Bible Prophecy Update

Creation v. Evolution, Discoveries

Posted on August 11th, 2010

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Intelligent Design, Science

DNA is a Written Code: Proof of an Intelligent Designer

Having quoted Dawkins here, it’s interesting to note that neither he, nor any materialist has ever provided any scientific (i.e. empirical, testable, falsifiable) explanation for the origin of information. For a very interesting and extensive read on this subject, read “The Problem of Information For The Theory of Evolution” by Royal Truman. If you carefully trace every reference and rebuttal to this article on the internet, you’ll discover that not one person has ever supplied a scientific response to the questions raised here, nor provided any examples of materialistic processes that produce coded information.
Science, Science and the Bible

Posted on August 11th, 2010

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Controversy, Science

Where Did God Come From?

Asking “Where did God come from” is a lot like reading a John Grisham novel and saying “This book has lawyers and judges and secretaries, but what page is John Grisham on?” The answer of course, is that John Grisham is not in the novel at all. He lives outside of the novel. He wrote it. He created the time line, the story and the characters. The novel is a book with a finite number of pages, a beginning and an end. But John Grisham lives a life that extends far beyond that book. Similarly, God lives outside of space and time. He created space. He created time. He is confined to neither of these things. It’s somewhat of a stretch for most of us to imagine that, but a physicist or mathematician will attest that it’s entirely reasonable. There is nothing absurd or illogical to speak of dimensions outside of space and time; in fact additional dimensions are necessary to rationally explain the universe. String theory in modern physics defines 11 dimensions, four of which we experience.
Creation v. Evolution, Science

Posted on August 3rd, 2010

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Evolution, Science

Scientific Experiment Show Plants Have Intelligence

Do plants think? They don’t have brains or even neurons. But when scientists shined a light onto a leaf at the bottom of a plant, the entire plant “knew” how to react. Their studies uncovered evidence that plants not only have complex internal interactions, but that these are remarkably well-constructed to adapt for survival. The experiments were conducted on the thale cress plant. This relative of mustard and cabbage has become a model for plant experiments and plant genetic analyses. The researchers discovered that when certain biochemicals in the leaves were stressed with excess light intensity, they initiated a cascade of chemical communication that coursed through the whole plant along bundle sheath cells.
These cells have long been known as photosynthetically active and tightly arranged around leaf veins. Thus, these cells pull at least quadruple duty: they protect leaf veins, support leaf structure, perform photosynthesis, and transmit electrochemical signals that activate specific biochemical switches in cells throughout the plant. Curious as to how the leaf collected the light data from its environment, translated it into relevant information, and then transmitted that information to the rest of the plant, the researchers tried to track plant responses that occurred in the dark after all experimental lights were turned off. Researcher Stanislaw Karpinski, of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences in Poland, toldBBC News that “the changes proceeded when the light was off… This was a complete surprise.”1
Creation v. Intelligent Design, Science and the Bible

Posted on July 27th, 2010

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Intelligent Design, Science

How Should Schools Handle Evolution? Debate It

The sky is falling.
Or so you might think if you have been reading reports about the Kansas State Board of Education’s proposed policy on teaching evolution. Though many have portrayed the hearings that led to the Kansas policy as a re-run of the Scopes trial, the reality is much different. Rather than prohibiting teachers from teaching about evolution (as Tennessee law did for John Scopes in 1925), Kansas is poised to adopt a policy that would enable students to learn more about the topic. (Related:Just teach it) Specifically, the Kansas policy would require students to learn not only the full scientific case for contemporary evolutionary theory, called “neo-Darwinism,” but also the current criticisms of the theory as they appear in scientific literature. The Kansas policy would not require, or prohibit, discussing the theory of “intelligent design,” which has been so much in the news since President Bush spoke about it earlier this month.
Astronomy, Science and the Bible

Posted on July 25th, 2010

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Astronomy, Science

NASA Says Likelihood of Other Inhabitable Planets Great

Scientists celebrated Sunday after finding more than 700 suspected new planets — including up to 140 similar in size to Earth — in just six weeks of using a powerful new space observatory. Early results from NASA’s Kepler Mission, a small satellite observing deep space, suggested planets like Earth were far more common than previously thought. Past discoveries suggested most planets outside our solar system were gas giants such as Jupiter and Saturn — but the new evidence tipped the balance in favor of solid worlds. Astronomers said the discovery meant the chances of eventually finding truly Earth-like planets capable of sustaining life rose sharply. NASA so far formally announced only five new exoplanets — those outside our solar system — from the mission because its scientists were still analyzing Kepler’s finds to confirm they are actually planets. “The figures suggest our galaxy, the Milky Way [which has more than 100 billion stars] will contain 100 million habitable planets, and soon we will be identifying the first of them,” said Dimitar Sasselov, professor of astronomy at Harvard University and a scientist on the Kepler Mission. “There is a lot more work we need to do with this, but the statistical result is loud and clear, and it is that planets like our own Earth are out there.”
Bible Prophecy Updates, Creation v. Intelligent Design, Rob Robinson, Science and the Bible

Posted on June 11th, 2010

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Bible, Science

Always Learning, Never Coming to the Truth

I just finished an article written on the ‘Uncommon Descent’ web site that details the thought process of world renowned scientist Stephen Hawking. Dr. Hawking believes that the vastness of the universe with the countless Glaxies, Stars and Planets leaving only earth with life upon it is evidence against the existence for God.
The Bible describes the fact that “The Heavens declare the Glory of God, day unto day they utter speech…” The entire point of the creation of the Universe by God was to display His amazing power to those who dwell on earth. At the end of the book of Revelation where a description is given of all those in the universe who give thanks and praise to God, these are seen speaking from Earth, under the Earth, in Heaven and even Hell itself, but no voices are heard from other planets or distant Worlds.
Creation v. Evolution, Science and the Bible

Posted on June 7th, 2010

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Bible, Science

Science v. the Bible: Creation

God created the universe in six days. Science says it took 15 billion years. How to reconcile those numbers? For one theoretical physicist, the answer is simple: math.God created the universe in six days. Science says it took 15 billion years. How to reconcile those numbers? If you’re Gerald Schroeder, the answer is simple: Do the math. The math, however, is not so simple. Schroeder is a physicist and biblical scholar who teaches at the College of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. He’s one of several scientists trying to reconcile the ancient writings of the Bible with science, starting with the big one: Did God create the universe in six days, resting on the seventh? Or was it born in a fiery “big bang” billions of years ago?
Creation v. Evolution, Science and the Bible

Posted on May 31st, 2010

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Intelligent Design, Science

Life On Other Planets Unlikely?

Life on Earth-like planets in other solar systems could be unpredictable to say the least, according to a new study. Many such worlds are likely to have roller-coaster conditions which switch rapidly between habitable and uninhabitable.As their orbits alter shape, surface water could appear and boil away in as little as 1,000 years, research suggests. And some planets could suffer big freeze cycles of global glaciation. The Earth is spared such catastrophic events because it exists in a relatively stable system. The orbits of planets circling the Sun are roughly circular. But if a gas giant such as Jupiter had a highly elliptical orbit, its gravity could pull the Earth in and out of the “habitable zone” around the Sun where conditions are just right to support life.
Discoveries, Science and the Bible

Posted on May 31st, 2010

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Archeology, Science

A Scholar’s Ark of the Covenant

The subject at hand is this British scholar’s contention that the remains of a 700-year-old bowl-shaped relic which he tracked down in a Zimbabwe museum storeroom in 2007 could be a replica of the Ark of the Covenant that carried the Ten Commandments. According to African legend, white lions of God and a two-headed snake guarded the “drum that thunders” in a cave in southwestern Zimbabwe’s sacred Dumbwe mountains. Parfitt’s theory has sparked fierce reactions from some Zimbabwean scholars, who suspect a plot to superimpose foreign origins on what is purely a product of African culture. Having long disappeared from public view since its discovery in the 1940s, the artifact is now on display at the Harare Museum of Human Sciences. It is about 45 inches by 24 inches in diameter and 27 inches tall with a pattern of shallow engraving on the outside that could have held gold threads. Scorch marks on the base inside were possibly left by primitive gun powder.
Creation v. Evolution, Science and the Bible

Posted on May 23rd, 2010

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Evolution, Science

A Hairy Evolution Story

May 20, 2010 — A mammal hair was found in amber. It is claimed to be 100 million years old, but it is identical to modern mammal hair. What is the meaning of this find? How should it be interpreted? It may say more about the modern evolutionist than about evolution itself.
New Scientist told the story. The title read like a crime scene: “CSI 100 million years BC: oldest mammalian hair found.” Romain Vullo at the University of Rennes I in France discovered the hair in a piece of amber (petrified tree sap) in southern France. This is the oldest sample of mammal hair ever found, the article said.
Bible Prophecy Updates, Science, Science and the Bible

Posted on May 22nd, 2010

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Science, Signs

Scientists Create the First Synthetic Cell

Scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute have created a synthetic cell that can survive and reproduce itself according to an artificial DNA sequence, promising designer genomes with which researchers can produce sophisticated artificial organisms. The new bacterial cell, “Mycoplasma mycoides JCVI-syn1.0,” is the result of a 15-year, $30 million effort by genetics pioneer Craig Venter. The study, led by the institute’s Dan Gibson, is reported in the May 21 edition of the journal Science. The team of 25 researchers took Mycoplasma capricolum bacteria and completely rewrote its genetic code of more than 1 million base pairs of DNA. The data was sequenced as chemical DNA fragments and sewn together using yeast and E. coli bacteria.
Constitutional Issues, iPhone/iPad

Posted on May 20th, 2010

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iPad, Science

Apple and Porn

The CEO of Apple Computers has been getting a lot of negative press recently – some people don’t like the way he carefully controls the software and hardware worlds of his computer empire. The most public stir has been created over his refusal to allow apps in the apple store that use or were programmed with Flash. Jobs argues (rightly in my view) that Flash is a buggy, bloated programme which slows down computers. Since Jobs is trying to create portable computers that last for 11 or so hours on battery, he wants to avoid Flash. Personally I am more than happy to never see another Flash video on my computer – I can’t stand the way Adobe make their software bloated to the point where it slows my computer down.
Bible Prophecy Updates, iPhone/iPad

Posted on May 6th, 2010

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Church, iPad, Science

How The iPad Will Change the Church

With the larger screen size one might hope that an iPad app for controlling ProPresenter or MediaShout would have a “pastor” mode which would allow the pastor to have all of his sermon notes on the screen, with a sidebar to enabling skipping to the next slide. It could even work dynamically – say a pastor decides he wants to share a bible verse listed in his notes that he hadn’t prepared in his slides. The app could automatically create slide based on the presentations template and instantly display it on the screen. Imagine an app that contains all your worship charts, you can easily scroll through all your inputted songs, listen to a quick preview, and then drag a few to create next weeks playlist. As you’re going through the music you remember that your lead singer has a lightly lower voice so you quickly adjust the key to your charts, bringing it into a better register. You hit “sync” and it auto updates all your musicians apps which you can use on stage in portrait mode, tapping the screen to get to your next song
Creation v. Evolution, Science and the Bible

Posted on May 5th, 2010

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Science

Zettabytes – By Chance or Design?

Humanity’s total digital output currently stands at 8,000,000 petabytes – which each represent a million gigabytes – but is expected to pass 1.2 zettabytes this year. One zettabyte is equal to one million petabytes, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 individual bytes. . . . “A huge increase in video and digital photography – in the old days people would take one photograph, now they can knock off 20 photos and rather than store just one, people store all 20. Then there is the fact that the number of devices where information can be generated and stored has also increased.” As a result the digital universe is forecast to expand by a factor of 44 over the next decade, according to the survey.
Freedom of Speech and Religion, Signs on the Earth

Posted on April 26th, 2010

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Science, Signs

Technological Advances Threaten Freedom and Privacy

How do you feel about government officials, the police or other inquisitive individuals knowing every private detail of your life? The complete record of your travel destination, your choice of books, newspapers, movies, your pay TV choices, your traffic tickets, your medical tests, and every purchase you make is now electronically recorded and “on file” for anyone who can access your computer data file. The technical capacity of the government to monitor every aspect of your life far outweighs your ability to protect your privacy. Despite the growing public concern with the issue of privacy of our computer records, the governments of the United States and Canada have totally failed to protect their citizens from the massive intrusion into their private lives by both government and private intelligence agencies.
Astronomy, The Book of Revelation

Posted on April 18th, 2010

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Revelation, Science

NASA Mission to Asteroid Could Save Earth

President Barack Obama set a lofty next goal this week for Americans in space: Visiting an asteroid by 2025. But reaching a space rock in a mere 15 years is a daunting mission, and one that might also carry the ultimate safety of the planet on its shoulders.
“It is probably the hardest thing we can do because the asteroid is not coming on a schedule,” NASA chief Charles Bolden told reporters late Thursday after Obama announced his space vision.
And when a specific asteroid is eventually selected, the window to launch a spaceship toward it will be much less forgiving than the windows for NASA space shuttles bound for the International Space Station, Bolden said.
“The space station gives us five minutes,” he explained. “I’m not sure what an asteroid gives us, but then it doesn’t come again for a lifetime.”
Science, Signs In the Heavens

Posted on March 14th, 2010

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Science

The Next World War Could Be From Space

The next world war could take place in cyberspace, the UN telecommunications agency chief warned Tuesday as experts called for action to stamp out cyber attacks.
“The next world war could happen in cyberspace and that would be a catastrophe. We have to make sure that all countries understand that in that war, there is no such thing as a superpower,” Hamadoun Toure said.
“Loss of vital networks would quickly cripple any nation, and none is immune to cyberattack,” added the secretary-general of the International Telecommunications Union during the ITU’s Telecom World 2009 fair in Geneva. (Breitbart)
Toure said countries have become “critically dependent” on technology for commerce, finance, health care,emergency services and food distribution.
“The best way to win a war is to avoid it in the first place,” he stressed.
Archeology, Bible Prophecy Updates

Posted on January 8th, 2010

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Archeology, Science

Ancient Tablet Tells New Story of Noah’s Ark

THAT they led the enormous floating wildlife collection aboard two by two is well known. Less familiar, however, is the possibility that the animals Noah shepherded on to his ark then went round and round inside.
According to newly translated instructions inscribed in ancient Babylonian on a clay tablet telling the story of the ark, the vessel that saved one virtuous man, his family and the animals from God’s watery wrath was not the pointy-prowed craft of popular imagination but rather a giant circular reed raft.
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