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Evidence foe Creation
Fossilized Footprint of a Dinosaur and a Man
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1. The Fossil
Record…
Evolutionists
have constructed the Geologic Column in order to illustrate the supposed
progression of "primitive" life forms to "more complex"
systems we observe today. Yet, "since only a small percentage of the
earth's surface obeys even a … portion of the geologic column…the claim of
their having taken place to form a continuum of rock/life/time…over the earth
is therefore a fantastic and imaginative contrivance.1" "[T]he
lack of transitional series cannot be explained as being due to the scarcity of
material. The deficiencies are real, they will never be filled."2
This supposed column is actually saturated with "polystrate fossils"
(fossils extending from one geologic layer to another) that tie all the layers
to one time-frame. "[T]o the unprejudiced, the fossil record of plants is
in favor of special creation." 3
2.
Decay of Earth's Magnetic Field…
Dr.
Thomas Barnes, Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Texas at El
Paso, has published the definitive work in this field.4
Scientific observations since 1829 have shown that the earth's magnetic field
has been measurably decaying at an exponential rate, demonstrating its half-life
to be approximately 1,400 years. In practical application its strength 20,000
years ago would approximate that of a magnetic star. Under those conditions many
of the atoms necessary for life processes could not form. These data demonstrate
that earth's entire history is young, within a few thousand of years.
3.
The Global Flood…
The
Biblical record clearly describes a global Flood during Noah's day.
Additionally, there are hundreds of Flood traditions handed down through
cultures all over the world. 5 M.E. Clark and Henry Voss have
demonstrated the scientific validity of such a Flood providing the sedimentary
layering we see on every continent. 6 Secular scholars report very
rapid sedimentation and periods of great carbonate deposition in earth's
sedimentary layers..7
It is now possible to
prove the historical reality of the Biblical Flood.8
4.
Population Statistics…
World
population growth rate in recent times is about 2% per year. Practicable
application of growth rate throughout human history would be about half that
number. Wars, disease, famine, etc. have wiped out approximately one third of
the population on average every 82 years. Starting with eight people, and
applying these growth rates since the Flood of Noah's day (about 4500 years ago)
would give a total human population at just under six billion people. However,
application on an evolutionary time scale runs into major difficulties. Starting
with one "couple" just 41,000 years ago would give us a total
population of 2 x 1089. 9The universe does not have space
to hold so many bodies.
5.
Radio Halos…
Physicist
Robert Gentry has reported isolated radio halos of polonuim-214 in crystalline
granite. The half-life of this element is 0.000164 seconds! To record the
existence of this element in such short time span, the granite must be in
crystalline state instantaneously.10 This runs counter to
evolutionary estimates of 300 million years for granite to form.
6 .
Human Artifacts throughout the Geologic Column…
Man-made
artifacts - such as the hammer in Cretaceous rock, a human sandal print
with trilobite in Cambrian rock, human footprints and a handprint in Cretaceous
rock – point to the fact that all the supposed geologic periods actually
occurred at the same time in the recent past.11
7.
Helium Content in Earth's Atmosphere…
Physicist
Melvin Cook, Nobel Prize medalist found that helium-4 enters our atmosphere from
solar wind and radioactive decay of uranium. At present rates our atmosphere
would accumulate current helium-4 amounts in less than 10,000 years.12
8.
Expansion of Space Fabric…
Astronomical
estimates of the distance to various galaxies gives conflicting data. 13The
Biblical Record refers to the expansion of space by the Creator14.
Astrophysicist Russell Humphries demonstrates that such space expansion would
dilate time in distant space.15 This could explain a recent creation
with great distances to the stars.
9.
Design in Living Systems…
A
living cell is so awesomely complex that its interdependent components stagger
the imagination and defy evolutionary explanations. A minimal cell contains over
60,000 proteins of 100 different configurations.16
The chance of this assemblage occurring by chance is 1 in 10 4,478,296 .17
10.
Design in the Human Brain…
The
human brain is the most complicated structure in the known universe.18
It contains over 100 billion cells, each with over 50,000 neuron connections to
other brain cells.19 This structure receives over 100 million
separate signals from the total human body every second. If we learned something
new every second of our lives, it would take three million years to exhaust the
capacity of the human brain. 20 In addition to conscious thought,
people can actually reason, anticipate consequences, and devise plans – all
without knowing they are doing so.21
1Woodmorappe,
John, "The Essential Non-Existence of the Evolutionary Uniformitarian
Geologic Column: A Quantitative Assessment," Creation Research Society
Quarterly, vol. 18, no.1 (Terre Haute, Indiana, June 1981),pp. 46-71
2
Nilsson, N. Heribert, as quoted in Arthur C. Custance, The Earth Before Man,
Part II, Doorway Papers, no. 20 (Ontario, Canada: Doorway Publications), p. 51
3Corner, E.J.H., Contemporary
Botanical Thought, ed. A.M. MacLeod and L.S. Cobley (Chicago: Quadrangle
Books, 1961), p. 97
4Barnes, Thomas, ICR Technical
Monograph #4, Origin and Destiny of the Earth's Magnetic Field (2nd
edition, 1983)
5Blick, Edward, A Scientific
Analysis of Genesis (Oklahoma City: Hearthstone, 1991) p. 103
6Clark, M.E. and Voss, H.D.,
"Fluid Mechanic Examination of the Tial Mechanism for Producing Mega-Sedimantary
Layering" (Third International Conference on Creation, Pittsburg, July
1994)
7Ager, Derek, The Nature of
the Stratigraphical Record (New York: John Wiley and Sons) p. 43 and p. 86
8West, John Anthony, Serpent
in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt (New York: Julian Press, 1987)
pp. 13-14
9 See Morris, Henry, Scientific
Creationism (El Cajon, CA: Master Books)
10Gentry, Robert, Creation's
Tiny Mystery (Knoxville, Tenn.: Earth Science Assoc.,1988)
11 Baugh, Carl, Why Do Men
Believe Evolution AGAINST ALL ODDS? (Oklahoma City: Hearthstone, 1999)
12Cook, Melvin, "Where is
The Earth's Radiogenic Helium?" Nature, Vol. 179, p. 213
13Cowan, R., "Further
Evidence of a Youthful Universe," Science News, Vol. 148, p. 166
14Psalm 104:2; Isaiah 40:22
15Humphries, Russell, Starlight
and Time (Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 1994)
16Denton, Michael, Evolution:
A Theory in Crisis (Bethesda, Maryland: Adler & Adler, 1986) p. 263
17 Mastropaolo, Joseph,
"Evolution Is Biologically Impossible," Impact # 317 (El Cajon,
CA: Institute For Creation Research,1999) p. 4
18Restak, Richard, The
Brain: The Last Frontier, 1979, p. 390
19The Brain, Our Universe
Within, PBS Video
20Wonders of God's Creation,
Moody Video Series
21Weiss, Joseph,
"Unconscious Mental Functioning," Scientific American, March
1990, p. 103
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