Scripture endorsed by Creation The Bible is shown to be inspired because the Creation reveals Divine wisdom & power - See Romans 1v16-22, Gen.1v11,12,21,24,25,26. The phrases "after his kind","after their kind",used of the lower cre- ation, are parallel to the phrase "in our image, after our likeness", showing that each original"kind"was forever fixed in its composition. But whereas the animals, etc. were new creations, the human creation was modelled upon the Divine pattern. And Paul says that observing this fixity of all species, and that all creatures are complete in them- selves, perfectly adapted to their natural environments,we have no ex- cuse for denial of the "eternal power" of the Creator. How could any creature without its complete composition be viable in any way? In contrast to "evolution", no example of intermediate "kinds"* has ever been found. Darwin wrote that these discoveries would be nece- ssary if his theory were to be corroborated, so how disappointed he would be if he were alive today. And even more so that his "evolutionary tree" has been disproven and admitted to be false by many current "evolutionists"- see the news items - end of page. (*so-called "missing links") The gullibility of "evolutionists" is demonstrated by a famous hoax which was accepted as fact for 43 years. It was popularly designated 'The Piltdown Man'. However in 1953 this fraud was finally exposed when proof emerged that the re-constructed skull incorporated "the altered mandible and some teeth of an orangutan" (wikipedia). Interestingly, the introduction of the cane toad into Australia from South America in a misguided effort at pest eradication, has shown how removal from a natural habitat will result in a deterioration in ability to survive. One article stated that the toads were "evolving longer legs in the race to colonise new territories".Well,if this is to be taken as an example of "survival of the fittest"(a phrase coined by the "evolutionists") it has been a sad failure, for the toads "appear to be selectively breeding themselves into extinction"! This is because many are developing arthritic spinal swellings & are generally weakening. What we have seen here is simply another example of adaptation with- in species. It is an attempt (not always successful) to adapt to changing circumstances. Over the centuries there have been multiple examples. What we actually see today is the opposite of "evolution". It is degen- eration – e.g. diversity within "kinds" is being progressively lost. Degeneration of all things is occurring today, which is in harmony with the 2nd law of thermodynamics, a principle of physics – even "open" systems need energy conversion and control mechanisms.It is therefore an interesting question as to exactly who might " have the blinkers on"! A recent variation on a theme reminds us of the "vestigial organ" de- bate,where it was claimed that some organs are simply relics of "evolu- tion",with no practical use today. This claim has largely been dropped since it has been discovered that such organs do in fact have a very im- portant role today. For example, where the appendix is removed early in life, it is found that dryness of the bowel and cancer can follow. And when there has been a similar popular operation for the removal of the tonsils and adenoids and lymphoid tissues in the throat, the person's immunity to infections is greatly compromised. The 'Waldeyer's Ring', once thought unnecessary, is now known to be a valuable attribute. Publicity has been given to what has been called "junk DNA" in our cells.Now it is admitted by some researchers - "evidence is accumulat- ing that some of these RNAs do indeed have important roles to play". Another undeniable fact, endorsed even by man's science, is that att- empts to inter-breed result in degeneration and sterility.We speak here of the original"kinds",not the artificial allocation of "species" made by human "experts". And although now there is the possibility of altering DNA, the result of such manipulation can not create a new viable "kind" with the rich diversity of adaptation which God provided to all life in the beginning. Also,although "evolutionists" try to imagine some evidence for their theory from fossils,they are confounded by their own admission that some living creatures are unchanged as "living fossils"! And as stated,no fossils of intermediate "kinds" have ever been found. For more regarding fossils, read below under 'palaeontology'. Continuous generations are the proof of a Divine plan of salvation. They provide the ideal environment for the outworking of God's re- vealed purpose. This involves the glorification of a multitude, selected from individuals successively born upon the same habitable. It is not "survival of the fittest", as propounded by "evolutionists", but instead it is the salvation of individuals selected from successive generations - - it is not "natural selection", but instead it is "Divine selection"! link to 'Sin and Death and Divine Selection'. It is an incredible fact that life on earth is only possible because the ne- cessary pre-requisites are all in place,including for example the correct distance from the sun and the moon to sustain and nurture life, the in- terdependence of all creation, e.g. photosynthesis, etc.The odds against all of these things occurring together are incalculable... They demonstrate beyond doubt the work of an Almighty hand. To deny it is indeed foolish. Talking about odds, ask yourself if the following could occur by chance. Because of the location of the moon's orbit, every so often it exactly eclipses the sun, with the exception of the sun's corona, which is thus visible from variable places on the earth. The only rational explanation for this amazing and awe-inspiring phenomenon is that a Creator God has set it in the heavens, as a witness to His existence and His power. As recorded on our Entrance Page - "The heavens declare the glory of God" and "Be still, and know that I am God" - Psalms 19v1 & 46v10. 'The Doctrine of Signatures'is based upon the idea that the appearance of various plants mirrors the appearance of various parts of the human body. And moreover that this correlation suggests how to use them. In practice, this has been borne out many times. We wonder how an "evo- lutionist" would explain that! Examples:kidney beans (kidneys),walnuts (left & right brain)*, ginseng (whole body tonic), celery (bones), the berberine herbs golden seal & barberry(yellow colour,treating jaundice & liver ailments), tomatoes (red colour, four chambers, for the heart), horsetail (hair tonic). This is God's merciful provision for human kind - consider Genesis 1v29 & Ezekiel 47v12 & (symbolic) Revelation 22v2. There is a related fact to consider. Often the remedy for a poisonous or pain-inflicting plant will be found growing nearby. Two examples are: poison ivy & dock leaves..stinging nettle & jewel weed."Evolutionists" may mock & call the above coincidences - but logic defies such an idea. *(also note the close resemblance with "brain folding") Every time more powerful telescopes reveal more of the vast extent of the Universe, some astronomers and "thinkers" of an "evolutionary" mind push back the date of the beginning of the Universe (which they think happened all by itself, without a Creator). And in their confused state of mind, with the desire to settle on a date they can rely on, they have now divorced "the big bang" from the beginning, and predicted when current heavenly bodies (& calculations) will end! Words cannot fully describe such stupidity, which is fuelled by a desire to do away with the recognition of and the responsibility to a Higher Power. And we suggest that viewers contrast this gloomy and fatalistic prediction about the universe as we know it, with the Creator's uplifting message of hope & promise of eternal life, for those who love and fear Him. Current (2019) theory is that the Universe began approx. 13.8 billion years ago. This theory is based upon telescopic observational limits. However, recently it was announced that a galaxy had been observed at an estimated distance of 32 billion light-years (a light-year is the distance that light travels in one year). So much for man's theories! "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools" - Romans 1v22. SEE ALSO ADMISSIONS BY "EVOLUTIONISTS" - END OF PAGE Scripture endorsed by true science The Bible is shown to be inspired because only God could have known facts recently verified- (see warning,2nd Tim.6v20 re "false..science"). Human "science" changes its form from age to age, and therefore, as during the time when the earth was thought to be flat, independent researchers have been persecuted and even killed because of their dis- coveries, which at those times threatened "the church" or the state. Biblical facts have never been shown to be false, and it is incredible how many have now been completely vindicated by new discoveries. Genesis 2v21- the first use of anaesthesia, unknown for millennia. Genesis 6 to 8-real modelling has shown the dimensions of the ark built by Noah to God's instructions are optimal for survival in a great Flood. Genesis 15v5;22v17;Jeremiah 33v22- the stars shown to be impossible (even today) for us to number. The ancients estimated 3000 as the total. Genesis 17v12-circumcision on the 8th day of life. It has been shown that this is the day when prothrombin (clotting factor) is highest. Exodus 20v5- only very recently has it been found* that genes pass on mind & body changes until "the third and fourth generation". This has been proven by the true science of "epigenetics". We are being told that continuing hatred of God by subsequent generations will be punished... *(as opposed to"evolution") ct effect of"good"genes-Psalm 103v17,18 Leviticus 13-15;Deuteronomy 23v9-14 - instructions concerning hygiene accord with modern practice which protects against cross-infection. Leviticus 17v11-oxygen etc. carried in blood, discovered centuries later. 1st Samuel 2v8;Job 9v6;38v4,6;Psalm 75v3;104v5;Prov.8v29;Isa.48v13 - tectonic plates underpin the earth - something unknown until recently. Job 9v6-the "place" of the earth vital for sustenance of life to exist. Job 26v7-the earth suspended in space - only discovered long afterwards. Job 26v10-simultaneous day and night upon the earth - then unknown. (note - Hebrew (part) signifies 'to the boundary of light with darkness') Job 28v24,25-the winds of the earth depend on weight differential in the atmosphere- this was totally unknown, and only discovered in AD1648. Job 37v7-each man's hands unique- now "fingerprints" used as ID. Job 38v4,5-the size of the earth vital for sustenance of life to exist. Job 38v14-the earth revolves on its axis - a fact then totally unknown. Job 38v22-the design and beauty of snow & hail-shown by microscope. Job 38v32-the enormity of Arcturus, which has now been shown to be over 1 million times greater in size than our sun, and travels at a speed of approx. 910,000mph- whereas the sun's speed is approx. 67,000 mph. Job 38v35-the existence of telegraphy, radio, unknown till last century. Psalm 73v8,9-the world-wide expansion of evil via mobile phones and the associated "social media"-something which until recently was impossible. Ecc.1v7;Amos 5v8-the rain cycle-river>sea>evaporation; then unknown. Isaiah 40v12-water, oxygen, gravity etc..scientists admit exact environ- ment needed to support life….astronomers have not found life elsewhere. Isaiah 40v22-the repeated circuit (travel) of the earth around the sun. It had been thought that the earth was immobile, centre of the universe. Daniel 12v4-although this primarily has an ecclesial application, the ex- tent of world-wide travel & knowledge (e.g. internet) is now apparent. 1st Corinthians 15v41-variation in glory of the stars (then unknown). Revelation 1v7-television and video may be applicable (then unknown). Revelation 9v3-10-Saracen (Arab) fire with "stings in their tails", i.e. the artillery drawn by Arab cavalry swung around to face the enemy. Revelation 9v17-19-Turkish breech-loaded cannon using gunpowder, "fire..smoke..brimstone..out of their mouths..their tails like..serpents". Scripture endorsed by archaeology The Bible is shown to be reliable because the recorded facts are verified by archaeology- See Job 12v8- "the earth..shall teach thee". Many facts once questioned have now been confirmed by the archaeo- logical diggings.Not one historical fact in the Bible has been disproved. For instance, the ancient Mesopotamian city of "Ur of the Chaldees", mentioned in Genesis 11v28,31;15v7, Nehemiah 9v7, was thought by "higher critics" to have been a myth until it was discovered and exca- vated by Sir Leonard Woolley following World War 1. The Biblical description of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is in accord with recent discoveries. Genesis 19v24 records: "Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven". This whole area has been found to be rich in bitumen. No doubt God caused this to gush upwards in a fiery explosion, which came down on these cities and destroyed them with their evil inhabitants. And it has been discovered that the dwellings were destroyed by fire which had started in their rooves. Lot's wife, loathe to leave, was trapped in the bituminous judgment,and became solidified into "a pillar of salt" - Genesis 19v26 cp ch.14v3. Abraham saw that "the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace" Genesis 19v28. This accurately describes a petroleum fire. The circumstances described in Joshua 6, relative to the overthrow of Jericho by the Israelites, accord in minute detail with archaeological discoveries. Critics had previously pointed to what they portrayed as a contradiction in the narrative. We read "the wall shall fall down flat", yet "Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house (which "was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall" ch.2v15), because she hid the messengers" - Joshua 6v17. And after the wall fell, "the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab...and all that she had" - v23. How did Rahab and her family survive if the wall did totally collapse? The facts vindicate the Biblical narrative and silence the critics. Diggings have found two walls. It was the upper wall which "fell down flat" - v20, or literally (as shown in the AV margin) "fell down under it" i.e. the lower wall, upon which Rahab's house stood and remained intact. Thus the fall of the upper wall formed in effect a ramp, "so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city". This was in accord with the words of God in v5 - "and the wall (i.e. the upper wall) shall fall down flat (lit. "under it" i.e. the lower wall), and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him". Archaeological diggings in Israel have endorsed the Biblical record relative to the time of the Judges (ch.6-8). At a site called Khirbet al- Ra'i (south-west of Jerusalem), a pottery fragment has been found which includes the name given to Gideon, i.e. Jerubbaal. This means 'let Baal defend himself' i.e. "against him" (Gideon) ch.6v32. It was bestowed upon him after he cast down the altar of Baal (a Philistine god). Afterwards Gideon went on (under God) to deliver Israel from the Midianites who were oppressing them. "And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon" (ch.8v28). Such a notable deliverance would have led to its recognition & remembrance among those who sought God. But after Gideon died, as often repeated after the death of faithful men, Israel quickly "turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god" (ch.8v33). Another example is the boast of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, re- corded in Daniel 4v28-30 - "Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?".Daniel goes on to describe the madness which came upon the king because of his boastful attitude. (See page 2 where this event pointed forward to the madness of the nations). The boast of the king has been corroborated by the finding of an inscription of Nebu- chadnezzar, which reads - "I caused a mighty wall to circumscribe Bab- ylon...This bastion I strengthened, cunningly, and of the city of Babylon made a fortress". Archaeologists have established a link between the Canaanites and their modern-day descendants in Lebanon. DNA extracted from the skeletal remains has been matched with the DNA from living persons. Critics have pointed to the command of God to Israel in Deuteronomy20v16-18, to destroy all of the inhabitants of the land of promise because of their corruption, which, if allowed to remain, would also corrupt Israel. These critics claim that if there are modern descendants, this somehow disproves the veracity of the Bible. But in reality, the recent findings completely corroborate the Biblical record. For although God gave His command, it was to a great extent disregarded by Israel. And that is why they were corrupted as prophesied, and also why we find this DNA still current in many inhabitants of Lebanon. See Judges 1v21, 27-36; 2v1-23. Some ancient Syrian clay tablets provide independent corroboration - "The Canaanites assimilated the Hebrews into the Canaanite culture". Author Zecharia Sitchen has extensively researched these ancient rec- ords as they were originally written. He comments- "Archaeological finds and the deciphering of Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittite, Canaanite and other ancient texts and epic tales in- creasingly confirm the accuracy of the Biblical references to the king- doms, cities, rulers, places, temples, trade routes, artifacts, tools and customs of antiquity". Relative to the New Testament records, it was once fashionable to criti- cize writers like Luke who specify exactly historical facts. But since re- cent diggings have corroborated these testimonies, critics have retreated "into their shell". For instance, Luke records in Acts 18v2 - "Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome". Suetonius (AD75-160) writes in 'Lives of the Caesars' re Claudius- "He banished from Rome all Jews who were continually making disturbances at the instigation of one Christus". Such examples could be multiplied many times, and so we can be completely certain that Bible records are totally reliable. Scripture endorsed by palaeontology The Bible is shown to be reliable because the recorded facts are verified by palaeontology See Job 12v8- "the earth..shall teach thee". Palaeontology is the study of fossils*.Conclusive evidence has been found for the universal world-wide Flood as recorded in Genesis 6 to 8. Foss- ils of myriads of creatures and plants have been found extending through multiple layers of sedimentary rock. Evidence shows that the thick layers of sediment were deposited within a short period of time. This tallies with the Genesis record, which tells us that the great Flood prevailed & abated within one year. It is evident that these fossils are the remains of living things, which were swept away by the waters, and quickly fossilised. *see also earlier comments regarding fossils near the top of this page A dilemma encountered by "evolutionists" is named "the dead dinosaur posture", a grotesque record of shock death. The only possible reason for this is the world-wide Flood. This resulted, as recorded, in the extinction of myriads of living creatures. Palaentologists who wish to learn why"the dead dinosaur posture" has been found, have acknowledged that this can be currently observed. It is the result of destruction of the central nervous system from a lack of oxygen. This would have been the exact situation at the time of the Flood, which carried away and preserved such fossils. The great Flood also sounds the"death-knell"to a favourite subterfuge of "evolutionists", i.e. the "carbon dating" method of measuring past ages. Because of their willing ignorance of the comparatively short time (com- pared to their imaginations) since the Creation, and the cataclysmic effect of the Flood, they cannot see that "carbon dating" is unreliable. Some of the dates they have calculated are so obviously wrong (even to them) that they are conveniently disregarded. It is ironic that one of them admits: "radioisotope dating may not work so well in the future" because of the increased pollution since the 1940's. But they cannot understand that the same principle applies to the past because of the reasons stated above. And even in the computation of the more recent past, notably the date of the Exodus, false assumptions and even deliberate "skewing" of results have been empirically shown to be false. There are so many variables to take into account that it becomes virtually impossible to make a definitive conclusion in any particular case from "carbon dating" alone. And when archaeological discoveries show different results, they are discounted. Cornell University’s Goldwin Smith Professor of Classical Archaeology in the Department of Classics, and director of the Cornell Tree-Ring Labor- atory, Sturt Manning, conducted his own investigations & concluded: "There has been much debate for several decades among scholars argu- ing for different chronologies sometimes only decades to a century apart - each with major historical implications. And yet these studies…may all be inaccurate since they are using the wrong radiocarbon information." We read "it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps" and "the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?" Jeremiah 10v23; 17v9. "Evolutionists" confounded by recent finds in Africa Recent finds have confounded & disturbed those who still persist in believing the disproven, illogical, and God-denying theory of "evolution". The "evolutionary tree", a supposedly true record by this theory, outlines the "progress" from "primeval life" up to man (homo 'sapiens'). This "tree" prognosticates the change from 'habilis' to 'erectus' during the process. However the finding of remains from the above together disproves any "evolution" from one to the other. A separate find of ancient teeth has demonstrated that apes, instead of evolving, had lived side-by-side with early humans. The "evolutionary house of cards" would appear to be in a terminal state, and the sooner people abandon it to its doom the better it will be for them! 'New Scientist' now admits that the "evolutionary tree" is in reality "a figment of our imagination". December 2014 - In spite of this honest admission, 'American Scientist', in a self-contradictory article, tries to invoke the imaginary and discredited "fossil record" to bolster its false ideas. However, relative to "living fossils", it does admit "the often intractable difficulties of understanding the concept of species" (decoded this can only mean "we cannot explain our theories"). January 2015 - Claimed as "one of the most important discoveries in the study of human evolution", 'Nature Magazine' recounts the discovery of (what is supposedly by their reckoning) "a 55,000-year-old human skull". Without blushing, a reviewer calls it "anatomically modern" and "the appearance of modern humans as we know him (sic) today". Where is the "evolution"? And what is unusual in the fact that they have found another "living fossil" - i.e. us (homo 'sapiens')? Ask yourself this question - if there has been no "evolution" (by their reckoning, not ours) in the past 55,000 years, why would any sane person think that it had occurred previously? No-one likes to be duped, so why would you continue to believe a fatal lie, which is also an insult to your intelligence (a gift from God)? |