The Evolution of Childbirth?
| Answers in Genesis Sara Sklaroff’s “The Evolution of Childbirth—A Horror Story” reflects the secular worldview that says evolution “designed” the supposedly inferior process of human birth.
The Evolutionary Problem with Grandmothers
| Answers in Genesis In an evolutionary worldview, human grandmothers are a bit of a puzzle. Why would evolution favor human grandmothers? Our lifespan should have evolved to be shorter, especially for women since, unlike men, there is a defined ending to their ability to reproduce. That is the evolutionary problem with grandmothers.
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Dragon Man, the Newest Human “Cousin”?
| Answers in Genesis Dragon Man is a post-Babel human, perhaps of the Denisovan people group, or perhaps a result of intermarriage between post-Babel Denisovans and Neanderthals. We know that he was human, was created in God’s image (Genesis 1:28), and is not some evolutionary sidebar to modern humans.
Ape-Men, Adam, and the Gospel
| Answers in Genesis How many times have you seen pictures showing a sequence of monkey-to-ape-to-man evolution? Although creationists and evolutionists look at the very same fossil evidence and genetic evidence, they interpret that evidence very differently because of different starting assumptions.
Cranial Capacity and Endocranial Casts
| Answers in Genesis Man has always prided himself on his intellectual capabilities and has often pondered to explain the reason why he alone is able, unlike the rest of the animal kingdom, to contemplate and communicate.
Missing Link? Scientists Claim Newly Discovered Fossil Ape Was Bipedal
| Answers in Genesis A recent study trumpeted the discovery of a supposedly 11.6-million-year-old ape from what is now Germany. Danuvius guggenmosi supposedly had “long arms suited to hanging in trees, [and] features of its legs and spine suggest it might also have been able to move around on its hind feet.” Did they find a missing link?
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Humans Aren’t Going to Evolve Again
| Answers in Genesis The website The Conversation—which boasts supposed “academic rigor”—recently hosted an article, in a series designed for children, to answer a reader-submitted question, “Are humans going to evolve again?” But this article showed anything but “academic rigor.”
New Human Species Discovered in the Philippines?
| Answers in Genesis Headlines trumpeted the news last week, “New species of early human found in the Philippines.” This “new species,” based on a collection of fossils found in on the island of Luzon, has been named Homo luzonensis and has been dated to about 67,000–50,000 years. How should we as biblical creationists understand this find?
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Did a “Taste for Fat” Make Us Human?
| Answers in Genesis It’s long been an evolutionary puzzle as to how early humans got the bigger brains they needed to evolve into modern humans? Well, a new study proposes maybe it was a taste for fat that did it—and that’s why we still crave fat today.
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Could the Inca People Write?
| Answers in Genesis It’s long been believed the great Inca civilization never left behind any written records. But what if that’s just because we couldn’t recognize their writing? A fascinating new study reveals the Incas did leave a written history behind—we just didn’t recognize it.
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Did Neanderthals Live Violent Lives?
| Answers in Genesis Neanderthals have long been considered our evolutionary cousins and are usually portrayed as brutish and uncivilized as shown in some kids’ TV programs. But this view has consistently been shown to be wrong. We now know Neanderthals wore jewelry and makeup, made instruments and tools, and more.
Were Ancient Girl’s Parents from Two Different Species?
| Answers in Genesis The scientific community has been buzzing with the recent news that a small bone fragment recovered from a cave in Siberia is the remains of a 13-year-old girl whose parents belonged to what they call two different human species, Neanderthals and Denisovans.
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The Evolution of the Eyebrow?
| Answers in Genesis The fossil record shows a great deal of diversity among post-Flood humans (scientists haven’t found any pre-Flood humans as of yet). Some of this diversity is shown in skull shape. Many ancient humans had much thicker brow ridges than we do today.
Unbecoming of Humans
| Answers in Genesis PBS TV in America is proclaiming that due to “an explosion of recent discoveries [that shed] light on . . . our hominid relatives,” it’s time to broadcast another documentary on human evolution.
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The Human Fossils Still Speak!
| Answers in Genesis The human fossil record is completely compatible with special creation. In contrast, the human fossil evidence is so contrary to evolution that it effectively falsifies the idea that humans evolved.
Human Jawbone Found: Doesn’t Fit Evolutionary Steps
| Answers in Genesis Experts in the ever-changing topic of human evolution thought they had most of it figured out—when our ancestors left Africa, the major evolutionary steps since then, etc. But a human jawbone discovered in China just doesn’t fit.
Kin Confusion
| Answers in Genesis For all the years of proclaiming chimpanzees as our closest living evolutionary cousins, some evolutionists think we may actually be more closely related to orangutans.
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Instantaneous Evolution
| Answers in Genesis Early humans weren’t very good at swinging from trees. But if you think that has evolutionists doubting human evolution, think again.
Did We “Inherit Our Dark Evil Side” from Chimps?
| Answers in Genesis An article appeared recently in the Mirror, a UK news site, featuring an interview with Jane Goodall, the famous evolutionary primatologist who studied chimpanzees in Tanzania. She shares that she originally thought chimps were nice, only to later learn they can “rip your face off.”
Stooping Low for Evolution
| Answers in Genesis It was all over the world's media, including a BBC-TV documentary-family members in Turkey who walk hunched over, using their hands as well as their feet.
Chimps as Smart as Preschoolers?
| Answers in Genesis The Associated Press (AP) reported on January 6 that a chimpanzee “performed about as well as an average (Japanese) preschool child" on similar numerical tests.
Missing Links
| Answers in Genesis Do transitional forms really exist between microbe and microbiologist, or are they missing links? In the biblical worldview, they never existed at all!
Bye-Bye, Missing Link
| Answers in Genesis Although first discovered in the early 1990s, the bones of Ardipithecus ramidus are only now being nominated for evolutionists’ fossil hall of fame.
Middle Ear Missing Links?
| Answers in Genesis The fossilized mammal Liaoconodon hui, found in China, is being hailed as the missing link in middle ear evolution from reptiles to mammals.
"Missing Link" Cut Short
| Answers in Genesis Many readers have probably forgotten “Ida,” the fossil primate whose fifteen minutes of media-frenzied fame as a “missing link” was cut short.
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HIV Missing Link?
| Answers in Genesis Hot news about chimps, “missing links,” and evolution—but the story has nothing to do with human origins or anthropology. What could it be?
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Hype and Science Don't Mix
| Answers in Genesis The news media has been awash this week in hype over an alleged missing link fossil nicknamed Ida. As it turns out, the fossil wasn’t fraudulent, but the hype definitely was.
The Weakest Link
| Answers in Genesis Although not yet officially unveiled, a new missing link is the focus of a forthcoming BBC documentary hosted by Sir David Attenborough.
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It's a 'Whale'
| Answers in Genesis Does the fossil discovery of an early “whale” offer evidence for evolution or does it merely reinforce presuppositions?
River-Slosher—Missing Link?
| Answers in Genesis A team of paleontologists has “identified” a fossil as the missing link connecting land mammals to supposed evolutionary kin of whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
For the Birds?
| Answers in Genesis Paleontologists say they have found a 100-million-year-old missing link, named Gansus, in the evolution of birds.
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“Missing Link” Claim in Ethiopia
| Answers in Genesis Researchers working in Ethiopia declared over the weekend that they have discovered “the skull of a small human ancestor that could be a missing link between the extinct Homo erectus and modern man”
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Another “Missing Link” Takes Flight
| Answers in Genesis In a case that smacks of the Piltdown Man forgery early last century, National Geographic magazine has admitted to having egg on its face due to an item it published in November 1999.
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The Taung Skull: ‘Missing Link’?
| Answers in Genesis Dart’s discovery of a skull in lime works at Taung did not legitimize the evolution theory, but rather caused great debate among scientists of the day, raising questions which have yet to be answered.
Natural Selection Topic
| Answers in Genesis Is natural selection, which uses existing information leading to varations in organisms, proof of information-adding, molecules-to-man evolution?
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Antibiotic Resistance
| Answers in Genesis Antibiotic resistance in bacteria is often touted as proof of evolution, but is it really? After all, the bacterium remains a bacterium!
Did I Just Cause Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis Recent experiments on E. coli in a laboratory have made one university student wonder if evolution happened in front of him. Dr. Georgia Purdom, AiG–U.S., helps him examine more closely.
Darwin at the Drugstore?
| Answers in Genesis The issue of antibiotic resistance in bacteria is growing. But creation research could help reveal new ways to deal with this problem—and challenge Darwinism in the process.
Just Add Bacteria
| Answers in Genesis As with virtually every observation of “evolution” reported, this study does nothing to support or advance the Darwinian view of common ancestry—that from a single, simple life-form, all the complex and diversified life-forms arose.
Infectious Protein Particles Evolving?
| Answers in Genesis Can non-life evolve? Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute have discovered that infectious protein particles called prions can adapt to new environments and compete with one another.
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Slowing Down Evolution
| Answers in Genesis Pathogenic resistance to antibiotics is a textbook example of “direct evidence for evolution”—literally. What does recent work on the topic suggest?
Resisting a Myth
| Answers in Genesis Microbial resistance to antibiotics is one of the most commonly claimed evidences for evolution. So will the new “clue” to its workings be evidence for evolution as well?
Virus “Evolution” Benefits Mankind?
| Answers in Genesis Scientists have supposedly forced the evolution of an adeno-associated virus (AAV) commonly used in gene therapy. However, a belief in evolution/millions of years is not needed to initiate this resear
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Evolution Under (or Wool Over?) Our Eyes
| Answers in Genesis Dr John R. Howitt, a personal friend of mine ... wrote to appropriate professors in nine leading universities, asking, “Do you consider that the Hebrew word yom (day), as used in Genesis 1...
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The "Arms Race" of Bacteria
| Answers in Genesis Researchers at Cornell University’s Boyce Thompson Institute have been studying how the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae “infects tomatoes by injecting a special protein into the plant’s cells and undermines the plant’s defense system.”
The “Bird Flu” and Evolution
| Answers in Genesis At the time of writing (February 2004), a deadly respiratory “flu” is racing with unprecedented speed through fowl populations in Asia and other parts of the world.
Speciation
| Answers in Genesis Speciation, the formation of new species, is not evolution in action. Rather, it demonstrates the incredible variety God put within each created kind.
Is Speciation Evidence for Creation or Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis We still see God’s creativity
unfolding before our very eyes in a different way in the birth of each child. As they relate to the genetic potential God created in our first parents, we may not
yet have seen the fastest runner or the greatest mathematical or musical genius.
Origin of (a) Species
| Answers in Genesis Scientists have watched as a new species is “born”—or is that “evolved”?—on one of the Galapagos Islands, home of Darwin’s famous finches.
Does Ken Ham Embrace Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis Kenneth Keathley distinguishes our view from universal common ancestry, but putting “Ken Ham Embraces Evolution” as the title of his post is highly misleading.
Study: 90% of Species Have a Recent Origin
| Answers in Genesis Nine out of ten species alive today have arisen in the last 200,000 years, according to a new genetic study. This study looked at select portions of DNA from 100,000 different species, and “researchers found a telltale sign showing that almost all the animals emerged about the same time as humans.”
No Speciation?
| Answers in Genesis Rapid speciation (multiple species descending from a single population) is often cited as confirmation of the creation worldview. Can we say the same when no speciation occurs?
What They Didn't Find
| Answers in Genesis The scene is reminiscent of a movie: intrepid explorers pierce the wilderness and stumble upon a trove of amazing species rarely—if ever—seen before.
Demystifying “Genetic Drift”
| Answers in Genesis One of the keys to the origin of species is a concept that few have heard of—genetic drift—the simple application of statistics to basic genetics. Yet this process is playing a critical role in upending the mainstream scientific explanation for the origin of species—and the creation/evolution debate.
Adaptation Topic
| Answers in Genesis Living things, like plants, finches and lizards, have been observed to adapt to their environment—isn’t that evolution?
“Evolution” of Finch Beaks—Again
| Answers in Genesis According to an ABC News article reporting on the July 14th issue of Science magazine, the beaks of Darwin’s finches in the Galapagos Islands have “evolved” yet again.
Peppered moths—back on the agenda?
| Answers in Genesis Britain’s newspaper, The Independent ran a story on 25th August 2007 that Kettlewell’s famed peppered moth experiments had been vindicated as evidence of evolution occurring in nature.
Evolution or Adaptation?
| Answers in Genesis A researcher suggests that a single mutation in mouse DNA is a major contributor to the light coat color seen in beach mice leading to better survival in a sandy environment. The news article states that this “provides evidence that evolution can occur in big leaps.”
Island Evolves Lizards
| Answers in Genesis Rapid evolution—“evolving in ways that would normally take millions of years to play out,” says National Geographic News. How does it confirm the Bible?
The Cat in the Crate
| Answers in Genesis Travelling can be tiring. Even a short catnap is welcome if you’re going a long way. But if you’re confined to a small space for a long time, as Mercedes the cat was, there’s not much else to do.
Catch 22—Toxotes Chatareus
| Answers in Genesis Evolution often presents us with a Catch 22, the belief that the physical characteristics essential for the survival of animals arose by mutation and were fine-tuned by natural selection.
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Survival of the Fittest
| Answers in Genesis 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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“Natural Selection Is Evolution.”
| Answers in Genesis 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?
Survival of the Kindest?
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Whitefish: Latest Example of Evolution
| Answers in Genesis 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!
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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?
| Answers in Genesis 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?
| Answers in Genesis 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?
| Answers in Genesis This letter is from Shelley Moore, USA. It is an example of the prevalent confusion about the meaning of evolution.
The Evolution of Pretty Girls
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Is Natural Selection at Odds with Creation?
| Answers in Genesis 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.
The Evolution of . . . Chocolate?
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Change, Yes; Evolution, No
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Much Ado About Moths
| Answers in Genesis This is the fascinating story about how, due to a combination of environmental changes and selective predation, a moth turned into, well, a moth.
The Guppies and the Nematode...
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Natural Selection Not at Work
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Molucules Don't Make the Man
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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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The “Eyes” Have It
| Answers in Genesis 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'
| Answers in Genesis Losing or gaining anatomical features, changing colors, growing bigger or smaller—it doesn’t matter how a biological population is changing, it’s evolution!
Dung Beetle Used in Argument For Natural Selection
| Answers in Genesis 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.
The Nature of Myth
| Answers in Genesis A college professor lambastes AiG for “perpetuating a myth” but, in turn, perpetuates a myth about natrual selection.
Natural Selection
| Answers in Genesis 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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Small Change
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Origin of Life
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Alleged Alien Life in Meteorite
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Life Created In Outer Space
| Answers in Genesis “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.
Space Life?
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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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The Primitive Atmosphere
| Answers in Genesis Popular views on evolution include the concept that life originally arose from non-living chemicals through the interaction of matter and energy.
Toxin Lovers
| Answers in Genesis Carboxydotrophs—microbes that derive their energy from carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide—are said to be a clue to the earth’s early atmosphere.
Freshwater Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Semi-Homemade Life
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis That headline—and similar ones—appeared in sensationalist media accounts about the synthesis of a reproducing cell in a research lab.
Origin of hype
| Answers in Genesis 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?
| Answers in Genesis 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?”
How Simple Can Life Be?
| Answers in Genesis This article describes the theory of abiogenesis and provides statistics about the likelihood of the most simple concievable organism developing from chance.
Abiogenesis: Can Life Come from Non-Living Chemicals?
| Answers in Genesis 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.
“Brussels Sprout” Meteorite: Source for Life on Earth?
| Answers in Genesis 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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Origins of Multicellular Organisms
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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?
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Where to Begin?
| Answers in Genesis 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.
The Elusive Origin of Life
| Answers in Genesis 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.'
Bacterial Life in Ancient Salt
| Answers in Genesis 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.
The World’s Oldest Water?
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Old Views, New News
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Problems for "Accidental" Origin of Life
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis Astrobiologists may be a step closer to identifying prebiotic compounds in space. Now all they have to do is find the compounds!
The Origin of Life
| Answers in Genesis 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.
The Fish in the Bathtub
| Answers in Genesis 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.
How Life Began—A Textbook Recipe
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Why Life Is Impossible Apart from Creation
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Scopes Trial
| Answers in Genesis 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”
| Answers in Genesis 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.
John Scopes, Creationist?
| Answers in Genesis 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?
The Scopes Retrial
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis A revival of the anti-Christian play Inherit the Wind is newsworthy enough. But there is something bigger to consider ...
Scopes & the Ten Commandments
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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....
Theistic Evolution
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis Does belief in biological evolution, a process characterized by death and bloodshed, question the holy and good character of the God of the Bible?
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.
God’s Rest in Hebrews 4:1–11
| Answers in Genesis 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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'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.
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.
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.
The Burden of Standing for God’s Word
| Answers in Genesis 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.
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
| Answers in Genesis BioLogos is using millions of dollars of grant money from the John Templeton Foundation to present an evolutionary understanding of God’s creation.
Why I Rejected Theistic Evolution
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Design-Denier Wins Religious Reward
| Answers in Genesis The prestigious Templeton Prize, which honors progress in our understanding of “spiritual realities,” was recently given to a Catholic priest who denies intelligent design.
Ken Miller and Culture War
| Answers in Genesis 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!
A Date With Ken Miller
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Spong Is Wrong
| Answers in Genesis 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!
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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.
A Theistic Evolutionist’s Comments
| Answers in Genesis 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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From (Theistic) Evolution to Creation
| Answers in Genesis 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...
Were Creative Acts Sudden?
| Answers in Genesis Three different Hebrews words are used in the Genesis account of creation—bara, to create; asah, to make; and yatsar, to form (as a potter). The one used in 2:19 is yatsar.
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Young-Earth Evolution
| Answers in Genesis Subtle ideas that don’t comport with Scripture or are unnecessarily accommodating of evolutionary ideas are causing problems within the church.
Christianity Is Objectively True
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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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Who Was the Serpent?
| Answers in Genesis Although Genesis does not mention the name “Satan” as controlling the serpent in the Garden of Eden, we can ascertain who this serpent was.
Lucifer and Sin
| Answers in Genesis Do verses in Ezekiel and Isaiah referring to earthly kings or Satan’s fall? Troy Lacey revisits his argument on the first sin.
Is God Real?
| Answers in Genesis 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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How Do We Know There Is a God?
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Is There Really a God?
| Answers in Genesis 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.
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.
Suffering & Death
| Answers in Genesis 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?
| Answers in Genesis 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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Genesis at Ground Zero
| Answers in Genesis 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?
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Remembering Katrina
| Answers in Genesis 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.
A Blessing Amidst Tragedy
| Answers in Genesis 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
Katrina Outreach Update
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Death, the Enemy: Child & a Dead Possum
| Answers in Genesis 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?
| Answers in Genesis 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?
Why Is the World Broken?
| Answers in Genesis 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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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.
The Intensive Care Unit
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Death and Steve Jobs
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Ten Years Later—Remembering 9/11
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Is It Really a Beautiful World?
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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
And It Was Good
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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.
“Crocodile Hunter” Dies
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Tragic Truth
| Answers in Genesis 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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What Does God Want from Me?
| Answers in Genesis 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?
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.
“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!
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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?
The God Problem?
| Answers in Genesis 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?
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
| Answers in Genesis 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?
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
| Answers in Genesis 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.
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.
The “Greenness” of God
| Answers in Genesis 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?
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.
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.
It’s a Sign!
| Answers in Genesis 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.
“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?
| Answers in Genesis Observational science is testable and repeatable, whereas historical (origins) science is extrapolation of current rates and processes back into the past.
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.”
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.
Galileo & Creation in Early Modern Science
| Answers in Genesis 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.
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”
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis 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?
Conflict Between the Classrooms
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Two Kinds of Science?
| Answers in Genesis We are often told that “evolution is science.” But what is meant by “science” makes all the difference in understanding the origins debate.
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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Selling Science to the Public
| Answers in Genesis 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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The Cost of Skepticism?
| Answers in Genesis “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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Does Science Need God?
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Elaine Ecklund's Survey of Scientists
| Answers in Genesis 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
| Answers in Genesis An Australian national survey reveals that one in three Australians believes humans and dinosaurs coexisted and thus were not separated by millions of years.
Scare tactics
| Answers in Genesis 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?
| Answers in Genesis 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.”
Answers or Ignorance?
| Answers in Genesis Sadly, many people confuse science with philosophy and accordingly seem to confuse themselves into thinking that the unrepeated philosophy of evolution is science.
Science ... a reality check
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Science and the Supernatural
| Answers in Genesis It is often said that science must avoid any conclusions which smack of the supernatural. But this seems to me to be both bad logic and bad science.
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Chemistry
| Answers in Genesis Chemistry, the study of the elements that make up matter, powerfully demonstrates the complexity of life and the inability of chemicals to produce life.
God’s Gift of Metals: Crafted for Life
| Answers in Genesis A study of the roles that metals (both transition metals and alkali and alkaline earth metals) play in life shows that each has been uniquely designed by a wise Creator to carry out specific and complex functions essential for life.
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Proportionally Perfect for Life: O2, CO2, N2
| Answers in Genesis Nitrogen constitutes the major component (approximately 78%) of our atmosphere, with oxygen following at about 21%, and carbon dioxide at 0.04%. Though carbon dioxide constitutes a minor part of the atmosphere, life, as we know it, could not exist without it.
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Carbon: God’s Building Blocks for Life
| Answers in Genesis Whereas carbon may be viewed as a LEGO® piece, carbon-based compounds are the whole LEGO® set as the same pieces are used to construct the multitude of life forms from plants to insects to humans each with very different structures and purposes.
Mirror Images and Amino Acids
| Answers in Genesis The complexity of life continues to astound even the most skeptical scientist. Dr. Georgia Purdom looks at recent discoveries that reveal God’s handiwork.
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Space Rock Acid
| Answers in Genesis A meteorite that landed in Canada supposedly holds a clue to the origin of life: record levels of formic acid, a substance rich in carbon.
Proof of Life Evolving in the Universe?
| Answers in Genesis Newspapers across the United States carried headlines similar to that of The Cincinnati Post: “Key Ingredients for Life Found in Universe,” with the byline “Chemistry Happens Around Distant Stars.”
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Environmental Science
| Answers in Genesis How should we view climate change, global warming, environmental conservation, and biblical stewardship? Where does the Ice Age fit into biblical history?
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Climate Change
| Answers in Genesis Both the media and popular culture are saturated in the hype of global warming and climate change. How should Christians understand this sensitive issue?
Angry Spiders? Blame Climate Change
| Answers in Genesis Have you run into any angry spiders lately? Well, you may encounter them in the future thanks to, you guessed it, the villain in many news stories—climate change. And, of course, evolution, as well! Researchers discovered that “angry” spiders in storm-prone areas survived better and reproduced more offspring than tamer spiders.
Global Warming
| Answers in Genesis Many articles and books have been written in recent years on the subject of global warming—much of the information confusing.
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The End of Global Warming?
| Answers in Genesis A century ago, scientists feared global cooling. Now they fear global warming. What do the numbers really show us? What does this century-old debate have to do with us today? Revisiting these still-unresolved questions may prevent modern politicians from making one of the greatest mistakes in our times.
Alabama’s Underwater Forest
| Answers in Genesis Remnants of a cypress forest were recently discovered off Alabama’s coast. What climate changes could explain such a massive rise in ocean level?
Global Warming and Earth’s Design
| Answers in Genesis Recent scandals, such as “climategate” and questionable practices of the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University, have raised new doubts about the conclusions of climate scientists.
Science Confirms Climate Change!
| Answers in Genesis Climate change is real—but what should we do about it? Trusting in man’s word or God’s Word will determine how we interpret the evidence and fix our response.
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Burned by Global Warming
| Answers in Genesis The editor of the scientific journal Remote Sensing recently stepped down. His crime? Publishing a paper that raises questions about anthropogenic global warming.
Climate Change Hysteria—Is It Justified?
| Answers in Genesis The topic of climate change is always in the news but has been dominating lately because of the protests from young people around the world. Some people are even signing a pledge that they won’t have children until the government does something about the environment! Is this climate change hysteria justified?
Global Warming’s Solar Connection
| Answers in Genesis Based on typical news reports, you would assume that the cause of global warming is obvious—coal and burning gasoline. But we should look closer at a more obvious source of fluctuation.
The Magic School Bus and Human Evolution
| Answers in Genesis Authors have a new book planned for release next summer, The Magic School Bus Explores Human Evolution. Well, when it comes to this particular book—“magic” is a good word to use because they’re trying to trick (indoctrinate) kids to see something that didn’t happen and isn’t happening!
Global Cooling?
| Answers in Genesis Some proponents of catastrophic global warming are finally admitting that the actual global temperature is not rising as fast as their models predict.
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Church Without God—Does It Work?
| Answers in Genesis The Atlantic recently published a lengthy article titled, “They Tried to Start a Church Without God. For a While It Worked.” It describes the initial popularity of so-called secular churches, which is supposed to be a replacement for the community found in churches. But does it work?
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A Memorial for a Melted Glacier?
| Answers in Genesis Okjökull, known as Ok, lost its status as a glacier in 2014 due to its shrinking size. The presumed cause? Man-made climate change. “This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it.” Those are some of the words featured in a memorial to Ok.
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Climate Warnings—Are They “Over the Top”?
| Answers in Genesis It seems everything these days is blamed on climate change—and I do mean, everything. A recent article from Fox News looked at five recent climate change warnings—including a warning of man-eating tigers, caused by climate change—and various experts weighed in on why these warnings were too over-the-top.
The Ice Age
| Answers in Genesis When we start our reasoning from the truth of Scripture, we can develop a model to help us understand the one and only Ice Age.
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Where Does the Ice Age Fit?
| Answers in Genesis The ice age is a popular topic that is often discussed. Sadly, most people hear the secular/uniformitarian view and don’t look at this subject from a biblical perspective.
Ice Cores vs the Flood
| Answers in Genesis Show that ice core dating methods are not independent and open to significant reinterpretation. The root of the problem is the uncritical acceptance of the uniformitarian paradigm.
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Migrant Native Americans
| Answers in Genesis A new genetic study conducted at the University of Michigan “bolsters claims that Native Americans are descended from one migrant group that crossed a lost land link from modern Siberia to Alaska,” reports Agence France-Presse.
Ice Age Feedback
| Answers in Genesis Secular scientists are finally showing by their research that they recognize a problem creationists have been pointing out for decades.
Who Killed the Iceman?
| Answers in Genesis PBS recently aired an intriguing documentary covering an investigation into the death of earth’s oldest cold case. How and why was Ötzi killed?
The Multiplication of Ice Age Theories
| Answers in Genesis Researchers have generated a lot of theories to explain the mysteries surrounding the mammoths, but questions about the cause of the Ice Age have also spawned a multitude of ideas.
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The Mystery of the Ice Age
| Answers in Genesis Although it is evident there was an Ice Age, scientists run into a blank wall when they try to provide the cause. They run into mystery after mystery.
The Snowblitz
| Answers in Genesis The Genesis flood provides the two ingredients necessary for an ice age. From this point on we can use basic meteorology to estimate the storm patterns and where ice sheets would develop.
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The Peak of the Ice Age
| Answers in Genesis After the Flood drained off the land, the world’s ocean and land temperatures were constantly changing as they strove toward the relative equilibrium we experience today.
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Only One Ice Age
| Answers in Genesis We often hear glacial geologists speak of numerous ice ages, as if it is certain. They hypothesize up to 30 different ones, each separated by interglacials, during the past 2.5 million years.
Hotting Up For an Ice Age
| Answers in Genesis Ask just about anyone, ‘Was the Ice Age caused by things getting colder or warmer?’ They will almost certainly say, ‘That’s obvious. Colder, of course!’
Stewardship
| Answers in Genesis God has commanded man to be a good steward of the earth that He entrusted to us. In a time of almost cultish concern for the earth, how do Christians respond?
Should We Take Care of the Earth?
| Answers in Genesis As Christians we must reject the view that nature should be revered above the well-being of mankind. Fearful of being associated with worshipping the earth and depreciating the value of mankind, many Christians shy away from anything environmentally friendly. What should be our proper response to caring for the earth?
Why We Work
| Answers in Genesis A biblical perspective on work, the dominion mandate, how the fall affected work, and the way we expand God’s glory (and our good) through work.
Should Christians Save the Rhinos?
| Answers in Genesis We ought to care about creation, for God himself made it and cares about it. We know that not one sparrow falls without God’s noticing (Matthew 10:29). The rhino is a magnificent creature who exhibits our Creator’s handiwork. Here are some fascinating facts to know on Save the Rhino Day.
The Root of our Ecological Crisis
| Answers in Genesis Presents land conservation and stewardship from a Biblical worldview and challenges Christians to apply the Biblical principles of Christian stewardship to the use of God’s Creation.
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Creation and Conservation
| Answers in Genesis People today are becoming more and more concerned with the environment and what humans are doing to it. For many, including many Christians, this issue has become very emotional.
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Sanctuary in the Snow
| Answers in Genesis When a fresh snowfall blankets the world, we retreat indoors to the warm shelter of our homes. But where do wild animals take shelter from the cold?
Charged
| Answers in Genesis Electric cars are parked at the center of a charged debate. How can you know when and whether to buy in?
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Climate Alarmism
| Answers in Genesis Five reasons not to believe climate alarmism claims when they ignore major relevant data in favor of economy-crippling regulations.
A Deeper Shade of Green
| Answers in Genesis The green movement is dominated
by secular environmentalists.
But when it comes to creation care,
Christians have a deeper calling.
The Everlasting Storm
| Answers in Genesis If lightning never strikes the same place twice, it’s running out of options on the Catatumbo River in Venezuela, South America.
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Pollution Evolution
| Answers in Genesis Another prominently reported example of “evolution” illustrates just the opposite—and supports the creationist critique of Darwinian evolution.
Go (Truly) Green—by Starting with Genesis
| Answers in Genesis Many evolutionists are celebrating Earth Day by telling the world to stop climate change by “going green.” The great irony is that only the Bible gives a foundation for taking care of the earth. When God created the first humans, He gave them charge over the Garden of Eden to care for the animals and plants.
Environmentalist “Doom-and-Gloom” Predictions Haven’t Come True
| Answers in Genesis As Christians, we have a reason to care for the earth—God has set us as stewards, and we need to care for the earth, just as he does. But that doesn’t mean we should buy into every alarmist and dire claim made by radical environmentalists. A recent article highlights one of the reasons why.
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Conservation Clashes
| Answers in Genesis Last issue's environment article got the most response. We list the main objections here, followed by comment in brackets.
Human Body
| Answers in Genesis The human body is an absolute marvel of design. The intricate combination of muscles, bones, organs and tissues is a symphony that cries out for a Creator.
Time to Eat
| Answers in Genesis Though embarrassing, a growling stomach reminds us that the Creator designed our bodies to uniquely sound the alarm when it’s time for our next meal.
Lymphocytes—Our Body’s Dynamic Defenders
| Answers in Genesis What we know today confirms what God taught the Israelites nearly 4,000 years ago. We’ve now unlocked some of our body’s incredible secrets for rapid response to the ever-changing threat from microbe invaders.White blood cells defend us from constant intrusion.
Body of Evidence
| Answers in Genesis In this new 16-part video series, Dr. David Menton, former anatomy teacher and professor of the year, gives you an insider’s look at the wonders of the human body.
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Heart
| Answers in Genesis The same God who designed our hearts to sustain physical life designed a miraculous way for us to obtain a new spiritual “heart” that will beat for eternity.
“Vestigial” Organs
| Answers in Genesis Several organs have been labeled “vestigial” evolutionary relics with little or no function. These organs are now proving purposeful. It’s the label, not the organs, that is vestigial.
Why Do Men Have Nipples?
| Answers in Genesis If there were an all-knowing Creator, why would He design men with a structure for which they have no use? Dr. Tommy Mitchell, AiG-U.S., explains why males have nipples.
Are Wisdom Teeth Evidence for Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis Wisdom teeth are still thought of and touted today as vestigial structures and as evidence for evolution. But is this actually the case? Why do we humans have so many problems with wisdom teeth? And does this imply a poor design by the Creator?
Vestigial Structures
| Answers in Genesis Almost every secular biology textbook today includes a section on vestigial structures—structures that are supposed remnants from ancestors that have lost their original function or capacity.
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Cutting Out a Useless Vestigial Argument
| Answers in Genesis Many have abandoned faith in the Bible influenced by such arguments—arguments which are themselves ‘vestigial’, the vestiges of supposed truths that, when used today, are useful only to mislead.
Brain
| Answers in Genesis The human brain is so complex that scientists have barely tapped its intricacy. The quiet workings of the brain point toward its Designer.
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The Human Brain—Fill in the Blanks
| Answers in Genesis Do your pets ever talk to you? Maybe you’ve seen one of those internet videos where a dog says, “Hello.” We know dogs don’t really speak, despite what we think we hear. So what gives? God designed your brain to fill in missing details on the fly . . . with some interesting consequences.
Wired for Awe
| Answers in Genesis That feeling of “veneration” in the face of the “sacred” has sent atheists scurrying for generations, denying that awe even exists except among religious fanatics. But today everyone is forced to embrace its reality. Neuroscientists can detect its effects in the brain.
Baby Brains
| Answers in Genesis Evolutionists claim that children become less "monkey-like" as they age. Once again, data is interpreted based on worldviews.
What Memories Are Made Of
| Answers in Genesis “Where’d I park my
car?” Many people mistakenly believe that the brain
permanently stores all the information it encounters,
but we just can’t always access it. In fact, we
forget many things, which appear to be gone forever.
And that’s a good thing!