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Large-Scale Natural Selection Test
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Scientists have run one of the largest-scale tests of natural selection ever. Does the result do anything to convince us of Darwin’s theory?
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Survival of the Fittest
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Survival of the fittest is not evolution. It is a fact of life in a world that has been tainted with death and bloodshed since Adam rebelled against his Maker.
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Survival of the Sniffer
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Mammals grew bigger brains “the better to smell you, my dear!”
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“Natural Selection Is Evolution.”
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If we take a loose definition of evolution, meaning “change,” then yes, natural selection is evolution/change. But what is typically meant in this argument is that natural selection is molecules-to-man evolution. Is this scientifically possible, or is it a just-so story?
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Incredible Elephant Memory Aids in Herd Survival
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Perhaps an elephant should stand in for the “sage owl” character sometimes portrayed in cartoons.
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NewScientist: “Cooperative Robots Obey Evolutionary Law”
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Robots who “learned” how to share are “the first real confirmation of Hamilton’s rule, one of the most fundamental theories in modern biology.”
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Survival of the ... Runts?
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Researchers investigate how inferior members of a deer herd keep on recurring.
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Survival of the Kindest?
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Move over, Charles Darwin: researchers at Oregon State University and the University of California–Berkeley want to supplant “survival of the fittest” with “survival of the kindest.”
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Tragedy in a Godless Universe
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If we take the idea of “survival of the fittest” to its logical conclusion, it seems almost absurd for anyone who accepts the story of evolution to think of death as being the enemy.
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Global Ice Ages "Triggered" Evolution?
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Could global ice ages have “triggered” evolution—or is it just another wild idea that works on paper but lacks actual evidence?
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Whitefish: Latest Example of Evolution
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If the Canadian Press is to be believed, whitefish provide the latest example of “evolution” in action. But as with previous examples, the evolutionary significance is overstated.
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Be Yourself: Survive!
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Research conducted by doctoral student Mark Fitzpatrick of the University of Toronto at Mississauga is uncovering how more unique individuals of a species enjoy a survival advantage.
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Winter Harshness and Sheep Survival
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A multi-decade study of Scottish sheep indicates that weather patterns have an effect on “body shape and population size,” according to the BBC, who reports on this ovine study led by Imperial College London professor Tim Coulson and colleagues.
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Evolution, the Foundation For Our Economy?
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A discussion of an opinion piece from The Denver Post which is hardly worth mentioning, except for its service as a recitation of some common arguments for evolution-in particular, that teaching evolution is the foundation for our economy.
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Evolution or Adaptation?
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An article in the July 24, 2006 Washington Post refers to a March 2006 PLoS Biology article that suggests that humans are currently undergoing evolution.
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End of Story?
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This letter is from Shelley Moore, USA. It is an example of the prevalent confusion about the meaning of evolution.
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The dodo bird ... an example of survival of the fittest
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the last dodo died in the late 1600s. A careful recent examination of the dodo has revealed that many common perceptions about the bird are incorrect.
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The Evolution of Pretty Girls
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Well, I doubt that many young couples in love think much about the survival of the species. But such is the nature of evolution that it has become an explanation for everything.
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'Survival of the Fittest' is not Evolution
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Survival of the fittest is not evolution. It is a fact of life in a world that has been tainted with death and bloodshed, but only since Adam rebelled against his Maker.
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How Biblical Kinds Differ from Modern Species
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How biblical kinds differ from modern species, a history of speciation models, and why the biblical model better explains the natural world
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Does Natural Selection . . . Slow Down Evolution?
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What do we make of a headline that proclaims, “Natural Selection Can Actually Slow Evolution, Scientists Say”?
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Is Natural Selection at Odds with Creation?
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The claim that biblical creationists reject natural
selection is based on an outdated notion. The young-earth creationist
view has been so maligned in
popular culture that many people think
creationists deny basic facts of life.
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Four Differences Between Natural Selection And Evolution
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Take a look at these reasons why natural selection isn't the same as evolution, and how—unlike evolution—natural selection agrees with God's Word.
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The Evolution of . . . Chocolate?
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Secular researchers look at the cocoa plant in light of an evolutionary worldview and, based on their evolutionary beliefs, have now adjusted their ancient date of the cocoa plant to be even older in their story. They believe ancient diversification of the cocoa plant resulted in delicious varieties within the species.
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Bitter Butterfly
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The viceroy is a colorful butterfly native to the United States that is known to mimic other species. However, the viceroy is not just a tasty option that looks like the unpalatable models it mimics. A recent study attempted to demonstrate mimicry and how it evolved in the viceroy butterfly.
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“Lousy” Pigeon Professors
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A recent study looked at the colors of lice on the feathers of numerous varieties of pigeons. According to the authors, the study was proof of evolution. However, despite their protestations to the contrary, this study does not demonstrate macroevolution or even any evolution at all.
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Understanding Natural Selection
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Some biblical creationists have fallen into the evolutionists’ trap and tried to refute evolution by throwing out the concept of natural selection entirely. While well intended, such attempts end up being logically unsound, scientifically erroneous, and theologically deficient.
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Are Humans Driving Rapid Lizard Evolution?
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Reports proclaim human actions, in this case the building of a hydro-electric dam, are “messing with evolution” because of changes in a species of gecko.
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Mathematical Solution to the Mystery of Animal Ornamentation
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Scientists from Northwestern University have developed a mathematical model that may help explain animal ornamental mysteries.
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Natural Selection, Yes; Evolution, No
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Natural selection does not lead to continual improvement (evolution); it only helps to maintain features that organisms already have (creation).
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Change, Yes; Evolution, No
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There are obviously all kinds of “change through time” that are not evolution, so evolution must be only a particular kind of change through time.
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Natural Selection
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There is considerable evidence that Darwin was indeed correct about natural selection and the “war of nature.”
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Reverse Evolution Causes Darwin’s Finches to Go Missing?
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Evolutionary experts assert finches should be “protected” from surviving through hybridization if it leads to un-speciation.
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How Cavefish Went Blind, and Why It Matters
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What makes cavefish go blind? Now we know (or at least we have evidence for a strong possibility). But it isn’t evolution!
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Hard to Swallow
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Natural selection does not produce new genetic information that leads to different types of birds.
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Peppered Moth Again
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Peppered moth: “the poster child of Darwinian evolution”
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Yeast Begat Yeast
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“Evolution in progress” said to show how easily multicellularity evolved
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Warp Factor Evolution, Lieutenant
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Bulletin: salmon evolve at warp speed . . . into salmon!
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The Eyes Have It
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So with peacocks—the classic Darwinian example of sexual selection—do the eyes have it or not?
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Skin Color and Natural Selection
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Another prominently reported example of “evolution” illustrates just the opposite—and supports the creationist critique of Darwinian evolution
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Evolutionary Cuckoos
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Have Australian birds “taken a new evolutionary step”? Or is this another cuckoo example of “evolution” in action?
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Cane Toad: “Evolution” in Action?
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Is the cane toad invading Australia the latest example of “evolution” in action?
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Natural Selection Not at Work
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Natural selection, the force driving so-called “survival of the fittest,” is at the heart of both evolutionist and creationist explanations for life’s diversity. But in one strange case, natural selection is not at work on an animal.
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Evolution at a Snail's Pace
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It’s supposedly evolution in action but the evolution is proceeding like a snail creeping downhill.
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Molucules Don't Make the Man
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Scientists have built a molecular system that “evolves” in the lab. But like other such systems that have gone before it, this doesn’t prove Darwin.
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Cod Evolution No-Go
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Another example of “evolution in action”—need we even bother examining the reality to confirm this isn’t what Darwin predicted?
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Is Natural Selection the Same Thing as Evolution?
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Natural selection is an observable process that is often purported to be the underlying mechanism of unobservable molecules-to-man evolution.
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Twitchy Lizards
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Lizards are busy “evolving” again—is it more proof for Darwinism?
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The “Eyes” Have It
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Darwin suggested that if a graded series of organisms, each with some sort of eye, can be found then this would mean that the eyes could have been produced by natural selection.
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When Hunters Fuel 'Evolution'
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Losing or gaining anatomical features, changing colors, growing bigger or smaller—it doesn’t matter how a biological population is changing, it’s evolution!
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Debating the Origin of Sex
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At the beginning He made them male and female—emphasis on the “and”?
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Natural Selection Theory Strengthened By Armored Fish Study
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It’s yet another rock-solid proof of Darwin’s theory—at least in the eyes of Darwinists.
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Dung Beetle Used in Argument For Natural Selection
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Britain’s leading newsmagazine weighs in on “one of the lies regularly promulgated by creationist ideologues.” Uncalled-for, ugly allegations aside, we have to, ironically, wonder about the “truth” of that statement.
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Much Ado About Moths
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This is the fascinating story about how, due to a combination of environmental changes and selective predation, a moth turned into, well, a moth.
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Natural Selection vs. Evolution
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As our understanding of genetics has improved, it has become increasingly clear that mutations + time + chance do not equal evolution.
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Peacock Tail Beauty and Problems with Theory of Sexual Selection
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According to the theory of sexual selection, the peacock tail has gradually evolved because the peahen selects beautiful males for mating.
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Bearing Out Natural Selection—Creation Style
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A half-polar-bear, half-grizzly-bear hybrid was harvested by Jim Martell on April 16, 2006, in the Northwest Territory of Canada. The locals call this a “Pizzly” or “Grolar.”
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Small Change
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The beaks of the Galapagos finches, made famous by Darwin, have changed over time. The change cannot be used to support the idea that finches evolved from dinosaurs.
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The Nature of Myth
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A college professor lambastes AiG for “perpetuating a myth” but, in turn, perpetuates a myth about natrual selection.
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The Guppies and the Nematode...
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New 'proofs' such as the guppies and the nematode are regularly voiced by evolutionists and just as regularly forgotten without the public ever hearing that they support creation.
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Is Natural Selection “the Devil’s Device”?
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"We recently received this email from a gentleman who had a question about a comment one of our speakers made during a television interview..."
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Startling Plant Discovery Presents Problems for Evolution
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Soft tissue recovered from a Tyrannosaurus rex fossil leg bone, and a paper in Nature describes a plant that can fix its own mutations.
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Islands’ Weeds Don’t Support Evolution
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The clear evidence is that the weed research on Canada's islands points not to evolution, but to creation.
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Robots Spotlight Selection
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Robots at the University of Lausanne are the latest evidences mobilized in support of evolution.
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Natural Selection
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Evolution is the proposed process by which living things gain entirely new characteristics that were never before present in their genetic make-up, not even in a latent or ‘hidden’ form.
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Researchers Note Increase in Rate of Natural Selection
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The rate at which humans evolve is 100 times faster than it was 5,000 years ago, reports ScienceNOW on a human DNA analysis project.
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Origin of Life
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Big bangs and stardust, primordial soup, meteorites with amino acids, or maybe aliens seeded life on earth? A Creator God is a much more logical choice.
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The Origin of Life
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One of the most fundamental axioms of biology is that all life comes from preexisting life. This idea of the spontaneous generation of life from nonlife was so deeply ingrained in biological thought that it took nearly 200 years of experimental evidence to completely disprove it.
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Origin of Life Problems for Naturalists
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The origin of life is a complicated biological problem for those who deny God’s existence. In fact, it is so much an issue that many naturalists refuse even to discuss it. Two recent studies attacked the origin of life problem from different angles and ended up at cross-purposes with one another.
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Can Natural Processes Explain the Origin of Life?
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When considering how life began, there are only two options. Either life was created by an intelligent source (God) or it began by natural processes.
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Secret of Life? . . . Still Not Found
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Stable molecules still don’t hold the secret spark of life.
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Evolutionary Researchers Reinforcing Creationist Perspective?
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The evolution of the genetic code remains one of the most speculative, mysterious vignettes in the grand tale of evolution. On that subject, have evolutionary researchers made headway, or do they just reinforce the creationist’s perspective?
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Panspermia
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Was life seeded on earth by intelligent alien beings from another planet?
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Did Life Come from Outer Space?
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Why do scientists want to push the origin of life into outer space rather than believe that life originated on earth?
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PhysOrg: “NASA Scientist Finds ‘Alien Life’ Fossils”
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A NASA astrobiologist recently wrote about purported fossils of “microscopic earthworm-like creatures” in meteorites.
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Alien Life Found in the Stratosphere?
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Samples from the stratosphere said to suggest Perseid meteor shower was reminiscent of a “panspermic” origin of life on earth.
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Life on Earth Seeded from Space?
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A meteorite said to be billions of years old contains molecules that include carbon atoms. Is it proof that life on earth could have been seeded from space?
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Meteorite Complicates Search for Life in Space
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Left-handed amino acids in Tagish Lake meteorite complicate the search for life in outer space.
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Father Space—Did Amino Acids Seed Earth?
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Some like it hot; some like it cold; some think extraterrestrial amino acids seeded earth billions of years ago.
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Alleged Alien Life in Meteorite
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Headlines over the weekend boldly proclaimed that we are not alone in the universe. This assertion relies upon reports that a NASA scientist has discovered tiny fossils of alien life in a meteorite.
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Evolutionists: Life Evolved Somewhere Else in the Universe
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Evolutionists “know” life evolved on earth, and since earth “can’t be” unique (they say), life must have evolved elsewhere in the universe. So where is ET hiding?
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Molecules Found in Orion Nebula
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It isn’t alien life, but it’s the closest thing to it that routinely excites astronomers: the stuff that life is made of.
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Non-Life From Outer Space
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Astronomers have once again discovered a “building block” of life in outer space.
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Life Created In Outer Space
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“The odds are improving that life exists beyond Earth,” begins a ScienceNOW article, crediting the change to a study of a “billions-of-years-old” meteorite.
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Meteorites Thought to Have Aided in Formation of Life
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Finally, evolutionists have the hypothesis they need to show that it requires no faith whatsoever to believe that we weren’t created. Or, wait—we have that backwards.
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Space Life?
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Last year, researchers reported evidence of microbes in the upper stratosphere, and recent tests have apparently confirmed their discovery. Exciting news—the discovery of life in space—but one questio
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Life Discovered in Space
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Last year, researchers reported evidence of microbes in the upper stratosphere, and recent tests have apparently confirmed their discovery.
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Primordial Soup
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In a quiet pond somewhere on early earth, the many complex chemicals necessary for life came together to produce the first living cell—or did they?
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One Step Closer to Life?
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If all the ingredients
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naturally, does that mean
over time they can evolve
into a living creature?
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Attempts to Trace Life Back to Chemical Origins Still Flawed
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Trickle-down chemistry supposedly solves the chemical conundrum concerning the origin of life, but molecules-to-man evolution remains as fictional as ever.
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The Primitive Atmosphere
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Popular views on evolution include the concept that life originally arose from non-living chemicals through the interaction of matter and energy.
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Primordial Soup Debate
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Was primordial soup a warm pond or a hot salty ocean? Evolutionists debate.
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Did Meteorites and Warm Ponds Make Life?
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In a recent study, scientists from Canada are claiming to have given the warm ponds theory a boost regarding the evolutionary origins of life on earth.
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Could a Sudsy Pond Bring Forth Life?
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Despite the fact that life has never been observed emerging by random natural processes from non-living elements, most evolutionists are confident that it did.
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Primordial Soup Remains Lifeless
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The stone starter for a nourishing primordial soup remains as lifeless as ever.
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Toxin Lovers
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Carboxydotrophs—microbes that derive their energy from carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide—are said to be a clue to the earth’s early atmosphere.
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Primordial Soup No Longer Origin of Life
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Evolutionists and creationists alike, watch your language: the supposed “primordial soup” of life’s beginnings is no longer kosher.
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Freshwater Evolution?
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The first animals didn’t evolve in the ocean, claims a controversial new study. Instead, the study suggests the earliest animals called a saltwater lake home.
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Electricity Introduced Into Classic Evolutionary Experiments
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Zzzzzap! All it took was a helping of primordial stew and a bolt of lightning—or perhaps the hot gases of an angry volcano—and, voilà, you’ve got life.
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Synthetic Life
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Is it possible for scientists to defy the law of biogenesis and create life in a laboratory or test tube?
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Artificial Life in Biology?
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Some are claiming that researchers have taken a step toward showing how life could arise from non-life.
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Semi-Homemade Life
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Synthetic biologists are convinced their methods will eventually allow them to create life from non-life, but Darwinian evolution cannot bridge the gap.
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Get a Life
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That headline—and similar ones—appeared in sensationalist media accounts about the synthesis of a reproducing cell in a research lab.
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The Origin of Life Revisited
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For more than 50 years we have heard reports that scientists are on the cusp of creating artificial life.
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Life Almost Created in a Lab
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The media went wild this week over the “almost” creation of life in the lab.
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Multicellular Life Grows In Test Tube
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Selecting for snowflakes or evolution of multicellularity?
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Life Has Not Been Made in a Laboratory
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Don’t let a headline like “It’s Alive” fool you. Despite some misleading news reports, life has not been made from scratch in a laboratory.*
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Synthetic Cell Attempt Failed Again
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Research team built self-replicating cells from existing DNA, proving intelligent design not synthetic life, contrary to popular science reporting
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University in Glasgow to Create “Inorganic” Life
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Is it animal, vegetable, mineral, . . . or all-of-the-above?
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Synthetic Organism Spurs Evolution Talks
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Last week’s major announcement about the creation of a “synthetic” organism spurred evolution talk then—and continues to do so this week.
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Has Life Been Created in a Lab?
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In the past several hours, headlines have suggested that life has been created in a research lab. Here is our initial response.
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Biologists Attempt to Create New Forms of Life
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They may not resemble Dr. Frankenstein’s monster, but will these creations escape the lab and run wild—or just in the minds of evolutionists?
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Getting a Life?
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According to media reports, a team of researchers is on the verge of creating artificial life.
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“Creating” Life in the Lab
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The team, 17 scientists in all, built the genome of the bacterium Mycoplasma genitalium by making small blocks of DNA out of chemicals.
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Have Scientists Created a New Life-form in the Lab?
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Over the weekend several news outlets were declaring somewhat definitively that scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute have created “artificial life.”
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Origin of hype
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For more than 50 years we have been told by scientists that they have been on the verge of creating life in a laboratory.
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What Is Life?
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What mysterious quality makes a creature alive at one moment but is absent the instant the creature dies? The Bible answers the question, “What is life?”
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5.3 What Is Life? The Evolutionary View
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Evolutionists regard life as an exclusively material process. In this vein. B.O. Küppers mentions four necessary criteria for the existence of life.
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Semantics: The social motivations behind new definitions
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No matter how many times man redefines human life, God’s truth doesn’t change.
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The Mystery of Life
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What mysterious quality makes a creature alive at one moment but is absent the instant the creature dies?
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‘Life’ According to the Bible, and the Scientific Evidence
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So one may observe that the definition of a nervous system must not be thought of in terms of its basic function (response to stimuli), but in terms of its makeup (specialized cells).
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Inorganic Matter to Unicellular Life-Forms
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Couldn’t inorganic matter have easily evolved to become simple, unicellular life-forms? If only (for evolutionists) it were so simple!
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How Simple Can Life Be?
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This article describes the theory of abiogenesis and provides statistics about the likelihood of the most simple concievable organism developing from chance.
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Did Simulating “Cosmic Evolution” Get Evolutionists Closer to the Origin of Life?
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A recent article claims that by mimicking “cosmic evolution” in the lab, researchers have created some of the building blocks of life. But what’s really going on here?
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Are Scientists “Clueless” About the Origin of Life?
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Rice University professor Dr. James Tour correctly says life from non-life is “highly improbable” but doesn’t point back to the final arbiter of truth, God’s Word.
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Forget Slow-and-Gradual—New Study Says Life “Emerged Fully Formed”
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Study suggests “chemical big bang” where life arose suddenly, kickstarting early evolutionary developments though it defies a scientific or biblical explanation.
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FECA, LECA, LUCA, and Flights of Fancy
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The evolutionary explanation of complex life forms doesn’t add up.
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Abiogenesis: Can Life Come from Non-Living Chemicals?
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This naturalistic world we live in has things completely backward, with people concluding that abiogenesis is true and Genesis is myth. But it is evident from both Scripture and observational science that abiogenesis is a myth, Genesis is real history, and God is the true life.
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Origins of Multicellular Organisms
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One of the problems inherent in the evolutionary dogma is going from a single-celled organism, once such a thing exists, to a multi-celled organism. Because evolutionists’ worldview requires this evolution to occur, they are continuing to search for a mechanism to go from single-celled, to multi-celled.
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Folding Molecules Give Insight to Origin of Life
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Work published by a chemistry group in The Netherlands discusses the synthesis of a large molecule which folded into a ring pattern with a five-fold symmetry (pentagon shape) and compared it to the folding of proteins. A recent article states, the study “is interesting for origin-of-life research.”
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Is the Origin of Life a Scientific Question?
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The origin of life has been debated for a long time. What if the best data, the best science, lead to that conclusion that there might be a Creator? Only extreme atheistic bias would preclude God’s existence.
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How Can People Believe All Life Evolved by Chance?
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Why do so
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Liquid Droplets Begat Life?
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Biophysicists, observing the fascinating properties of liquid droplets, propose that liquid droplet physics could explain how life began.
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Where Should We Look for LUCA, Supposed Ancestor of All Life?
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The microbe LUCA is supposed to have been the Last Universal Common Ancestor of all living things.
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Could Life Have Evolved Multicellular System
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The recent report of a 1.5-billion-year-old fossil1 has brought attention once again to the alleged evolution of multicellular systems.
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Las Vegas, the Lottery, and the Origin of Life
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All questions on the origin of life hinge on our understanding of genetics because the first cell couldn’t just form and then die.
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First Chiral Molecule Said to Shed Light on Life’s Origins
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Evolutionists hope the first chiral molecule discovered in interstellar space will shed light on the mystery of how life evolved its biochemical handedness.
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Do Deep-Sea “Purple Socks” Hold Early Evolutionary Secrets?
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Analysis of newly discovered deep-sea species led evolutionists to say that Xenoturbella, resembling a discarded purple sock, can help us understand evolution.
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Pinpointing the “Accident” That Let Multicellular Life Evolve
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If a computer simulation can trace a path for the evolution of multicellular organisms from single-celled ones, does that mean they actually evolved that way?
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1.3 The Origin of Life: DNA and Protein
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It’s what we do know and can explain about DNA and protein and the laws of chemistry which suggests that life itself is the result of special creation.
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Where to Begin?
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Reluctant and surprised, I finally concluded that what we read in God’s Word is the surest guide to understanding what we see in God’s world.
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“600 Million-Year-Old” Sponge Said To Show When Multicellular Ani
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Does the “world’s oldest sponge” confirm evolutionary beginnings of multicellular animal life at least 600 million years ago?
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Space Rock “Life’s Second Big Bang”
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Swedish meteorite said to have triggered mass destruction and opened the way for life’s post-Cambrian explosion.
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Genome Said to Show Evolutionary Root of Plants and Animals
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“Flower of the sea” is said to contain an evolutionary link between plants and animals.
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Can Spinning Crystals Show How Life Began?
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Self-assembling virtual crystals are said to show the path to life from lifelessness.
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Tale of Shale and Oxygen in Explosion Life
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Trace elements tell a tale of critically low oxygen that nearly turned out the lights on the evolution of complex life.
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The World’s Oldest Water?
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Researchers believe water trapped in tiny fractures within sulphide deposits has had no contact with water exposed for 1.5 to 2.64 billion years.
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Researchers Calculate Life Began Before Earth Could Have Existed
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Researchers calculate that life had to have begun so long ago earth did not yet exist.
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5.6 The Origin of Biological Information and of Life
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From these discussions it should again become clear that all efforts to explain an origin of information depending on matter alone fail empirically.
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Debate with CERN Seeks "Common Ground"
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CERN summit seeks a “common ground” conclusion about the origin of everything.
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Mother of All Living?
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Ancient sponges take center stage as “our great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother.”
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Subglacial Science
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“Raiders of the lost lake” reach Vostok’s water.
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The “Right Hand” of Evolution
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“Potentially prebiotic conditions” permit production of right-handed carbs.
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All Multicellular Organisms Begin as One Cell
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The good of the one outweighs the good of the few and the many—the single-cell bottleneck that unleashes multicellular evolutionary potential(?)
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Old Views, New News
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Believe it or not, the famous Miller–Urey experiment of the 1950s is still making headlines in the creation–evolution controversy.
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Slime Molds and Life
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The cellular slime mold might seem to be a lowly form of life—maybe just the sort that could conceivably have evolved from inanimate matter.
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Latest Evolutionist Theory on life
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Whether it’s mica sheets or meteorites (or both), evolutionists have come up with theory after theory—most untestable, all unproven—about how life on earth got started. Here’s the latest.
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Life between Sheets of Mica
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Evolutionists continue to speculate about where life began. The latest answer? Between sheets of the geological substance mica.
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Problems for "Accidental" Origin of Life
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The “chirality problem” isn’t exactly one of the most prominent topics of debate when it comes to origins. But that doesn’t mean evolutionists have forgotten the problem it poses for an “accidental” origin of life.
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Prebiotic Nonsense
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Astrobiologists may be a step closer to identifying prebiotic compounds in space. Now all they have to do is find the compounds!
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Life Designed Itself?
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Have Canadian scientists uncovered the key that makes an evolutionary origin of life plausible?
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Researchers Examine Possibility of Life Starting From Ice
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Maybe it was primordial soup. Maybe it was crystals. Maybe it was volcanic pools. Maybe it was lumps of ice. Maybe . . . .
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Naturally Forming Crystal DNA
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The search for evidence for abiogenesis has uncovered a new “candidate”: DNA in liquid crystal phases that “self-orients” and stacks into columns.
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Troublesome Underwater Volcanoes
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Underwater volcanoes spewing oxygen-devouring gases delay the evolutionary timetable, according to a new study.
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Deep Sea Origins: Yet More Dispute
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A response to an article detainling how life could have originated from deep-dea "chimneys."
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Origins of Life: A Simple Approach?
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The origin of life is very problematic to explain using naturalistic mechanisms.
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The Elusive Origin of Life
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An article in Scientific American in 1991 was headed with the inappropriate title, 'In the beginning.' It should've been titled 'The Elusive Origin of Life.'
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Why the Miller–Urey Research Argues Against Abiogenesis
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It is now recognized that this set of experiments has done more to show that abiogenesis on Earth is not possible than to indicate how it could be possible.
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Bacterial Life in Ancient Salt
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Living bacteria and dormant stages of bacteria known as spores, have been found in many sediments with reported ages of up to hundreds of million years.
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The Origin of Life
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The naturalistic philosophy of modern science has created a dilemma for evolution.
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The Fish in the Bathtub
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The claim that, with time, anything is possible, including the creation and perpetuation of life, is not based on any scientific principle. Rather, the opposite is true.
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Life from Life...or Not?
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Life only comes from life. This was the law established by the Author of Life, Who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life—Jesus Christ.
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Round and Round We Go—Proposed Evolutionary Relationships Among Archaea, Eubacteria, and Eukarya
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Many scientists are desperate to find evidence to support their theory or to make the current evidence fit their theory rather than admitting their theory is wrong.
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“Non-evolution” of Eukaryotic Mitochondria and Plastids
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Mitochondria are sometimes called the “workhorse” of the cell, as they are responsible for producing the majority of the energy molecule ATP.
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Supposed eukaryote evolution pushed back one billion years
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Such a dramatic extension back in time for the eukaryotic cell raises even more questions for evolutionists regarding the evolution of life.
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The Origin of Life: A Problem for Evolution
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In the mid 1800s, when Charles Darwin was proposing his theory of evolution, two other scientists were disproving a commonly held notion.
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The Origin of Life: A Critique of Current Scientific Models
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Profound advances in the fields of molecular biology in recent years have enabled the elucidation of cell structure and function in detail previously unimaginable.
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The Origin of Life
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One of the most fundamental axioms of biology is that all life comes from pre-existing life. Still, until the later part of the 19th century, life was believed to arise by spontaneous generation.
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Learning the Right Tricks About Life's Origins
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Overview of a recent Scientific American article on the origin of life. Do they then consider that the supernatural or miraculous (that is, creation) could have been involved?
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DNA’s Sweet Secret: Its Sculptor!
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The Vanderbilt University Medical Center Reporter reported on findings on the origin of DNA, which in essence is a search for the origin of life.
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Why Life Is Impossible Apart from Creation
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Have you ever squashed a mosquito? Interestingly, the squashing of a mosquito may help us understand what makes life possible and what makes spontaneous generation of a living thing impossible.
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Origin of Life Seeker Dies
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Stanley Miller, partial namesake of the Miller–Urey experiment, has passed on at the age of 77.
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How Life Began—A Textbook Recipe
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Did you know that most public-school biology textbooks continue to use content that has long since been disproven?They help further the evolutionary viewpoint that says life arose from nonlife.
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“Brussels Sprout” Meteorite: Source for Life on Earth?
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A four-pound visitor from outer space (a rare stony meteorite that is called a carbonaceous chondrite) crashed down in Costa Rica’s Alajuela province back in April. And when scientists received the sample, it smelled distinctly like Brussels sprouts! Why—and what does that have to do with creation/evolution?
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Evolution—the Non-Starter
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If it can be proved that evolution could not have started occurring, then it could not have occurred.
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Scopes Trial
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Trial of the century! Bryan cannot defend Scripture due to old-earth compromises. Evolution in schools loses the court battle but wins the classrooms.
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“The Scopes Trial Settled the Question of Evolution”
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The Scopes Trial is often used to portray creation as blind myth and evolution as scientific fact. But, if we peel away some of the misconceptions about the trial and chew on the big questions that the it raised, we may arrive at the verdict that rejecting the Creator has led to our culture’s moral collapse.
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Scopes Trial: Why It Still Matters Today
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The Scopes trial-some say a major turning point in US history-occurred 80 years ago this month.
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Inherit the Prejudice
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Because of my upbringing, I inherited a prejudice towards Bible-believing Christians.
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100 Years After the Scopes Trial: A Judge Reviews
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What has been the cultural attitude toward Christianity since the famous trial? Have federal courts been monkeying around with the federal judicial oath?
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Monkeying with the Scopes “Monkey” Trial
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The Scopes trial pitted William Jennings Bryan against Clarence Darrow in a confrontation over the teaching of evolution and creation in the public schools.
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Darrow’s Statue: Another Win for Evolution?
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This new statue is not just about portraying a history: it’s about secularists wanting to celebrate reason and attack anything to do with Christianity.
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Why Is the Scopes Trial Significant?
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Christian morality seems to be rapidly declining in America and the western hemisphere but did you know there is a connection between this and the Scopes trial?
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Re-Writing History
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Evolutionist defends William Jennings Bryan against those who re-write history.
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John Scopes, Creationist?
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The Scopes “monkey trial” of Dayton, Tennessee, over eighty years ago, plays a unique role in the modern creation–evolution controversy. From the original media circus to the trial’s misrepresentation in the film Inherit the Wind, evolutionists have pointed to the trial as an example of creationist inanity. So should creationists be blamed for trying to advance our interpretation of the trial?
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Religion and Politics—They Do Mix (And Often Rather Well)
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Mark Looy, AiG–U.S., summarizes the new TV documentary, God in America by PBS.
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The Scopes Retrial
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A new movie on the 1925 Scopes trial, reveals how the major media delivered a distorted view of the trial in an attempt to attack biblical Christianity.
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Monkeying with the Media
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Even though that now-infamous event occurred over 80 years ago, distorted details continue to warp society’s thinking concerning creation and evolution.
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A Trial to Watch
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A revival of the anti-Christian play Inherit the Wind is newsworthy enough. But there is something bigger to consider ...
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A Shocking Movie List?
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Inherit the Wind has probably done more to undermine biblical authority and accuracy than any other film in history.
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An “Expected” Slant?
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Wednesday evening (April 12) the History Channel will present “Scopes: The battle over America’s soul.”
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The Scopes “Monkey Trial”—80 Years Later
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The newscasters and editorialists will be all abuzz about the Scopes trial this week on the 80th anniversary of America's most famous court trial.
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Scopes & the Ten Commandments
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Removing the Ten Commandments from schools (and from a judicial building in Alabama) was headline news across America in 2003. But did you know the connection between these events & the Scopes Trial?
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The Big Picture
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Being wrong about the six days of creation does not automatically mean someone is not a Christian. But if you think that makes it unimportant, stand back and look at the big picture....
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The Truth About the Scopes Trial!
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This week’s positive feedback is from J.Z. of Iowa, USA.
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The Scopes Trial … What’s the Big Deal?
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For many people, the Rhea County Courthouse is just another interesting stop on their way through Tennessee.
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The Full “Scope” of the Trial of the Century
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July 25, 2000, marks the 75th anniversary of the infamous Scopes “monkey trial” verdict in Dayton, Tennessee.
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Network Blasts Christianity
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The American TV network NBC recently featured the defamatory anti-Christian movie Inherit the Wind.
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Inherit the Wind: An Historical Analysis
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Inherit the Wind is not a documentary, but it is perceived by many viewers to be a documentary–drama of the famous 1925 Scopes ‘monkey’ trial.
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Theistic Evolution
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Theistic evolution, the idea that God used evolution to create life, poses great danger to the gospel, the Bible’s authority, and the character of the Creator.
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10 Dangers of Theistic Evolution
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In this system God is not the omnipotent Lord of all things, whose Word has to be taken seriously by all men, but He is integrated into the evolutionary philosophy.
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God and Evolution
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Does belief in biological evolution, a process characterized by death and bloodshed, question the holy and good character of the God of the Bible?
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Did God Use Evolution?
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We will show why evolutionistic thought is completely foreign to the Bible.
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Couldn’t God Have Used Evolution?
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When we consider the possibility that God used evolutionary processes to create over millions of years, we are faced with serious consequences.
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Feedback: Deeply Saddened over Old-Earth Compromise
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Troy Lacey, AiG–U.S., responds to a reader who is sad about what AiG teaches.
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How Can We Stand on Scripture in an Evolution-Pushing Culture?
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Many Christians think the creation versus evolution controversy isn’t important and that we shouldn’t let it divide the church. They misunderstand the foundational nature of this issue.
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God’s Rest in Hebrews 4:1–11
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Hebrews 4:1–11 has been used by a number of ‘progressive’ creationists as ‘evidence’ that the Bible can be reconciled with the billions of years postulated by evolutionists/uniformitarians.
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Huffing and Puffing at God’s Infallible Word
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Lately, we’ve received a number of letters about a new posting, “Christian Faith Requires Accepting Evolution.” Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell responds.
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Evolutionary Teaching Creates Stumbling Block to Savior
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Congressman shares belief that evolutionary teaching creates a stumbling block to understanding our need for our Savior.
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BBC News: “Vatican’s Space Mission”
| Answers in Genesis
What existed before the big bang? And can secular scientists and the Roman Catholic Church team up to answer that question?
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Evolution and God
| Answers in Genesis
In a USA Today opinion piece, two Christian evolutionists send a broadside our way.
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Thank God for Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis
Is God’s grace revealed through evolution? Or is evolution antithetical to any sort of grace?
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Pat Robertson Sticks to Revealed Science Over the Word of God
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Pat Robertson’s word on the age of the earth adheres to “revealed science” over the revealed Word of God.
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The Bible and Evolution—Mixed Messages
| Answers in Genesis
According to a recent survey by Lifeway Research, most Protestant pastors in the United States realize the Bible and evolution don’t mix.
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USA Today: “We Believe in Evolution—and God”
| Answers in Genesis
Two Christian evolutionists send a broadside our way with a USA Today opinion piece this week. But do they bring up anything new?
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Should Christians Celebrate Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis
A recent article in Third Way Magazine in the United Kingdom suggests that Christians should celebrate Darwinism. But are they deceiving their readers?
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“Thank God for Evolution”
| Answers in Genesis
The phrase “thank God for evolution” and variations are catching on.
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An Evolution of Papal Views?
| Answers in Genesis
While Pope Benedict XVI is not changing Rome’s general view on evolution, he hs raised some questions.
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Should Christians Accept Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis
Many readers have written in to ask us to respond to “Darwin on the Right: Why Christians and conservatives should accept evolution,” by Michael Shermer.
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Response to Brett Younger
| Answers in Genesis
Brett Younger begins his opinion piece with an enjoyable anecdote from his high school chemistry class, but then launches into a problematic examination of science and religion and uses the “usual” arguments against young-earth creationism.
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Collins is “Faithful to God, Science?”
| Answers in Genesis
This article is a response to another article about evolutionist Christian Dr. Francis Collins (director of the [US] National Human Genome Research Institute), which is riddled with inaccuracies and misleading statements.
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Are We “Children of God’s Divine Evolution”?
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"I am writing in about the articule expressing doubt on a PBS evolution program, about sponges being the first animals..."
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Evolution Evangelists ... Coming to a Church Near You?
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When someone embraces evolution and rejects the historical authenticity of the Fall, he has no basis for believing he has need of a Savior.
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Fighting Evolution Is a Major Distraction
| Answers in Genesis
We publish this letter to give readers an idea of the sort of intellectual “laziness” among our critics.
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“No Contradiction” Between Evolution and Bible—PCUSA
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The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church has passed a resolution reaffirming its support of evolutionary theory.
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Famous Talk-show Host Comes Out in Support of Evolution
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Conservative US talk-show host Dr Laura Schlessinger expressed her support for the theory of evolution on two recent broadcasts.
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Beware of Anti-Evolutionism?
| Answers in Genesis
I must warn you about a very alarming trend affecting many areas of Christendom today.
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'A Child May See the Folly of it'
| Answers in Genesis
The idea that God used evolution, and therefore that the book of Genesis needs to be reinterpreted to accommodate so-called millions of years, and to reject the worldwide Flood, is not a modern idea.
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God and Evolution: Do They Mix?
| Answers in Genesis
We may not be able to master a lot of complex arguments against theistic evolution, but Jesus’ own treatment of Genesis closes the question.
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Evolution—Still an Option?
| Answers in Genesis
Evolution has never really been an option for the Christian, though it always has been a strong option for the scientist.
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After Evolution What?
| Answers in Genesis
We often see vigorous attempts in the media and in the church to persuade people to accept evolution. The irony of this is that the attempt appears to be succeeding just as contraty signs emerge.
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What About Theistic Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis
There’s been an explosion in the intensity of the conversation regarding the creation/evolution debate in the last few years—but not where one might expect.
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Peer Pressure and Truth
| Answers in Genesis
It is a shame that Christians are divided on the issue of origins. Let me suggest a reason why they are.
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Questioning Theistic Evolution
| Answers in Genesis
It isn’t a matter of what God could have done but rather a matter of what God said He did.
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Theistic Evolution
| Answers in Genesis
Is there an ever-widening canyon between scientific intellectualism and the Christian faith? Is theistic evolution a legitimate way to bridge that gap? Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., explains.
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Exposing a Fundamental Compromise
| Answers in Genesis
For thousands of years Christians have faced the danger of being deceived by Satan. Sometimes in the process of defending the Christian faith, respected Christian leaders have unknowingly compromised with error. Surprising examples include founders of modern fundamentalism.
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Theistic Evolution Is Not the Real Problem!
| Answers in Genesis
The billions of years timeline undergirds the secular attack on the Bible.
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BioLogos Criticism: Atheists Welcome
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Despite aiming for “humility and gracious dialogue,” Biologos partners with atheist who maligns supporters of biblical creation.
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The Burden of Standing for God’s Word
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As we have documented with research published in books like Already Gone and Ready To Return, compromise on Genesis (particularly with Christians who add millions of years into the Bible) has had a devastating impact on how this generation views the Bible.
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Theistic Evolution and Its Christological Contradiction
| Answers in Genesis
Because of his human nature, questions are raised about Jesus’ beliefs concerning certain events in Scripture, such as creation.
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Appendix A: Speaking of Newspeak
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Over the past two hundred years, many different positions regarding the creation account of Genesis have arisen in the Church.
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Is BioLogos Promoting Heresy?
| Answers in Genesis
The thrust of BioLogos is not in accord with the biblical doctrines of Christianity; thus it is in reality from the spirit of anti-Christ. Church, be warned!
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The Bible and BioLogos
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BioLogos is using millions of dollars of grant money from the John Templeton Foundation to present an evolutionary understanding of God’s creation.
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1.4 The Basic Assumptions of Theistic Evolution
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There is an unbridgeable chasm between theistic evolution and the biblical doctrine of creation.
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BioLogos Desires Compromise
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BioLogos begs pastors to build their churches on a “BioLogos narrative” of compromise instead of the unchanging Word of God.
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The Danger of BioLogos
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The newest effort by BioLogos to blend creation and evolution has taken the evangelical world by storm. But at what cost?
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BioLogos—Obscuring the Truth
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This chart illustrates how BioLogos is creating confusion about science and undermining biblical truth.
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Hug Evolution, Further Evangelism
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WORLD editor-in-chief Marvin Olasky asks, “Should we hug evolution to further evangelism?”
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Dissension Within Evangelical Ranks Over Evolution
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To USA Today, at least, it’s hot news: dissension within evangelical ranks over evolution. To us, it’s just one sad result of compromise.
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We Don't Need Help
| Answers in Genesis
Time magazine offers a frustrating report revealing biblical illiteracy and Christian compromise.
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Design-Denier Wins Religious Reward
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The prestigious Templeton Prize, which honors progress in our understanding of “spiritual realities,” was recently given to a Catholic priest who denies intelligent design.
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Einstein Letters Show Views on the Bible and Christianity
| Answers in Genesis
The private religious thoughts of the world’s most famous genius were up for sale this week in a London auction.
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Ken Miller and Culture War
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It seems one of evolutionary theory’s biggest defenders, biologist Ken Miller, has come around to AiG’s point of view. At least, that’s one way to look at his recent comments!
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Creationists accused of Nazism by fellow Christian
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Paul Taylor recently debated Michael Weekes, a theistic evolutionist, on a radio program. Weekes attempted to cover his weak theology and lack of scientific knowledge with inflammatory rhetoric.
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Pope Benedict: Theistic Evolutionist
| Answers in Genesis
For the first time in his papacy, Pope Benedict has “elaborat[ed] his views” on human origins.
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Evolution in Christian Organizations
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The idea of evolution is a faith-based teaching that has infiltrated even the most reputable of Christian colleges, ministries and organizations.
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A Date With Ken Miller
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On October 26, Brown University biology professor Dr. Kenneth Miller, the Catholic, evolutionist author of the compromising book Finding Darwin’s God, visited Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Theistic Evolution and the Future of Humans
| Answers in Genesis
According to Lord Bertram Russell if human beings do not kill each other through wars, they will probably die of starvation or disease.
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The “Sad and Sorry god” of Theistic Evolution
| Answers in Genesis
Some of America’s best-known evolutionists assembled recently at “Evolution and God—150 years of love and war between science and religion,” a major conference held in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Why I Rejected Theistic Evolution
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Theistic evolution is a significant threat to the Christian church. It undermines the very foundation of the Christian faith and causes people to doubt the truth of Scripture.
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Anglican Physicist-Turned-Clergyman Wins Templeton Prize
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ohn C. Polkinghorne, a British mathematical physicist who resigned his professorship in 1979 to become an Anglican priest, is the winner of the 2002 Templeton Prize.
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Spong Is Wrong
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Bishop John Shelby Spong is well known for attacking almost every Christian doctrine he swore in his ordination vows to uphold, e.g. God as sovereign Creator, the Incarnation, Virginal Conception and
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“Alpha”–A Misnomer!
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Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. It is used in the Bible to denote ‘beginning,’ as it is in Revelation 1:8: ‘I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord….’
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The Horse and the Tractor
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The only distinction between 'Theistic' and naturalistic evolution is the empty theological language attached in the former case-making no more difference than an invisible horse to a tractor.
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Evolution of the Hutu-Tutsi Slayings
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The historical background to the almost unimaginably brutal massacres in Rwanda is considerably complex, but was at least somewhat promulgated by theistic evolutionism.
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A Testimony by ‘Joel Galvin’
| Answers in Genesis
Faith shipwrecked by compromising ‘Christian’ colleges; restored by Answers in Genesis
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Theistic Evolution: Future Shock?
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If you're a theistic evolutionist, here's a problem for you to consider. It's called the future.
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A Theistic Evolutionist’s Comments
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I am a young Christian and biologist, currently studying zoology and microbiology, who has been closely watching the Creation\Evolution debate with ever widening eyes for the last few years now
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Theistic Evolution: What Difference Does It Make?
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Theistic evolution is a serious departure from the historic Christian faith, representing a grave threat to the spiritual well-being of God’s people and the effectiveness of their mission.
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From (Theistic) Evolution to Creation
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When you walk into the university department of the Royal Children’s Hospital in Brisbane, Australia, the portrait on the wall is that of a figure well-known in creation science circles...
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Bryan on Theistic Evolution
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Former United States politician William Jennings Bryan speaks out about theistic evolution.
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Is it Possible to be a Christian and an Evolutionist?
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One can be a Christian and an evolutionist, but such a position is both scientifically and biblically untenable. The Lord Jesus took a literal view of Genesis.
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Did the Creator Use Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis
The position of the theistic evolutionist is common, yet it is perhaps the most difficult to justify.
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Twenty Reasons Why Genesis and Evolution Do Not Mix
| Answers in Genesis
Many people believe that they can add evolution to the Bible. They think that by doing this they can explain life coming about as a result of God’s use of evolutionary processes.
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What Should a Christian Think About Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis
I have every sympathy with those who find this question difficult to answer. In my teens I believed that creation was true, but during my University years and afterwards I began to compromise.
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Jacques Monod and Theistic Evolution
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Jacques Monod was noted for his contributions not only in his field of molecular biology, but also in philosophy.
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Young-Earth Evolution
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Subtle ideas that don’t comport with Scripture or are unnecessarily accommodating of evolutionary ideas are causing problems within the church.
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Why Birds Are Not Dinosaurs (And Why It Matters)
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Examining creationist arguments about the relationship between birds and dinosaurs
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Should Biblical Creation Become More Like Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis
There is a group within young-earth creationism that has subtly been trying to push models based on Genesis to be more like evolution in a number of ways.
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Is There Ambiguity in Creation?
| Answers in Genesis
The idea that God created a young earth that looked old has insurmountable problems.
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“Young Earth Evolution”: A Call for Discernment
| Answers in Genesis
How to discern where a school or teacher stands on biblical creation
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Transitional Fossils: Evidence for Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis
We want to shed more light on creationist statements that concern us. In this article, we want to examine transitional fossil forms as evidence of evolution.
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How Much Evidence Is There for Evolution?
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Responding to Dr. Todd Wood’s claims of “gobs” of evidence for evolution
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Walking Whales on Noah’s Ark?
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Could whale evolution fit within biblical creation?
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Pausing for a Leaven Warning
| Answers in Genesis
Even a small error can unlock a door leading to a major issue.
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Can Creationists Accept Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis
Evolution is antithetical to Scripture, even within a young-earth creation paradigm.
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Do Humans and Chimps Share a Common Ancestor?
| Answers in Genesis
We often see the statistic that human and chimp DNA is 98–99% similar. But is that true?
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Christianity Is Objectively True
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A professing young-earth creationist should be the last person to call into question the historical, objective nature of Christianity. However, Todd Wood does this in his book, The Quest.
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Angels and Demons
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Mystery, superstition, and intrigue surround the topic of angels and demons. The Bible, however, dispels these shadows and myths with clear truth.
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Satan
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Who is Satan? When were he and the demons created, and when did they fall? What about the origin of evil? Was it Satan who tempted mankind?
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The Serpent: Answering Six Questions About Genesis 3
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Who is the serpent in Genesis 3, how did he tempt Eve, and did he originally have legs?
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Satan: His Past, His Present, and His Future
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There are many ideas about Satan from history, other religions, and culture, so it’s important that we start with a biblical foundation.
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The Devil Is in the Details . . . or Is He?
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An overview of the biblical evidence and a review of common beliefs about the devil: Separating truth from speculation about Satan
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Who Was the Serpent?
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Although Genesis does not mention the name “Satan” as controlling the serpent in the Garden of Eden, we can ascertain who this serpent was.
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Revisionist History: Satan’s Original Trick
| Answers in Genesis
As our culture actively suppresses historical memories, they are acting out the devil’s original trick to revise history.
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Lucifer and Sin
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Do verses in Ezekiel and Isaiah referring to earthly kings or Satan’s fall? Troy Lacey revisits his argument on the first sin.
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Feedback: Should We Pray for Satan?
| Answers in Genesis
We are told to pray for our enemies. Does that mean we should also pray for Satan? Troy Lacey, AiG–U.S., explains.
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Satanism
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What should we know about people who worship Satan?
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Demons on a Leash
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Demons are alive and active today, but we can rest in the reality of our Father's gracious and powerful control.
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Are Demons Active Today?
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Thankfully, there is no reason to fear demons.
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Do You Believe in Ghosts?
| Answers in Genesis
What do you think about ghosts? If we look to the Scriptures, we find solid answers, even on this murky subject.
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The Reality of Spiritual Warfare in the Home
| Answers in Genesis
Numerous born-again Christians have little or no knowledge of the spiritual warfare that takes place all around us.
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Is God Real?
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The Bible says, “In the beginning God.” Does this God really exist? Or is He just the creation of the pre-scientific imagination?
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What Is the Best Argument for the Existence of God?
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There are a number of common arguments for the existence of God. But most of these arguments are not as effective as many Christians would like to think.
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How Do We Know There Is a God?
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The skeptic’s condemning cry often comes as, “Prove to me there is a God.” Usually the agnostic or atheist expects physical or scientific evidence for the existence of God, but when the Bible believer cannot point to a living being and say, “There is God,” the skeptic thinks he has won.
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Affirmations of God’s Existence from Design in Nature
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The beauty, design, and ingenuity found everywhere in the natural world is one of the major reasons for belief in God.
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Losing God in the Forest
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When talking to others about our God, we don’t have to get caught up in miniscule details that supposedly prove His existence.
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New Scientist Discards Religion, Demands God Prove Himself
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New Scientist’s “God Issue” explains away religion as a part of our evolutionary heritage and demands God perform to prove Himself.
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Extraterrestrials and Ghosts More Believeable Than God?
| Answers in Genesis
More people believe in aliens and ghosts than in God—according to a perhaps-unreliable survey.
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The Creator Clearly Seen
| Answers in Genesis
Everyone knows there is a God. The evidence is all around us.
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Can We Prove God Without the Bible?
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Is there such a thing as a “neutral” starting point for evaluating God's existence? Should we try to prove the Bible, or let it speak for itself?
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Is There Really a God?
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When Christians claim that the God of the Bible created all the basic entities of life and the universe, some will ask what seems to be a logical question: “Who created God?”
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God & Natural Law
| Answers in Genesis
The universe obeys certain rules—laws to which all things must adhere. These laws are precise, and many of them are mathematical in nature.
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“Does God Exist?”
| Answers in Genesis
Whether by email, regular mail, phone call, or speaking engagement, there are several questions Answers in Genesis can predict will be asked at some point.
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Is There Really a God? How Would You Answer?
| Answers in Genesis
The Christian faith is a logically defensible faith. This is why the Bible makes it clear that anyone who does not believe in God is without excuse.
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I Believe in God
| Answers in Genesis
I believe in God … And what else? The Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth? If you’re an Anglican or Roman Catholic, you’re likely to say you believe you have a Creator.
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Jesus Christ: Creator & Savior
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Jesus Christ is God incarnate, the Second Person of the Trinity, our Creator, the resurrected Savior and Redeemer, and the only means of salvation for sinners.
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Jesus Is God
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Is Jesus truly God? There are many cults and religions today that deny His deity. What is the truth about Jesus Christ? We turn to the Scriptures for answers.
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Is Jesus God?
| Answers in Genesis
Is Jesus God? This is the most important question you will ever answer.
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Is Jesus God?
| Answers in Genesis
Is Jesus really God? Many cults and false religions today deny it. What is the truth about Jesus Christ? We turn to the Scriptures for the answer.
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Was Jesus Wrong? Peter Enns Says, “Yes”
| Answers in Genesis
We have frequently warned about the dangers of forcing man’s fallible ideas into the text of Scripture because it unlocks a door of compromise.
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The Divinity of Jesus Revealed in the New Testament
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Though this is not an exhaustive list, more than 120 verses or passages have been identified that express the divinity of Jesus in some way.
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Can We Pray to Jesus?
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It is appropriate to pray to the Father directly; however, just because we are permitted to pray to the Father, doesn’t mean that we are not permitted to pray to the Son.
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Contradictions: Was Jesus Wrong About Zechariah’s Father?
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Jesus said that Zechariah’s father was named Berechiah, but 2 Chronicles states that Jehoiada was the father of Zechariah. Was Jesus mistaken? Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., explains.
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Contradictions: Seeds of Dissent
| Answers in Genesis
Was Jesus wrong in Matthew 13:31–32 when He said that the mustard seed was the “least of all the seeds”?
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Contradictions: Counting Offspring
| Answers in Genesis
If Jesus is God’s “only begotten Son,” then how can angels and Christians also be God’s sons?
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If Jesus Is God, Why Was It a Secret?
| Answers in Genesis
Though not a secret, Ty Benbow shows that the God-man Jesus ministered on earth to maximize the impact of His salvation message.
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Is Jesus Really God?
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Does the Bible really say that Jesus is both God and man? Gary Vaterlaus explores the issue.
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What Is Blocking Your View of True Glory?
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God has given us a means to behold His glory. But our ability to see clearly demands an unobstructed view through both God-given lenses.
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The Real Jesus
| Answers in Genesis
Many people these days are putting their faith in false or imaginary Christs who cannot save them. Can we uncover the real Jesus?
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Did Jesus Claim He Was God?
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In an interview with Alex O’Connor, agnostic-atheist Bart Ehrman argued that Jesus never claimed to be God in the Gospel of Mark.
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Is Genesis 3:15 Messianic?
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Genesis 3:15 is the first promise of the Messiah, Jesus.
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Nazareth Inscription Study Debunks Evidence for Christ’s Resurrection?
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Evidence can be quite useful in confirming biblical events, but it should never be given more weight than the eyewitness testimony of Scripture.
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Resurrection
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Did Jesus truly rise bodily from the dead, or is the account of his Resurrection simply one of the greatest hoaxes of all time?
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Christ’s Resurrection—Four Accounts, One Reality
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Christ’s Resurrection led to a confusing day, as His followers raced around the city. Skeptics point to alleged contradictions in the Gospels.
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Moses, God and the Resurrection
| Answers in Genesis
Get answers to questions regarding the Christ’s resurrection and its relationship to the Old Testament.
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Did the Resurrection Really Happen?
| Answers in Genesis
The defining issue of Christianity is the question, “Did Jesus Christ rise from the grave?” Dr. Tommy Mitchell examines the details concerning this crucial event.
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Resurrection—No Doubt About It
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“Impossible, a fake,” modern scholars say about Christ's Resurrection. Yet a closer examination confirms the Bible’s historical integrity.
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The Sequence of Christ’s Post-Resurrection Appearances
| Answers in Genesis
Like a good reporter piecing together a story, we must examine all the eyewitness accounts recorded in God’s Word, realize by faith that they must all be true, and then see how they fit together.
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The Slippery Slide to Unbelief
| Answers in Genesis
If we re-interpret God’s Word in Genesis to fit man’s fallible opinion, it would be consistent to apply this hermeneutic elsewhere—even Christ’s Resurrection.
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Contradictions: Three Days and Nights
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If Jesus was to be in the grave three days and nights, how do we fit those between Good Friday and Easter Sunday?
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The Creator of Plants (and everything else) vs. Zombies
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Tim Chaffey, AiG–US, responds to a reader who refers to the resurrected Christ as a “cosmic Jewish zombie.”
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The So-Called Jesus Family Tomb
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On Monday morning, February 26, 2007, I heard this opening statement by Matt Lauer on the NBC Today show: “Is this the tomb of Jesus?”
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Learn to Defend the Resurrection
| Answers in Genesis
It was this moment in history, when Jesus conquered death, that gives humanity hope for all eternity if they will repent and trust in Christ for salvation.
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“Jesus’ tomb found” claim as empty as Jesus’ [real] tomb
| Answers in Genesis
It’s the latest variation in a long line of lies: a claim that the tomb—and ossuary (bone box)—of Jesus has been found and, along with it, the ossuaries of other members of Jesus’ family, including His mother Mary and His alleged wife, Mary Magdalene.
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Documentary Displays Jesus' Family Tomb?
| Answers in Genesis
The Lost Tomb of Jesus, to be broadcast this Sunday on the Discovery Channel, argues that the ossuaries found in a Jerusalem tomb in 1980 belong to Jesus, His mother Mary, and other family members, including Jesus’ alleged wife Mary Magdalene and one “Judah son of Jesus” who, the film says, is a son of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.
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Three Dead Rulers, One Risen King
| Answers in Genesis
At the center of Jesus’ trial and crucifixion stand three major political and religious rulers: Herod Antipas, Pontius Pilate, and Caiaphas the high priest.
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Why Did Jesus Take on a Human Nature?
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Aspects of Jesus’ humanity are often overlooked, but it is important to understand why Jesus took on flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14).
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How Colossians 1 Combated Erroneous Teaching in the Church
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In order to combat the erroneous teaching that was infiltrating the church in Colossae, Paul reminded them of the supremacy of Jesus Christ.
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Why Did Jesus Weep?
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There were occasions in Scripture when Jesus wept and lamented. It seems logical to ask ourselves then, why did Jesus weep and lament?
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Contradictions: Wilderness or Wedding?
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Mark’s Gospel claims Jesus was “immediately” driven into the wilderness after His baptism, but John seems to disagree. Ron Dudek examines the context of these passages.
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Christ's Obedience to the Authority of God
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The supreme argument for the accuracy of Scripture is simply that God Himself tells us it can be trusted.
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Incarnation
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The incarnation—when Jesus Christ, who is God the Son, became flesh and lived among us—is vital to the precious doctrine of salvation.
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“Jesus Did Not Exist”
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Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., responds to a reader who does not believe that Jesus even existed.
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7.4 Danger No 4: God’s Incarnation Becomes Incidental
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The incarnation of God through His Son Jesus Christ is one of the basic teachings of the Bible.
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Theophanies in the Old Testament
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Did God appear in human form before His incarnation? Why then would He have to be born? Is the Angel of the Lord actually Jesus? Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., explains.
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Stories from Jesus’ Childhood?
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We may not know much about Jesus as a child, but we already know the most important details.
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The Hypostatic Union
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Did Jesus want to die for us, or did He try to find a way out of it? How did He submit to the Father’s will? Troy Lacey, AiG–U.S., responds.
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The Dirtiness of Jesus Dwelling Among Us
| Answers in Genesis
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us . . .” (John 1:14).
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A Necessary Conclusion
| Answers in Genesis
Defending the biblical account of creation concerns more than just winning arguments. At the core is the truth of the Last Adam.
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Was Jesus Married?
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Earlier this week, headlines announced a new discovery that shows Jesus was married. Is there any basis for such a claim? Would it even matter if Jesus was married?
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Jesus’ Crucifixion
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Jesus Christ, the Creator of the universe, took on flesh and endured the horror of death by crucifixion in order that man might be reconciled to God.
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Why Did Jesus Have to Die?
| Answers in Genesis
The Bible connects two drastically different scenes to explain why God became man.
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Our Suffering Savior
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Unlike first-century Christians, for whom crucifixion was a familiar reality, most of us have a sanitized view of our Lord's suffering.
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Contradictions: Crossed Messages
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Why do the inscriptions on Jesus’s cross differ among the four gospels?
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According to the Bible, It’s not Shrouded in Mystery at All!
| Answers in Genesis
One of the sidebar stories to the Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, is the famous relic, the Shroud of Turin, which is stored in a cathedral in this northern Italian city.
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What Does Jesus’ Death Accomplish?
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If Jesus suffered the punishment for death on our behalf, why do we still die? Jesus “took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows” (Isaiah 53:4), yet many continue to suffer from horrible illnesses even after they receive the gift of eternal life.
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Tomb Trackers
| Answers in Genesis
Searchers yet again claim to have found Jesus’ tomb.
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The Crucifixion
| Answers in Genesis
Most people rejected Jesus and sentenced Him to death. How could the day associated with mankind’s heinous act possibly be called good?
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Crucifixion or Crucifiction? Monty Python Team’s Latest Attack on Jesus Christ
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Doyle tries to disprove Scripture’s accuracy by pointing out alleged contradictions in biblical accounts of Christ’s Crucifixion and Resurrection.
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Anti-Christian Statement Something to Get Riled Up About?
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Is what sounds like a blatantly anti-Christian statement something to get riled up about?
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Jesus’ Birth
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How accurate is the common perception of baby Jesus born in a lowly stable? Was Jesus really born of a virgin? What are the implications of the God-child?
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Fulfilled Prophecies at the Birth of Christ
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The events associated with the birth of Jesus fulfilled numerous Old Testament prophecies given centuries before the events they described.
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The Legal Kingship of Jesus
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A Kingship must be descendant from bloodline not adoption. An adopted son can inherit possessions, but not a Throne.
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Christians and Santa Claus: a Biblical View
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Has the true meaning of Christmas been lost in the emphasis our culture places on Santa Claus? How should Christians respond?
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Virgin Birth Possible?
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If virgin birth is possible, does that mean Jesus was no “miracle baby”?
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Virgin Birth
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The deity of Jesus (the assertion that He is both God and man) is so vital to the gospel that, if not true, there is no hope for salvation.
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Is the Virgin Birth Essential to Christianity?
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Is Andy Stanley right to say that only the Resurrection matters and the circumstances of Jesus’ birth aren’t really a matter of concern in Christianity?
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Do You Fear the Birth of Jesus?
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Although what God has done through the Lord Jesus Christ gives us the reason to be joyful always, do you also fear God in light of Christ’s birth?
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Was Jesus Born in a House?
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When we think of the place where Jesus was born, we naturally picture a stable or barn. But is that what the Bible says?
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Could Jesus Inherit the Kingdom?
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A reader asks us to help clear up the matter of Jesus’s lineage. Could he truly be the heir to David’s throne? Paul Taylor, AiG–UK, examines the evidence.
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Was Jesus a Social Justice Warrior?
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Many progressive Christians today say that Jesus was a social justice warrior who advocated for socialism.
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Is Jesus “Woke”?
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Texas Lieutenant Governor candidate Matthew Dowd suggests Jesus would affirm LGBTQ “rights” and other liberal causes – a far cry from the Jesus in the Bible.
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Was Jesus Really Crucified and Resurrected?
| Answers in Genesis
The historical evidence corroborating the most important event for our faith.
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Psalm 22: The Crucifixion of the Messiah
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Psalm 22 is not about David. It is about the Son of David, Jesus the Messiah.
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The Messiah’s Birthplace Foretold
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Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem was a fulfillment of prophecy.
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Who Is Jesus and What Did He Believe About Creation?
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Since Jesus is our Creator, it is essential to know how he viewed the early chapters of Genesis.
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Finding Jesus in Genesis
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A close look at the first book of Scripture reveals promises, pictures, foreshadowings, and geneaologies of the coming Messiah.
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The Messiah in the Psalms
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David’s Psalms point to Jesus, the Son of David.
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The Rise of Christological Heresy
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Responding to Sabellianism, Subordinationism, and Socinianism
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Why Is It Good Friday?
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Good Friday is the day when Christians commemorate the death of our Lord Jesus on the cross.
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Who Were the Magi Who Visited Jesus?
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Who were the magi, and should they be part of the Nativity?
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Immanuel: God with Us
| Answers in Genesis
Did Isaiah really prophesy about the virgin birth?
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Jesus’ Genealogies in Matthew and Luke
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Why does Jesus have two different genealogies in Matthew and Luke?
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Who Is the Prophet Like Moses?
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Why only Jesus fits the description of the prophet like Moses.
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Picturing Jesus
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Is it idolatry to create images depicting the Lord Jesus? Christians throughout church history have debated this question as they seek to honor the second commandment.
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Jesus: The Word, Life, and Light
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The apostle John draws our attention to the coming of Jesus into the world as a “new creation” by referring to him as the “Word” (logos), “life” (zōē), and the “light” (phōs), which constitute creation terminology. It is helpful therefore to understand why these words are used to describe Jesus.
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Why Do We Celebrate Birthdays?
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The focus of a birthday celebration should not be on self but on the one who created life.
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Genealogy of Jesus: Why Is It Important?
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Both Matthew and Luke record the genealogy of Jesus. Why was this so important?
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Did Others Know What Was to Come?
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There are many prophecies in the Old Testament foretelling the coming Messiah and the sacrifice to be made, but did people recognize these prophecies and associate them with Jesus? How much did even the disciples really understand about the reason Jesus came to earth?
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Did Mary Know What Was to Come?
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Mary was given certain information about the birth of the Savior, but how much did she really know? Jeremy Ham, AiG–U.S., explores this topic.
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What's the Significance of the Name “Jesus”?
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What is the significance of the name “Jesus”? The angel told Joseph to name Mary’s son Jesus. Is there some holy significance to this particular sequence of letters or sounds? The Bible often discusses the significance of this name.
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Did Jesus Contradict Himself by Calling People Fools?
| Answers in Genesis
Why are people called fools in Scripture even though Jesus told us not to call people fools?
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Evolution and the Atonement of Jesus Christ
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If the Cross was not required to save sinners, then why did God permit Jesus to face such torture if it wasn’t even necessary?
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The Battle to Keep Christ in Christmas
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If you told the average American 50 years ago that “in the 21st century, America will take Christ out of Christmas and make it nothing but a pagan holiday,” I’m sure most would have responded with something like, “No—not here—that would never happen.” But it is happening.
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Intercultural Communication Lesson Demonstrates What Not to Do
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Florida Atlantic University has now issued an apology for instructing students to stomp on the name of Jesus.
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7.5 Danger No 5: Relativation of Jesus’ Work of Redemption
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The first man’s fall into sin was a real event and is the direct cause of sin in this world; everybody else became tainted.
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More Questions
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“Early man”—the field is loaded with unanswered questions.
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Contradictions: Did Jesus Go Up or Down the Mountain?
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Did Jesus go up or down the mountain to deliver the Sermon on the Mount? Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., explains.
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Contradictions: First Impressions
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Did Jesus first appear to the eleven disciples on a mountain in Galilee or in Jerusalem behind closed doors?
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The Biggest Question of All
| Answers in Genesis
I was only 19 years old and visiting my first foreign country. I witnessed firsthand the hopelessness of a world without the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Did Jesus Say He Created in Six Days?
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Did Jesus anywhere clearly state that the Earth was created in six ordinary (approximately 24 hours each) days?
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The Temple Cleansing
| Answers in Genesis
Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., explains why John’s account of the temple cleansing must necessarily have been a different event from the one found in the Synoptic Gospels.
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It’s an Attack on the Son
| Answers in Genesis
When you compromise the Word of God, it is also an attack on the Son of God, whose Word it is.
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Jesus on Creation
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In these words of Jesus we find He teaches that Adam and Eve were created in 'the beginning of the creation'-not billions of years after the beginning!
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Contradictions: When Did Jesus Cleanse the Temple?
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John states that Jesus cleansed the temple early in His ministry, but the other Gospels place the temple-cleansing near the end of His ministry. Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S. explains these accounts.
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Jesus Christ: The Last Adam
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From the very beginning, Adam’s relationship with God was dependent on faith and obedience to God’s word as absolute truth.
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Jesus Christ on the Infallibility of Scripture
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There is considerable debate these days concerning the inerrancy (infallibility) of Scripture.
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WDJS, not just WWJD
| Answers in Genesis
Recently my teenage son and I were watching a sporting event.
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Our God Contracted to a Span
| Answers in Genesis
Is it even possible to understand the Incarnation? Paul Taylor examines the true meaning of Christmas.
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Jesus . . . Plus
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Our contemporary Christian culture has slipped into some flawed views of biblical authority. Among them is the attitude that it’s good to know what the Bible says but we can turn to other sources
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Biblical Authority Study Questions: Jesus Plus
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Downloadable study questions for your Sunday school class or small group for the article "Jesus . . . Plus."
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Faking a Fake
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An Italian scientist has attempted to replicate the Shroud of Turin using materials and techniques available in the Middle Ages (when some believe the shroud was originally made).
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Crib Notes for Every Believer
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Paul understood that all debates come back to the foundation of all correct philosophy and understanding—Christ.
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Sin
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How should Christians understand the origin of sin? Why did God create man if He knew we would sin? What else does the Bible teach about sin?
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Can the Church Embrace Homosexual Behavior in the Name of Love?
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Is the compassionate answer to embrace sinful behavior and change our churches into inclusive sanctuaries that affirm and celebrate sinful behaviors?
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The First Sin
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The first sin wasn’t eating the forbidden fruit in Eden. So what was it?
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Original Sin Topic
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Does the doctrine of original sin stand or fall on the historicty of Genesis, Adam and Eve, the perfect creation, and the Fall of mankind?
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Lessons From the Fall
| Answers in Genesis
Genesis 3 is one of the most important chapters in the Bible.
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Two Histories of Death
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When Charles Darwin wrote his famous book On the Origin of Species, he was in essence writing a history concerning death. God’s Word presents a different view.
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Is Male Headship a Curse?
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Because sin has entered the relationship, the spheres of
responsibility for a husband and wife,
as well as their marriage relationship,
now face conflict.
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Original Sin: How Original Is It? Romans 5:12
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The question we have to ask is this: does Romans 5:12 teach that we are guilty sinners in Adam and that physical death came about through him?
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Did the Fall Have Consequences on Creation? Romans 8:18–22
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A text that is very relevant to our understanding of Genesis 3, and the result of God’s cursing the entire creation, is Romans 8:18–22.
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Contradictions: Who Gets the Blame for Original Sin—Adam or Eve?
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Genesis 3 states that Eve ate the fruit first, but Romans 5 states that Adam caused sin to enter the world. Dr. Georgia Purdom, AiG–U.S. examines these Scriptures.
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Cartoon: Let There Be Truth
| Answers in Genesis
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat.
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Evolution and Original Sin
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Belief in evolution does more than just undermine the foundation for the doctrine of salvation found in Genesis. It also distorts our eschatological hope.
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Original Sin
| Answers in Genesis
Does the Bible tell us that all men are born into sin? Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., explains.
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The Curse’s Significance
| Answers in Genesis
Sunday school is often the place of stories. Monday-through-Friday school is the place of facts.
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Original Sin at the BBC
| Answers in Genesis
The article is written as a statement of fact, but it contains a number of factual errors, and much in the way of personal opinion, dressed up as fact.
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The Lost Message of Jesus Is no Message at All!
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Steve Chalke may not be so well known outside the UK, but he is a well-known British evangelical personality who appears regularly on the TV.
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The Experience Trap—Healing
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As I returned to my room after visiting the nursing home, my youngest brother Stephen gave me an audio tape of one of Robert's sermons, entitled "The Experience Trap—Healing,"
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God and Sin = Gibberish?
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Our culture no longer understands “God” or “sin” the same way that the Bible does. Before we attempt to communicate the gospel, we must define our terms.
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Why Did God Create Mankind if He Knew Man Would Sin?
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Ask me why God created mankind even though He knew man would sin, and I hesitate.
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Why Does Creation Groan? Christianity Today Gives a Very Wrong Answer
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Why is creation groaning? Well, the Bible gives us the answer—but Christianity Today (not surprisingly) doesn’t like that answer!
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Death’s Cleanup Crew
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Cleaning up dead animals really stinks—and that’s a good thing, which shows God’s wise provision even in a fallen world.
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Was Creation Changed by Adam’s Sin?
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Genesis asserts and Romans confirms that sin corrupted the earth as well as humanity.
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Labor: A Blessing and a Curse
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Was work part of God’s perfect creation? Or is labor a result of Adam’s sin in the garden?
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Pride—Before and After the Fall
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What does the Bible say about pride and people who are proud?
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Childbirth: A Genesis Memorial
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Only the history God has revealed in the book of Genesis makes sense of childbirth: Great pain followed by indescribable joy.
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Cheating—Shaped by Environment or Behavior?
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A recent study examined the question of whether cheating was influenced by scarcity and/or abundance and also delved into the question of in-group versus outside group factors (an “us versus them” scenario). The study was conducted by Dr. Marco Palma and Dr. Billur Aksoy.
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Is Lying Justified?
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Is lying justified? Old heresies come back in new clothes but that does not alter the fact that they are still heresies. For those for whom the Bible is their final authority, there is no question that lying is never justified.
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Is Pride Worth Celebrating?
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Throughout the month various activities, including Pride Parades, will be taking place in celebration and honor of the LGBT community and sexual diversity. But this celebration of LGBT Pride points to something the Bible warns against time and time again—and it is not just sexual immorality.
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A Tangled Web: The Science of Lying Agrees with God’s Word
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True to the old saying, one lie becomes two, which can spiral into a web of deceit. New research shows the more we lie, the easier it is to continue lying.
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Reminding the World of What They Willfully Forgot
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The advent of sin in the heart of mankind brought into crystal-clear focus the reality that God’s holiness is now a threat to us.
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7.3 Danger No 3: Loss of the Key for Finding God
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The Bible describes man as being completely ensnared by sin after Adam’s fall.
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Contradictions: Did Animal Sacrifices Remove Sin?
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Leviticus 4:20–35 seem to teach that animal sacrifices can take away sins, while Hebrews 10:4–11 reveal they did not. Ron Dudek explains.
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Understanding the Answer in Genesis 3:16
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We live in a cursed world as a result of sin, and that Curse affects all areas of our lives, not just childbirth.
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Ken’s article on the Virginia Tech tragedy
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Feedback: A reader responds to Ken’s article on the Virginia Tech tragedy
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9/11 and the Real “Enemy”
| Answers in Genesis
Two years ago, an enemy “from without” attacked the US by destroying the towers of the World Trade Center in New York, and also heavily damaging the Pentagon in Washington, DC, killing almost 3,000.
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Tragic Massacre at School in Germany
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An angry student at Gutenberg High School in Erfurt, Germany, has taken the lives of 14 teachers, 2 students, and a policeman, before killing himself.
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Our Heart Condition
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Imagine going to your doctor for your annual medical checkup.
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Omitting the “Sin” Word
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The culture in Western nations is changing. It just isn’t politically correct to call sin “a sin” anymore.
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The Fall Into Sin
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It is very true that familiarity breeds contempt. Who is not familiar with the story of man’s first sin?
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Suffering
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How can an all-powerful, loving God allow suffering and death?
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Why Does God’s Creation Include Death and Suffering?
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Why do bad things happen? Human beings seek to reconcile their understanding of an all-powerful, loving God with the seemingly endless suffering around them.
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Genesis at Ground Zero
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Ken Ham interviews Ralph DiCosimo, a New York police officer with first-hand experience of the aftermath of the horrific happenings of 11 September 2001.
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Why Do We Age?
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Aging is a
result of
Adam’s fall.
But can we
do anything
to ease the
effects of
aging or
extend our
life span?
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Natural Disasters
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How should we understand the horrible devastation and human suffering caused by natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods?
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Japan Tsunami Reminder
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Japan is still suffering from the effects of a devastating earthquake and tsunami that have taken more than 6,000 lives with over ten thousand more missing.
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A Lesson from a Hurricane
| Answers in Genesis
As Hurricane Katrina bears down on Gulf Coast, it’s not God’s fault, but rather, it is our fault—the Bible says we sinned in Adam.
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Natural Disasters—God Getting His Revenge?
| Answers in Genesis
It seems you can’t turn on the news without
hearing about another disaster.
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“Lost” Without Genesis
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The issue of comprehending death and suffering in terms of a loving God has once again hit the media airwaves.
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Massive Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan
| Answers in Genesis
For anyone watching the news, such devastation is shocking. How should Christians respond? Please continue to pray for the people of Japan.
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Hundreds of Species Voyage Across the Pacific After Japanese Tsunami
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The Japanese tsunami debris didn’t travel alone. Thousands of tiny voyagers survived the long passage at sea by riding on plastics.
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Hurricanes are “Acts of Man,” not “Acts of God”
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The people of Florida, USA have been reeling from four hurricanes that hit populated areas during a six-week period that continued through September.
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Tsunami Survivors Flooded with Memories
| Answers in Genesis
Even a year later, debris remains from the March 11, 2011, tsunami that devastated Japan and caused thousands of deaths.
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Bringing Relief
| Answers in Genesis
On Tuesday, the island nation of Haiti—already a desperately poor nation—was devastated by a major earthquake.
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Southeast Asia Tsunami Anniversary
| Answers in Genesis
Last week marked the fourth anniversary of a deadly natural disaster.
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Remembering Katrina
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For weeks now, the news channels have been busy reliving the horrors of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The one-year anniversary of its landfall is upon us and television is full of coverage.
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A Blessing Amidst Tragedy
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Even though devastating Hurricane Katrina occurred along the Gulf Coast many weeks ago, it has provided a unique window of opportunity for Christians who want to support the Lord’s work.
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“Coals of Fire”
| Answers in Genesis
AiG initiated a special relief effort to help thousands of public school students in Ocean Springs, Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina
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A Doctor’s ‘House Calls’ That Changed His Life
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Answers in Genesis-USA outreach team travels to Ocean Springs in southern Mississippi following Hurricane Katrina.
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On the Road to Mississippi — Katrina Outreach Update
| Answers in Genesis
Read daily updates from the AiG Relief Team working in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
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Katrina Outreach Update
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An outpouring of generosity for those impacted by Hurricane Katrina has come into Answers in Genesis–USA as a work team prepares this week to take nearly 3,000 backpacks to Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
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More Than a Spiritual Problem
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When children grow up around violence, they need to see that this is not the way it's supposed to be. This isn't normal.
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Pope Francis Dies—A Reminder of the Sad Reality of a Groaning World
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When anyone passes away, whether someone we knew personally or a public figure, it’s always a reminder—a sad reminder of what our sin has done to creation.
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Why Do Bad Things Happen? US Adults Answer
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Twenty-three percent of Americans have pondered the problem of suffering over the past two years. God’s Word has answers.
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A Heart Toward Heaven
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When we lose a loved one, how can our grief teach us the right way to long for heaven?
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Death, Friend of Evolution
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Is death a problem or an evolutionary solution to cull the “unfit”?
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Nothing Undone—Asking for More Time
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Facing my mortality has reminded me to follow Christ’s example rather than Hezekiah’s as I spend my “extra time.”
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The Problem of Death
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At some point, everyone struggles with tragedy. Without the Bible’s account of creation, there are no good answers.
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Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen?
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We know death and suffering aren’t God’s fault—they are the result of living in a sin-cursed world. And Bible-believing Christians have hope in the midst of pain.
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Christian Reflections on the 80th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor
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The brutality of war, the value of people, our common ancestry in Adam, and need for a Savior on this 80th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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A Mourning to Remember—20 Years After 9/11
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Looking back at the events of September 11, 2001, we recount where we were and how God fortified our understanding of how he uses suffering in our lives.
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A God of Suffering?
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Why do innocent people and animals
have to face the consequences of Adam
and Eve’s sin?
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Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) and the Christian
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What are near-death experiences, types of NDEs, materialistic explanations of the phenomena, and how biblical Christians understand NDEs.
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Why Do Innocent Children Suffer?
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Only God’s Word
can give us answers
about suffering—and offer comfort.
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Death, the Enemy: Child & a Dead Possum
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Thankfully, the Bible tells us we can have the hope of a day when the rotting opossum shall be no more. Through the conquering death and resurrection of Jesus Christ on the Cross, death has been defeated (2 Timothy 1:10). I’m thankful for my son’s moral intuition concerning animal death and the witness it bears.
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Did God Give Stephen Hawking ALS?
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Ken Ham’s Twitter post and the accompanying post on Facebook pertaining to Dr. Stephen Hawking’s death quickly garnered dozens of responses. Many were from skeptics, some accusing God of giving Dr. Hawking ALS, the motor neuron disease he suffered with nearly his whole life. Did God give him ALS?
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Suffering & Death
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If God is so good, why is this world filled with suffering and death? The answer is plainly described in Genesis 1–3. God created a “very good” world, but Adam’s rebellion brought a curse and death. The disease and death in the fossil record reflect this curse.
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Where was God?
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What does all the death and suffering in the world tell us about God? Is He simply a distant, disinterested being, or the loving Creator of a now-broken world?
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No One Is Good Except God Alone
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Do Christians accuse
God of calling cancer,
brain tumors, and
death “very good”?
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We Now Grieve with a Texas Church
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We pray for the families and friends of the 26 people killed and 20 wounded during a worship service at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas.
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Why Is the World Broken?
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This world is broken and can’t seem to find its way. Where is the all-knowing, loving Creator God in the midst of all this pain and suffering?
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Bill Nye’s Undeniable and the Fear of Death
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Bill Nye not only connects fear of death with rejection of evolution but even explains this seemingly “irrational” notion as a result of human evolution!
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The Intensive Care Unit
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When times are great, we should praise God and thank Him for His goodness. When times are tough, we should do the same and lean completely on Him.
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School Tragedy in Connecticut
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The tragic school shooting in Connecticut is another vivid reminder that we live in a fallen and sin-cursed world. Our hearts go out to those affected by this tragedy.
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Were They “Worse Sinners”?
| Answers in Genesis
Each year on September 11, Americans recall the horror of the 2001 terrorist attacks against the USA.
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Tragedy in Colorado
| Answers in Genesis
Tragedy in Colorado is a stark reminder of the sin and death that clouds this world.
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Death and Steve Jobs
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Our mission is to equip people to stand on the authority of the Word of God and to understand the Bible’s answers to the problems that perplex individuals and plague our world.
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Steve Jobs’ Views of Religion Shown in Biography
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Steve Jobs, like so many described in AiG’s book Already Gone, did not get the answers to the questions troubling his heart and so walked away from God.
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Ten Years Later—Remembering 9/11
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It’s one of the most sobering anniversaries that Americans (especially those over the age of 18) will ever commemorate—recalling the horrible terrorist acts that struck America 10 years ago today.
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A Valentine’s Love Story . . . with a Poignant Twist
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We look back on appreciation for Paul’s talent and ministry that will continue inside the museum.
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Is It Really a Beautiful World?
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Sometimes Christians give the wrong impression that the existence of a “loving and wise Designer” is obvious simply because we see so much “beauty” in creation.
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A Young Earth—It’s Extremely Relevant
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Many Christians have been led to believe that the debate over the age of the earth is unimportant because it is “just a side issue.” In reality, however, this thinking is erroneous.
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Now, But Not Yet
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When we understand the beauty and perfection of Eden, and how sin changed everything, we are forced to be consistent when we talk about good and bad, and right and wrong.
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Bowing the Knee
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When “the fog” becomes so thick that we can’t see any of God's promises, we have no choice but to return to His living Word to give us the full, big picture.
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Beauty from Ashes
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For some reason, many Christians have picked up the notion that everything should work out the way they want now that they have given their lives to Christ.
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Beyond the Grave
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Sometimes facing reality can be discouraging. It’s disillusioning when we see that life is not what we thought it would be.
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A Voice from the Past
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Facing a serious illness and the certainty of death is a humbling experience and wakes us up by shattering the illusion of security and health that surrounds us
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HCALG: The Big Picture
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In the midst of the difficult details of what we were facing, I needed to put things in the context of the “big picture.”
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Only “Time and Death”?
| Answers in Genesis
A question as important and integrated as the one dealing with pain, suffering, and death cannot be answered superficially.
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And It Was Good
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The words of Genesis chapters 1 and 2 present to us the incredible chronicle of the first six days of existence.
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Foreword
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Humanity is always looking for someone else to blame, and it seems that it may as well be God. Do you notice, though, that the blame is always laid before a “loving God.”
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It Started in Eden
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The ongoing spate of violence in America’s public schools saw tragic manifestations last year, including the murder of five Amish girls.
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September 11, 2001—Five Years On
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The events of September 11, 2001 are etched on my mind. I know precisely what I was doing on that day, when the airplanes were crashed into the Twin Towers. I was planning my father’s funeral.
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September 11—An Anniversary of Death and Suffering
| Answers in Genesis
“Why is there death and suffering?” is an oft-asked question, but there is little doubt that exactly five years ago, it was on the minds of nearly everyone.
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“Crocodile Hunter” Dies
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I woke up on the Labor Day holiday in the USA (September 4) to hear the news that the famed “Crocodile hunter,” Steve Irwin, died in Queensland Australia.
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Living After the Loss
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How can the tragic, totally unexpected death of a 17-year-old young man produce anything good?
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Why Us?
| Answers in Genesis
Numerous books have been written to try to explain what seems to be an irreconcilable problem—Christianity’s claim of a God of love in the face of the evil, death, suffering in this world.
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Why Is School Violence in the Headlines Again?
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Why did a 16-year-old Minnesota student go on a shooting spree and cause the deadliest school shooting in the USA in six years?
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Creation, Suffering and the Problem of Evil
| Answers in Genesis
The problem of evil continues to be a supposed ‘safe haven’ for the skeptic. He believes that issue gives evidence to support his rebellious attitude toward God.
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Why Would a Loving God Allow Suffering?
| Answers in Genesis
Many people have understandable anguish over the suffering in the world.
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Auschwitz, Pedophilia, and Tsunamis
| Answers in Genesis
What sort of God would allow mass murder—the systematic extermination of at least six million Jews and millions of others—to happen?
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Tragic Truth
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What do you say to help survivors of a horrific tragedy? Pastor Gino has recently faced this tough question, not once but twice.
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Answers for One of Our Oldest Dilemmas
| Answers in Genesis
Why do righteous people suffer? Why do the worst things sometimes happen to the best of people?
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September 11—a Tragic Reminder
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September 11 is a solemn reminder about our need to pray for one another in our efforts to give real answers to a troubled nation.
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New Witnessing Booklet Addresses Tough Question
| Answers in Genesis
On the morning of September 11th, I was on my computer writing an article entitled ‘The Two Histories of Death.’
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April 1999 Newsletter
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An explanation of how the world is full of death and suffering and God, at the same time, be good.
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What Does God Want from Me?
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How can people be made right with God? And how can Christians please God in both the seemingly mundane decisions and in the serious choices of life?
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Who’s Number One in the Universe?
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When people look at your life, who has the preeminence?
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Decision, Decisions
| Answers in Genesis
Life is full of decisions, big and small, every day. How can we be sure we’re making the right decision?
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Zombies, Vampires, and Werewolves—Oh No!
| Answers in Genesis
Whether we like it or not, scary monsters permeate our culture, particularly during this season. What should our attitude be toward these “monsters”?
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Paper or Priceless?
| Answers in Genesis
Before you rush off and follow the crowd, take a minute to consider: How much do you value your purity?
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Having a Purpose to Your Life Keeps You Healthy
| Answers in Genesis
An article in New Scientist, by Teal Burrell, describes the health benefits that come from having a purpose and meaning to your life.
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Through Your Lens
| Answers in Genesis
Christians should do much more than just admire God’s
handiwork as an end in itself.
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What Are the Most Important Questions?
| Answers in Genesis
The most important questions really come down to who is God and what does He want from you?
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Is My Love for the Lord Real?
| Answers in Genesis
We can say that we love God and others, but talk is cheap. How can we know for certain whether our love is real?
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Lost
| Answers in Genesis
We are facing a major culture shift, and the losses are mounting. It's never too late to begin implementing biblical solutions.
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Dangerous Vacations
| Answers in Genesis
Spiritual vacatons from God always spell disaster.
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You Can Make a Difference!
| Answers in Genesis
What comes to mind when you think of October 31st?
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The Humility Factor
| Answers in Genesis
It takes the eyes of humble faith for humans to see that “the whole earth is full of His glory” (Isaiah 6:3).
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For Whom Should We Vote?
| Answers in Genesis
How should we pick among candidates? What is the “heart” of the issue?
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“I Know Nothing!”
| Answers in Genesis
The book of Job is a revelation of God and His creation, including extensive treatment of behemoth and leviathan!
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Who Is God?
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Who is God? What is He like? What is His character? What is His nature?
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It All Starts with God’s Character
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What is the ultimate, unshakable source of the Bible’s authority?
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Biblical Authority Study Questions: God's Character
| Answers in Genesis
Download the biblical authority discussion questions (“It All Starts With God’s Character”) in PDF format.
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The Trinity
| Answers in Genesis
Three Persons yet one essence—the doctrine of the Trinity may be difficult to understand, but it is an essential, non-negotiable doctrine.
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The Trinity
| Answers in Genesis
The Bible clearly affirms the existence of three distinct Persons that are all identified as the one God of the universe.
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Is the Trinity Three Different Gods?
| Answers in Genesis
Have you ever wondered about the doctrine of the Trinity? How could the God of the Bible be one God, but at the same time three Persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?
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God, the Holy Spirit
| Answers in Genesis
The Holy Spirit is not an impersonal force. The Bible teaches that he is active in our lives, a distinct person, and fully God.
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Prayer and the Trinity
| Answers in Genesis
Our view of the members of the Trinity shape our view of prayer. Dr. Mark Bird will discuss how the New Testament authors relate prayer to the Trinity.
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The Trinity and Creation
| Answers in Genesis
The doctrine of the Trinity is not just “traditional”; it has a firm basis in Scripture.
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Refuting Unitarian Errors Regarding the Deity of Jesus
| Answers in Genesis
Unitarians reject the triune nature of God and argue that the Bible teaches Jesus was not a divine Person but is simply the one Lord Messiah (a human being). This issue is important, because if we deny the deity of Jesus then we do not know the Father and, therefore, we do not have eternal life.
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The Trinity—A Non-negotiable Doctrine
| Answers in Genesis
Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., explains why the Trinity is such an essential biblical doctrine.
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God Is Good
| Answers in Genesis
Skeptics often claim that the God of the Bible is a cruel, vindictive God, but the Bible paints a different picture—God is a good and loving God.
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Is God really good?
| Answers in Genesis
How can a good God send someone to hell.
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God’s Biggest “Problem”
| Answers in Genesis
AIDS, genocide, slavery, earthquakes, hurricanes, terrorism—where did these evils come from, and how could a loving God allow people to endure such horrors?
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Did God Create Williams Syndrome?
| Answers in Genesis
As Christians who embrace a life-affirming worldview, we often discuss how beautifully designed the human body is—a masterpiece of God’s creation. We know that we are “fearfully and wonderfully” made. So how does a child with a genetic disorder (or any “problem”) fit into this worldview?
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If God Made Woman for Man, Then What Is God’s Plan for Singleness
| Answers in Genesis
This Valentine’s Day, in your singleness, I encourage you to look for love, for belonging, and for acceptance in what Jesus offers.
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The “god” of an Old Earth
| Answers in Genesis
Does the Bible teach that disease, bloodshed, violence and pain have always been ‘part of life’? What would this say about God?
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Death: A Curse and a Blessing
| Answers in Genesis
There is an easy to understand reason why death and suffering exist in a world created by a God of love. Evolution (death over millions of years) destroys the foundation of the message of the cross.
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Contradictions: Can God Be Tempted?
| Answers in Genesis
The Bible clearly states that God cannot be tempted by evil, so why do other passages speak of God being tempted? Chris Russell, AiG–U.S., explains.
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Is God Selfish and Vindictive?
| Answers in Genesis
A concerned reader wonders how to respond to the claim that God is vindictive. Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., responds.
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Examining the True Character of God the Father
| Answers in Genesis
Some people mischaracterize God the Father as only judgment and righteousness. While these are true characteristics, there is much more to our gracious heavenly Father.
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Is God Deceiving Us?
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Dr. Lisle responds to feedback concerning his recent paper on the distant starlight problem.
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Why Won’t God Heal Amputees?
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A surprising often-asked question is “why doesn’t God heal amputees”? Peter Galling and John UpChurch join in answering this alleged problem.
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Hurricanes and a Loving God?
| Answers in Genesis
If there really is a God of love, how can He allow these horrible things to happen?
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Did God Make Pathogenic Viruses?
| Answers in Genesis
A review of the structure, function, and role of viruses in ecology is presented.
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How Could a Loving God ... ?
| Answers in Genesis
When we accept Genesis as it was meant to be taken—as literal history—then we understand that death, disease, and violence are intrusions into this world.
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Evil at God’s Hand
| Answers in Genesis
We give God credit for the good things, but what is His role in the bad?
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Good God—Bad World? How Can That Be?
| Answers in Genesis
The world is filled with pain, suffering, and death. How does a loving Creator fit into this messy picture?
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Why Do God’s Children Suffer?
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A swimming accident as a teenager left Joni Eareckson Tada paralyzed.
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The Source of All Wisdom
| Answers in Genesis
Why do so many scientists and intellectuals say “There is no God?”
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God and the Australian Floods
| Answers in Genesis
Tragedies beyond description have hit Queensland. The question often comes up at this point: Where is God in the midst of all this loss of life and property?
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The God Problem?
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Apparently, the author of God’s Problem never took seriously Genesis’s account of the origin of death and suffering.
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How Could a Loving God: Introduction
| Answers in Genesis
Underneath these questions was a deeper question still, and it was a question that demanded an answer: Why would a loving God allow, or even cause, such pain, decay, and death?
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Why does the universe continue to exist?
| Answers in Genesis
God is not simply a passive observer, the Bible tells us that He sustains His creation—something that is evident from scientific research.
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When God’s Plan Hurts
| Answers in Genesis
Through Barbara Edwards’ painful struggle with rheumatoid arthritis, she and her husband Brian developed a deep relationship with, and an everlasting hope in, their God and Savior.
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News Anchor Searches for God
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John Humphrys is a household name in the UK. He is one of the principal anchors of BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, which broadcasts every morning of the week except Sunday.
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How Could a Loving God Allow It?
| Answers in Genesis
The tremendous loss of life and property caused by the December 26, 2004 tsunami prompted many people to re-ask the question: how could a loving God allow it?
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Given in the Love of Our Creator, Jesus Christ
| Answers in Genesis
Hurrican Katrina devastated much of the Gulf Coast, and Answers in Genesis asked the question, "How can we help?".
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Powerful Testimony: Sharing God’s Love in the Midst of Tragedy
| Answers in Genesis
Ken Ham interviews Frank and Sue Zitzman about the tragic death of their 17-year-old son and the way God is using them to minister to others as a result.
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God Glorified in Life and Death of a ‘Handicapped’ Child
| Answers in Genesis
The testimony of AiG supporter, Tom Carpenter of Georgia, USA, who recently lost his 15-year-old son after years of struggling with a devastating health condition.
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National Academy of Science is Godless to the Core–Survey
| Answers in Genesis
The National Academy of Science (USA) has recently produced a guidebook for public school teachers, Teaching about Evolution and the Nature of Science.
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Since God is the Author of Creation ...
| Answers in Genesis
There are many who have rejected the Genesis record of Creation on what they believe are 'scientific grounds.'
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Who is the God of Evolution—And Can He be Trusted?
| Answers in Genesis
Was life created fully formed? Or did it evolve gradually by mutation and natural selection over millions of years? Why should anyone care?
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The Lord Is a Great God and a Great King Above All Gods
| Answers in Genesis
One of the many criticisms leveled at biblical creationists is “if we teach about your God, why not teach about the many other gods in the world?”
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Creator God
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The Bible reveals God as the Creator of the universe who carefully fashioned mankind in His very own image.
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The Missing Ingredient in History
| Answers in Genesis
The Creator has revealed Himself in both science and history.
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Man: The Image of God
| Answers in Genesis
According to the Bible, the first man was perfect, made in the image of God.
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Of Creation in General
| Answers in Genesis
Baptist theologian Dr. John Gill had an essential grasp on how the creation account is extremely important to Christianity in the 1700s. It still is.
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The Root of the Problem
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The reason that people do not want to accept creation is that it means there is a Creator who sets the rules. Thus, no person can write his own rules.
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Creation, Flood, and Coming Fire
| Answers in Genesis
A message and warning from 2 Peter 3 concerning the rejection in the last days of the belief in God as Creator. This should be a real warning to everyone of the importance of origins.
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“I Have Been Told Its All About Faith”
| Answers in Genesis
“Now although one must respect others views, beliefs, and opinions, I by my own nature must disagree whole heartedly with the creation story etc.”
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“He Could Have Done It That Way . . . Couldn’t He?”
| Answers in Genesis
“It’s not a matter of what God could have done, but what He said He did!”
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Are We Restricting God?
| Answers in Genesis
Does a straightforward reading of the Bible restrict God? Dr. Jason Lisle, AiG–U.S., looks at this oft-repeated claim.
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Attenborough on Genesis
| Answers in Genesis
A well-known atheist recently claimed that God’s command in Genesis is the root of environmental issues, but this skeptic hasn’t done his homework.
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Secularist Intolerance Against Scientific Paper
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Intolerance against Christians’ freedom to express their Christian worldview is increasing from a minority of secularists who are in positions of authority.
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Science in the Balance
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Science is a powerful, God-given tool, but only the Bible is true in every aspect.
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Biblical Authority Discussion Questions: Science in the Balance
| Answers in Genesis
These biblical authority discussion questions can be used with your Sunday school class or small group.
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What Has God Been Doing All These Years?
| Answers in Genesis
Was God “sitting on His throne twiddling His thumbs” for eternity past until a few thousand years ago?
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Remembering the Creator—From Space
| Answers in Genesis
As the world turned its attention to the heavens on December 24, 1968, the Apollo 8 crew turned their eyes to earth and their thoughts to the One who formed it.
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He Could Have Done It That Way
| Answers in Genesis
Many times I’ve heard people tell me something like “God could have used evolution” or “God could have created over millions of years.”
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Why Should We Listen to You?
| Answers in Genesis
Evolutionary scientists seem to delight in coming up with ever more evidence that man is not unique or special in any sense of the word.
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Creation Combats ‘Old Universe’ Idea
| Answers in Genesis
From our everyday experience we know that the greater the intelligence and skill of a person making something, the less time is required to make it.
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The “Greenness” of God
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In an effort to link Christianity with the conservation movement, some people portray God as the ‘Original Greenie’ whose chief concern is the preservation of the natural environment.
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Methods of the Creator
| Answers in Genesis
Thirty years ago it was my experience as a new Christian on a university campus to begin my study of the relationship between God’s Word, the Bible, and modern scientific concepts of the origin of life.
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The Creator
| Answers in Genesis
I now want to look at the most important aspect of Creation; Who is the Creator? How does the Hebrew language of Genesis describe Him?
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The Creator God of the Bible
| Answers in Genesis
Condensed from a taped lecture by Ivan Bowden Dean of Queensland Bible Institute, given at the Summer Institute of Creation Science 1979/80.
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What Is the Image We Were Created to Reflect?
| Answers in Genesis
The better we know who God is, the better we will know who we were made to be.
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Is the God of the Old Testament Brutal and Evil?
| Answers in Genesis
God is as merciful and forgiving in the Old Testament as in the New.
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The Overflowing Love of God
| Answers in Genesis
Substantive and enduring love is ultimately rooted in and continually flows from God himself, even from before creation. God eternally existed before the world in intra-trinitarian fellowship in which there is an overflowing of love and delight for each of the other members of the Godhead.
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Does God Hear?
| Answers in Genesis
Many churches now place a heavy emphasis on praise and worship music in their services. It’s important to make sure our priorities line up.
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Is God Male or Female?
| Answers in Genesis
An overview of God revealed as a male in Scripture and a critique of feminist biblical revisionism.
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What Was God Doing Before Creation?
| Answers in Genesis
One reason people give for rejecting a young universe is that they think it somehow limits God. After all, what was He doing all that time before creation?
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Give Thanks to the Lord for He Is Good
| Answers in Genesis
Thanksgiving Day provides an opportunity to thank God for his goodness and his steadfast love. Throughout history, God is praised by thankful people.
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Does God Change His Mind?
| Answers in Genesis
In recent years, advocates of a theory called open theism have argued that God can and does change and that we can cause that change.
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Did God Forget about Noah?
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Genesis 8:1 teaches an important truth in the Flood account: God’s attention was focused on Noah and those with him on the Ark.
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Is God Omnipotent?
| Answers in Genesis
The clear, biblical answer is yes. Nothing that is possible according to God’s character and purpose is impossible for Him.
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7.2 Danger No 2: Misrepresentation of the Nature of God
| Answers in Genesis
Jesus reveals God to us as our Father in heaven who is absolutely perfect, and the angels proclaim, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty.”
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Don’t Be the Devil’s Fool: Why God Hates Lying
| Answers in Genesis
April Fools’ Day is here, and the time seems right to briefly explore the subject of foolery and lies, examining what the Bible has to say about deception.
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It’s a Sign!
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In God’s Word, we can read of a number of signs (or reminders) that help us never forget the truths of the Bible.
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1. God’s Character
| Answers in Genesis
How can we help people believe that the Bible is true? It is by sharing with others the matchless character of the God who ultimately wrote the Bible.
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Can We Understand God’s Ways?
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A supportive pastor asks us why we teach that God’s ways are understandable to humans. But understanding God’s ways is impossible for finite minds.
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Just How Omnipotent?
| Answers in Genesis
A reader wants to know why there are some things an omnipotent God cannot do. Dr. Jason Lisle, AiG–U.S., responds.
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Contradictions: A Change of Heart
| Answers in Genesis
If God never changes, then how can He change His mind?
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Is the Present the Key to the Past?
| Answers in Genesis
Does the fact that God is rational and consistent necessitate that present processes are the key to understanding the past?
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The Story of God—An Overview
| Answers in Genesis
The Story of God—a review of part one of the new BBC–TV series on the evolution of religion
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“Shopping for God”
| Answers in Genesis
Last year, a national newspaper in Australia (The Weekend Australian) ran a series of editorials/letters/interviews concerning God, Christianity, the church, and religion.
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What Is Science?
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Observational science is testable and repeatable, whereas historical (origins) science is extrapolation of current rates and processes back into the past.
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Biblical Faith is Not “Blind”—It’s Supported by Good Science
| Answers in Genesis
The word “science” is used in many ways. Many secular humanists try to redefine science as “naturalism”—the belief that nature is “all there is.”
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What Is Science?
| Answers in Genesis
Science: Knowledge that is testable, repeatable, observable, and falsifiable - originally developed by men who assumed God created an orderly universe.
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Do Creationists Reject Science?
| Answers in Genesis
Anyone familiar with the creation/evolution debate should know that anti-creationists love to lob the accusation that creationists are “anti-science” or that they “reject science.”
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De-Nyeing Science
| Answers in Genesis
The latest message of Bill Nye, “the Science Guy,” is that creation is dangerous and evolution the basis for modern science. Does he truly understand science?
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Can Science Tell Us Why?
| Answers in Genesis
The field of science is filled with questions. But are we asking the right ones?
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Are We Anti-science?
| Answers in Genesis
Creationists are often accused of being “anti-science” or of “rejecting science.” But how well does this claim reflect reality? Are we really against science?
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Science or the Bible?
| Answers in Genesis
Ever heard one of these claims? Perhaps you’ve even said one yourself. We’ve heard them all—but they’re all false, or at least they imply a falsehood.
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Prosecution—The Philosophy and Correct Application of Science
| Answers in Genesis
In this chapter we will examine the nature and role of science, as well as the ability and limitations of scientific dating methods.
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Yes, “Science Is Good” but Not the Way BioLogos Thinks
| Answers in Genesis
BioLogos recently published “An Open Letter to People of Faith About Science” in which they announced their new “Science is Good” initiative.
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March for Science Coming to Washington, DC
| Answers in Genesis
On Earth Day, April 22, 2017, a group of scientists and science enthusiasts is marching on Washington for what they call the March for Science.
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Galileo & Creation in Early Modern Science
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The controversies regarding the early chapters of Genesis and the geological discoveries and theories were part of a complex movement of thought which pulsed through the educated minds of Europeans.
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Is Historical Science Useful?
| Answers in Genesis
The differences between empirical and historical science, how predictions can be helpful in the sciences, and how worldview affects our perspective about the past.
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Doesn’t Science Disprove the Bible
| Answers in Genesis
In today’s world we often hear statements like “science disproves creation” or “science proves evolution.”
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A Response to “Talking Science as Christians”
| Answers in Genesis
On June 5, 2018, a self-described Christian and professor of chemistry published a provocative blog post titled “Talking Science as Christians.” The author, “RJS,” under the guise of offering advice from a career in science, took young-earth creation (YEC) to task and sharply rebuked it.
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Feedback: “You Can Question Science”
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Many evolutionists believe creationists ignore or have a low view of science. Of course, those familiar with science know scientists try to disprove, not prove, their hypothesis. And future evidence can overturn what was already believed to be established science. So, of course, scientific findings can be questioned.
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First Usage of Origins vs. Operational Science
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Did YECs invent the terms origin science or historical science, and if so did we invent these terms just to discredit evolution? Do we deny that we can know anything about the past because we weren’t there to observe it, or that any event in the past is unknowable?
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“Overwhelming Evidence in All Fields of Science Supports Evolution.”
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There is no “neutral” starting point; everyone—whether they acknowledge it or not—interprets the “facts” according to a particular worldview.
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Is There Really a War on Science?
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Is the collective body of knowledge and the methodology we call “science” teetering on the precipice of extinction or, worse, about to be pushed off?
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Can Forensic Science Trace the World’s Origins?
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One of the most popular facets of science right now is forensics. But no investigative science is more accurate than an eyewitness account.
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Conflict Between the Classrooms
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Most people think that the battle over creation and evolution is being fought between “science” and “religion.” But there are two problems with this thinking.
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Is Scientific Research Flawed?
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Is it possible that we are facing a situation where there is a massive production of wrong information or distortion of information?
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Evolution Won’t Heal
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Today we constantly hear warnings that evolution is necessary for science. Oh, really?
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Is AiG and Its Statement of Faith Anti-Science?
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We all start with presuppositions that have all of us reaching different conclusions about the past. So what makes one wrong and the other right?
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Mystick Mystery: Scientists Investigate Connecticut’s Pequot War
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Examining the battlefield of Fort Mystick, almost 400 years later, can illustrate both the value and limitations of forensic science, showcasing apologetics.
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National Geographic Accuses AiG of Doubting Science
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A National Geographic article featuring the Creation Museum considers AiG science doubters, but the evidence always confirms the biblical creation account.
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Science of Uncertainty
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A physicist makes clear that the essence of science is gathering data and interpreting that data in ways that are often insufficient, limited, and changeable.
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Bill Nye: Fighting for “Science”?
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Bill Nye’s technique uses the same word science to refer to what is clearly historical science as well as for what is clearly observational science.
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Popular Science Is Now Popular Spin?
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Popular Science’s September 2014 issue jumped into an arena that it is unprepared for, and this particular issue should be renamed Popular Spin.
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Does Religion Cripple Science Innovation?
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Cosmos astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson asserts that religious influence on science intellectually cripples would-be innovators.
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Science Teacher Reveals Unscientific Bias, Blind Spot
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Despite the common claim that scientists objectively evaluate their observations, this teacher’s predetermined decision to reject and mock all he saw is clear from the beginning.
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Bill Nye Denies Young Earth
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Bill Nye claims denying the earth is 4.54 billion years old is like believing the earth is flat.
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Deceitful Terms—Historical and Observational Science
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Is there a legitimate distinction between historical and observational science, or are we being misleading to use those terms? Troy Lacey, AiG–U.S., explains.
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Elaine Ecklund's Survey of Scientists
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In June we discussed the work of Rice University sociologist Elaine Ecklund, whose survey of scientists revealed that, among other things, “the academy seems to have a ‘strong culture’ that suppresses discussion about religion in many areas.” Ecklund now weighs in on the topic in a USA Today opinion piece.
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Dinosaur Doubts Down Under
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An Australian national survey reveals that one in three Australians believes humans and dinosaurs coexisted and thus were not separated by millions of years.
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Does Science Need God?
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Could science operate if the biblical God didn’t exist? Dr. Jason Lisle, AiG–U.S., shows why even atheist scientists unwittingly depend upon a God they don’t believe in.
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The Cost of Skepticism?
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“Questioning theories is usually a healthy pursuit”—except when life and death are concerned, or when the “theory” in question is evolution.
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Must Science Exclude the Supernatural?
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A reader claims that “natural” phenomena are the only valid scientific explanations. Dr. Jason Lisle, AiG–U.S., examines this often repeated claim.
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Selling Science to the Public
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In a recent swath of articles and letters, evolutionists have been examining how they frame “science” to the public—though ignoring their own presuppostions.
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Scare tactics
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The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) headed by Dr. Eugenie Scott has started a campaign to try to discourage parents from bringing their children to the Creation Museum.
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Pseudoscience: More or Less?
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A recent study by Jon D. Miller of Michigan State University reveals interesting developments in the U.S. populace’s familiarity with science and beliefs about alleged “pseudoscience.”
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Two Very Different Looks at the Role of Evolution in Medicine
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Well-known NBC-TV reporter Robert Bazell suggests that the evolution debate adds little to the education of physicians. He also ridicules those who are proponents of intelligent design and creation.
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Science and Faith
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Should we keep the Bible out of science? Is that even possible?
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American Leadership in the Sciences: Endangered?
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A feature of the growing creation-evolution controversy in this nation is the near-universal misrepresentation or misunderstanding of the issues by most in the secular media.
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Answers or Ignorance?
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Sadly, many people confuse science with philosophy and accordingly seem to confuse themselves into thinking that the unrepeated philosophy of evolution is science.
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Being Brainwashed?
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Editors respond to critic who feels AIG is "brainwashing" people.
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Popular Science—It May Be Popular, but It’s Not Science!
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The magazine Popular Science often jazzes up evolutionary ‘science’ to appeal to a broad audience.
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Science ... a reality check
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Science is not so much concerned with truth as it is with consensus. What counts as "truth" is what scientists can agree to count as truth at any particular moment in time.
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Two Kinds of Science?
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We are often told that “evolution is science.” But what is meant by “science” makes all the difference in understanding the origins debate.
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But if Creation Is True, Why Don't All Scientists Believe?
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When I discuss the creation/evolution controversy, there are all sorts of interesting responses to the evidence. People are basically unable to answer the logical and scientific case for creation.
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Biology
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Biology, the study of living things, is a rich science filled with intricacy and complexity that demands the presence of an intelligent Creator God.
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Plants
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Plants grow in nearly every environment and come in an amazing variety of shapes, sizes, colors, and types. These “solar machines” are marvels of design.
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What's in a Cup?
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Down the road and around the world, coffee connects a community of people.
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How Did We Get All This Coal?
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Were enough plants alive at the time of the Flood to produce huge reserves of coal so quickly?
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Flowers—Not Just a Pretty Face
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The Creator is practical and hardworking. He made the heavens and earth, and he calls his creations to continue that work. Flowers answer this mandate through fulfilling their wonderful underlying purpose—seed making. They’re among the most remarkable structures in nature.
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Talking Trees—Secrets of Plant Communication
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Forests are nurseries
of health and well-being.
New discoveries
are showing that this
doesn’t happen by
accident. The trees are
working together.
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Experiment: Hiding Their True Colors
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The rich and vibrant greens of the forest canopy delight our eyes. But did you know that these leaves are hiding something they won’t reveal until fall?
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Experiment: Growing Plastics on the Farm
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The master Engineer
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plastics, long before the
modern Plastic Age began.
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Experiment: Why Not a Square Tree?
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Some realities of nature are so common that we don’t even stop to ask why. Like round trees.
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Ancestral Tree Branches
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Ancestral tree’s branches proliferate while seeking their roots.
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Worries and Wildflowers
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What can the flowers of the field teach us about trusting God?
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Farming Frustrations? ...
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No matter where you are, growing food surely is frustrating and hard work.
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How Did Plants Survive and Disperse after the Flood?
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This article addresses these and other questions regarding post-Flood plant survival and dispersal, and consider mechanisms by which this may have occurred.
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Forests in Antarctica After the Flood?
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After the flood, there is evidence that forests sprang up in Antarctica.
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Peat Moss—Man’s Wisdom or God’s Wisdom?
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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.
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Orchids—A Bouquet of Adaptations
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The existence of thousands of orchid species staggers the imagination. Yet each species seems perfectly adapted for the insects that pollinate the flower.
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Bladderworts—Fastest Trap in the West
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This marvel of miniature design is set by tiny plants, called bladderworts, which seek to supplement their diet.
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Carnivorous Plants: Plants III
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An overview of carnivorous plants, differing mechanisms in plants, and whether carnivorous plants contradict the “very good” original creation in Genesis.
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Is Plant Polyploidy a Viable Mechanism for Evolution?
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This and the next paper from this author will discuss whether polyploidy is deleterious, give examples of polyploid organisms, and attempt to explain polyploidy in a biblical creation paradigm, while assessing whether it is a viable mechanism for evolution.
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Plant Communication: How Plants Learned to Talk
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Plants have an awkward predicament. Since they’re unable to simply get up and walk, or even shout when in danger, we often think of plants as passive receivers of whatever the environment throws at them. However, plants are far from passive.
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Plant Communication: Into the Roots
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Plants communicate for a variety of reasons and in many more ways than we have probably discovered. This article discusses some of the documented “under-the-table” communications.
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Parasitic Plants
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In light of a perfect pre-fall creation, parasitic plants may appear to be a thorny issue for a biblical worldview. But, digging deeper reveals a more biblical understanding.
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The Creation of Plants, Pollinators, and their Post-Flood Adaptations
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How should young-earth creationists explain the formation of highly specific relationships between plants and insects in light of our current understanding that Ark kinds may have been more generalized on (insects) and off (plants) the Ark?
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Mystery Plant of the Desert
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There is no other plant like it because it is so strange that some scientists have classified it as the only member of its species, genus, family, and order.
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Thorns and Thistles
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Scripture contains many references to plants and agriculture as examples of spiritual realities.
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The Genesis of “Rat-Eating” Plants
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As improbable as it sounds, there are plants that can digest rats and other small vertebrates.
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Origin of Photosynthesis
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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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God's Seed Bank
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By God’s unique design, the forest is already preparing for the next big catastrophe. From floods, forest fires, and volcanoes to insect swarms, ice storms, and clear-cutting, a devastating variety of environmental disasters threaten forests all over the world.
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Do Plants and Leaves Die?
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Do plants and leaves die? What is the difference between plants and animals or man? For a biblical answer, we need to look at the phrase nephesh chayyah.
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Are GMOs Ethical?
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What are genetically modified organisms (GMOs), are GMOs unhealthy, and ultimately how should a Christian should view GMOs in light of the dominion mandate in Genesis 1?
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Contradictions: Planting Confusion
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Critics have charged that the first two chapters of the Bible contain a contradiction regarding the creation of the vegetation. Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., explains.
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Little Green Machines
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Reminders about the loving Creator are all around us, even in the grass we walk on.
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Pollen Floral Roots Deeper in Fossil Record
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Flower evolution has long been assigned to the Early Cretaceous period. Did Triassic dinosaurs wake up and smell the roses?
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The Origin of Plants
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The creation of plants in their many diverse forms is apparent in the intricate design of plant systems.
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Carefree Clean
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God constructed the lotus with the most advanced nanotechnology imaginable.
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Countdown to Dinner
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A Venus flytrap isn’t interested
in eating salad. It’s
waiting for signs of fresh meat.
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The Splendor of Thorns
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God wove even the harshest elements of the original Curse into His beautiful plan of ultimate redemption through Christ.
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Another Walk Through the Garden
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The garden of Eden was likely much different than we might imagine.
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Rock Garden
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Imagine a plant trying to hide from being eaten in the brown desert.
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Beauty Eye of the Beholder: Copycat orchids
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Did evolution teach this orchid how to get a bee in its bonnet?
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Ancient Blobs of the Andes
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Strange green blobs are taking over the Atacama Desert in the Chilean Andes.
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Plant Mites Untouched by Evolutionary Change
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Plant mites sail through the sands of time untouched by evolutionary change.
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How Do Seeds Spread?
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The journey each seed takes from its source to
its destination illustrates the Creator’s design.
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Sugar Beets—Farm-Fresh Deicers
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One-third of the world’s sugar comes from the lowly sugar beet. But God stored other treasures in this tuber, which we’re just beginning to exploit.
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Plant Rights
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In 2008, Ecuador guaranteed constitutional rights to plants, and an attorney in the United States is now planning to file lawsuits to secure plants rights.
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Creepy Crawly Plants
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Imagine a plant that’s sensitive to its surroundings and responds accordingly. Sound like science fiction? It’s not!
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The Miracle Tree
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Can you imagine a plant that is nutritious, grows rapidly without special care, has medicinal value, and provides chemicals to purify water in remote places?
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Plants—Standing Their Ground
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In a fallen world where it’s eat or be eaten,
even plants need protection.
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Desert Rhubarb—Three-Foot Oasis
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Jewish scientists have discovered an amazing species of rhubarb that “irrigates itself” through the advanced irrigation system on its broad leaves.
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Seeing the Forest amid the Trees
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Creationists get so focused on finding evidence of design in individual organisms that they overlook the bigger picture—design of the ecosystems.
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Experiment: Those Swell Seeds
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God placed within small seeds an astonishing ability to move mountains, which even pyramid builders sought to imitate.
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Pint-Size Predators
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Today's carnivorous plants show how topsy-turvy the world has become after Adam;s rebellion.
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Best Seat in the House
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Consider what the fossils really tell us, when we start with the Bible as factual history.
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Those Cursed Weeds!
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After God cursed the earth, the war between man and weeds began. And the weeds seem to have the upper hand.
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Super-Plants
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Plants capture a little of the sun’s abundant energy and make it available for us. What if we could help them to do it better?
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Plant Sensitivity
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“What’s good for the goose is good for the gooseberry.”
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Evolution of Flowers
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It’s what Charles Darwin called an “abominable mystery” and what ScienceDaily says “scientists have yet to solve”: the origin of flowering plants.
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Power Plants
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What if we could find an efficient process that extracted a pure source of power—hydrogen gas—directly out of water. Between concerns about global warming, oil shortages, and increasing gasoline prices, what can the general public do? Where can we find an alternative energy source?
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1,000-Year-Old Seed from Biblical Tree Revived
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Archaeologists found a seed believed to be about 1,000 years old in a cave and decided to plant it—and now 14 years later they have a 10-foot-tall tree growing.
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“The Most Basic Form of Learning”: Are Plants “Conscious”?
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According to new research, plants do possess a form of “intelligence”—but can we go as far as some researchers and say they are “conscious”?
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Debunking Evolutionary Timelines for Flowering Plants
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The evolutionary model is not clear about when flowering plants arrived on earth. Evolutionists remain unsure when the angiosperms emerged.
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Is the Origin of Flowering Plants a Mystery?
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Researchers have announced what they believe to be the oldest flowering plant, a flower with a tree-shaped style and spoon-shaped petals from the early Jurassic, some supposed 174 million years ago. The fossils of this plant were examined with high-powered microscopes which revealed it was an angiosperm.
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Succulent Splendor
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Enjoy caring for your own succulents at home—and let their wild varieties remind you of their Designer’s inexhaustible creativity.
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The Cranberry and Evolution
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This small fruit plays a big role in the traditional Thanksgiving holiday dinner in the United States. So should we have given thanks to evolution for the cranberry?
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Kelp Forests—The Essentials of an Ecosystem
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A host of organisms enjoy a five-star stay in one of the most intricate ecosystems on earth.
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Experiment: Growing a Cursed Plant
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If you have ever tried to keep one
of these plants, you know they are
tricky to grow.
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Fireproof Forest
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Giant sequoias are some of the oldest and
largest living organisms on earth.
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Gender-Fluid Tomato: You Read That Right
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I never thought gender-fluid tomatoes—from Australia no less—would be one of them. But that’s where our culture has ended up—having a discussion about how a strange plant, a species of bush tomato from the Outback, somehow shows that the “sexual binary” is “a fallacy.”
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Should Christians “Love a Tree”?
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Surely God himself “loves” trees, for his creation displays a vast array of thousands of species—tall, short, winding, flexible, strong—each a testament to the Creator. So is it good to celebrate “Love a Tree Day”? The answer stems from your worldview.
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Take Time to Smell the Roses
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As one of the most popular flowers around the globe, roses are often considered the grandest and most beautiful—proved by their expansive presence in history, literature, and the arts. It’s no wonder the whole month of June is dedicated to them.
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Why Did God Make Weeds?
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Weeds like dandelion are infamous for ravaging lawns, gardens, and driveways everywhere. But could this lowly weed be a blessing in disguise? A closer look reveals God’s very good design even for these ambitious and surprising plants.
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How the Poinsettia Came to Brighten Christmas
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Few things signal the start of the Christmas season quite like the poinsettia, and December 12 is a day to celebrate it with National Poinsettia Day.
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Study: Photosynthesis Evolved a Billion Years Earlier than Thought
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According to a recent study, there’s been a minor tweak in the evolutionary story of the early evolution of life. Photosynthesis, the process by which plants, algae, and some microbes produce oxygen, might have evolved a billion years earlier than previously thought, and faster too!
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Kingdom of the Plants: Defying Evolution
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The alleged sequence of evolution of various plants contradicted their actual order of burial in the fossil record!
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Scientists Map Plant Protein Interactions
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A cellular roadmap for the mustard plant reveals some secrets.
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Da Vinci Formula Explains Tree Growth
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Tree trunk math . . . more complicated than meets the eye.
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Orchids ... A Witness to the Creator
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There is no evidence whatsoever that flowering plants evolved.
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Did Plants Evolve?
| Answers in Genesis
Have you ever seen a fossil plant series in a museum display or textbook on evolution? I haven’t.
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Pitcher Plants Symbiosis
| Answers in Genesis
Creationists often respond to challenges that certain animals could not have been vegetarian before the Fall. Only rarely does this topic turn to carnivorous plants, but a new study of pitcher plants may provide support for creationists’ views.
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Orchid Beauty
| Answers in Genesis
Orchid beauty—“an unplanned marvel of evolution”
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Mini ‘Hand Grenades’ Explode Evolutionary Ideas
| Answers in Genesis
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.
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ScienceDaily: “Study of Flower Color Shows Evolution in Action”
| Answers in Genesis
Changes in the color of columbine flowers: another example of “evolution in action” that has little to do with Darwin.
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A Hobby That Took Root
| Answers in Genesis
Ron Dudek's favorite subject is carnivorous plants, which provide endless opportunities to share about the amazing designs in God's creation.
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God’s Little Green Machines
| Answers in Genesis
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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Carnivorous Conundrum
| Answers in Genesis
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.
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Creepy Crawly Plant Experiments
| Answers in Genesis
Do these creepy, crawly, plant experiments at home!
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Growing a Venus Flytrap
| Answers in Genesis
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?
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Orchid Slideshow
| Answers in Genesis
This slideshow illustrates the incredible variety of orchids.
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Microbiology
| Answers in Genesis
The fascinating study of microbiology reveals the unbelievable diversity of microscopic organisms—some that even dwell in toxic sea vents and the Dead Sea!
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Bacteria Back from the Grave
| Answers in Genesis
Scientists claim some bacteria have been resurrected after hundreds of millions of years. But what’s really happening?
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DNA´s Hidden Codes
| Answers in Genesis
The world’s most complex language system is located within every cell of your body. Scientists are now discovering that our DNA really does have hidden codes that have a practical function and purpose in our cells. Hidden codes pose a real problem for evolution.
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Bacteria’s Unique Design
| Answers in Genesis
God created bacteria to perform vital roles in every imaginable environment.
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Noah’s Ark on a Microscopic Scale
| Answers in Genesis
References to Noah’s Ark abound in the culture and even have been used to describe recent efforts to store strains of microbes (instead of animals). Here, I consider the ramifications of what it means to have an ark of microbes, whether it is biblical, and how to move forward.
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Did God Create Parasites?
| Answers in Genesis
How did disgusting parasites become part of God’s “very good” creation? By definition, all parasites live at least part of their lives in or on another organism and cause harm. But not all symbiotic relationships are parasitic. And that may hint at an answer to the origin of parasites.
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Magnificent Motors
| Answers in Genesis
What if we could design a super-small, versatile machine that could travel up blood vessels to deliver targeted medical aid?
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The Motor of Life
| Answers in Genesis
Bacteria depend on tail-like structures called flagella to get around. But they’re not alone.
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Kinesins: Millions of Micro Movers
| Answers in Genesis
The cells in your body
are bustling with a
protein, called kinesin,
that faithfully delivers
hefty “packages”
to each destination.
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Microbes by Design, Example 2, Serratia marcescens
| Answers in Genesis
Another example of design which can be seen in the microbial world is the production of a blood-red pigment made by Serratia marcescens.
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Why We Help: Do Our Microbes Make Us Do It?
| Answers in Genesis
A group of scientists at Tel Aviv University propose that bacteria in our intestines may be responsible for human altruism.
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A New Spin on the Bacterial Flagellum: Its Normal Niche and Displacement
| Answers in Genesis
The structural complexity and finely tuned coordination of flagella attest to the work of a Master Engineer who designed and created them to function in a wonderfully intricate manner.
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“Water Bear” Discovered Preserved in Amber
| Answers in Genesis
Recently found tardigrade fossils are “16 million years old” but show virtually no changes from 540-million-year-old fossils, thus stumping evolutionists.
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Friendly Viruses
| Answers in Genesis
If God’s creation was originally “very good,” wouldn’t we find some good roles that viruses play, even in our fallen world?
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Phytoplankton Balloon
| Answers in Genesis
This microscopic, plant-like organism needs sunlight to photosynthesize—and it’s a long way up to the light!
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The Origin of Microorganisms
| Answers in Genesis
Evidence for the origin of life confirms the biblical account that God supplied the information for complex features when He created each kind.
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Bacteria in Your Home
| Answers in Genesis
Bacteria are everywhere—in air,
water, soil, plants, animals,
and even inside you!
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The Dirt Is Alive: God’s Design for Soil Microbiome
| Answers in Genesis
While it’s often swept under the rug, we shouldn’t dismiss the amazing design found in soil particulates.
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Criteria Biogenicity of Fossil Stromatolites
| Answers in Genesis
Microbes, fully-functioning stromatolites, and even stromatolite reefs may have been created by God before Day Three of the Creation Week.
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Robert Koch, Creation, and the Specificity of Germs
| Answers in Genesis
Microbiology is dominated by evolution today. Just look at any text, journal article, or the topics presented at professional scientific meetings.
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Creation and the Germ Theory
| Answers in Genesis
Today, we take for granted that germs cause disease, and many people fear them. Yet for centuries, the concept of germs was virtually unknown.
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Serratia marcescens, the “Flame” Strain: The Genesis of a New Variant
| Answers in Genesis
This article explains the mysterious origin of a new strain of Serratia marcescens, which can naturally produce prolific flame-red pigment, that produces prodigiosin up to 40°C without any enrichment to media. S. marcescens is a wonderful example of intelligent design commonly seen in the microbial world.
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What About Bacteria?
| Answers in Genesis
If God finished creation in six days and declared it “very good,” where did disease-causing designs come from?
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Why Did God Make Viruses?
| Answers in Genesis
If God created everything good and with a purpose, why are there disease-causing bacteria and viruses in the world?
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Man vs. Microbe
| Answers in Genesis
Antibiotics allow us to combat bacteria, but bacteria are fighting back.
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Volvox—Single-celled Synchronized Swimmers
| Answers in Genesis
Ever heard of Volvox? Witness the flawless pirouettes of this single-celled wonder in your local pond scum.
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Where Did Ebola Come From?
| Answers in Genesis
Ebola is a virus with a high mortality rate. The outbreak in West Africa has killed thousands. Where is God amid all this death, disease, pain, and suffering?
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The Transformational Power of Yeasts
| Answers in Genesis
A scientific overview of yeast. Yeast has been used since ancient times, is mentioned 39 times in the Bible, and has widespread applications.
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The Genesis of the “Brain-Eating” Amoeba
| Answers in Genesis
The Creator made all creatures, including amoebas, with variation and plasticity in their genome for global differences of climate, terrain, and environment. Naegleria fowleri is a global amoeba pathogen that is the causative agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), thus termed “brain-eating.”
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Life Is in the Blood
| Answers in Genesis
Knowledge of the blood and circulatory system gives us insight into spiritual, biological, and clinical applications. Blood reveals much about the majesty of our Creator and Master Craftsman, irreducible complexity, and the health or disease state of the human body.
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The Coliform Kind: E. coli and Its “Cousins”
| Answers in Genesis
Even though some intestinal bacteria strains are pathogenic and even deadly, most coliforms strains still show evidence of being one of God’s “very good” creations. In fact, bacteria serve an intrinsic role in the colon of the human body.
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Creating Order from Disorder?
| Answers in Genesis
It has been commonly assumed that mutations associated with genetic diseases and cancers occur because they disrupted otherwise ordered proteins. But in recent years scientists have uncovered many proteins that have no ordered structure to begin with.
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Staph Bacteria from First Breath
| Answers in Genesis
The emphasis of this article is to explain some of the “very good” design and purpose of Staphylococci and other good, beneficial bacteria of the nose.
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The Design of Giardia and the Genesis of Giardiasis
| Answers in Genesis
We read in Genesis 1:31 that God made everything “very good.” If everything that God made was good, where did Giardia come from?
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Celebrate Your Inner Virus
| Answers in Genesis
Viruses are amazingly complex and beautiful machines. They exhibit all the hallmarks of being designed, though we often fail to recognize them as such.
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The Beneficial Functions of Endogenous Retroviruses
| Answers in Genesis
The list of beneficial functions for Endogenous Retroviruses continues to grow. ERVs also promote healthy immune responses—another creationist confirmation.
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Eukaryote Without Mitochondria Is Not a Product of Evolution
| Answers in Genesis
Named Monocercomonoides, this eukaryotic microorganism doesn’t have the slightest trace of mitochondria. How does it survive?
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Endogenous Retroviruses: Key to Mammalian Brain Development?
| Answers in Genesis
Evolutionists credit endogenous retroviruses with making mammalian evolution possible, but scientists now show they play a critical role in brain development.
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Moving Forward in Our Understanding of Molecular Motors
| Answers in Genesis
During scientific discovery more questions often arise. This leads to one of the most wondrous aspects of science: the more we learn, the more we realize how much is left to learn.
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Serratia marcescens: The Miracle Bacillus
| Answers in Genesis
The objectives of this article are to explain the mysterious appearance of crimson-colored bacteria on food and communion bread/wafers, over the centuries, as well as to describe the biological basis
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The Genesis of Pathogenic E. coli
| Answers in Genesis
Even though some strains are pathogenic, most E. coli strains still show evidence of being one of God’s “very good” creations.
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The Organosubstrate of Life
| Answers in Genesis
Microbes and viruses were created as a link between macro-organisms and a chemically rich but inert physical environment.
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Microbiota
| Answers in Genesis
Through complex biochemical interactions, there is actual communication between the gut lining and the microbiota to establish a healthy equilibrium. Communication that reflects the Creator.
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Laminin & The Cross
| Answers in Genesis
Much has been made of laminin having a cross shape. But should we look for such “signs” to prove the accuracy of God’s Word?
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Were Retroviruses Created Good?
| Answers in Genesis
Rather than being added on during evolution by accident, some endogenous retroviruses must have been incorporated into the initial design of eukaryotic life.
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Is the Ebola Epidemic Evolution in Action?
| Answers in Genesis
In the past, outbreaks have remained geographically confined to the regions where the organism that harbors them lives. Why is this one different?
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Rivals to Renegades
| Answers in Genesis
Bacteria are anything but simple or primitive organisms, as evolutionists suggest.
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Bleeding Rainbow
| Answers in Genesis
In God’s
vibrant
creation,
even blood
comes in
different
colors.
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Partners in Slime Mucus and Viral Friends
| Answers in Genesis
Muco-viral symbiosis may be key to a ubiquitous immune system . . . but it’s not evolution.
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More Than Human
| Answers in Genesis
For years it was considered quackery to transplant “healthy” bacteria into the gut of sick patients.
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The Matrix—Life's Support System
| Answers in Genesis
The Creator filled the earth with all the chemicals that living things could ever need. Bacteria play a special role in converting them into forms we can use.
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Aren’t 250 Million Year Old Live Bacteria a Bit Much?
| Answers in Genesis
We are being bombarded by numerous scientific reports describing the discovery of ‘living’ organisms or parts of organisms in ‘old’ rocks.
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Poisoned Thinking
| Answers in Genesis
Scientists have shown that some bacteria can substitute arsenic in place of phosphorus in their DNA and other molecules.
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Microbes by Design
| Answers in Genesis
This book will describe designed structures and purposeful functions in microorganisms, explain the origin of disease, and showcase Bible-believing scientists.
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The Dead Sea, Not So Dead After All
| Answers in Genesis
Even the most extreme parts of our planet contain life, including the bottom of the so-called Dead Sea.
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Just Endosymbiosis
| Answers in Genesis
This ciliate gets the most from its veggies.
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Deep-Sea Vents—Life’s Toxic Sanctuary
| Answers in Genesis
Some locations on earth seem just too extreme to support life. One such extreme environment is vents at the bottom of the ocean.
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Oldest Hairy Microbes Found In “Snowball Earth”
| Answers in Genesis
From “snowball” to “snowball,” evolution experimented with modern microbes.
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Water Bear Wonders
| Answers in Genesis
“Cute” may not be the best word to describe water bears. But once you learn more about them, words like “indestructible,” “one of a kind,” and “unbelievable” jump to mind!
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Phytoplankton Power
| Answers in Genesis
Even in a fallen world, we see how God has arranged everything to work together in an orderly—and brilliant—fashion.
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Slime Mold—Mindless Mapmakers
| Answers in Genesis
Food-gathering slime molds can build a complex network as efficient as Tokyo’s rail system in just 24 hours, without giving it a second thought!
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Complex Shape Found in Cells
| Answers in Genesis
The cells in your body don’t use
just simple boxes to build things.
Some appear to employ a surprisingly
complex geometric shape.
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Another ‘Twist’ on the Origin of Species
| Answers in Genesis
Recently, a team of scientists from the United States, Canada, and Europe discovered a new species of unusual microbe.
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How Bacteria Affect Your Everyday Life
| Answers in Genesis
We need to balance our understanding of the microscopic world because it is an essential part of and critically affects our everyday life.
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Do Endogenous Retroviruses (ERVs) Support Common Ancestry?
| Answers in Genesis
ERVs are found in the same location in the genome across species, so evolutionists apply their ideas of common ancestry and say ERVs demonstrate evolution.
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The Little Microbes That Could
| Answers in Genesis
Geologists have discovered microbes living inside salt crystals. The twist? The microbes are said to be 34,000 years old!
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What’s Really Hiding in Those Deserted Caves?
| Answers in Genesis
Scientists were shocked to discover bacteria hidden deep in caves—far from any contact with humans—that already had the ability to fight antibiotics.
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The Amazing Cell
| Answers in Genesis
As a microbiologist, the bacterial flagellum has always fascinated me.
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God’s Micro World
| Answers in Genesis
Microscopes are marvellous modern-day tools. You may not own one yourself, but they are used daily for many processes to help you live better.
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How Low Can You Go—Again?
| Answers in Genesis
Two articles make claims of having sequenced even smaller bacterial genomes.
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Ancient Protein a Potent Antimicrobial
| Answers in Genesis
Answers for antibiotic resistance sought in “ancient” Australian antimicrobials.
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Disinfectants Train Microbes
| Answers in Genesis
We’ve responded to the claim that antibiotics cause microbes to “evolve” resistance. Is the idea that disinfectants “train” microbes to become resistant any different?
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Secret of Self-Propelled Corkscrew Revealed
| Answers in Genesis
Secret of self-propelled cyanobacterium’s internal corkscrew unveiled.
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Rip van Microbe
| Answers in Genesis
After tens of thousands of years trapped in ice, an ancient species “wakes up.” Is it science news or the plot of a low-budget movie?
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Simple is as Simple Does
| Answers in Genesis
It could be “the most thorough study ever of a single organism,” and what is the unsurprising conclusion? “[E]ven the simplest creatures are more complex than scientists suspected,” reports Wired’s Brandon Keim.
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This Yeast Doesn’t Rise
| Answers in Genesis
Researchers William Ratcliff and Michael Travisano recently earned accolades for—as they put it—“re-creating” evolution.
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Microbes from the Freezer - Still Alive
| Answers in Genesis
Microbes thought by some to be as old as eight million years are now alive and well (along with their progeny) in a lab at Rutgers University, reports the BBC.
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The Greatest Absence of Evolution Ever Reported
| Answers in Genesis
Can an organism survive
billions of years of evolution
without evolving?
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Salty Saga
| Answers in Genesis
In October 2000, researchers led by Professor Russell Vreeland from Pennsylvania’s West Chester University claimed to have revived bacteria which had lain dormant, trapped within salt crystals s
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The Amazing Motorized Germ
| Answers in Genesis
What do your skin, a compost pile and Lake Superior all have in common? Each of them is home to an abundance of microscopic germs, properly called bacteria.
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Is the Human Embryo Essentially a Fish Without Gills?
| Answers in Genesis
Almost from the beginning, evolutionists have attempted to equate the process of evolution with the progressive development of the embryo.
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Disease
| Answers in Genesis
Disease, an enemy in a once-perfect creation, does not provide evidence of evolution but rather shows the destructive and often deadly effects of sin.
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Quick Takes
| Answers in Genesis
Zika, spread by mosquitoes,
can severely damage unborn
babies’ nervous systems and
cause them to be born with
tiny heads (microcephaly).
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Mosquitoes: The 5 C’s of Developing Disease
| Answers in Genesis
Mosquitoes may be annoying pests, but they are also the deadliest creatures in our sin-cursed world.
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Why New Diseases Keep Popping Up
| Answers in Genesis
Why would a good Creator allow these new diseases? Why do new diseases keep popping up? Mutation and displacement of original types of microbes account for many new diseases; however, the answer is more complex than just these two factors.
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The Origin of Ticks and the Genesis and Emergence of Lyme Disease
| Answers in Genesis
Tick-borne diseases like Lyme disease have plagued humans for millennia. Did God make them that way, and what do they teach us about a fallen creation?
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The Flu: Everything You Need to Know
| Answers in Genesis
Understanding the flu’s origins will practically aid us in treating the flu virus, so let’s take a look first at what causes the flu.
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The Design of the Mosquito and Its Dangers
| Answers in Genesis
If everything that God made was good, where did disease-causing mosquitoes come from? What is the origin of mosquito-borne diseases?
- malaria-carrying-super-mosquitoes-resist-insecticide/1 page
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Malaria-Toting “Super-Mosquitos” Find Tools of Resistance In Thei
| Answers in Genesis
Is the war on malaria plagued by “rapid evolution of insecticide resistance” in mosquitoes?
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The Origin of Fleas and the Genesis of Plague
| Answers in Genesis
Fleas are considered a nuisance. How can they be explained as a part of God’s very good creation?
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Super Staph in the Community: Is It Evolving?
| Answers in Genesis
Is Community-associated (CA)-MRSA “evolution in action”? Microbiology research based on creation provides some answers to its emerging dominance in the USA.
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Can Evolutionary Clues Cure Cancer?
| Answers in Genesis
A physicist and an astrobiologist team up to explain to medical doctors how knowledge of evolution holds the key to curing cancer.
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The Genesis of Malaria
| Answers in Genesis
Microbiology and parasitology research based on the creation paradigm appears to provide some answers puzzling questions.
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Evolutionary Conjecture Cannot Cure Cancer
| Answers in Genesis
Evolutionary scientists assume the patterns they see result from evolution and therefore erroneously believe evolutionary thinking can help the war on cancer.
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Malaria in the News
| Answers in Genesis
Can bad-smelling feet, probiotics for mosquitoes, and evolutionary presuppositions solve the problem of malaria?
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Cholera “Evolutionary Pressure” on People?
| Answers in Genesis
Evolving people? . . . Or just natural selection in action? Researchers suspect the long presence of cholera has been recorded in the human genome.
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The First Book of Public Hygiene
| Answers in Genesis
The nuns at the Yambuku mission hospital were using five unsterilized needles to give injections to hundreds of people each day. Epidemiologists have concluded that this caused the outbreak.
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Biblical Leprosy: Shedding Light on the Disease that Shuns
| Answers in Genesis
Leprosy has terrified humanity since ancient times and was reported as early as 600 BC in India, China, and Egypt. Hansen’s disease is still a major health problem.
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Swine Flu—Cause for Concern?
| Answers in Genesis
The latest influenza outbreak has people in a panic. What should Christians think?
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Grandpa Cancer
| Answers in Genesis
Cancer reminds us of brokenness, suffering, and mortality traceable to Adam’s sin. But evolutionists propose that cancer may be our ancestor!
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Bird Flu
| Answers in Genesis
Is the bird flu evolving? The bird flu is changing, but not in the Darwinian sense that it will become something other than an influenza virus.
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Williams Syndrome and the Gospel
| Answers in Genesis
When our oldest son was diagnosed with Williams syndrome—a rare genetic disorder that causes cognitive and physical disabilities—my husband and I found ourselves in a whole new world.
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Zika Virus, the Olympics, and Genesis
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No one knows the origin of the Zika virus. Like all other viruses, it probably came into existence as a result of the Fall.
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Flu Away
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H1N1 flu virus is an example of mutation, not evolution in the usual sense of the word.
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Firefighter Flippantly Mentions Creation-Evolution Debate
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An off-hand comment by a firefighter writing in Newsweek reminds us of the immense influence of the creation–evolution debate.
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AIDS—No End in Sight
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Last year marked the 25th anniversary of the discovery of HIV/AIDS. The deadly pandemic virus has been responsible for more than 25 million deaths.
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Pandemic Panic?
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Governments and industries are attempting to educate the public with a basic understanding of the bird flu virus and precautionary measures to take against it.
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Rats! Another Case of Sickle Cell Anaemia
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As a biology teacher I explain to my higher biology class the so-called 'evidence' for evolution. This often means demonstrating that the evidence is inconclusive.
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Sickle-Cell Anaemia Does not Prove Evolution!
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Sixth-graders I have lectured on genetic counselling invariably pop some questions such as: ‘Is it true that the sickle-cell phenomenon has established Darwinian evolution as fact?’
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Are They Teaching the Truth in Biology Class?
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Science has become somewhat of an idol in our culture. Some have promoted it as the ultimate method for finding truth.
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Comparative Similarities: Homology
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Why should a person’s arm have the same kind of bone pattern as the leg of a dog and the wing of a bat? There are two basic ideas.
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Fungi
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Mushrooms, molds, yeasts, and more—fungi are God-designed organisms that decompose and clean up organic waste.
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Fungus Firearms
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The life cycle of the Pilobolus fungus shows how our Creator can display beautiful design.
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The Fungus Among Us
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Though humans aren’t related to fungi as evolutionists claim, we are more connected than you might imagine.
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Bird’s Nest Fungus
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The forest is full of unseen wonders. Consider just one common type of fungus on the forest floor.
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“Brainless Fungi” Extraordinarily Complex
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When you think of fungi, you probably don’t automatically think “smart”—especially considering they don’t have brains! But these incredible organisms are indeed “smart,” in the sense that they are designed to do what they do, and what they do, they do well.
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Tree Fungus a factor In Petroleum Production
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Factors in petroleum production: high pressure and heat, millions of years, underground drilling, and . . . tree fungus?
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Fungal “family tree” identifies problems with evolution
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This research does little to support molecules-to-man evolution as a theory of origins. Since this type of research is historical in nature, the conclusions made by the authors are their guesses given their naturalistic worldview.
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Splashing Success
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They are fungi, but you wouldn’t know it. They are only a few millimetres high, but contained within these minute hunks of life is a universe of fascination.
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Evolution-Based PhyloCode Aims to Overturn Biology Classification System
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For hundreds of years, we’ve classified organisms according to the system developed by creationist Carl Linnaeus. But evolutionary scientists want to change this.
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Trees That Outlived the Dinosaurs Millions of Years Ago?
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Firefighters fight to save the “once extinct” Wollemi pines as fires still rage in Australia – a tree that offers another reminder of the myth of evolution.
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Is “God in the DNA”?
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Why it’s a lie that God’s name is written in your DNA.
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Gopher Makeover
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Gophers offer a good example of how life could have thrived and rebuilt the world after the global flood.
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Nature’s Gender Reveal
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Human gender ratios might reveal
one of the created differences between humans and animals.
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Parasitic Wasps
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Did God design wasps to lay their eggs in living hosts?
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Phylogenetic Trees Are Not Evidence
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Phylogenetic trees are often evolutionary fairy tales posing as science.
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Did Two Life-Forms Merge to Create a New Organelle?
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The case of UCYN-A is an interesting one but does not represent what pop-sci articles claim.
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Where Do All the Species Come From?
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What is speciation, and do creationists think it happens?
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Brood Parasitism
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Why do some creatures leave their young for others to raise?
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Clearly Designed
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God ingeniously preprogrammed the genetic information essential for glass frogs to control their transparency.
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Designed Distinctions in a Single Strand of Hair
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A quick microscopic examination can determine if the hair is of human or animal origin and directly confirms the creation account described in Genesis 1.
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Celebrating Leeuwenhoek’s Life 300 Years Later
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The father of bacteriology was motivated by his faith in the Creator.
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Penguins: All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go
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What makes penguins so unique and the subject of continued scientific research? Reuters recently highlighted the research of Theresa Cole and others on penguins, as they look to obtain a more robust understanding of what makes these birds unique both physically and genetically.
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The Directed Steps of Hans Christian Gram
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How Christian Gram’s providential bacteria discovery in 1883 helped improve bacterial taxonomy and identify pathogens of infectious diseases.
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Cell Diversity Explained by Creation
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The abundance of cellular diversity is better explained by biblical creation than evolutionary theory.
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Hemoglobin: An Exquisitely Designed, Multifunctional Protein
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When we begin to examine life on the molecular level, we quickly begin to realize that hemoglobin is specially designed for multiple purposes.
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Top Stories in Biology: Year in Review 2019
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Top stories of 2019 in biology: Plant communication, Human Y chromosome molecular clock, and remembering popular AiG speaker, Dr. Tommy Mitchell.
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An Eye for Every Occasion
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Don’t look now, but you’re being watched by an amazing variety of magnificent eyes.
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The Origin of Sexual and Asexual Reproduction
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Life cycles are an interesting thing to study. Organisms are born and produce offspring in so many ways. These differences produce a great deal of variation in what we observe in the world. They also provide a significant challenge to any model of origins that rejects the biblical account, including evolution.
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A New Branch on the Tree of Life
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A Canadian graduate student has
discovered a life form so different
from everything else that it doesn’t
fit into the plant, animal, or other
known kingdoms.
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Top Biology News of 2018: Year in Review
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2018 was a busy year for biology on a number of different fronts. We covered many of these events on Answers News or on our website as we continue to strive to equip the church to answer the various skeptical questions of our day.
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Taste & See
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God created an infinite diversity of food
for us to explore in infinite combinations.
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Winding Back Life’s Story: Evolution of Mitochondria
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Evolutionists claim to know when mitochondria evolved yet still cannot show how or that mitochondria are anything but one of God’s great designs.
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Reproductive Thievery in Salamanders?
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Two evolutionary hypotheses have been put forth to explain the Jefferson complex and the various modes of reproduction that may have taken place.
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Cold-Blooded or Warm-Blooded?
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Study proves growth rings in bone cannot be used to determine whether an animal is cold-blooded or warm-blooded.
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Small Brains, Big Brains
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Small brains can do big things. Big brains can miss the obvious.
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A Serious Problem for Homology
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The fact is, however, that it has been proved in many cases that homologous structures are not produced by homologous genes!