Plants

Did Plants Die Before the Fall?

We commonly use the word die to describe when plants, animals, or humans no longer function biologically. However, this is not the definition of the word die or death in the Old Testament. The Hebrew word for die is used only in relation to the death of man or animals with the breath of life, not regarding plants.

Carnivorous Plants

More than 600 species of plants are known to be carnivorous. Today’s carnivorous plants show just how topsy-turvy the world has become. After Adam’s rebellion, God cursed the earth so that it would bring forth “thorns and thistles”. Plants once meant for good can now cause harm.

Evolution of Flowers

Darwin considered the floral biodiversity in the fossil record to be an “abominable mystery” as he could not understand how such variety could appear all at once through evolutionary processes. Evolutionists since Darwin’s time have puzzled over how so many sorts of flowers could evolve so quickly.

Photosynthesis—A Manufacturing Process Like None Other

The ability of plants to produce food from the sun (photosynthesis) is one of the most important and complex biological processes known to scientists. By God’s design, we have more than just spinach to eat. No, The Creator filled the earth with an unimaginable variety and abundance of foods.

Articles About Plants

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Carnivorous Conundrum

Jan. 29, 2011 from News to Know
Carnivorous plants may seem, at first, to be a puzzling challenge to creationists’ claim that there was no need for death in nature as God designed it.
Magazine Article
Best Seat in the House

Jan. 23, 2011 from Answers Magazine
Consider what the fossils really tell us, when we start with the Bible as factual history.
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Peat Moss—Man’s Wisdom or God’s Wisdom?

Oct. 13, 2010 from Answers in Depth
When we examine the world in the light of God’s Word, what we see makes sense—including the amazing design of Sphagnum peat moss.
Magazine Article
Orchids—A Bouquet of Adaptations

July 7, 2010 from Answers Magazine
The existence of thousands of orchid species staggers the imagination. Yet each species seems perfectly adapted for the insects that pollinate the flower.
Pitcher Plants Symbiosis

March 13, 2010 from News to Know
Creationists often respond to challenges that animals couldn't have been vegetarian before the Fall. Rarely does this turn to carnivorous plants, but a new study may provide support for creationists.
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The Genesis of “Rat-Eating” Plants

Sept. 29, 2009 from Answers in Depth
As improbable as it sounds, there are plants that can digest rats and other small vertebrates.
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ScienceDaily: “Study of Flower Color Shows Evolution in Action”

July 4, 2009 from News to Know
Changes in the color of columbine flowers: another example of “evolution in action” that has little to do with Darwin.
Evolution of Flowers

May 23, 2009 from News to Know
It’s what Charles Darwin called an “abominable mystery” and what ScienceDaily says “scientists have yet to solve”: the origin of flowering plants.
Orchid Slideshow

Dec. 8, 2008
This slideshow illustrates the incredible variety of orchids.
Magazine Article
Little Green Machines

July 1, 2008 from Answers Magazine
Reminders about the loving Creator are all around us, even in the grass we walk on.
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Researchers Push Convergent Evolution Theory with Similar Plant Groups

May 31, 2008
It’s another tall tale of “convergent evolution”: two separate plant groups that evolved the same critical building block.
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A Hobby That Took Root

Jan. 1, 2008 from Answers Magazine
Ron Dudek's favorite subject is carnivorous plants, which provide endless opportunities to share about the amazing designs in God's creation.
Growing a Venus Flytrap

Nov. 30, 2007
Each year I speak to dozens of adults and children about the wonders of carnivorous plants. What happens if I stick my finger in a Venus flytrap?
In-Depth Article
Origin of Photosynthesis

May 16, 2007 from Answers in Depth
Certainly evolutionsts do not believe that bacteria consciously invented photosynthesis. So, what evolutionary mechanisms might be responsible for bacteria being able to “invent” photosynthesis?
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Book Chapter
The Origin of Plants

April 5, 2007 from Evolution Exposed: Biology
The creation of plants in their many diverse forms is apparent in the intricate design of plant systems.
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Kingdom of the Plants: Defying Evolution

Dec. 1, 2001, pp. 46–48
The alleged sequence of evolution of various plants contradicted their actual order of burial in the fossil record!
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Did Plants Evolve?

Sept. 1, 1997, pp. 10–12
Have you ever seen a fossil plant series in a museum display or textbook on evolution? I haven’t.
Magazine Article
Farming Frustrations? ...

Sept. 1, 1997, pp. 50–51
No matter where you are, growing food surely is frustrating and hard work.
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Orchids ... A Witness to the Creator

Dec. 1, 1996, pp. 44–45
There is no evidence whatsoever that flowering plants evolved.
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God’s Little Green Machines

June 1, 1994, pp. 26–27
God’s little green machines all run on solar power. Long before man discovered how to harness solar power, the Creator had installed miniature ‘solar panels’ in every green leaf.
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Fantastic Fibre Optics in Plants!

Sept. 1, 1993, pp. 6–7
Botanists have learned that the principles of fibre optics are used in growing plants.
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You Can Tell Time from Flowers

Sept. 1, 1991, pp. 51–52
Many flower-lovers can tell the time by observing which flowers are opening or closing at any particular time of day.
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Mini ‘Hand Grenades’ Explode Evolutionary Ideas

March 1, 1991, pp. 14–15
The unsuspecting visitor to the flat-lying, sandy-stony wastelands of the Mediterranean region would probably take very little notice of a common ‘weed’ with long runners and heart-shaped, serrated leaves.