of octopus express unique and fantastic qualities, almost all of them have something in common: a cold and lethal reproductive cycle. The argonaut is a unique variety of octopus with the females being the most recognizable. The females are much larger than the males and have shells made of calcium carbonate. The male is like all octopus varieties: it has a specialized arm that is used in reproduction. It carries the male reproductive cells and delivers them to the female. However, this is where the similarity quickly ends. The male argonaut has the unique ability to detach this specialized arm from its body. After detaching, this limb will swim on its own to the female and is then stored inside her body, for later use. The male argonaut achieves this by taking advantage of general octopus biology. An octopus has nine brains. There is one brain in each arm, and one brain in the head. The suction cups on the arm of an octopus also contain olfactory organs (they can smell things). As a result, each arm can act independently after detaching. For the argonaut, this characteristic is taken advantage of in reproduction.If this reproductive method is superior, then why did evolution favor the exact opposite reproductive method in what is essentially the same creature? What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. This is a good example of why evolution is useless to real-world biology. To avoid being eaten by the…

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HANGING LOOSE: WHAT SHOULD WE DEFEND?

HANGING LOOSE: WHAT SHOULD WE DEFEND?

Dr Carl Wieland MB., BS., is founder of Creation Magazine in 1978. The magazine is advertisement free, full colour and amazing value for money at $32 pa subscription for four issues. Clock on Dr Carl’s name, live link, above the Editorial, for a full biography. It is becoming more and more important for Christians to be able to defend the reasons for their faith, which is coming under increasing attack in these last days. 1 Peter 3:15. Make sure to subscribe by clicking the link below: https://creation.com/magazines Gibber! Gibber! Chugley ‘Hanging Loose’: What should we defend? Editorial by Carl Wieland Author’s note November 2022: Since this article was published in Creation magazine many years ago (1989), its advice to ‘hang loose’ on non-core issues looks interesting in the rearview mirror. It mentions several notions as examples of the sort of thing that one should not defend as if it were an actual teaching of Scripture. I’ve now marked with an asterisk * each instance where the model or argument in question (or in the case of deep-frozen mammoths, an associated concept or explanation) has since been abandoned as untenable by virtually all major creationist organisations and institutions. Each of these have since been listed (with explanation) in our updateable ‘advice’ list of Arguments not to use. In most cases, they have been replaced with better explanations—CW One of the most common caricatures made of creation science is that, because it begins with the Bible, it has nothing to do with investigative science. Science asks questions, they say, then looks for answers. So if you start with answers, how can you be doing science? However, we are obviously not claiming that God has revealed all possible knowledge in His Word. We do claim, though, that where He has clearly revealed certain facts relating to reality (science, history)…

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