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Super-Sized Ants
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Supersoldier ants said to “illuminate evolutionary processes”
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Snails Go On the Offensive
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The venom gland in a poisonous mollusk sheds light on the origin of defense/attack structures.
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Will Bennett's "Chaos Theory of Evolution" Catch On?
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Only time will tell whether Keith Bennett’s “chaos theory of evolution” will catch on, but we’ll at least give his new idea a listen.
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Killer Whales Quickly Evolving?
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Killer whales “are still evolving, and quickly,” BBC News reports. But is it really so?
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Kangaroos from America?
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The kangaroo may be an Australian icon, but according to some scientists, kangaroos and other marsupials have American roots.
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No Speciation?
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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?
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Where Small Dogs Evolved
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You may not have been asking, but some scientists think they have the answer to where small dogs “evolved.”
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Evolution Without Molecules-to-Man Evolution
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If molecules-to-man evolution is a myth, why does evolution seem to explain some scientific observations?
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Creating Evolution
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Are British birders behind the origin of a new blackcap species?
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Origin of (a) Species
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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.
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What They Didn't Find
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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.
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A Trio of Speciation Reminders
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The news this week presented three interesting stories that reinforce the creationist understanding of created kinds, speciation, and “evolution.”
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We Are the Champions (of Evolution)
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“Mammals are special,” declares the leader of a new study on animal success rates. Just what does he mean?
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Bird Populations Become Separate Species
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Due to a difference in a single gene, one bird species is splitting into two. Does this fit with the evolution model or the Genesis model of created kinds?
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Evolution in Action
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The Lerista skink is an exciting example of variation within a kind.
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New "Proof" of Evolution Found In Water Lily Species
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Darwin fans fret no more. From the climes of Canada comes definitive proof of evolution in action. At least, that’s what the headline says.
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Crash Landing
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International news outlets proclaimed headlines like “Butterfly unlocks evolution secret.”
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"Rapid" Evolution: an Account
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Rapid speciation occurs to a butterfly population on an island in the South Pacific.
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Frogs: America or Bust
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A recent evolutionary finding from Central and South America lends support to creationists’ post-Flood speciation model.
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Big-Brained Apes Demonstrate Evolution?
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Scientists from North Carolina’s Duke University claim to have demonstrated, for the first time, “an evolutionary connection between available food supplies and brain size.”
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Natural Selection and Macroevolution
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Darwin reasoned that if animals can be selectively bred by man to produce certain traits, then nature can select for limitless traits by natural selection.
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Antibiotic Resistance
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Antibiotic resistance in bacteria is often touted as proof of evolution, but is it really? After all, the bacterium remains a bacterium!
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Is Antibiotic Resistance Proof of Evolution?
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Antibiotic resistance is one of the most important topics that a beginning biology student going into medicine should learn and understand.
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DNA in “Ancient” Bacteria
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Scientists were surprised to find that DNA was still intact after a supposed 250 million years.
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The Genesis of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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Methicillin-resistant Staph bacteria cause more deaths than AIDS and resist most antibiotics. How do “superbugs” fit within a creation framework?
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Darwin at the Drugstore?
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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.
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Influenza Type A and its Evolutionary Implications
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Are the mechanisms avian influenza utilizes to propagate and evade annihilation considered evolution?
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Writing Your Own Letter to the Editor
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We are showing you a letter to the editor that appeared in one of AiG-US’s hometown newspapers, The Cincinnati Post.
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Antibiotic Resistance of Bacteria: Evolution in Action?
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Antibiotic resistance of bacteria is not an example of evolution in action but rather variation within a bacterial kind. It is also a testimony to the wonderful design God gave bacteria.
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Evolution and Medicine
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Not one example can be put forth of the need for evolution (or belief in its tenets) in order to practice modern medicine.
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Deadly Antibiotic Resistance Evolution
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New methodology may help combat what some consider a modern evolutionary nightmare.
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Resistance to Evolution
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Evolutionists often cite antibiotic resistance in bacteria as evidence for “evolution in action.”
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Observation of Evolution in Bacteria
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Scientists have reported observing the evolution of Escherichia coli bacteria in a matter of days. What did they really see?
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Evolving E.coli
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Highly virulent strain of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli continues to wreak havoc.
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Antibiotic Resistance as “Evidence” for Evolution
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One of the most common evidences used in textbooks to support evolution is antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
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Biologists Mimic Evolution in the Lab?
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A specialist in ‘molecular evolution’ says that he has successfully mimicked natural evolution in his laboratory.
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Infections Antibotic Resistance
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Traditional “hit early and hit hard” approach to treating severe infections may increase antibiotic resistance.
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E. coli Evolution?
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When a deadly strain of E. coli bacteria struck Germany in the spring, a fearful media buzz began.
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Just Add Bacteria
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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.
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Bacteria: Evidence of Evolution?
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We all have bacteria both on and in our bodies that, among other things, help us to digest food. But is this evidence for evolution?
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New Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in America
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A new strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has arrived in America from travelers to South Asia.
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“Demonstrations” of Evolution in Laboratory
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According to one scientist, it’s “one of the best demonstrations of evolution ever carried out in a laboratory.” So just what is it, and is he right?
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Did I Just Cause Evolution?
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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.
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Creationists and Microbial Resistance to Antibiotics
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New research into how microbial resistance to antibiotics comes about sheds light on the process that is frequently called “evolution.” Will creationists have to change their tune?
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Research in “Evolutionary Medicine” Saving Lives?
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Can more research into “evolutionary medicine” result in saved lives?
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Infectious Protein Particles Evolving?
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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
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Pathogenic resistance to antibiotics is a textbook example of “direct evidence for evolution”—literally. What does recent work on the topic suggest?
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Making the Evolution Pill Easier to Swallow, Part 3
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In her final installment discussing a recent conference on medicine and Darwin, Dr. Georgia Purdom, AiG–U.S., reveals how confused one presenter was about natural selection and evolution.
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Resisting a Myth
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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?
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The Latest Animal Virus
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An “evolving” virus is in the news again—but this time, skunks and foxes are at the center, not swine.
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Swine Flu Is Evolution?
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Swine flu—both the virus itself and the associated paranoia—seems to be sweeping the world. Is it evolution in action?
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Controversy Over a Visible Evolutionary Shift In Bacteria
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Has E. coli evolved in front of our very eyes? A recent report in New Scientist claims that it has—and is a poke in the eye for creationists.
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The "Arms Race" of Bacteria
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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.”
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Bacteria Back Creation
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Scientists have discovered the number of genes necessary to make what is believed to be the simplest living thing: a bacterium.
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Accidental Survival
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Influenza virus strain "develops" resistance to drugs preemptively.
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Bacteria: More Good than Bad and Ugly
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Only 10% of bacteria are “bad” or pathogenic (disease-causing) while the other 90% are “good,” non-pathogenic, and necessary components for human life.
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Super-Adaptable Bacteria?
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A discussion of evolution compared with selection, as it relates to bacterial resistance.
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Virus “Evolution” Benefits Mankind?
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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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“Doonesbury” Needs Some Resistance
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Sunday’s “Doonesbury” editorial comic strip in US papers once again ventured into the creation/evolution debate
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The “Bird Flu” and Evolution
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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.
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What is Evolution? Letters to the Editor Miss the Point!
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You’ve probably come across the expression ‘molecules-to-man’ evolution, or ‘goo-to-you’ evolution, or some similar expression.
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University Becomes a Hotbed of Anti-Creationism!
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Professors at the University of Kentucky in Lexington—only about 70 miles south of AiG’s headquarters near Cincinnati—have been increasingly vocal in their opposition to creationist beliefs
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Evolution Under (or Wool Over?) Our Eyes
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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 Proper Place for Natural Selection
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When Charles Darwin studied finches from the Galápagos Islands, he attributed
their variations to natural selection. Is there any truth to his claims?
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Natural Selection Is Not Evolution!
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Evolutionists often refer to natural selection as equivalent to biological evolution. Is this claim warranted by the observation evidence?
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Adaptation Topic
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Living things, like plants, finches and lizards, have been observed to adapt to their environment—isn’t that evolution?
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“Evolution” of Finch Beaks—Again
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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.
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Conquering Cockroaches
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Is evolution churning out smarter cockroaches skilled at evading and escaping your exterminator’s best tricks?
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Peppered moths—back on the agenda?
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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.
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Adaptation and Ecology: The Marvelous Fit of Organisms to Their E
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There are literally thousands of examples of the unique adaptations that suit each type of organism for its special role in the web of life.
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Paleo-Pest Demonstrate How Flea Evolved
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Where do fleas come from? From other fleas. But evolutionists have had a hard time constructing their history of the flea.
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Variation and Adaptation in Guppies and Gambusia
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Although small, these fish are known to play an important role in the fight against malaria as they prey on mosquito larvae.
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Did Humans Evolve from a Fish out of Water?
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Evolutionists proclaim discovery of the ancestral anatomy for air-breathing terrestrials in an African fish.
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Evolution or Adaptation?
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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.”
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Lizards Begat Lizards
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Evolutionists generally view “live-bearing” as an evolutionary advance over more primitive “egg-laying.”
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Scorpion Venom Is No Match for Mighty Mouse
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Not a poison but a pain-killer, scorpion venom is a vain deterrent to hungry grasshopper mice.
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Evolution of Snakes on the Fast Track
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Python said to relive its evolutionary past with every bite.
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Adaptation
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Adaptation of plants does not prove evolution.
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Island Evolves Lizards
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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?
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How God-Given Adaptability Helped Crows and Ravens Take Over the World
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The title of a recent article predictably attributes the geographic success of ravens and crows to “evolution,” but in reality, what is discussed is adaptation.
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Don’t Feed the Birds or They’ll Evolve
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According to researchers, the seedy proffering from bird feeders is driving the rapid evolution of bird species.
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The Secret Lives of Frozen Frogs
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Freeze-tolerant frogs exhibit a complex array of adaptations perfectly tailored for harsh Alaskan winters.
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Evolutionary Changes Said to Offer Insight on Wildlife
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Rapidly occurring “hard-wired evolutionary changes” said to offer game-changing insights for wildlife management.
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Giant Crested Rat Painted With Poison Sends Predators Packing
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The African crested rat, 14 inches long, would make a hearty meal for predators were it not for its well-advertised deterrent.
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Unisexual Lizards
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Unisexual lizard species: evolutionary dead-end or created reproductive strategy?
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Australian Lizard: Live Birth and Eggs
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A strange Australian lizard that can, apparently, both give live birth and lay eggs: is it evolution “caught in the act”?
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Feathered Lice: Example of Evolution in Action?
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Are feather lice—like peppered moths—a black-and-white example of evolution in action?
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Peppered Moths V. 2.0
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Peppered moth experiments have been repeated and . . . confirmed? More inside.
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Mustard Plant Adaptation: Evolution or Selection?
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According to US scientists, fast-growing weeds have evolved over a few generations to adapt to climate change.
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The Cat in the Crate
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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.
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How Do Animals Become Resistant to Poisons?
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Did you know that many Australian flies are just plain thick? This is not a reflection on the human population of the continent, but a statement of fact.
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Catch 22—Toxotes Chatareus
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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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Large-Scale Natural Selection Test
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Scientists have run one of the largest-scale tests of natural selection ever. Does the result do anything to convince us of Darwin’s theory?
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Survival of the Fittest
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Survival of the fittest is not evolution. It is a fact of life in a world that has been tainted with death and bloodshed since Adam rebelled against his Maker.
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NewScientist: “Cooperative Robots Obey Evolutionary Law”
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Robots who “learned” how to share are “the first real confirmation of Hamilton’s rule, one of the most fundamental theories in modern biology.”
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Incredible Elephant Memory Aids in Herd Survival
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Perhaps an elephant should stand in for the “sage owl” character sometimes portrayed in cartoons.
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“Natural Selection Is Evolution.”
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If we take a loose definition of evolution, meaning “change,” then yes, natural selection is evolution/change. But what is typically meant in this argument is that natural selection is molecules-to-man evolution. Is this scientifically possible, or is it a just-so story?
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Survival of the Sniffer
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Mammals grew bigger brains “the better to smell you, my dear!”
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Survival of the ... Runts?
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Researchers investigate how inferior members of a deer herd keep on recurring.
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Survival of the Kindest?
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Move over, Charles Darwin: researchers at Oregon State University and the University of California–Berkeley want to supplant “survival of the fittest” with “survival of the kindest.”
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Tragedy in a Godless Universe
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If we take the idea of “survival of the fittest” to its logical conclusion, it seems almost absurd for anyone who accepts the story of evolution to think of death as being the enemy.
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Global Ice Ages "Triggered" Evolution?
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Could global ice ages have “triggered” evolution—or is it just another wild idea that works on paper but lacks actual evidence?
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Whitefish: Latest Example of Evolution
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If the Canadian Press is to be believed, whitefish provide the latest example of “evolution” in action. But as with previous examples, the evolutionary significance is overstated.
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Be Yourself: Survive!
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Research conducted by doctoral student Mark Fitzpatrick of the University of Toronto at Mississauga is uncovering how more unique individuals of a species enjoy a survival advantage.
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Winter Harshness and Sheep Survival
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A multi-decade study of Scottish sheep indicates that weather patterns have an effect on “body shape and population size,” according to the BBC, who reports on this ovine study led by Imperial College London professor Tim Coulson and colleagues.
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Evolution, the Foundation For Our Economy?
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A discussion of an opinion piece from The Denver Post which is hardly worth mentioning, except for its service as a recitation of some common arguments for evolution-in particular, that teaching evolution is the foundation for our economy.
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Evolution or Adaptation?
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An article in the July 24, 2006 Washington Post refers to a March 2006 PLoS Biology article that suggests that humans are currently undergoing evolution.
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End of Story?
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This letter is from Shelley Moore, USA. It is an example of the prevalent confusion about the meaning of evolution.
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The dodo bird ... an example of survival of the fittest
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the last dodo died in the late 1600s. A careful recent examination of the dodo has revealed that many common perceptions about the bird are incorrect.
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The Evolution of Pretty Girls
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Well, I doubt that many young couples in love think much about the survival of the species. But such is the nature of evolution that it has become an explanation for everything.
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'Survival of the Fittest' is not Evolution
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Survival of the fittest is not evolution. It is a fact of life in a world that has been tainted with death and bloodshed, but only since Adam rebelled against his Maker.
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Suicide and Evolution
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“Maybe it is survival of the fittest, maybe some of us are meant to just give up, and maybe that would help the species.”
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Does Natural Selection . . . Slow Down Evolution?
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What do we make of a headline that proclaims, “Natural Selection Can Actually Slow Evolution, Scientists Say”?
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Is Natural Selection at Odds with Creation?
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The claim that biblical creationists reject natural
selection is based on an outdated notion. The young-earth creationist
view has been so maligned in
popular culture that many people think
creationists deny basic facts of life.
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Four Differences Between Natural Selection And Evolution
| Answers in Genesis
Take a look at these reasons why natural selection isn't the same as evolution, and how—unlike evolution—natural selection agrees with God's Word.
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Kind, Species, and What’s in a Name?
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How biblical kinds differ from modern species, a history of speciation models, and why the biblical model better explains the natural world
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Demystifying “Genetic Drift”
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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.
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The Evolution of . . . Chocolate?
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Secular researchers look at the cocoa plant in light of an evolutionary worldview and, based on their evolutionary beliefs, have now adjusted their ancient date of the cocoa plant to be even older in their story. They believe ancient diversification of the cocoa plant resulted in delicious varieties within the species.
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Bitter Butterfly
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The viceroy is a colorful butterfly native to the United States that is known to mimic other species. However, the viceroy is not just a tasty option that looks like the unpalatable models it mimics. A recent study attempted to demonstrate mimicry and how it evolved in the viceroy butterfly.
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“Lousy” Pigeon Professors
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A recent study looked at the colors of lice on the feathers of numerous varieties of pigeons. According to the authors, the study was proof of evolution. However, despite their protestations to the contrary, this study does not demonstrate macroevolution or even any evolution at all.
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Understanding Natural Selection
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Some biblical creationists have fallen into the evolutionists’ trap and tried to refute evolution by throwing out the concept of natural selection entirely. While well intended, such attempts end up being logically unsound, scientifically erroneous, and theologically deficient.
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Are Humans Driving Rapid Lizard Evolution?
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Reports proclaim human actions, in this case the building of a hydro-electric dam, are “messing with evolution” because of changes in a species of gecko.
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Mathematical Solution to the Mystery of Animal Ornamentation
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Scientists from Northwestern University have developed a mathematical model that may help explain animal ornamental mysteries.
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Natural Selection, Yes; Evolution, No
| Answers in Genesis
Natural selection does not lead to continual improvement (evolution); it only helps to maintain features that organisms already have (creation).
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Change, Yes; Evolution, No
| 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.
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Natural Selection
| Answers in Genesis
There is considerable evidence that Darwin was indeed correct about natural selection and the “war of nature.”
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Reverse Evolution Causes Darwin’s Finches to Go Missing?
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Evolutionary experts assert finches should be “protected” from surviving through hybridization if it leads to un-speciation.
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How Cavefish Went Blind, and Why It Matters
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What makes cavefish go blind? Now we know (or at least we have evidence for a strong possibility). But it isn’t evolution!
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Hard to Swallow
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Natural selection does not produce new genetic information that leads to different types of birds.
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Peppered Moth Again
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Peppered moth: “the poster child of Darwinian evolution”
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Yeast Begat Yeast
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“Evolution in progress” said to show how easily multicellularity evolved
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Warp Factor Evolution, Lieutenant
| Answers in Genesis
Bulletin: salmon evolve at warp speed . . . into salmon!
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The Eyes Have It
| Answers in Genesis
So with peacocks—the classic Darwinian example of sexual selection—do the eyes have it or not?
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Skin Color and Natural Selection
| Answers in Genesis
Another prominently reported example of “evolution” illustrates just the opposite—and supports the creationist critique of Darwinian evolution
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Evolutionary Cuckoos
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Have Australian birds “taken a new evolutionary step”? Or is this another cuckoo example of “evolution” in action?
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Cane Toad: “Evolution” in Action?
| Answers in Genesis
Is the cane toad invading Australia the latest example of “evolution” in action?
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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.
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Evolution at a Snail's Pace
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It’s supposedly evolution in action but the evolution is proceeding like a snail creeping downhill.
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Molucules Don't Make the Man
| 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
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Another example of “evolution in action”—need we even bother examining the reality to confirm this isn’t what Darwin predicted?
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Is Natural Selection the Same Thing as Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis
Natural selection is an observable process that is often purported to be the underlying mechanism of unobservable molecules-to-man evolution.
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Twitchy Lizards
| Answers in Genesis
Lizards are busy “evolving” again—is it more proof for Darwinism?
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The “Eyes” Have It
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Darwin suggested that if a graded series of organisms, each with some sort of eye, can be found then this would mean that the eyes could have been produced by natural selection.
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When Hunters Fuel 'Evolution'
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Losing or gaining anatomical features, changing colors, growing bigger or smaller—it doesn’t matter how a biological population is changing, it’s evolution!
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Debating the Origin of Sex
| Answers in Genesis
At the beginning He made them male and female—emphasis on the “and”?
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Natural Selection vs. Evolution
| Answers in Genesis
As our understanding of genetics has improved, it has become increasingly clear that mutations + time + chance do not equal evolution.
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Peacock Tail Beauty and Problems with Theory of Sexual Selection
| Answers in Genesis
According to the theory of sexual selection, the peacock tail has gradually evolved because the peahen selects beautiful males for mating.
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Much Ado About Moths
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This is the fascinating story about how, due to a combination of environmental changes and selective predation, a moth turned into, well, a moth.
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Bearing Out Natural Selection—Creation Style
| Answers in Genesis
A half-polar-bear, half-grizzly-bear hybrid was harvested by Jim Martell on April 16, 2006, in the Northwest Territory of Canada. The locals call this a “Pizzly” or “Grolar.”
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Small Change
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The beaks of the Galapagos finches, made famous by Darwin, have changed over time. The change cannot be used to support the idea that finches evolved from dinosaurs.
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The Nature of Myth
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A college professor lambastes AiG for “perpetuating a myth” but, in turn, perpetuates a myth about natrual selection.
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Natural Selection Theory Strengthened By Armored Fish Study
| Answers in Genesis
It’s yet another rock-solid proof of Darwin’s theory—at least in the eyes of Darwinists.
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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.
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Is Natural Selection “the Devil’s Device”?
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"We recently received this email from a gentleman who had a question about a comment one of our speakers made during a television interview..."
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Startling Plant Discovery Presents Problems for Evolution
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Soft tissue recovered from a Tyrannosaurus rex fossil leg bone, and a paper in Nature describes a plant that can fix its own mutations.
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Islands’ Weeds Don’t Support Evolution
| Answers in Genesis
The clear evidence is that the weed research on Canada's islands points not to evolution, but to creation.
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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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Researchers Note Increase in Rate of Natural Selection
| Answers in Genesis
The rate at which humans evolve is 100 times faster than it was 5,000 years ago, reports ScienceNOW on a human DNA analysis project.
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Robots Spotlight Selection
| Answers in Genesis
Robots at the University of Lausanne are the latest evidences mobilized in support of evolution.
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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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Life from Life...or Not?
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Life only comes from life. This was the law established by the Author of Life, Who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life—Jesus Christ.
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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.
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Why the Miller–Urey Research Argues Against Abiogenesis
| Answers in Genesis
It is now recognized that this set of experiments has done more to show that abiogenesis on Earth is not possible than to indicate how it could be possible.
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Can Natural Processes Explain the Origin of Life?
| Answers in Genesis
When considering how life began, there are only two options. Either life was created by an intelligent source (God) or it began by natural processes.
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Secret of Life? . . . Still Not Found
| Answers in Genesis
Stable molecules still don’t hold the secret spark of life.
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Evolutionary Researchers Reinforcing Creationist Perspective?
| Answers in Genesis
The evolution of the genetic code remains one of the most speculative, mysterious vignettes in the grand tale of evolution. On that subject, have evolutionary researchers made headway, or do they just reinforce the creationist’s perspective?
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Panspermia
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Was life seeded on earth by intelligent alien beings from another planet?
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Did Life Come from Outer Space?
| Answers in Genesis
Why do scientists want to push the origin of life into outer space rather than believe that life originated on earth?
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Non-Life From Outer Space
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Astronomers have once again discovered a “building block” of life in outer space.
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Alien Life Found in the Stratosphere?
| Answers in Genesis
Samples from the stratosphere said to suggest Perseid meteor shower was reminiscent of a “panspermic” origin of life on earth.
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Life on Earth Seeded from Space?
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A meteorite said to be billions of years old contains molecules that include carbon atoms. Is it proof that life on earth could have been seeded from space?
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Meteorite Complicates Search for Life in Space
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Left-handed amino acids in Tagish Lake meteorite complicate the search for life in outer space.
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Father Space—Did Amino Acids Seed Earth?
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Some like it hot; some like it cold; some think extraterrestrial amino acids seeded earth billions of years ago.
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PhysOrg: “NASA Scientist Finds ‘Alien Life’ Fossils”
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A NASA astrobiologist recently wrote about purported fossils of “microscopic earthworm-like creatures” in meteorites.
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Alleged Alien Life in Meteorite
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Headlines over the weekend boldly proclaimed that we are not alone in the universe. This assertion relies upon reports that a NASA scientist has discovered tiny fossils of alien life in a meteorite.
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Evolutionists: Life Evolved Somewhere Else in the Universe
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Evolutionists “know” life evolved on earth, and since earth “can’t be” unique (they say), life must have evolved elsewhere in the universe. So where is ET hiding?
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Molecules Found in Orion Nebula
| Answers in Genesis
It isn’t alien life, but it’s the closest thing to it that routinely excites astronomers: the stuff that life is made of.
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Life Created In Outer Space
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“The odds are improving that life exists beyond Earth,” begins a ScienceNOW article, crediting the change to a study of a “billions-of-years-old” meteorite.
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Meteorites Thought to Have Aided in Formation of Life
| Answers in Genesis
Finally, evolutionists have the hypothesis they need to show that it requires no faith whatsoever to believe that we weren’t created. Or, wait—we have that backwards.
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Space Life?
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Last year, researchers reported evidence of microbes in the upper stratosphere, and recent tests have apparently confirmed their discovery. Exciting news—the discovery of life in space—but one questio
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Life Discovered in Space
| 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
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In a quiet pond somewhere on early earth, the many complex chemicals necessary for life came together to produce the first living cell—or did they?
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One Step Closer to Life?
| Answers in Genesis
If all the ingredients
necessary for life can occur
naturally, does that mean
over time they can evolve
into a living creature?
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Attempts to Trace Life Back to Chemical Origins Still Flawed
| Answers in Genesis
Trickle-down chemistry supposedly solves the chemical conundrum concerning the origin of life, but molecules-to-man evolution remains as fictional as ever.
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Primordial Soup Remains Lifeless
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The stone starter for a nourishing primordial soup remains as lifeless as ever.
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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.
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Primordial Soup Debate
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Was primordial soup a warm pond or a hot salty ocean? Evolutionists debate.
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Did Meteorites and Warm Ponds Make Life?
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In a recent study, scientists from Canada are claiming to have given the warm ponds theory a boost regarding the evolutionary origins of life on earth.
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Could a Sudsy Pond Bring Forth Life?
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Despite the fact that life has never been observed emerging by random natural processes from non-living elements, most evolutionists are confident that it did.
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Toxin Lovers
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Carboxydotrophs—microbes that derive their energy from carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide—are said to be a clue to the earth’s early atmosphere.
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Primordial Soup No Longer Origin of Life
| Answers in Genesis
Evolutionists and creationists alike, watch your language: the supposed “primordial soup” of life’s beginnings is no longer kosher.
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Freshwater Evolution?
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The first animals didn’t evolve in the ocean, claims a controversial new study. Instead, the study suggests the earliest animals called a saltwater lake home.
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Electricity Introduced Into Classic Evolutionary Experiments
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Zzzzzap! All it took was a helping of primordial stew and a bolt of lightning—or perhaps the hot gases of an angry volcano—and, voilà, you’ve got life.
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Synthetic Life
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Is it possible for scientists to defy the law of biogenesis and create life in a laboratory or test tube?
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Artificial Life in Biology?
| Answers in Genesis
Some are claiming that researchers have taken a step toward showing how life could arise from non-life.
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Semi-Homemade Life
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Synthetic biologists are convinced their methods will eventually allow them to create life from non-life, but Darwinian evolution cannot bridge the gap.
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Biologists Attempt to Create New Forms of Life
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They may not resemble Dr. Frankenstein’s monster, but will these creations escape the lab and run wild—or just in the minds of evolutionists?
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Get a Life
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That headline—and similar ones—appeared in sensationalist media accounts about the synthesis of a reproducing cell in a research lab.
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The Origin of Life Revisited
| Answers in Genesis
For more than 50 years we have heard reports that scientists are on the cusp of creating artificial life.
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Life Almost Created in a Lab
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The media went wild this week over the “almost” creation of life in the lab.
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Multicellular Life Grows In Test Tube
| Answers in Genesis
Selecting for snowflakes or evolution of multicellularity?
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Life Has Not Been Made in a Laboratory
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Don’t let a headline like “It’s Alive” fool you. Despite some misleading news reports, life has not been made from scratch in a laboratory.*
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Synthetic Cell Attempt Failed Again
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Research team built self-replicating cells from existing DNA, proving intelligent design not synthetic life, contrary to popular science reporting
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University in Glasgow to Create “Inorganic” Life
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Is it animal, vegetable, mineral, . . . or all-of-the-above?
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Synthetic Organism Spurs Evolution Talks
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Last week’s major announcement about the creation of a “synthetic” organism spurred evolution talk then—and continues to do so this week.
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Has Life Been Created in a Lab?
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In the past several hours, headlines have suggested that life has been created in a research lab. Here is our initial response.
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Getting a Life?
| Answers in Genesis
According to media reports, a team of researchers is on the verge of creating artificial life.
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“Creating” Life in the Lab
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The team, 17 scientists in all, built the genome of the bacterium Mycoplasma genitalium by making small blocks of DNA out of chemicals.
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Have Scientists Created a New Life-form in the Lab?
| Answers in Genesis
Over the weekend several news outlets were declaring somewhat definitively that scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute have created “artificial life.”
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Origin of hype
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For more than 50 years we have been told by scientists that they have been on the verge of creating life in a laboratory.
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What Is Life?
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What mysterious quality makes a creature alive at one moment but is absent the instant the creature dies? The Bible answers the question, “What is life?”
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5.3 What Is Life? The Evolutionary View
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Evolutionists regard life as an exclusively material process. In this vein. B.O. Küppers mentions four necessary criteria for the existence of life.
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Semantics: The social motivations behind new definitions
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No matter how many times man redefines human life, God’s truth doesn’t change.
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The Mystery of Life
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What mysterious quality makes a creature alive at one moment but is absent the instant the creature dies?
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‘Life’ According to the Bible, and the Scientific Evidence
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So one may observe that the definition of a nervous system must not be thought of in terms of its basic function (response to stimuli), but in terms of its makeup (specialized cells).
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Inorganic Matter to Unicellular Life-Forms
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Couldn’t inorganic matter have easily evolved to become simple, unicellular life-forms? If only (for evolutionists) it were so simple!
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How Simple Can Life Be?
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This article describes the theory of abiogenesis and provides statistics about the likelihood of the most simple concievable organism developing from chance.
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Did Simulating “Cosmic Evolution” Get Evolutionists Closer to the Origin of Life?
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A recent article claims that by mimicking “cosmic evolution” in the lab, researchers have created some of the building blocks of life. But what’s really going on here?
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FECA, LECA, LUCA, and Flights of Fancy
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The evolutionary explanation of complex life forms doesn’t add up.
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Abiogenesis: Can Life Come from Non-Living Chemicals?
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This naturalistic world we live in has things completely backward, with people concluding that abiogenesis is true and Genesis is myth. But it is evident from both Scripture and observational science that abiogenesis is a myth, Genesis is real history, and God is the true life.
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Origins of Multicellular Organisms
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One of the problems inherent in the evolutionary dogma is going from a single-celled organism, once such a thing exists, to a multi-celled organism. Because evolutionists’ worldview requires this evolution to occur, they are continuing to search for a mechanism to go from single-celled, to multi-celled.
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Folding Molecules Give Insight to Origin of Life
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Work published by a chemistry group in The Netherlands discusses the synthesis of a large molecule which folded into a ring pattern with a five-fold symmetry (pentagon shape) and compared it to the folding of proteins. A recent article states, the study “is interesting for origin-of-life research.”
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Is the Origin of Life a Scientific Question?
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The origin of life has been debated for a long time. What if the best data, the best science, lead to that conclusion that there might be a Creator? Only extreme atheistic bias would preclude God’s existence.
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How Can People Believe All Life Evolved by Chance?
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Why do so
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Liquid Droplets Begat Life?
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Biophysicists, observing the fascinating properties of liquid droplets, propose that liquid droplet physics could explain how life began.
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Where Should We Look for LUCA, Supposed Ancestor of All Life?
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The microbe LUCA is supposed to have been the Last Universal Common Ancestor of all living things.
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Could Life Have Evolved Multicellular System
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The recent report of a 1.5-billion-year-old fossil1 has brought attention once again to the alleged evolution of multicellular systems.
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Las Vegas, the Lottery, and the Origin of Life
| Answers in Genesis
All questions on the origin of life hinge on our understanding of genetics because the first cell couldn’t just form and then die.
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First Chiral Molecule Said to Shed Light on Life’s Origins
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Evolutionists hope the first chiral molecule discovered in interstellar space will shed light on the mystery of how life evolved its biochemical handedness.
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Do Deep-Sea “Purple Socks” Hold Early Evolutionary Secrets?
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Analysis of newly discovered deep-sea species led evolutionists to say that Xenoturbella, resembling a discarded purple sock, can help us understand evolution.
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Pinpointing the “Accident” That Let Multicellular Life Evolve
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If a computer simulation can trace a path for the evolution of multicellular organisms from single-celled ones, does that mean they actually evolved that way?
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1.3 The Origin of Life: DNA and Protein
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It’s what we do know and can explain about DNA and protein and the laws of chemistry which suggests that life itself is the result of special creation.
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Where to Begin?
| 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.
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“600 Million-Year-Old” Sponge Said To Show When Multicellular Ani
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Does the “world’s oldest sponge” confirm evolutionary beginnings of multicellular animal life at least 600 million years ago?
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Space Rock “Life’s Second Big Bang”
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Swedish meteorite said to have triggered mass destruction and opened the way for life’s post-Cambrian explosion.
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Genome Said to Show Evolutionary Root of Plants and Animals
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“Flower of the sea” is said to contain an evolutionary link between plants and animals.
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Can Spinning Crystals Show How Life Began?
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Self-assembling virtual crystals are said to show the path to life from lifelessness.
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Tale of Shale and Oxygen in Explosion Life
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Trace elements tell a tale of critically low oxygen that nearly turned out the lights on the evolution of complex life.
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The World’s Oldest Water?
| 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.
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Researchers Calculate Life Began Before Earth Could Have Existed
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Researchers calculate that life had to have begun so long ago earth did not yet exist.
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5.6 The Origin of Biological Information and of Life
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From these discussions it should again become clear that all efforts to explain an origin of information depending on matter alone fail empirically.
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Debate with CERN Seeks "Common Ground"
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CERN summit seeks a “common ground” conclusion about the origin of everything.
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Mother of All Living?
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Ancient sponges take center stage as “our great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother.”
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Subglacial Science
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“Raiders of the lost lake” reach Vostok’s water.
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The “Right Hand” of Evolution
| Answers in Genesis
“Potentially prebiotic conditions” permit production of right-handed carbs.
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All Multicellular Organisms Begin as One Cell
| Answers in Genesis
The good of the one outweighs the good of the few and the many—the single-cell bottleneck that unleashes multicellular evolutionary potential(?)
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Old Views, New News
| 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
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The cellular slime mold might seem to be a lowly form of life—maybe just the sort that could conceivably have evolved from inanimate matter.
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Latest Evolutionist Theory on life
| 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.
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Life between Sheets of Mica
| Answers in Genesis
Evolutionists continue to speculate about where life began. The latest answer? Between sheets of the geological substance mica.
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Problems for "Accidental" Origin of Life
| 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
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Astrobiologists may be a step closer to identifying prebiotic compounds in space. Now all they have to do is find the compounds!
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Life Designed Itself?
| Answers in Genesis
Have Canadian scientists uncovered the key that makes an evolutionary origin of life plausible?
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Origins of Life: A Simple Approach?
| Answers in Genesis
The origin of life is very problematic to explain using naturalistic mechanisms.
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The Origin of Life
| Answers in Genesis
The naturalistic philosophy of modern science has created a dilemma for evolution.
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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 pre-existing life. Still, until the later part of the 19th century, life was believed to arise by spontaneous generation.
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The Elusive Origin of Life
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An article in Scientific American in 1991 was headed with the inappropriate title, 'In the beginning.' It should've been titled 'The Elusive Origin of Life.'
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Bacterial Life in Ancient Salt
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Living bacteria and dormant stages of bacteria known as spores, have been found in many sediments with reported ages of up to hundreds of million years.
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The Fish in the Bathtub
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The claim that, with time, anything is possible, including the creation and perpetuation of life, is not based on any scientific principle. Rather, the opposite is true.
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Round and Round We Go—Proposed Evolutionary Relationships Among Archaea, Eubacteria, and Eukarya
| Answers in Genesis
Many scientists are desperate to find evidence to support their theory or to make the current evidence fit their theory rather than admitting their theory is wrong.
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“Non-evolution” of Eukaryotic Mitochondria and Plastids
| Answers in Genesis
Mitochondria are sometimes called the “workhorse” of the cell, as they are responsible for producing the majority of the energy molecule ATP.
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Supposed eukaryote evolution pushed back one billion years
| Answers in Genesis
Such a dramatic extension back in time for the eukaryotic cell raises even more questions for evolutionists regarding the evolution of life.
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The Origin of Life: A Problem for Evolution
| Answers in Genesis
In the mid 1800s, when Charles Darwin was proposing his theory of evolution, two other scientists were disproving a commonly held notion.
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The Origin of Life: A Critique of Current Scientific Models
| Answers in Genesis
Profound advances in the fields of molecular biology in recent years have enabled the elucidation of cell structure and function in detail previously unimaginable.
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Learning the Right Tricks About Life's Origins
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Overview of a recent Scientific American article on the origin of life. Do they then consider that the supernatural or miraculous (that is, creation) could have been involved?
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Troublesome Underwater Volcanoes
| Answers in Genesis
Underwater volcanoes spewing oxygen-devouring gases delay the evolutionary timetable, according to a new study.
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Origin of Life Seeker Dies
| Answers in Genesis
Stanley Miller, partial namesake of the Miller–Urey experiment, has passed on at the age of 77.
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How Life Began—A Textbook Recipe
| 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.
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Evolution—the Non-Starter
| Answers in Genesis
If it can be proved that evolution could not have started occurring, then it could not have occurred.
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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.
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“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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Are Scientists “Clueless” About the Origin of Life?
| Answers in Genesis
Rice University professor Dr. James Tour correctly says life from non-life is “highly improbable” but doesn’t point back to the final arbiter of truth, God’s Word.
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Scopes Trial
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Trial of the century! Bryan cannot defend Scripture due to old-earth compromises. Evolution in schools loses the court battle but wins the classrooms.
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“The Scopes Trial Settled the Question of Evolution”
| 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.
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Scopes Trial: Why It Still Matters Today
| Answers in Genesis
The Scopes trial-some say a major turning point in US history-occurred 80 years ago this month.
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Inherit the Prejudice
| Answers in Genesis
Because of my upbringing, I inherited a prejudice towards Bible-believing Christians.
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100 Years After the Scopes Trial: A Judge Reviews
| Answers in Genesis
What has been the cultural attitude toward Christianity since the famous trial? Have federal courts been monkeying around with the federal judicial oath?
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Monkeying with the Scopes “Monkey” Trial
| Answers in Genesis
The Scopes trial pitted William Jennings Bryan against Clarence Darrow in a confrontation over the teaching of evolution and creation in the public schools.
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Darrow’s Statue: Another Win for Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis
This new statue is not just about portraying a history: it’s about secularists wanting to celebrate reason and attack anything to do with Christianity.
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Why Is the Scopes Trial Significant?
| Answers in Genesis
Christian morality seems to be rapidly declining in America and the western hemisphere but did you know there is a connection between this and the Scopes trial?
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Re-Writing History
| Answers in Genesis
Evolutionist defends William Jennings Bryan against those who re-write history.
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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?
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Religion and Politics—They Do Mix (And Often Rather Well)
| Answers in Genesis
Mark Looy, AiG–U.S., summarizes the new TV documentary, God in America by PBS.
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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 ...
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A Shocking Movie List?
| Answers in Genesis
Inherit the Wind has probably done more to undermine biblical authority and accuracy than any other film in history.
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An “Expected” Slant?
| Answers in Genesis
Wednesday evening (April 12) the History Channel will present “Scopes: The battle over America’s soul.”
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The Scopes “Monkey Trial”—80 Years Later
| Answers in Genesis
The newscasters and editorialists will be all abuzz about the Scopes trial this week on the 80th anniversary of America's most famous court trial.
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Scopes & the Ten Commandments
| 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
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Being wrong about the six days of creation does not automatically mean someone is not a Christian. But if you think that makes it unimportant, stand back and look at the big picture....
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The Truth About the Scopes Trial!
| Answers in Genesis
This week’s positive feedback is from J.Z. of Iowa, USA.
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The Scopes Trial … What’s the Big Deal?
| Answers in Genesis
For many people, the Rhea County Courthouse is just another interesting stop on their way through Tennessee.
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The Full “Scope” of the Trial of the Century
| Answers in Genesis
July 25, 2000, marks the 75th anniversary of the infamous Scopes “monkey trial” verdict in Dayton, Tennessee.
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Network Blasts Christianity
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The American TV network NBC recently featured the defamatory anti-Christian movie Inherit the Wind.
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Inherit the Wind: An Historical Analysis
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Inherit the Wind is not a documentary, but it is perceived by many viewers to be a documentary–drama of the famous 1925 Scopes ‘monkey’ trial.
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Theistic Evolution
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Theistic evolution, the idea that God used evolution to create life, poses great danger to the gospel, the Bible’s authority, and the character of the Creator.
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10 Dangers of Theistic Evolution
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In this system God is not the omnipotent Lord of all things, whose Word has to be taken seriously by all men, but He is integrated into the evolutionary philosophy.
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God and Evolution
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Does belief in biological evolution, a process characterized by death and bloodshed, question the holy and good character of the God of the Bible?
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Did God Use Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis
We will show why evolutionistic thought is completely foreign to the Bible.
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Couldn’t God Have Used Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis
When we consider the possibility that God used evolutionary processes to create over millions of years, we are faced with serious consequences.
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Feedback: Deeply Saddened over Old-Earth Compromise
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Troy Lacey, AiG–U.S., responds to a reader who is sad about what AiG teaches.
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How Can We Stand on Scripture in an Evolution-Pushing Culture?
| Answers in Genesis
Many Christians think the creation versus evolution controversy isn’t important and that we shouldn’t let it divide the church. They misunderstand the foundational nature of this issue.
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God’s Rest in Hebrews 4:1–11
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Hebrews 4:1–11 has been used by a number of ‘progressive’ creationists as ‘evidence’ that the Bible can be reconciled with the billions of years postulated by evolutionists/uniformitarians.
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Huffing and Puffing at God’s Infallible Word
| Answers in Genesis
Lately, we’ve received a number of letters about a new posting, “Christian Faith Requires Accepting Evolution.” Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell responds.
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Evolutionary Teaching Creates Stumbling Block to Savior
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Congressman shares belief that evolutionary teaching creates a stumbling block to understanding our need for our Savior.
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BBC News: “Vatican’s Space Mission”
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What existed before the big bang? And can secular scientists and the Roman Catholic Church team up to answer that question?
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Evolution and God
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In a USA Today opinion piece, two Christian evolutionists send a broadside our way.
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Thank God for Evolution?
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Is God’s grace revealed through evolution? Or is evolution antithetical to any sort of grace?
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Pat Robertson Sticks to Revealed Science Over the Word of God
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Pat Robertson’s word on the age of the earth adheres to “revealed science” over the revealed Word of God.
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The Bible and Evolution—Mixed Messages
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According to a recent survey by Lifeway Research, most Protestant pastors in the United States realize the Bible and evolution don’t mix.
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USA Today: “We Believe in Evolution—and God”
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Two Christian evolutionists send a broadside our way with a USA Today opinion piece this week. But do they bring up anything new?
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Should Christians Celebrate Evolution?
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A recent article in Third Way Magazine in the United Kingdom suggests that Christians should celebrate Darwinism. But are they deceiving their readers?
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“Thank God for Evolution”
| Answers in Genesis
The phrase “thank God for evolution” and variations are catching on.
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An Evolution of Papal Views?
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While Pope Benedict XVI is not changing Rome’s general view on evolution, he hs raised some questions.
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Should Christians Accept Evolution?
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Many readers have written in to ask us to respond to “Darwin on the Right: Why Christians and conservatives should accept evolution,” by Michael Shermer.
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Response to Brett Younger
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Brett Younger begins his opinion piece with an enjoyable anecdote from his high school chemistry class, but then launches into a problematic examination of science and religion and uses the “usual” arguments against young-earth creationism.
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Collins is “Faithful to God, Science?”
| Answers in Genesis
This article is a response to another article about evolutionist Christian Dr. Francis Collins (director of the [US] National Human Genome Research Institute), which is riddled with inaccuracies and misleading statements.
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Are We “Children of God’s Divine Evolution”?
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"I am writing in about the articule expressing doubt on a PBS evolution program, about sponges being the first animals..."
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Evolution Evangelists ... Coming to a Church Near You?
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When someone embraces evolution and rejects the historical authenticity of the Fall, he has no basis for believing he has need of a Savior.
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Fighting Evolution Is a Major Distraction
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We publish this letter to give readers an idea of the sort of intellectual “laziness” among our critics.
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“No Contradiction” Between Evolution and Bible—PCUSA
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The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church has passed a resolution reaffirming its support of evolutionary theory.
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Famous Talk-show Host Comes Out in Support of Evolution
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Conservative US talk-show host Dr Laura Schlessinger expressed her support for the theory of evolution on two recent broadcasts.
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Beware of Anti-Evolutionism?
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I must warn you about a very alarming trend affecting many areas of Christendom today.
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'A Child May See the Folly of it'
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The idea that God used evolution, and therefore that the book of Genesis needs to be reinterpreted to accommodate so-called millions of years, and to reject the worldwide Flood, is not a modern idea.
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God and Evolution: Do They Mix?
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We may not be able to master a lot of complex arguments against theistic evolution, but Jesus’ own treatment of Genesis closes the question.
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Evolution—Still an Option?
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Evolution has never really been an option for the Christian, though it always has been a strong option for the scientist.
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After Evolution What?
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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?
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There’s been an explosion in the intensity of the conversation regarding the creation/evolution debate in the last few years—but not where one might expect.
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Peer Pressure and Truth
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It is a shame that Christians are divided on the issue of origins. Let me suggest a reason why they are.
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Questioning Theistic Evolution
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It isn’t a matter of what God could have done but rather a matter of what God said He did.
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Theistic Evolution
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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
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For thousands of years Christians have faced the danger of being deceived by Satan. Sometimes in the process of defending the Christian faith, respected Christian leaders have unknowingly compromised with error. Surprising examples include founders of modern fundamentalism.
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Theistic Evolution Is Not the Real Problem!
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The billions of years timeline undergirds the secular attack on the Bible.
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BioLogos Criticism: Atheists Welcome
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Despite aiming for “humility and gracious dialogue,” Biologos partners with atheist who maligns supporters of biblical creation.
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The Burden of Standing for God’s Word
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As we have documented with research published in books like Already Gone and Ready To Return, compromise on Genesis (particularly with Christians who add millions of years into the Bible) has had a devastating impact on how this generation views the Bible.
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Theistic Evolution and Its Christological Contradiction
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Because of his human nature, questions are raised about Jesus’ beliefs concerning certain events in Scripture, such as creation.
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Appendix A: Speaking of Newspeak
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Over the past two hundred years, many different positions regarding the creation account of Genesis have arisen in the Church.
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Is BioLogos Promoting Heresy?
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The thrust of BioLogos is not in accord with the biblical doctrines of Christianity; thus it is in reality from the spirit of anti-Christ. Church, be warned!
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The Bible and BioLogos
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BioLogos is using millions of dollars of grant money from the John Templeton Foundation to present an evolutionary understanding of God’s creation.
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1.4 The Basic Assumptions of Theistic Evolution
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There is an unbridgeable chasm between theistic evolution and the biblical doctrine of creation.
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BioLogos Desires Compromise
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BioLogos begs pastors to build their churches on a “BioLogos narrative” of compromise instead of the unchanging Word of God.
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The Danger of BioLogos
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The newest effort by BioLogos to blend creation and evolution has taken the evangelical world by storm. But at what cost?
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BioLogos—Obscuring the Truth
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This chart illustrates how BioLogos is creating confusion about science and undermining biblical truth.
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Hug Evolution, Further Evangelism
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WORLD editor-in-chief Marvin Olasky asks, “Should we hug evolution to further evangelism?”
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Dissension Within Evangelical Ranks Over Evolution
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To USA Today, at least, it’s hot news: dissension within evangelical ranks over evolution. To us, it’s just one sad result of compromise.
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We Don't Need Help
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Time magazine offers a frustrating report revealing biblical illiteracy and Christian compromise.
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Design-Denier Wins Religious Reward
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The prestigious Templeton Prize, which honors progress in our understanding of “spiritual realities,” was recently given to a Catholic priest who denies intelligent design.
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Einstein Letters Show Views on the Bible and Christianity
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The private religious thoughts of the world’s most famous genius were up for sale this week in a London auction.
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Ken Miller and Culture War
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It seems one of evolutionary theory’s biggest defenders, biologist Ken Miller, has come around to AiG’s point of view. At least, that’s one way to look at his recent comments!
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Creationists accused of Nazism by fellow Christian
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Paul Taylor recently debated Michael Weekes, a theistic evolutionist, on a radio program. Weekes attempted to cover his weak theology and lack of scientific knowledge with inflammatory rhetoric.
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Pope Benedict: Theistic Evolutionist
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For the first time in his papacy, Pope Benedict has “elaborat[ed] his views” on human origins.
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Evolution in Christian Organizations
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The idea of evolution is a faith-based teaching that has infiltrated even the most reputable of Christian colleges, ministries and organizations.
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A Date With Ken Miller
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On October 26, Brown University biology professor Dr. Kenneth Miller, the Catholic, evolutionist author of the compromising book Finding Darwin’s God, visited Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Theistic Evolution and the Future of Humans
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According to Lord Bertram Russell if human beings do not kill each other through wars, they will probably die of starvation or disease.
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The “Sad and Sorry god” of Theistic Evolution
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Some of America’s best-known evolutionists assembled recently at “Evolution and God—150 years of love and war between science and religion,” a major conference held in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Why I Rejected Theistic Evolution
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Theistic evolution is a significant threat to the Christian church. It undermines the very foundation of the Christian faith and causes people to doubt the truth of Scripture.
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Anglican Physicist-Turned-Clergyman Wins Templeton Prize
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ohn C. Polkinghorne, a British mathematical physicist who resigned his professorship in 1979 to become an Anglican priest, is the winner of the 2002 Templeton Prize.
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Spong Is Wrong
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Bishop John Shelby Spong is well known for attacking almost every Christian doctrine he swore in his ordination vows to uphold, e.g. God as sovereign Creator, the Incarnation, Virginal Conception and
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“Alpha”–A Misnomer!
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Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. It is used in the Bible to denote ‘beginning,’ as it is in Revelation 1:8: ‘I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord….’
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The Horse and the Tractor
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The only distinction between 'Theistic' and naturalistic evolution is the empty theological language attached in the former case-making no more difference than an invisible horse to a tractor.
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Evolution of the Hutu-Tutsi Slayings
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The historical background to the almost unimaginably brutal massacres in Rwanda is considerably complex, but was at least somewhat promulgated by theistic evolutionism.
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A Testimony by ‘Joel Galvin’
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Faith shipwrecked by compromising ‘Christian’ colleges; restored by Answers in Genesis
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Theistic Evolution: Future Shock?
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If you're a theistic evolutionist, here's a problem for you to consider. It's called the future.
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A Theistic Evolutionist’s Comments
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I am a young Christian and biologist, currently studying zoology and microbiology, who has been closely watching the Creation\Evolution debate with ever widening eyes for the last few years now
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Theistic Evolution: What Difference Does It Make?
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Theistic evolution is a serious departure from the historic Christian faith, representing a grave threat to the spiritual well-being of God’s people and the effectiveness of their mission.
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From (Theistic) Evolution to Creation
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When you walk into the university department of the Royal Children’s Hospital in Brisbane, Australia, the portrait on the wall is that of a figure well-known in creation science circles...
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Bryan on Theistic Evolution
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Former United States politician William Jennings Bryan speaks out about theistic evolution.
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Is it Possible to be a Christian and an Evolutionist?
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One can be a Christian and an evolutionist, but such a position is both scientifically and biblically untenable. The Lord Jesus took a literal view of Genesis.
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Did the Creator Use Evolution?
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The position of the theistic evolutionist is common, yet it is perhaps the most difficult to justify.
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Twenty Reasons Why Genesis and Evolution Do Not Mix
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Many people believe that they can add evolution to the Bible. They think that by doing this they can explain life coming about as a result of God’s use of evolutionary processes.
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What Should a Christian Think About Evolution?
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I have every sympathy with those who find this question difficult to answer. In my teens I believed that creation was true, but during my University years and afterwards I began to compromise.
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Jacques Monod and Theistic Evolution
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Jacques Monod was noted for his contributions not only in his field of molecular biology, but also in philosophy.
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Young-Earth Evolution
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Subtle ideas that don’t comport with Scripture or are unnecessarily accommodating of evolutionary ideas are causing problems within the church.
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Why Birds Are Not Dinosaurs (And Why It Matters)
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Examining creationist arguments about the relationship between birds and dinosaurs
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Should Biblical Creation Become More Like Evolution?
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There is a group within young-earth creationism that has subtly been trying to push models based on Genesis to be more like evolution in a number of ways.
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Is There Ambiguity in Creation?
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The idea that God created a young earth that looked old has insurmountable problems.
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“Young Earth Evolution”: A Call for Discernment
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How to discern where a school or teacher stands on biblical creation
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Transitional Fossils: Evidence for Evolution?
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We want to shed more light on creationist statements that concern us. In this article, we want to examine transitional fossil forms as evidence of evolution.
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How Much Evidence Is There for Evolution?
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Responding to Dr. Todd Wood’s claims of “gobs” of evidence for evolution
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Walking Whales on Noah’s Ark?
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Could whale evolution fit within biblical creation?
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Pausing for a Leaven Warning
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Even a small error can unlock a door leading to a major issue.
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Can Creationists Accept Evolution?
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Evolution is antithetical to Scripture, even within a young-earth creation paradigm.
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Do Humans and Chimps Share a Common Ancestor?
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We often see the statistic that human and chimp DNA is 98–99% similar. But is that true?
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Christianity Is Objectively True
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A professing young-earth creationist should be the last person to call into question the historical, objective nature of Christianity. However, Todd Wood does this in his book, The Quest.
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Angels and Demons
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Mystery, superstition, and intrigue surround the topic of angels and demons. The Bible, however, dispels these shadows and myths with clear truth.
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Demons on a Leash
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Demons are alive and active today, but we can rest in the reality of our Father's gracious and powerful control.
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Are Demons Active Today?
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Thankfully, there is no reason to fear demons.
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Satan
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Who is Satan? When were he and the demons created, and when did they fall? What about the origin of evil? Was it Satan who tempted mankind?
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The Devil Is in the Details . . . or Is He?
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An overview of the biblical evidence and a review of common beliefs about the devil: Separating truth from speculation about Satan
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Who Was the Serpent?
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Although Genesis does not mention the name “Satan” as controlling the serpent in the Garden of Eden, we can ascertain who this serpent was.
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Revisionist History: Satan’s Original Trick
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As our culture actively suppresses historical memories, they are acting out the devil’s original trick to revise history.
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Lucifer and Sin
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Do verses in Ezekiel and Isaiah referring to earthly kings or Satan’s fall? Troy Lacey revisits his argument on the first sin.
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Feedback: Should We Pray for Satan?
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We are told to pray for our enemies. Does that mean we should also pray for Satan? Troy Lacey, AiG–U.S., explains.
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The Reality of Spiritual Warfare in the Home
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Numerous born-again Christians have little or no knowledge of the spiritual warfare that takes place all around us.
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Is God Real?
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The Bible says, “In the beginning God.” Does this God really exist? Or is He just the creation of the pre-scientific imagination?
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What Is the Best Argument for the Existence of God?
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There are a number of common arguments for the existence of God. But most of these arguments are not as effective as many Christians would like to think.
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How Do We Know There Is a God?
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The skeptic’s condemning cry often comes as, “Prove to me there is a God.” Usually the agnostic or atheist expects physical or scientific evidence for the existence of God, but when the Bible believer cannot point to a living being and say, “There is God,” the skeptic thinks he has won.
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Affirmations of God’s Existence from Design in Nature
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The beauty, design, and ingenuity found everywhere in the natural world is one of the major reasons for belief in God.
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Losing God in the Forest
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When talking to others about our God, we don’t have to get caught up in miniscule details that supposedly prove His existence.
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New Scientist Discards Religion, Demands God Prove Himself
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New Scientist’s “God Issue” explains away religion as a part of our evolutionary heritage and demands God perform to prove Himself.
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Extraterrestrials and Ghosts More Believeable Than God?
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More people believe in aliens and ghosts than in God—according to a perhaps-unreliable survey.
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The Creator Clearly Seen
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Everyone knows there is a God. The evidence is all around us.
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Can We Prove God Without the Bible?
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Is there such a thing as a “neutral” starting point for evaluating God's existence? Should we try to prove the Bible, or let it speak for itself?
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Is There Really a God?
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When Christians claim that the God of the Bible created all the basic entities of life and the universe, some will ask what seems to be a logical question: “Who created God?”
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God & Natural Law
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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?”
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Whether by email, regular mail, phone call, or speaking engagement, there are several questions Answers in Genesis can predict will be asked at some point.
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Is There Really a God? How Would You Answer?
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The Christian faith is a logically defensible faith. This is why the Bible makes it clear that anyone who does not believe in God is without excuse.
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I Believe in God
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I believe in God … And what else? The Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth? If you’re an Anglican or Roman Catholic, you’re likely to say you believe you have a Creator.
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Jesus Christ: Creator & Savior
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Jesus Christ is God incarnate, the Second Person of the Trinity, our Creator, the resurrected Savior and Redeemer, and the only means of salvation for sinners.
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Jesus Is God
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Is Jesus truly God? There are many cults and religions today that deny His deity. What is the truth about Jesus Christ? We turn to the Scriptures for answers.
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Is Jesus God? 10 Biblical Reasons to Believe So
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When Christians ask people, “Who do you say Jesus is?” there are various answers about his identity. What does the New Testament tell us about who he is?
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Is Jesus God?
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Is Jesus really God? Many cults and false religions today deny it. What is the truth about Jesus Christ? We turn to the Scriptures for the answer.
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The Divinity of Jesus Revealed in the New Testament
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Though this is not an exhaustive list, more than 120 verses or passages have been identified that express the divinity of Jesus in some way.
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Contradictions: Seeds of Dissent
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Was Jesus wrong in Matthew 13:31–32 when He said that the mustard seed was the “least of all the seeds”?
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Contradictions: Counting Offspring
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If Jesus is God’s “only begotten Son,” then how can angels and Christians also be God’s sons?
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Is Jesus Really God?
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Does the Bible really say that Jesus is both God and man? Gary Vaterlaus explores the issue.
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Can We Pray to Jesus?
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It is appropriate to pray to the Father directly; however, just because we are permitted to pray to the Father, doesn’t mean that we are not permitted to pray to the Son.
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Contradictions: Was Jesus Wrong About Zechariah’s Father?
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Jesus said that Zechariah’s father was named Berechiah, but 2 Chronicles states that Jehoiada was the father of Zechariah. Was Jesus mistaken? Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., explains.
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Was Jesus Wrong? Peter Enns Says, “Yes”
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We have frequently warned about the dangers of forcing man’s fallible ideas into the text of Scripture because it unlocks a door of compromise.
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If Jesus Is God, Why Was It a Secret?
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Though not a secret, Ty Benbow shows that the God-man Jesus ministered on earth to maximize the impact of His salvation message.
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What Is Blocking Your View of True Glory?
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God has given us a means to behold His glory. But our ability to see clearly demands an unobstructed view through both God-given lenses.
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The Real Jesus
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Many people these days are putting their faith in false or imaginary Christs who cannot save them. Can we uncover the real Jesus?
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Did Jesus Claim He Was God?
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In an interview with Alex O’Connor, agnostic-atheist Bart Ehrman argued that Jesus never claimed to be God in the Gospel of Mark.
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Jesus’ Birth
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How accurate is the common perception of baby Jesus born in a lowly stable? Was Jesus really born of a virgin? What are the implications of the God-child?
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Christians and Santa Claus: a Biblical View
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Has the true meaning of Christmas been lost in the emphasis our culture places on Santa Claus? How should Christians respond?
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The Legal Kingship of Jesus
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A Kingship must be descendant from bloodline not adoption. An adopted son can inherit possessions, but not a Throne.
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Fulfilled Prophecies at the Birth of Christ
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The events associated with the birth of Jesus fulfilled numerous Old Testament prophecies given centuries before the events they described.
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Is the Virgin Birth Essential to Christianity?
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Is Andy Stanley right to say that only the Resurrection matters and the circumstances of Jesus’ birth aren’t really a matter of concern in Christianity?
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Virgin Birth
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The deity of Jesus (the assertion that He is both God and man) is so vital to the gospel that, if not true, there is no hope for salvation.
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Do You Fear the Birth of Jesus?
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Although what God has done through the Lord Jesus Christ gives us the reason to be joyful always, do you also fear God in light of Christ’s birth?
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Virgin Birth Possible?
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If virgin birth is possible, does that mean Jesus was no “miracle baby”?
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Was Jesus Born in a House?
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When we think of the place where Jesus was born, we naturally picture a stable or barn. But is that what the Bible says?
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Could Jesus Inherit the Kingdom?
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A reader asks us to help clear up the matter of Jesus’s lineage. Could he truly be the heir to David’s throne? Paul Taylor, AiG–UK, examines the evidence.
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Resurrection
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Did Jesus truly rise bodily from the dead, or is the account of his Resurrection simply one of the greatest hoaxes of all time?
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Christ’s Resurrection—Four Accounts, One Reality
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Christ’s Resurrection led to a confusing day, as His followers raced around the city. Skeptics point to alleged contradictions in the Gospels.
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Moses, God and the Resurrection
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Get answers to questions regarding the Christ’s resurrection and its relationship to the Old Testament.
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Did the Resurrection Really Happen?
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The defining issue of Christianity is the question, “Did Jesus Christ rise from the grave?” Dr. Tommy Mitchell examines the details concerning this crucial event.
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Documentary Displays Jesus' Family Tomb?
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The Lost Tomb of Jesus, to be broadcast this Sunday on the Discovery Channel, argues that the ossuaries found in a Jerusalem tomb in 1980 belong to Jesus, His mother Mary, and other family members, including Jesus’ alleged wife Mary Magdalene and one “Judah son of Jesus” who, the film says, is a son of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.
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Contradictions: Three Days and Nights
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If Jesus was to be in the grave three days and nights, how do we fit those between Good Friday and Easter Sunday?
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The Sequence of Christ’s Post-Resurrection Appearances
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Like a good reporter piecing together a story, we must examine all the eyewitness accounts recorded in God’s Word, realize by faith that they must all be true, and then see how they fit together.
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The Slippery Slide to Unbelief
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If we re-interpret God’s Word in Genesis to fit man’s fallible opinion, it would be consistent to apply this hermeneutic elsewhere—even Christ’s Resurrection.
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Resurrection—No Doubt About It
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“Impossible, a fake,” modern scholars say about Christ's Resurrection. Yet a closer examination confirms the Bible’s historical integrity.
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The Creator of Plants (and everything else) vs. Zombies
| Answers in Genesis
Tim Chaffey, AiG–US, responds to a reader who refers to the resurrected Christ as a “cosmic Jewish zombie.”
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The So-Called Jesus Family Tomb
| Answers in Genesis
On Monday morning, February 26, 2007, I heard this opening statement by Matt Lauer on the NBC Today show: “Is this the tomb of Jesus?”
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Learn to Defend the Resurrection
| Answers in Genesis
It was this moment in history, when Jesus conquered death, that gives humanity hope for all eternity if they will repent and trust in Christ for salvation.
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“Jesus’ tomb found” claim as empty as Jesus’ [real] tomb
| Answers in Genesis
It’s the latest variation in a long line of lies: a claim that the tomb—and ossuary (bone box)—of Jesus has been found and, along with it, the ossuaries of other members of Jesus’ family, including His mother Mary and His alleged wife, Mary Magdalene.
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Nazareth Inscription Study Debunks Evidence for Christ’s Resurrection?
| Answers in Genesis
Evidence can be quite useful in confirming biblical events, but it should never be given more weight than the eyewitness testimony of Scripture.
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Why Did Jesus Take on a Human Nature?
| Answers in Genesis
Aspects of Jesus’ humanity are often overlooked, but it is important to understand why Jesus took on flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14).
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How Colossians 1 Combated Erroneous Teaching in the Church
| Answers in Genesis
In order to combat the erroneous teaching that was infiltrating the church in Colossae, Paul reminded them of the supremacy of Jesus Christ.
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Why Did Jesus Weep?
| Answers in Genesis
There were occasions in Scripture when Jesus wept and lamented. It seems logical to ask ourselves then, why did Jesus weep and lament?
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Contradictions: Wilderness or Wedding?
| Answers in Genesis
Mark’s Gospel claims Jesus was “immediately” driven into the wilderness after His baptism, but John seems to disagree. Ron Dudek examines the context of these passages.
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Christ's Obedience to the Authority of God
| Answers in Genesis
The supreme argument for the accuracy of Scripture is simply that God Himself tells us it can be trusted.
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Incarnation
| Answers in Genesis
The incarnation—when Jesus Christ, who is God the Son, became flesh and lived among us—is vital to the precious doctrine of salvation.
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“Jesus Did Not Exist”
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Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., responds to a reader who does not believe that Jesus even existed.
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7.4 Danger No 4: God’s Incarnation Becomes Incidental
| Answers in Genesis
The incarnation of God through His Son Jesus Christ is one of the basic teachings of the Bible.
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The Hypostatic Union
| Answers in Genesis
Did Jesus want to die for us, or did He try to find a way out of it? How did He submit to the Father’s will? Troy Lacey, AiG–U.S., responds.
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Theophanies in the Old Testament
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Did God appear in human form before His incarnation? Why then would He have to be born? Is the Angel of the Lord actually Jesus? Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., explains.
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Stories from Jesus’ Childhood?
| Answers in Genesis
We may not know much about Jesus as a child, but we already know the most important details.
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The Dirtiness of Jesus Dwelling Among Us
| Answers in Genesis
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us . . .” (John 1:14).
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A Necessary Conclusion
| Answers in Genesis
Defending the biblical account of creation concerns more than just winning arguments. At the core is the truth of the Last Adam.
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Was Jesus Married?
| Answers in Genesis
Earlier this week, headlines announced a new discovery that shows Jesus was married. Is there any basis for such a claim? Would it even matter if Jesus was married?
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Jesus’ Crucifixion
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Jesus Christ, the Creator of the universe, took on flesh and endured the horror of death by crucifixion in order that man might be reconciled to God.
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Why Did Jesus Have to Die?
| Answers in Genesis
The Bible connects two drastically different scenes to explain why God became man.
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Our Suffering Savior
| Answers in Genesis
Unlike first-century Christians, for whom crucifixion was a familiar reality, most of us have a sanitized view of our Lord's suffering.
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Contradictions: Crossed Messages
| Answers in Genesis
Why do the inscriptions on Jesus’s cross differ among the four gospels?
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What Does Jesus’ Death Accomplish?
| Answers in Genesis
If Jesus suffered the punishment for death on our behalf, why do we still die? Jesus “took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows” (Isaiah 53:4), yet many continue to suffer from horrible illnesses even after they receive the gift of eternal life.
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Tomb Trackers
| Answers in Genesis
Searchers yet again claim to have found Jesus’ tomb.
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The Crucifixion
| Answers in Genesis
Most people rejected Jesus and sentenced Him to death. How could the day associated with mankind’s heinous act possibly be called good?
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Crucifixion or Crucifiction? Monty Python Team’s Latest Attack on Jesus Christ
| Answers in Genesis
Doyle tries to disprove Scripture’s accuracy by pointing out alleged contradictions in biblical accounts of Christ’s Crucifixion and Resurrection.
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Anti-Christian Statement Something to Get Riled Up About?
| Answers in Genesis
Is what sounds like a blatantly anti-Christian statement something to get riled up about?
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According to the Bible, It’s not Shrouded in Mystery at All!
| Answers in Genesis
One of the sidebar stories to the Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, is the famous relic, the Shroud of Turin, which is stored in a cathedral in this northern Italian city.
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Narrow-Minded . . . Like Jesus
| Answers in Genesis
Bible-affirming Christians are often accused of being narrow minded. However, Christ himself set an example of unashamedly holding fast to the truth.
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Was Jesus Really Crucified and Resurrected?
| Answers in Genesis
The historical evidence corroborating the most important event for our faith.
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Psalm 22: The Crucifixion of the Messiah
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Psalm 22 is not about David. It is about the Son of David, Jesus the Messiah.
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The Messiah’s Birthplace Foretold
| Answers in Genesis
Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem was a fulfillment of prophecy.
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Who Is Jesus and What Did He Believe About Creation?
| Answers in Genesis
Since Jesus is our Creator, it is essential to know how he viewed the early chapters of Genesis.
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Finding Jesus in Genesis
| Answers in Genesis
A close look at the first book of Scripture reveals promises, pictures, foreshadowings, and geneaologies of the coming Messiah.
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The Messiah in the Psalms
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David’s Psalms point to Jesus, the Son of David.
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The Rise of Christological Heresy
| Answers in Genesis
Responding to Sabellianism, Subordinationism, and Socinianism
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Is Genesis 3:15 Messianic?
| Answers in Genesis
Genesis 3:15 is the first promise of the Messiah, Jesus.
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Why Is It Good Friday?
| Answers in Genesis
Good Friday is the day when Christians commemorate the death of our Lord Jesus on the cross.
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Who Were the Magi Who Visited Jesus?
| Answers in Genesis
Who were the magi, and should they be part of the Nativity?
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Immanuel: God with Us
| Answers in Genesis
Did Isaiah really prophesy about the virgin birth?
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Jesus’ Genealogies in Matthew and Luke
| Answers in Genesis
Why does Jesus have two different genealogies in Matthew and Luke?
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Who Is the Prophet Like Moses?
| Answers in Genesis
Why only Jesus fits the description of the prophet like Moses.
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Picturing Jesus
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Is it idolatry to create images depicting the Lord Jesus? Christians throughout church history have debated this question as they seek to honor the second commandment.
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Jesus: The Word, Life, and Light
| Answers in Genesis
The apostle John draws our attention to the coming of Jesus into the world as a “new creation” by referring to him as the “Word” (logos), “life” (zōē), and the “light” (phōs), which constitute creation terminology. It is helpful therefore to understand why these words are used to describe Jesus.
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Why Do We Celebrate Birthdays?
| Answers in Genesis
The focus of a birthday celebration should not be on self but on the one who created life.
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Genealogy of Jesus: Why Is It Important?
| Answers in Genesis
Both Matthew and Luke record the genealogy of Jesus. Why was this so important?
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Did Others Know What Was to Come?
| Answers in Genesis
There are many prophecies in the Old Testament foretelling the coming Messiah and the sacrifice to be made, but did people recognize these prophecies and associate them with Jesus? How much did even the disciples really understand about the reason Jesus came to earth?
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Did Mary Know What Was to Come?
| Answers in Genesis
Mary was given certain information about the birth of the Savior, but how much did she really know? Jeremy Ham, AiG–U.S., explores this topic.
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What's the Significance of the Name “Jesus”?
| Answers in Genesis
What is the significance of the name “Jesus”? The angel told Joseph to name Mary’s son Jesus. Is there some holy significance to this particular sequence of letters or sounds? The Bible often discusses the significance of this name.
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Did Jesus Contradict Himself by Calling People Fools?
| Answers in Genesis
Why are people called fools in Scripture even though Jesus told us not to call people fools?
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Evolution and the Atonement of Jesus Christ
| Answers in Genesis
If the Cross was not required to save sinners, then why did God permit Jesus to face such torture if it wasn’t even necessary?
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The Battle to Keep Christ in Christmas
| Answers in Genesis
If you told the average American 50 years ago that “in the 21st century, America will take Christ out of Christmas and make it nothing but a pagan holiday,” I’m sure most would have responded with something like, “No—not here—that would never happen.” But it is happening.
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Intercultural Communication Lesson Demonstrates What Not to Do
| Answers in Genesis
Florida Atlantic University has now issued an apology for instructing students to stomp on the name of Jesus.
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7.5 Danger No 5: Relativation of Jesus’ Work of Redemption
| Answers in Genesis
The first man’s fall into sin was a real event and is the direct cause of sin in this world; everybody else became tainted.
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More Questions
| Answers in Genesis
“Early man”—the field is loaded with unanswered questions.
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Contradictions: Did Jesus Go Up or Down the Mountain?
| Answers in Genesis
Did Jesus go up or down the mountain to deliver the Sermon on the Mount? Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., explains.
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Contradictions: First Impressions
| Answers in Genesis
Did Jesus first appear to the eleven disciples on a mountain in Galilee or in Jerusalem behind closed doors?
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The Biggest Question of All
| Answers in Genesis
I was only 19 years old and visiting my first foreign country. I witnessed firsthand the hopelessness of a world without the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Did Jesus Say He Created in Six Days?
| Answers in Genesis
Did Jesus anywhere clearly state that the Earth was created in six ordinary (approximately 24 hours each) days?
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The Temple Cleansing
| Answers in Genesis
Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., explains why John’s account of the temple cleansing must necessarily have been a different event from the one found in the Synoptic Gospels.
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It’s an Attack on the Son
| Answers in Genesis
When you compromise the Word of God, it is also an attack on the Son of God, whose Word it is.
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Jesus on Creation
| Answers in Genesis
In these words of Jesus we find He teaches that Adam and Eve were created in 'the beginning of the creation'-not billions of years after the beginning!
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Contradictions: When Did Jesus Cleanse the Temple?
| Answers in Genesis
John states that Jesus cleansed the temple early in His ministry, but the other Gospels place the temple-cleansing near the end of His ministry. Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S. explains these accounts.
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Jesus Christ: The Last Adam
| Answers in Genesis
From the very beginning, Adam’s relationship with God was dependent on faith and obedience to God’s word as absolute truth.
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Jesus Christ on the Infallibility of Scripture
| Answers in Genesis
There is considerable debate these days concerning the inerrancy (infallibility) of Scripture.
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Is Jesus “Woke”?
| Answers in Genesis
Texas Lieutenant Governor candidate Matthew Dowd suggests Jesus would affirm LGBTQ “rights” and other liberal causes – a far cry from the Jesus in the Bible.
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WDJS, not just WWJD
| Answers in Genesis
Recently my teenage son and I were watching a sporting event.
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Crib Notes for Every Believer
| Answers in Genesis
Paul understood that all debates come back to the foundation of all correct philosophy and understanding—Christ.
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Suffering
| Answers in Genesis
How can an all-powerful, loving God allow suffering and death?
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Why Does God’s Creation Include Death and Suffering?
| Answers in Genesis
Why do bad things happen? Human beings seek to reconcile their understanding of an all-powerful, loving God with the seemingly endless suffering around them.
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Genesis at Ground Zero
| 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.
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A Lesson from a Hurricane
| Answers in Genesis
As Hurricane Katrina bears down on Gulf Coast, it’s not God’s fault, but rather, it is our fault—the Bible says we sinned in Adam.
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Natural Disasters—God Getting His Revenge?
| Answers in Genesis
It seems you can’t turn on the news without
hearing about another disaster.
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Southeast Asia Tsunami Anniversary
| Answers in Genesis
Last week marked the fourth anniversary of a deadly natural disaster.
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“Lost” Without Genesis
| Answers in Genesis
The issue of comprehending death and suffering in terms of a loving God has once again hit the media airwaves.
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Massive Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan
| Answers in Genesis
For anyone watching the news, such devastation is shocking. How should Christians respond? Please continue to pray for the people of Japan.
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Hundreds of Species Voyage Across the Pacific After Japanese Tsunami
| Answers in Genesis
The Japanese tsunami debris didn’t travel alone. Thousands of tiny voyagers survived the long passage at sea by riding on plastics.
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Hurricanes are “Acts of Man,” not “Acts of God”
| Answers in Genesis
The people of Florida, USA have been reeling from four hurricanes that hit populated areas during a six-week period that continued through September.
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Tsunami Survivors Flooded with Memories
| Answers in Genesis
Even a year later, debris remains from the March 11, 2011, tsunami that devastated Japan and caused thousands of deaths.
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Bringing Relief
| Answers in Genesis
On Tuesday, the island nation of Haiti—already a desperately poor nation—was devastated by a major earthquake.
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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.
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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
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A Doctor’s ‘House Calls’ That Changed His Life
| Answers in Genesis
Answers in Genesis-USA outreach team travels to Ocean Springs in southern Mississippi following Hurricane Katrina.
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On the Road to Mississippi — Katrina Outreach Update
| Answers in Genesis
Read daily updates from the AiG Relief Team working in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
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Katrina Outreach Update
| 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.
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More Than a Spiritual Problem
| Answers in Genesis
When children grow up around violence, they need to see that this is not the way it's supposed to be. This isn't normal.
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Pope Francis Dies—A Reminder of the Sad Reality of a Groaning World
| Answers in Genesis
When anyone passes away, whether someone we knew personally or a public figure, it’s always a reminder—a sad reminder of what our sin has done to creation.
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Death, Friend of Evolution
| Answers in Genesis
Is death a problem or an evolutionary solution to cull the “unfit”?
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Nothing Undone—Asking for More Time
| Answers in Genesis
Facing my mortality has reminded me to follow Christ’s example rather than Hezekiah’s as I spend my “extra time.”
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The Problem of Death
| Answers in Genesis
At some point, everyone struggles with tragedy. Without the Bible’s account of creation, there are no good answers.
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Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen?
| Answers in Genesis
We know death and suffering aren’t God’s fault—they are the result of living in a sin-cursed world. And Bible-believing Christians have hope in the midst of pain.
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Christian Reflections on the 80th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor
| Answers in Genesis
The brutality of war, the value of people, our common ancestry in Adam, and need for a Savior on this 80th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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A Mourning to Remember—20 Years After 9/11
| Answers in Genesis
Looking back at the events of September 11, 2001, we recount where we were and how God fortified our understanding of how he uses suffering in our lives.
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A God of Suffering?
| Answers in Genesis
Why do innocent people and animals
have to face the consequences of Adam
and Eve’s sin?
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Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) and the Christian
| Answers in Genesis
What are near-death experiences, types of NDEs, materialistic explanations of the phenomena, and how biblical Christians understand NDEs.
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Why Do Innocent Children Suffer?
| Answers in Genesis
Only God’s Word
can give us answers
about suffering—and offer comfort.
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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?
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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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No One Is Good Except God Alone
| Answers in Genesis
Do Christians accuse
God of calling cancer,
brain tumors, and
death “very good”?
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We Now Grieve with a Texas Church
| Answers in Genesis
We pray for the families and friends of the 26 people killed and 20 wounded during a worship service at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas.
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Why Is the World Broken?
| 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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Bill Nye’s Undeniable and the Fear of Death
| Answers in Genesis
Bill Nye not only connects fear of death with rejection of evolution but even explains this seemingly “irrational” notion as a result of human evolution!
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The Intensive Care Unit
| 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
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The tragic school shooting in Connecticut is another vivid reminder that we live in a fallen and sin-cursed world. Our hearts go out to those affected by this tragedy.
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Were They “Worse Sinners”?
| Answers in Genesis
Each year on September 11, Americans recall the horror of the 2001 terrorist attacks against the USA.
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Tragedy in Colorado
| Answers in Genesis
Tragedy in Colorado is a stark reminder of the sin and death that clouds this world.
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Death and Steve Jobs
| 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.
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Steve Jobs’ Views of Religion Shown in Biography
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Steve Jobs, like so many described in AiG’s book Already Gone, did not get the answers to the questions troubling his heart and so walked away from God.
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Ten Years Later—Remembering 9/11
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It’s one of the most sobering anniversaries that Americans (especially those over the age of 18) will ever commemorate—recalling the horrible terrorist acts that struck America 10 years ago today.
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A Valentine’s Love Story . . . with a Poignant Twist
| Answers in Genesis
We look back on appreciation for Paul’s talent and ministry that will continue inside the museum.
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Is It Really a Beautiful World?
| 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
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When we understand the beauty and perfection of Eden, and how sin changed everything, we are forced to be consistent when we talk about good and bad, and right and wrong.
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Bowing the Knee
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When “the fog” becomes so thick that we can’t see any of God's promises, we have no choice but to return to His living Word to give us the full, big picture.
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Beauty from Ashes
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For some reason, many Christians have picked up the notion that everything should work out the way they want now that they have given their lives to Christ.
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Beyond the Grave
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Sometimes facing reality can be discouraging. It’s disillusioning when we see that life is not what we thought it would be.
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A Voice from the Past
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Facing a serious illness and the certainty of death is a humbling experience and wakes us up by shattering the illusion of security and health that surrounds us
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HCALG: The Big Picture
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In the midst of the difficult details of what we were facing, I needed to put things in the context of the “big picture.”
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Only “Time and Death”?
| Answers in Genesis
A question as important and integrated as the one dealing with pain, suffering, and death cannot be answered superficially.
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And It Was Good
| 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
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Humanity is always looking for someone else to blame, and it seems that it may as well be God. Do you notice, though, that the blame is always laid before a “loving God.”
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It Started in Eden
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The ongoing spate of violence in America’s public schools saw tragic manifestations last year, including the murder of five Amish girls.
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September 11, 2001—Five Years On
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The events of September 11, 2001 are etched on my mind. I know precisely what I was doing on that day, when the airplanes were crashed into the Twin Towers. I was planning my father’s funeral.
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September 11—An Anniversary of Death and Suffering
| Answers in Genesis
“Why is there death and suffering?” is an oft-asked question, but there is little doubt that exactly five years ago, it was on the minds of nearly everyone.
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“Crocodile Hunter” Dies
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I woke up on the Labor Day holiday in the USA (September 4) to hear the news that the famed “Crocodile hunter,” Steve Irwin, died in Queensland Australia.
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Living After the Loss
| Answers in Genesis
How can the tragic, totally unexpected death of a 17-year-old young man produce anything good?
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Why Us?
| Answers in Genesis
Numerous books have been written to try to explain what seems to be an irreconcilable problem—Christianity’s claim of a God of love in the face of the evil, death, suffering in this world.
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Why Is School Violence in the Headlines Again?
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Why did a 16-year-old Minnesota student go on a shooting spree and cause the deadliest school shooting in the USA in six years?
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Creation, Suffering and the Problem of Evil
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The problem of evil continues to be a supposed ‘safe haven’ for the skeptic. He believes that issue gives evidence to support his rebellious attitude toward God.
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Why Would a Loving God Allow Suffering?
| Answers in Genesis
Many people have understandable anguish over the suffering in the world.
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Auschwitz, Pedophilia, and Tsunamis
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What sort of God would allow mass murder—the systematic extermination of at least six million Jews and millions of others—to happen?
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Answers for One of Our Oldest Dilemmas
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Why do righteous people suffer? Why do the worst things sometimes happen to the best of people?
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Why Do Bad Things Happen? US Adults Answer
| Answers in Genesis
Twenty-three percent of Americans have pondered the problem of suffering over the past two years. God’s Word has answers.
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September 11—a Tragic Reminder
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September 11 is a solemn reminder about our need to pray for one another in our efforts to give real answers to a troubled nation.
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New Witnessing Booklet Addresses Tough Question
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On the morning of September 11th, I was on my computer writing an article entitled ‘The Two Histories of Death.’
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April 1999 Newsletter
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An explanation of how the world is full of death and suffering and God, at the same time, be good.
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What Does God Want from Me?
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How can people be made right with God? And how can Christians please God in both the seemingly mundane decisions and in the serious choices of life?
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Who’s Number One in the Universe?
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When people look at your life, who has the preeminence?
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Decision, Decisions
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Life is full of decisions, big and small, every day. How can we be sure we’re making the right decision?
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Zombies, Vampires, and Werewolves—Oh No!
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Whether we like it or not, scary monsters permeate our culture, particularly during this season. What should our attitude be toward these “monsters”?
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Paper or Priceless?
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Before you rush off and follow the crowd, take a minute to consider: How much do you value your purity?
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Having a Purpose to Your Life Keeps You Healthy
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An article in New Scientist, by Teal Burrell, describes the health benefits that come from having a purpose and meaning to your life.
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Through Your Lens
| Answers in Genesis
Christians should do much more than just admire God’s
handiwork as an end in itself.
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What Are the Most Important Questions?
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The most important questions really come down to who is God and what does He want from you?
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Is My Love for the Lord Real?
| Answers in Genesis
We can say that we love God and others, but talk is cheap. How can we know for certain whether our love is real?
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Lost
| Answers in Genesis
We are facing a major culture shift, and the losses are mounting. It's never too late to begin implementing biblical solutions.
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Dangerous Vacations
| Answers in Genesis
Spiritual vacatons from God always spell disaster.
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You Can Make a Difference!
| Answers in Genesis
What comes to mind when you think of October 31st?
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The Humility Factor
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It takes the eyes of humble faith for humans to see that “the whole earth is full of His glory” (Isaiah 6:3).
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For Whom Should We Vote?
| Answers in Genesis
How should we pick among candidates? What is the “heart” of the issue?
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“I Know Nothing!”
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The book of Job is a revelation of God and His creation, including extensive treatment of behemoth and leviathan!
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Who Is God?
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Who is God? What is He like? What is His character? What is His nature?
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It All Starts with God’s Character
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What is the ultimate, unshakable source of the Bible’s authority?
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Biblical Authority Study Questions: God's Character
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Download the biblical authority discussion questions (“It All Starts With God’s Character”) in PDF format.
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The Trinity
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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
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The Bible clearly affirms the existence of three distinct Persons that are all identified as the one God of the universe.
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God, the Holy Spirit
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The Holy Spirit is not an impersonal force. The Bible teaches that he is active in our lives, a distinct person, and fully God.
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Is the Trinity Three Different Gods?
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Have you ever wondered about the doctrine of the Trinity? How could the God of the Bible be one God, but at the same time three Persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?
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Prayer and the Trinity
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Our view of the members of the Trinity shape our view of prayer. Dr. Mark Bird will discuss how the New Testament authors relate prayer to the Trinity.
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The Trinity and Creation
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The doctrine of the Trinity is not just “traditional”; it has a firm basis in Scripture.
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Refuting Unitarian Errors Regarding the Deity of Jesus
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Unitarians reject the triune nature of God and argue that the Bible teaches Jesus was not a divine Person but is simply the one Lord Messiah (a human being). This issue is important, because if we deny the deity of Jesus then we do not know the Father and, therefore, we do not have eternal life.
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The Trinity—A Non-negotiable Doctrine
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Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., explains why the Trinity is such an essential biblical doctrine.
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God Is Good
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Skeptics often claim that the God of the Bible is a cruel, vindictive God, but the Bible paints a different picture—God is a good and loving God.
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Is God really good?
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How can a good God send someone to hell.
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God’s Biggest “Problem”
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AIDS, genocide, slavery, earthquakes, hurricanes, terrorism—where did these evils come from, and how could a loving God allow people to endure such horrors?
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Did God Create Williams Syndrome?
| Answers in Genesis
As Christians who embrace a life-affirming worldview, we often discuss how beautifully designed the human body is—a masterpiece of God’s creation. We know that we are “fearfully and wonderfully” made. So how does a child with a genetic disorder (or any “problem”) fit into this worldview?
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If God Made Woman for Man, Then What Is God’s Plan for Singleness
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This Valentine’s Day, in your singleness, I encourage you to look for love, for belonging, and for acceptance in what Jesus offers.
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Death: A Curse and a Blessing
| Answers in Genesis
There is an easy to understand reason why death and suffering exist in a world created by a God of love. Evolution (death over millions of years) destroys the foundation of the message of the cross.
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The “god” of an Old Earth
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Does the Bible teach that disease, bloodshed, violence and pain have always been ‘part of life’? What would this say about God?
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Contradictions: Can God Be Tempted?
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The Bible clearly states that God cannot be tempted by evil, so why do other passages speak of God being tempted? Chris Russell, AiG–U.S., explains.
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Is God Selfish and Vindictive?
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A concerned reader wonders how to respond to the claim that God is vindictive. Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., responds.
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Examining the True Character of God the Father
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Some people mischaracterize God the Father as only judgment and righteousness. While these are true characteristics, there is much more to our gracious heavenly Father.
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Is God Deceiving Us?
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Dr. Lisle responds to feedback concerning his recent paper on the distant starlight problem.
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Why Won’t God Heal Amputees?
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A surprising often-asked question is “why doesn’t God heal amputees”? Peter Galling and John UpChurch join in answering this alleged problem.
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Hurricanes and a Loving God?
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If there really is a God of love, how can He allow these horrible things to happen?
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Did God Make Pathogenic Viruses?
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A review of the structure, function, and role of viruses in ecology is presented.
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How Could a Loving God ... ?
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When we accept Genesis as it was meant to be taken—as literal history—then we understand that death, disease, and violence are intrusions into this world.
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Evil at God’s Hand
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We give God credit for the good things, but what is His role in the bad?
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Good God—Bad World? How Can That Be?
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The world is filled with pain, suffering, and death. How does a loving Creator fit into this messy picture?
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Why Do God’s Children Suffer?
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A swimming accident as a teenager left Joni Eareckson Tada paralyzed.
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The Source of All Wisdom
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Why do so many scientists and intellectuals say “There is no God?”
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God and the Australian Floods
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Tragedies beyond description have hit Queensland. The question often comes up at this point: Where is God in the midst of all this loss of life and property?
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The God Problem?
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Apparently, the author of God’s Problem never took seriously Genesis’s account of the origin of death and suffering.
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How Could a Loving God: Introduction
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Underneath these questions was a deeper question still, and it was a question that demanded an answer: Why would a loving God allow, or even cause, such pain, decay, and death?
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Why does the universe continue to exist?
| Answers in Genesis
God is not simply a passive observer, the Bible tells us that He sustains His creation—something that is evident from scientific research.
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When God’s Plan Hurts
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Through Barbara Edwards’ painful struggle with rheumatoid arthritis, she and her husband Brian developed a deep relationship with, and an everlasting hope in, their God and Savior.
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News Anchor Searches for God
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John Humphrys is a household name in the UK. He is one of the principal anchors of BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, which broadcasts every morning of the week except Sunday.
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How Could a Loving God Allow It?
| Answers in Genesis
The tremendous loss of life and property caused by the December 26, 2004 tsunami prompted many people to re-ask the question: how could a loving God allow it?
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Given in the Love of Our Creator, Jesus Christ
| Answers in Genesis
Hurrican Katrina devastated much of the Gulf Coast, and Answers in Genesis asked the question, "How can we help?".
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Powerful Testimony: Sharing God’s Love in the Midst of Tragedy
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Ken Ham interviews Frank and Sue Zitzman about the tragic death of their 17-year-old son and the way God is using them to minister to others as a result.
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God Glorified in Life and Death of a ‘Handicapped’ Child
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The testimony of AiG supporter, Tom Carpenter of Georgia, USA, who recently lost his 15-year-old son after years of struggling with a devastating health condition.
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National Academy of Science is Godless to the Core–Survey
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The National Academy of Science (USA) has recently produced a guidebook for public school teachers, Teaching about Evolution and the Nature of Science.
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Since God is the Author of Creation ...
| Answers in Genesis
There are many who have rejected the Genesis record of Creation on what they believe are 'scientific grounds.'
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Who is the God of Evolution—And Can He be Trusted?
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Was life created fully formed? Or did it evolve gradually by mutation and natural selection over millions of years? Why should anyone care?
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Is the God of the Old Testament Brutal and Evil?
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God is as merciful and forgiving in the Old Testament as in the New.
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The Lord Is a Great God and a Great King Above All Gods
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One of the many criticisms leveled at biblical creationists is “if we teach about your God, why not teach about the many other gods in the world?”
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Creator God
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The Bible reveals God as the Creator of the universe who carefully fashioned mankind in His very own image.
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The Missing Ingredient in History
| Answers in Genesis
The Creator has revealed Himself in both science and history.
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Man: The Image of God
| Answers in Genesis
According to the Bible, the first man was perfect, made in the image of God.
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Of Creation in General
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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 Creator
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I now want to look at the most important aspect of Creation; Who is the Creator? How does the Hebrew language of Genesis describe Him?
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The Root of the Problem
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The reason that people do not want to accept creation is that it means there is a Creator who sets the rules. Thus, no person can write his own rules.
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Creation, Flood, and Coming Fire
| Answers in Genesis
A message and warning from 2 Peter 3 concerning the rejection in the last days of the belief in God as Creator. This should be a real warning to everyone of the importance of origins.
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“He Could Have Done It That Way . . . Couldn’t He?”
| Answers in Genesis
“It’s not a matter of what God could have done, but what He said He did!”
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Are We Restricting God?
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Does a straightforward reading of the Bible restrict God? Dr. Jason Lisle, AiG–U.S., looks at this oft-repeated claim.
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Attenborough on Genesis
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A well-known atheist recently claimed that God’s command in Genesis is the root of environmental issues, but this skeptic hasn’t done his homework.
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Secularist Intolerance Against Scientific Paper
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Intolerance against Christians’ freedom to express their Christian worldview is increasing from a minority of secularists who are in positions of authority.
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Science in the Balance
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Science is a powerful, God-given tool, but only the Bible is true in every aspect.
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Biblical Authority Discussion Questions: Science in the Balance
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These biblical authority discussion questions can be used with your Sunday school class or small group.
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What Has God Been Doing All These Years?
| Answers in Genesis
Was God “sitting on His throne twiddling His thumbs” for eternity past until a few thousand years ago?
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Remembering the Creator—From Space
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As the world turned its attention to the heavens on December 24, 1968, the Apollo 8 crew turned their eyes to earth and their thoughts to the One who formed it.
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He Could Have Done It That Way
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Many times I’ve heard people tell me something like “God could have used evolution” or “God could have created over millions of years.”
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“I Have Been Told Its All About Faith”
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“Now although one must respect others views, beliefs, and opinions, I by my own nature must disagree whole heartedly with the creation story etc.”
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Why Should We Listen to You?
| Answers in Genesis
Evolutionary scientists seem to delight in coming up with ever more evidence that man is not unique or special in any sense of the word.
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Creation Combats ‘Old Universe’ Idea
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From our everyday experience we know that the greater the intelligence and skill of a person making something, the less time is required to make it.
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The “Greenness” of God
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In an effort to link Christianity with the conservation movement, some people portray God as the ‘Original Greenie’ whose chief concern is the preservation of the natural environment.
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Methods of the Creator
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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 God of the Bible
| Answers in Genesis
Condensed from a taped lecture by Ivan Bowden Dean of Queensland Bible Institute, given at the Summer Institute of Creation Science 1979/80.
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The Overflowing Love of God
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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?
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Many churches now place a heavy emphasis on praise and worship music in their services. It’s important to make sure our priorities line up.
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Is God Male or Female?
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An overview of God revealed as a male in Scripture and a critique of feminist biblical revisionism.
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What Was God Doing Before Creation?
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One reason people give for rejecting a young universe is that they think it somehow limits God. After all, what was He doing all that time before creation?
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Give Thanks to the Lord for He Is Good
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Thanksgiving Day provides an opportunity to thank God for his goodness and his steadfast love. Throughout history, God is praised by thankful people.
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Does God Change His Mind?
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In recent years, advocates of a theory called open theism have argued that God can and does change and that we can cause that change.
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Did God Forget about Noah?
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Genesis 8:1 teaches an important truth in the Flood account: God’s attention was focused on Noah and those with him on the Ark.
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Is God Omnipotent?
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The clear, biblical answer is yes. Nothing that is possible according to God’s character and purpose is impossible for Him.
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7.2 Danger No 2: Misrepresentation of the Nature of God
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Jesus reveals God to us as our Father in heaven who is absolutely perfect, and the angels proclaim, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty.”
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Don’t Be the Devil’s Fool: Why God Hates Lying
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April Fools’ Day is here, and the time seems right to briefly explore the subject of foolery and lies, examining what the Bible has to say about deception.
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It’s a Sign!
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In God’s Word, we can read of a number of signs (or reminders) that help us never forget the truths of the Bible.
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1. God’s Character
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How can we help people believe that the Bible is true? It is by sharing with others the matchless character of the God who ultimately wrote the Bible.
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Can We Understand God’s Ways?
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A supportive pastor asks us why we teach that God’s ways are understandable to humans. But understanding God’s ways is impossible for finite minds.
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Just How Omnipotent?
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A reader wants to know why there are some things an omnipotent God cannot do. Dr. Jason Lisle, AiG–U.S., responds.
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Contradictions: A Change of Heart
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If God never changes, then how can He change His mind?
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Is the Present the Key to the Past?
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Does the fact that God is rational and consistent necessitate that present processes are the key to understanding the past?
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The Story of God—An Overview
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The Story of God—a review of part one of the new BBC–TV series on the evolution of religion
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“Shopping for God”
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Last year, a national newspaper in Australia (The Weekend Australian) ran a series of editorials/letters/interviews concerning God, Christianity, the church, and religion.
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What Is Science?
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Observational science is testable and repeatable, whereas historical (origins) science is extrapolation of current rates and processes back into the past.
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Biblical Faith is Not “Blind”—It’s Supported by Good Science
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The word “science” is used in many ways. Many secular humanists try to redefine science as “naturalism”—the belief that nature is “all there is.”
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What Is Science?
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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?
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Anyone familiar with the creation/evolution debate should know that anti-creationists love to lob the accusation that creationists are “anti-science” or that they “reject science.”
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Are We Anti-science?
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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?
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Ever heard one of these claims? Perhaps you’ve even said one yourself. We’ve heard them all—but they’re all false, or at least they imply a falsehood.
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Prosecution—The Philosophy and Correct Application of Science
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In this chapter we will examine the nature and role of science, as well as the ability and limitations of scientific dating methods.
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Yes, “Science Is Good” but Not the Way BioLogos Thinks
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BioLogos recently published “An Open Letter to People of Faith About Science” in which they announced their new “Science is Good” initiative.
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Two Kinds of Science?
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We are often told that “evolution is science.” But what is meant by “science” makes all the difference in understanding the origins debate.
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Galileo & Creation in Early Modern Science
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The controversies regarding the early chapters of Genesis and the geological discoveries and theories were part of a complex movement of thought which pulsed through the educated minds of Europeans.
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Is Historical Science Useful?
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The differences between empirical and historical science, how predictions can be helpful in the sciences, and how worldview affects our perspective about the past.
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Doesn’t Science Disprove the Bible
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In today’s world we often hear statements like “science disproves creation” or “science proves evolution.”
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A Response to “Talking Science as Christians”
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On June 5, 2018, a self-described Christian and professor of chemistry published a provocative blog post titled “Talking Science as Christians.” The author, “RJS,” under the guise of offering advice from a career in science, took young-earth creation (YEC) to task and sharply rebuked it.
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Feedback: “You Can Question Science”
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Many evolutionists believe creationists ignore or have a low view of science. Of course, those familiar with science know scientists try to disprove, not prove, their hypothesis. And future evidence can overturn what was already believed to be established science. So, of course, scientific findings can be questioned.
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First Usage of Origins vs. Operational Science
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Did YECs invent the terms origin science or historical science, and if so did we invent these terms just to discredit evolution? Do we deny that we can know anything about the past because we weren’t there to observe it, or that any event in the past is unknowable?
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“Overwhelming Evidence in All Fields of Science Supports Evolution.”
| Answers in Genesis
There is no “neutral” starting point; everyone—whether they acknowledge it or not—interprets the “facts” according to a particular worldview.
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Is There Really a War on Science?
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Is the collective body of knowledge and the methodology we call “science” teetering on the precipice of extinction or, worse, about to be pushed off?
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Can Forensic Science Trace the World’s Origins?
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One of the most popular facets of science right now is forensics. But no investigative science is more accurate than an eyewitness account.
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Conflict Between the Classrooms
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Most people think that the battle over creation and evolution is being fought between “science” and “religion.” But there are two problems with this thinking.
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Is Scientific Research Flawed?
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Is it possible that we are facing a situation where there is a massive production of wrong information or distortion of information?
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Evolution Won’t Heal
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Today we constantly hear warnings that evolution is necessary for science. Oh, really?
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Is AiG and Its Statement of Faith Anti-Science?
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We all start with presuppositions that have all of us reaching different conclusions about the past. So what makes one wrong and the other right?
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Mystick Mystery: Scientists Investigate Connecticut’s Pequot War
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Examining the battlefield of Fort Mystick, almost 400 years later, can illustrate both the value and limitations of forensic science, showcasing apologetics.
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National Geographic Accuses AiG of Doubting Science
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A National Geographic article featuring the Creation Museum considers AiG science doubters, but the evidence always confirms the biblical creation account.
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Science of Uncertainty
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A physicist makes clear that the essence of science is gathering data and interpreting that data in ways that are often insufficient, limited, and changeable.
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Bill Nye: Fighting for “Science”?
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Bill Nye’s technique uses the same word science to refer to what is clearly historical science as well as for what is clearly observational science.
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Popular Science Is Now Popular Spin?
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Popular Science’s September 2014 issue jumped into an arena that it is unprepared for, and this particular issue should be renamed Popular Spin.
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Does Religion Cripple Science Innovation?
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Cosmos astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson asserts that religious influence on science intellectually cripples would-be innovators.
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De-Nyeing Science
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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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Science Teacher Reveals Unscientific Bias, Blind Spot
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Despite the common claim that scientists objectively evaluate their observations, this teacher’s predetermined decision to reject and mock all he saw is clear from the beginning.
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Bill Nye Denies Young Earth
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Bill Nye claims denying the earth is 4.54 billion years old is like believing the earth is flat.
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Deceitful Terms—Historical and Observational Science
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Is there a legitimate distinction between historical and observational science, or are we being misleading to use those terms? Troy Lacey, AiG–U.S., explains.
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Elaine Ecklund's Survey of Scientists
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In June we discussed the work of Rice University sociologist Elaine Ecklund, whose survey of scientists revealed that, among other things, “the academy seems to have a ‘strong culture’ that suppresses discussion about religion in many areas.” Ecklund now weighs in on the topic in a USA Today opinion piece.
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Dinosaur Doubts Down Under
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An Australian national survey reveals that one in three Australians believes humans and dinosaurs coexisted and thus were not separated by millions of years.
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Does Science Need God?
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Could science operate if the biblical God didn’t exist? Dr. Jason Lisle, AiG–U.S., shows why even atheist scientists unwittingly depend upon a God they don’t believe in.
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The Cost of Skepticism?
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“Questioning theories is usually a healthy pursuit”—except when life and death are concerned, or when the “theory” in question is evolution.
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Must Science Exclude the Supernatural?
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A reader claims that “natural” phenomena are the only valid scientific explanations. Dr. Jason Lisle, AiG–U.S., examines this often repeated claim.
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Selling Science to the Public
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In a recent swath of articles and letters, evolutionists have been examining how they frame “science” to the public—though ignoring their own presuppostions.
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Scare tactics
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The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) headed by Dr. Eugenie Scott has started a campaign to try to discourage parents from bringing their children to the Creation Museum.
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Pseudoscience: More or Less?
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A recent study by Jon D. Miller of Michigan State University reveals interesting developments in the U.S. populace’s familiarity with science and beliefs about alleged “pseudoscience.”
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Two Very Different Looks at the Role of Evolution in Medicine
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Well-known NBC-TV reporter Robert Bazell suggests that the evolution debate adds little to the education of physicians. He also ridicules those who are proponents of intelligent design and creation.
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Science and Faith
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Should we keep the Bible out of science? Is that even possible?
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American Leadership in the Sciences: Endangered?
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A feature of the growing creation-evolution controversy in this nation is the near-universal misrepresentation or misunderstanding of the issues by most in the secular media.
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Answers or Ignorance?
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Sadly, many people confuse science with philosophy and accordingly seem to confuse themselves into thinking that the unrepeated philosophy of evolution is science.
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Being Brainwashed?
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Editors respond to critic who feels AIG is "brainwashing" people.
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Popular Science—It May Be Popular, but It’s Not Science!
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The magazine Popular Science often jazzes up evolutionary ‘science’ to appeal to a broad audience.
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But if Creation Is True, Why Don't All Scientists Believe?
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When I discuss the creation/evolution controversy, there are all sorts of interesting responses to the evidence. People are basically unable to answer the logical and scientific case for creation.
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Chemistry
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Chemistry, the study of the elements that make up matter, powerfully demonstrates the complexity of life and the inability of chemicals to produce life.
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The Molecular Sledgehammer
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The amazing story of how scientists struggled for years to duplicate an important bit of chemistry.
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Water Doesn’t Always Mix
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We’ve always heard that oil and water don’t mix, but
sometimes water and water don’t mix.
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A Flood of Arsenic
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Arsenic contaminates water around the world. How’d it get here?
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Composite Creations
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Wherever you are, you’re probably surrounded by
some common manmade composites
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God’s Gift of Metals: Crafted for Life
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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
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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
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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.
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Formed to Be Inhabited
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When we see Scripture refer to “invisible things” as being evidence for our Creator, do we often think of chemistry?
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Graphene: Seeing God’s Handiwork and Care in Chemistry
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Have you ever stopped to consider how even chemistry showcases God’s handiwork, creativity, and care for his creation?
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Life in the Lab
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Every student in US public schools will likely come across pictures
of the famous Miller-Urey experiment of 1953.
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Rubber Chicken Leg
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What makes bones so strong? If they were made out of minerals alone, they would be too brittle and break.
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Chemical Candidate to Carry Genetic Information in Earliest Life
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Evolutionary scientists suggest a simple chemical candidate to carry genetic information in the earliest life forms.
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Brain Chemistry in Rats Altered by Parasite
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Bizarre bravery in rats explained . . . with serious implications for the human brain.
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Alien Amino Acids
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Organic chemistry lab in a meteorite sparks speculation about the origin of life.
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Mirror Images and Amino Acids
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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
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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.
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Proof of Life Evolving in the Universe?
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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
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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
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Both the media and popular culture are saturated in the hype of global warming and climate change. How should Christians understand this sensitive issue?
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Alabama’s Underwater Forest
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Remnants of a cypress forest were recently discovered off Alabama’s coast. What climate changes could explain such a massive rise in ocean level?
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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef under Threat from Climate Change
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The rate at which the corals grow in the Great Barrier Reef of Australia has declined recently. Is global warming to blame?
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Global Warming in Perspective
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Global warming's top five claims: fact or fiction?
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Disagreements on Climate Change
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Scientifically literate people can disagree about the causes and cures of climate change, study finds.
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Climate Emergency or Hot Air?
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In reality, only a small sampling of climate scientists believes we are facing imminent doom. So why all the insistence on anxiety and panic?
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Global Warming and Earth’s Design
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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.
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Human-Caused Global Warming Slight So Far
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Reasons why Christians should be cautious about the controversial topic of global warming are listed.
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How Much Global Warming Is Natural?
| Answers in Genesis
The concern over global warming seems to be escalating. But what do the data show?
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Protected Rainforest Paved Over for Climate Summit
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A highway is being built through the Amazon Rainforest and wetlands to accommodate the COP30 climate summit visitors.
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New Study Finds Our Climate Is More Complex Than Previously Thought
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A new study quantifying sulfur emissions from plankton found these emissions contribute to climate change much more than previously thought.
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Get the Facts: Hurricanes and Global Warming
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Hurricanes, like Harvey and Irma, are not evidence of global warming, but their effects are exaggerated by alarmists.
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Global Climate Models Are Improving, But Are Not Yet Useful
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Almost all of the climate models predict a significant increase in the global temperature in the future and include the possibility of a dramatic increase.
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The Globe Is Warming, But It’s Not Your Fault!
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The globe is warming, and many blame humans for causing it, but today’s temperature is not unprecedented. How should Christians respond to climate change?
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Are We Globally Warming Our World to Death?
| Answers in Genesis
The United Nations has spoken, declaring that it’s our fault. Global warming, that is.
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Climate Change Facts
| Answers in Genesis
Are temperature changes a serious threat to our way of life?
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Environmentalism: A Biblical Perspective
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Fear of environmental catastrophe grows out of the lack of the fear of God. That is the real root of the environmental scares that have plagued the modern world.
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Global Warming
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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?
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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.
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What Scientists Ignore About Climate Change
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We cannot
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issue unless
we ground our
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Science Confirms Climate Change!
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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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Global Warming: Fact or Fiction?
| Answers in Genesis
The media is constantly abuzz with dire news about global warming and climate change. What does biblical history add to the discussion?
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Burned by Global Warming
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The editor of the scientific journal Remote Sensing recently stepped down. His crime? Publishing a paper that raises questions about anthropogenic global warming.
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Eugenie Scott Focuses on Climate
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Eugenie Scott offers her services to squelch even more academic freedom.
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Global Warming—Normal in an Abnormal World
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The Bible is the foundation for understanding every challenge facing us. Global warming is no exception.
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Did Bill Nye Lie About Creationists and Climate Change?
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Bill Nye claims that we want to “raise a generation of kids in denial of climate change,” but we say the opposite.
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Sounding the Alarm on Climate Alarmists
| Answers in Genesis
How should Christians respond to climate change alarmists who claim the earth is on the brink of disaster?
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Climate Change and the Bible
| Answers in Genesis
Four reasons Scripture gives us not to be afraid of climate change—and how to deal with climate alarmist fear.
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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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I’m a Climate Change Alarmist
| Answers in Genesis
Christians should
be alarmed
about the coming
climate change
and its destruction.
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Danger at the Drive-Through
| Answers in Genesis
Temperatures are rising on the global warming issue, and it’s more than just hot air.
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Jail the Skeptics
| Answers in Genesis
But why are some scientists certain that
climate change is so dangerous?
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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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Climate Change Predictions Prove Miscalculated
| Answers in Genesis
Climate change predictions in the news have been proven to be inaccurate.
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Climate Change: the Watershed Issue for Two Davids
| Answers in Genesis
A few years back BBC television viewers could enjoy both David Attenborough and David Bellamy bringing wildlife and plants into their homes.
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Global Warming—When Politics and Science Collide
| Answers in Genesis
The global warming debate would not be so heated if it were simply a question of science. It’s no surprise that science gets drowned out by politics.
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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.
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Great Barrier Reef Sees “Record Coral Comeback”
| Answers in Genesis
Environmental activists have been saying for decades that the Great Barrier Reef is on the edge of collapse, but the reef just had a record growth year.
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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?
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What or Who Is Causing Climate Change?
| Answers in Genesis
Worldview affects everything, including how people understand the cause of climate change when they ignore the global flood in the Bible.
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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!
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Is Having a Baby “Pure Environmental Vandalism”?
| Answers in Genesis
Vogue magazine suggests new parents are guilty of “environmental vandalism” for having children and doesn't acknowledge that climate alarmism is rejected by some left-leaning pols.
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Ice Age
| Answers in Genesis
How should the Ice Age, glaciers, and wooly mammoths be understood within the framework of the Bible’s history?
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When Was the Ice Age in Biblical History?
| Answers in Genesis
The Bible doesn’t say, “And then there was an Ice Age.” Yet it does help us narrow down when the ice built up and then melted away.
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What Started the Ice Age?
| Answers in Genesis
Geophysicists have a love-hate relationship with “the Ice Age.”
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The Unsolved Puzzle of Past Ice Ages
| Answers in Genesis
Secular scientists struggle to explain
what caused the cyclical ice ages that
many believe happened in the past.
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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.
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Special Feature—Mysteries of Our Frozen Past
| Answers in Genesis
Few people dispute that an Ice Age once struck the planet, leaving telltale marks. But many mysteries remain.
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Setting the Stage for an Ice Age
| Answers in Genesis
The Flood of Noah’s day was the greatest catastrophe in earth history, and it involved much more than rain.
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Chapter 12: Do Ice Cores Show Many Tens of Thousands of Years?
| Answers in Genesis
From the top of the Greenland ice sheet, glaciologists further claim that they can count the annual layers downward. They arrive at 110,000 years for the top 90 percent. Is their claim justified?
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Rapid Changes in Oxygen Isotope Content of Ice Cores
| Answers in Genesis
Oxygen isotopes in ice cores extracted from polar regions exhibit a decreasing trend in the ratio of the heavy to light isotopes from the beginning of the Ice Age to its end.
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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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Catastrophic Melting
| Answers in Genesis
Accelerated melting would mark the end of the Ice Age.
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Do Greenland Ice Cores Show One Hundred Thousand Years?
| Answers in Genesis
It is the Greenland Ice Sheet that exhibits annual cycles of one or more of the variables down an ice core.
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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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Still Trying to Make Ice Cores Old
| Answers in Genesis
Dr. Hugh Ross’s Reasons to Believe website featured a new result from the Dome C ice core.
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Was Mammoth Extinction Caused by Rapid Global Warming?
| Answers in Genesis
Both the Ice Age and the many millions of woolly mammoths buried in Siberian permafrost have been major mysteries for about years despite numerous theories.
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Possible Explanations for Disharmonious Associations
| Answers in Genesis
There are four possible explanations for the unique mix of cold- and heat-loving animals that were common during the Ice Age.
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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.
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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 Genesis Flood Caused the Ice Age
| Answers in Genesis
The two ingredients required for an Ice Age, cool temperatures and tons of snow, were dramatically fulfilled immediately after the Genesis flood.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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After the Rainbow
| Answers in Genesis
Have you ever wondered what it was like when Noah first stepped off the Ark? Imagine the changes!
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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?
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A Snail’s Tale of the Past
| Answers in Genesis
Protein degradation purported to peer into the past.
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Frozen Mountains Measured
| Answers in Genesis
A mountain range the size of the European Alps—larger than anyone expected—has finally been measured.
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A Problem for the Supposed Origin of Multicellular Animals
| Answers in Genesis
For creationists, the rocks and their associated ‘glacial diagnostic features’ can be explained very easily. They are the result of gigantic submarine landslides in a warm ocean in the Genesis Flood.
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Wild Ice-Core Interpretations by Uniformitarian Scientists
| Answers in Genesis
Uniformitarian scientists derive many more ‘annual layers’ in the Greenland ice cores than creationists because of their assumed old age time scale.
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Lots of Ice, Too Much Age
| Answers in Genesis
Twentieth Century Fox has turned the period of Earth history known as the Ice Age into an animated movie for children called Ice Age.
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More on the Ice Age
| Answers in Genesis
This article discusses the weather after the global flood and the conditions needed to create an ice age.
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Was There an Ice Age?
| Answers in Genesis
This article discusses the possiblity of there having been a global ice age following the global flood.
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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!’
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The Ice Age
| Answers in Genesis
What do you know about the Ice Age? How does it fit into world history?
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Earth Day—A Christian Perspective
| Answers in Genesis
April 22 marks the 31st celebration of Earth Day—an effort initiated to increase awareness about environmental issues.
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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?
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Caring About Creation for the Right Reasons
| Answers in Genesis
Some people believe creation is something we should worship. Others believe its purpose is to serve mankind’s greater good. Which view is right?
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How “Evolution” Might Save Coral Reefs
| Answers in Genesis
What can we do to help corals survive and why should we want to?
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Stewarding American Black Bears with Trust
| Answers in Genesis
What mechanisms have caused bears to diversify since the Flood? What is their role in Creation?
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Clarifications Regarding Stewarding American Black Bears
| Answers in Genesis
In response to some feedback regarding a recent Answer in Depth article, Tom Hennigan takes the occasion to clarify some points.
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Is Stewardship the Same as Going Green?
| Answers in Genesis
What should be the Christian response to the environmental concerns of the Green Movement? What is our responsibility to the earth and to its inhabitants?
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Earth Day and Creation
| Answers in Genesis
Earth Day: what is the creation perspective?
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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.
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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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Skewed Stewardship
| Answers in Genesis
Without a biblical view of stewardship, animal rights activists often hurt the very creatures they claim to protect.
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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.
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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?
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Earth Day—A Creationist Perspective
| Answers in Genesis
There is more behind what has been designated today as Earth Day than planting trees, reducing pollution, and conserving natural resources.
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Fortieth Anniversary of Earth Day
| Answers in Genesis
This week marked the fortieth anniversary of Earth Day, an occasion to celebrate—or even worship—“Mother Earth.”
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Arctic Insurance
| Answers in Genesis
Scientists hope to deposit samples of 4.5 million varieties of seeds in a vault.
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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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Practical Creation Care: Gardening for Butterflies
| Answers in Genesis
By adding host plants to your landscape, you can help care for butterflies and moths, a wonderful part of God’s creation.
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Winter’s Lively Microbiome
| Answers in Genesis
Even snow harbors its own microscopic garden of life that we have only just unearthed within the last decade.
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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?
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The Ivory Trade
| Answers in Genesis
The lust for ivory threatens elephant populations around the world. Are there solutions to this sinister business?
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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.
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Earth Day—The History of Two Trees
| Answers in Genesis
God made everything perfect, but our sin corrupted it, and Earth Day began as an ethical ideal, but now exists as a secular holiday.
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Environmental Clean-Up Crew
| Answers in Genesis
Did the Creator foresee the biological resources we would need to help correct our mistakes, as we fulfill His command to “subdue the earth”?
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Wildfires: Cause for Alarm?
| Answers in Genesis
As stewards of creation, sometimes we must work with fire, not against it.
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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.
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Welcome to Harmony Hillside
| Answers in Genesis
As modern homesteaders,
Erik and Patty Lutz have a firsthand
understanding of biblical dominion.
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Plastics in Paradise
| Answers in Genesis
Plastic pollution has invaded
even the most remote places.
Should Christians be concerned?
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Should We Abandon Some Species to Extinction?
| Answers in Genesis
As God’s creatures disappear,
Christians have the opportunity
to model the Creator’s spirit
of wise conservation.
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The Climate Connection
| Answers in Genesis
When people reject
the Bible, they will
misinterpret why the
world is changing—including the climate.
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Fossil Record Evolution: Any Transitional Forms?
| Answers in Genesis
Transitional forms in the fossil record are rarely, if ever, observed. This lack of evidence is very damaging to macroevolutionary theory.
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Cloudy with a Chance of Confusion
| Answers in Genesis
Weather
forecasting
is a good
reminder
of the limits
of science. It is
a useful tool,
but it is bound
by human
finiteness
and fallibility.
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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.
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Arbor Day: Celebrating God’s Design for Trees
| Answers in Genesis
Whether you realize it or not, trees are quietly providing mankind with many benefits besides their aesthetic appeal.
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Cloudy with a Chance of Awesome
| Answers in Genesis
A thunderstorm is awe inspiring, but an even more awesome display of God’s power is the supercell.
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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.
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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.
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Tropical Rainforests—a Created Treasure Trove!
| Answers in Genesis
Amid the pessimism and gloom over the future of the rainforests of the earth, conservation funds are being obtained from the pharmaceutical industry.
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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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Ice Cores—The Secret to Understanding Earth’s Climate?
| Answers in Genesis
How polar ice sheets developed after the global flood and why ice cores don’t tell us how to address climate change.
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Genetics
| Answers in Genesis
DNA, the information stored within it, and the processes surrounding it are clear evidence of the need for an intelligent Creator God.
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Epigenetics
| Answers in Genesis
Our physical makeup is determined by our genes, not our environment—right? The science of epigenetics is forcing scientists to rethink their assumptions.
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Can Learned Behaviors be Inherited?
| Answers in Genesis
A recent article in the peer-reviewed journal Cell discussed the epigenetic inheritance of learned traits in roundworms. The article discusses the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans and its ability to transmit a learned trait from parent to offspring through four generations.
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Epigenetics—Inheriting More Than Genes
| Answers in Genesis
All our lives, we’ve heard that our physical makeup is determined by our genes, not environment. But the science of epigenetics is forcing scientists to rethink their assumptions.
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Beneficial Mutations
| Answers in Genesis
Epigenetics, a field of science, displays the providence of God to help organisms adapt and survive in a fallen world which helps explain beneficial mutations.
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Looking Between Genes Reveals Differences by Design, Not Evolutio
| Answers in Genesis
From almost the same genetic building blocks, DNA, very different results are achieved! But is that the result of evolution, or God’s design?
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Epigenetic Changes Mice Inherit Father Fears
| Answers in Genesis
Are inherited fears mere fodder for novels, or is there some basis for them in science?
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Epigenetic On-Off Switches
| Answers in Genesis
Epigenetic inheritance allows rapid adaptation without loss—or gain—of information.
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Secret of Epigenetic Inheritance Discovered
| Answers in Genesis
Scientists have long known the process of passing parental characteristics to offspring reaches a level of complexity only partially understood.
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Epigenetic Code: the Hidden DNA
| Answers in Genesis
Epigenetic mutations can produce rapid variation and defy Mendelian genetics.
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A New Headline for The Guardian
| Answers in Genesis
Think evolution has anything to do with Charles Darwin? If so, you’re apparently wrong, if the Guardian’s provocative headline is taken literally.
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Animal Genetics
| Answers in Genesis
Does our growing understanding of animal genetics support evolutionary principles or special creation by a caring, intelligent Designer as the Bible proclaims?
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Speedy Horses Can't Outrun Loss of Diversity
| Answers in Genesis
Researchers have dug into the genome of the horse and made some pretty startling discoveries. In an attempt to discover the lineage of horses, over one hundred researchers have recently examined the genomes of over two hundred fossil horses and compared it to the genomes of modern horses.
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Genetics Proves Absurdity of Whale Evolution
| Answers in Genesis
In recent years evolutionists have increasingly promoted the evolution of whales as one of the most convincing examples of macroevolution.
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Whale Genetics and Evolution
| Answers in Genesis
Whale evolution is presented in most biology textbooks as absolute fact, often with inaccurate depictions of the supposed transitional forms.
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Snakes Appear to Live a Cursed Life
| Answers in Genesis
A recent study was published purporting to explain how snakes lost their limbs, and it revealed some surprising findings. The aforementioned study not only probed the question of snake limbs but also sightless subterranean mammals.
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Does the Spotted Gar Harbor a Fish-Finger Connection?
| Answers in Genesis
Solution to the mystery of terrestrial toes said to reside in the spotted gar.
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On the Origin of Man's Best Friend
| Answers in Genesis
If the idea behind item #1 (above) is correct, perhaps the domestic dog would be the biggest “winner” of all.
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Hairy New Findings in Dog Variation
| Answers in Genesis
There is astounding variation that exists within dogs. There are different sizes, shapes, and colors. What causes this variety?
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Is Your Dog Some Kind of Degenerate Mutant?
| Answers in Genesis
Next time you pat your dog on the head, look a bit closer. Is it a mutt or mutant?
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Did Speedy Horses Evolve Only Recently?
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A new study looked at the genome of over 200 fossil horses, as well as domesticated horses and the Przewalski’s horse. The National Geographic headline declared, “Speedy horses evolved only recently, says landmark equine study.” But what they were really looking at was not evolution—it was artificial selection!
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Examining the Platypus Genetic Code
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It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for: the mapping of the genome of the funny, furry duck-billed platypus.
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Animal Polyploidy: A Mechanism for Evolution?
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Polyploidy, though less common in animals than it is in plants, appears to have played a role in the speciation in animals. Since evolutionists need an increase in information in the genome to go from molecules to man, polyploidy is claimed to be a mechanism to increase genetic information available to a population.
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Jacob’s Odd “Breeding Program” of Genesis 30
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So many questions have been raised regarding Genesis 30–31: Does Jacob’s “peeled bark” practice have any bearing on how sheep and goats breed? Does it offer any health or reproductive value? Did God instruct Jacob in this practice?
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Salivary Protein: Evolution or Just Adaptation?
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A recent study of the salivary mucin-7 gene (MUC7) demonstrated there was genetic variation of this gene among different primate species.
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Going to the Dogs
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Scientists are comparing the DNA of dogs to determine where they originally came from.
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Did God Create Poodles?
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Now before the poodle lovers of the world unite, I do not hate poodles. They may be degenerate mutants, but they are cute ones!
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As I Always Said: “It’s a Mutant!”
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She may look cute, but the science of genetics is confirming what I’ve always said about her: “She’s a degenerate mutant affected by sin and the Curse.”
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Dog Fur Evolution
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The many differences in dog fur are reducible to just a few genetic factors, a team reports in Science.
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Hundreds of Thousands of Species in a Few Thousand Years?
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A recent review paper proposed a controversial claim—that the vast majority
of animal species arose contemporary with modern humans. Not surprisingly, this claim was met with backlash from the evolutionary community. On what basis did the authors make this wide-reaching claim? Is their assertion true?
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How Manatees Lost Their Legs?
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A ScienceDaily article reported that research published in a recent PNAS article gives new evidence as to how manatees may have lost their hindlimbs.
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Eyeless Fish in Caves
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‘We read about fish that live in caves. They can’t see, and they have scars where most fish have eyes. Were they created like this?’
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The Naked-Neck Gene
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Creationists emphasize that genetic mutations have never been shown to generate new, beneficial information in organisms (and often have deleterious effects), which undermines Darwinists’ case. And mutations in the naked-neck chicken are no exception.
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Pigeon’s Crest Genome Mutation Biodiversity
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Genomic secret of the pigeon’s crest shows the power of a single mutation to produce an explosion of biodiversity.
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How Did Tigers Get Stripes and Leopards Get Spots?
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Creationists often discuss how the species we see today descended from the original “created kinds.” But how did tigers end up with stripes while leopards got spots?
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First Lizard Genome Sequenced
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Lizard’s genomic agility unravels the mystery of modern life.
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Mouse Genome Project
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Making mice more useful with the Mouse Genome Project
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More Mutant Pets!
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For some pet lovers, the extensive wrinkling of one breed of dog that makes it so adorable.
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Resurrected Mammoth Hemoglobin Protein
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Scientists have resurrected a mammoth—a mammoth hemoglobin protein, that is.
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Meet Chickenosaurus
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It sounds like an April Fools’ Day joke that came months too late: a Canadian scientist declares he will “flip some levers” and develop a dinosaur out of a chicken embryo.
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Tame this Gene
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What makes an animal wild or tame—is it only human intervention? On the contrary, a decades-long study seeks to identify a genetic basis for animals’ attitudes toward humankind.
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Super Rats “Evolving” in Britain
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The Daily Telegraph has reported that rats in many parts of the UK have become resistant to rat poison. The development is being pronounced by the media as an example of evolution in action.
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Opossum: Genome Sequenced
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A team of scientists led by Tarjei Mikkelsen and Kerstin Lindblad-Toh of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University announced this week in Nature the completed sequencing of the opossum genome.
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Totally Naked Rooster
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We’d like you to meet TNR—a chicken with no feathers. His feathers were not pulled out by someone anxious to have him for a meal—feathers simply don’t grow on him!
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Genetic Engineering: Are We Playing God?
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A recent Pew Research poll asked several interesting and introspective questions about potential or real genetic engineering experiments on animals. The results were mostly what would be expected, with a few surprises along the way.
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A Fresh Look at Human-Chimp DNA Similarity
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Creationist scientists Drs. Tomkins and Bergman came up with an overall DNA similarity between humans and chimps of around 81%—quite a difference!
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New Genetic Information Proposals Fail
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Getting new genetic information is required for evolution—but every proposed (and imaginative) method for obtaining it fizzles one way or another
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Mutations
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Are mutations—copying errors in DNA—the driving force for biological evolution? Or do they represent the sad reality of a sin-cursed world?
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Testing the Limits
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Evolution would require an enormous amount of change. Modern laboratory experiments have tested bacteria’s ability to change. Is this ability truly unlimited?
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A Poke in the Eye?
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Has E. coli “evolved” new complex traits in the lab? Or is this more evidence of evolutionists grasping at anything to promote their ideas?
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Evidence of New Genetic Information?
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Can duplication and mutations cause new information to “arise” in the genome? Dr. Georgia Purdom accepts this challenge posted to creationists.
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The Effect of Mutations Down on the Farm
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A closer look at how different mutations affect livestock can give a better understanding of the role mutations play in our world.
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Scientists Admit Genetic Data Timing Uncertain
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“The inability to observe past mutation rates means that the timing of events from genetic data remains uncertain,” report Cambridge geneticists.
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One Small Step for DNA, One Giant Leap for Man’s Brain
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If we share a common ancestor with a chimpanzee, as evolutionists confidently maintain, then how did our brains leap so far ahead in size and capability?
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Just How Random Are Mutations?
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Changes to the sequence of nucleotides (e.g., mutations) can alter the genetic information of the organism, which, in turn can alter its physical features
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Hijacking Good Science: Lenski’s Bacteria Support Creation
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Lenski's long-term evolution experiment does not distinguish between observable limited change and unobservable molecules-to-man evolution.
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Are Some Mutations Directed?
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Scientific American recently described the molecular basis for a number of traits as supporting evolution, but a closer looks reveals that there’s more to mutation than randomness.
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A Creationist Perspective of Beneficial Mutations in Bacteria
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Creationists have tended to offer an inconsistent or incomplete perspective of “beneficial mutations” within a creation framework.
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Analysis of Barry Hall’s Research of E. coli ebg Operon
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Much research has been done on the ebg operon of the bacterium Escherichia coli over the last 30 years. specific mutations within this operon enable the bacterium to metabolize lactose.
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Sickle Cell Anemia and Other Mutations
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The survival of living species depends on its ability to pass on its genetic instructions, from generation to generation, without significant alteration.