How to take a dino’s temp, multicellularity missing the mark, solar surprises, flapping up the wrong (evolutionary) tree, speciation’s secrets
Warm-blooded, cold-blooded, or none-of-the-above?
Selecting for snowflakes or evolution of multicellularity?
Genesis captures solar wind and blows a hole in the nebular hypothesis.
Why fly when you can flap-run up the evolutionary tree?
Speciation’s secrets are multiple-choice.
And Don’t Miss . . .
- “Unlike asteroids, which appear point-like in images, the telltale sign that gave [the newly discovered comet] away was its fuzzy appearance.” Comet C/2011 L4 “may be coming around the sun for the first and only time, only to be ejected from the solar system, never to return,” astronomer Wainscoat said. “The current path of the comet is typical of those thought to be originating from the Oort cloud.” Yet the Oort cloud has never been observed. The Oort cloud’s existence was hypothesized as a birthplace for long-period comets. If our solar system were really as old as big bang cosmology asserts, our comets would have fizzled long ago.1
- Russian astronomer Andrei Finkelstein is confident that “Life exists on other planets and we will find it within 20 years.” Why is he so certain? Because “[t]he genesis of life is as inevitable as the formation of atoms. . . . 10% of the known planets circling suns in the galaxy resemble Earth,” he says. “If water can be found there, then so can life.” His evolutionary presuppositions convince him that, with the right raw materials and enough time, evolution is inevitable. He believes the aliens we encounter will look pretty much like us. While the Bible does not specifically deny the existence of alien life forms, we need to remember that evolutionary presuppositions drive the urgent search for intelligent space neighbors. Furthermore, since the entire creation was corrupted by Adam’s sin (according to Romans 8:21–22) and since Christ died to save Adam’s descendents (according to 1 Corinthians 15:22), humanoid aliens would not be eligible for salvation in Christ. See Don’t Alienate the Aliens.
- The Supreme Court, striking down a law restricting sales of violent video games to minors, rendered the following interesting pronouncement: “Our cases hold that minors are entitled to a significant degree of First Amendment protection. Government has no free-floating power to restrict the ideas to which they may be exposed.” We only mention this judicial ruling to point out the curious contrast with those who urge lawmakers to protect students from being exposed to the notion that there could be scientifically plausible alternatives to evolutionary dogma.
- An extinct species of mayfly has been found preserved in amber. Unlike this specimen, modern mayflies do not have ovipositors (an egg-laying mechanism). “This species is now extinct. It probably had to lay its eggs on a certain type of substrate or habitat that disappeared, and the species disappeared with it,” suggests entomologist George Poinar, Jr. Like most fossils encased in amber, this specimen is assigned a particularly ancient date—97–110 million years ago. Read more about the dubious dating of amber fossils at www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&ID=2824.
- A bone carving of a mammoth or mastodon, the first American “prehistoric art” found depicting a trunk, is pictured in the latest Journal of Archaeological Science. “There was considerable skepticism expressed about the authenticity of the incising on the bone until it was examined exhaustively.” And “it was heavily mineralized, which prevented standard dating.” Archaeologists assume the Florida find is at least 13,000 years old because they believe mammoths became extinct in the Americas by then. Learn more about post-Flood preservation of mammoth fossils at www.AnswersInGenesis.org/tj/v14/i3/mammoth.asp.
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Jinsi ya kuchukua temp dino ya, multicellularity kukosa alama, mshangao wa jua, flapping juu ya makosa (evolutionary) mti, siri speciation ya Warm-damu, baridi-damu, au hakuna-ya-juu? Uchaguzi kwa ajili ya vimeng'enya vya theluji au mageuzi ya multicellularity? Mwanzo huchukua upepo wa jua na kuvunja nadharia ya nebula. Kwa nini kuruka wakati unaweza flap-kukimbia juu ya mti wa mageuzi? Siri za spishi ni za chaguo nyingi. Na usikose. . . "Kulingana na asteroids, ambayo inaonekana kama pointi katika picha, ishara ya telltale ambayo ilitoa [kometi mpya iligunduliwa] mbali ilikuwa muonekano wake usio wazi. ""Kometi C4 L4 inaweza kuwa inakuja kuzunguka jua kwa mara ya kwanza na pekee, tu kutupwa nje ya mfumo wa jua, kamwe kurudi, ""mtaalamu wa nyota Wainscoat alisema." <unk> Njia ya sasa ya kometi ni ya kawaida ya wale wanaodhaniwa kuwa wanatoka kwenye wingu la Oort.<unk> Hata hivyo wingu la Oort halijawahi kuonekana. Uwepo wa wingu la Oort ulidhaniwa kuwa mahali pa kuzaliwa kwa kometi za kipindi kirefu. "Ikiwa mfumo wetu wa jua ulikuwa na umri kama unavyodaiwa na nadharia ya ""Big Bang,"" kometi zetu zingekuwa zimetoweka tangu zamani."" - Andrei Finkelstein, mtaalamu wa nyota wa Urusi, anaamini kwamba ""maisha yapo kwenye sayari nyingine na tutaipata ndani ya miaka 20.""" Kwa sababu <unk> [t] genesis ya maisha ni kama kutoepukika kama malezi ya atomu. . . . "Kama asilimia 10 ya sayari zinazozunguka jua katika galaksi zinafanana na dunia,"" alisema." "Ikiwa maji yanaweza kupatikana huko, basi uhai unaweza pia". Dhana zake za mageuzi zinamshikilia kwamba, kwa vifaa sahihi na wakati wa kutosha, mageuzi ni ya lazima. Anaamini kwamba wageni tutakaokutana nao watakuwa kama sisi. Ingawa Biblia haikataa kabisa kuwepo kwa viumbe wa kibinadamu, ni lazima tukumbuke kwamba nadharia za mageuzi huchochea utafutaji wa haraka wa majirani wenye akili katika anga. Kwa kuongezea, kwa kuwa uumbaji wote uliharibiwa na dhambi ya Adamu (kwa mujibu wa Warumi 8:21-22) na kwa kuwa Kristo alikufa kuokoa wazao wa Adamu (kwa mujibu wa 1 Wakorintho 15:22), wageni wa kibinadamu hawangeweza kustahili wokovu katika Kristo. Angalia Don't Alienate the Aliens. Mahakama ya Juu, ikikataza sheria inayopunguza mauzo ya michezo ya video yenye jeuri kwa watoto wadogo, ilitoa taarifa ifuatayo ya kuvutia: <unk>Kesi zetu zinasema kwamba watoto wadogo wana haki ya kiwango kikubwa cha ulinzi wa Marekebisho ya Kwanza. Serikali haina mamlaka ya kuwalazimisha wanafunzi kuamini mawazo ambayo huenda wakawa nayo. <unk> Tunataja tu uamuzi huu wa mahakama ili kuonyesha tofauti ya kushangaza na wale wanaowahimiza wabunge kuwalinda wanafunzi wasipate wazo kwamba kuna mbadala wa kisayansi wa imani ya mageuzi. - Spishi iliyopotea ya nzi wa Mei imepatikana ikiwa imehifadhiwa katika amber. Tofauti na ndege huyo, nzi wa leo hawana ovipositors (mfumo wa kuweka mayai). <unk> Aina hii sasa imepotea. "Huenda ikawa lazima kuweka mayai yake kwenye aina fulani ya substrate au makazi ambayo ilitoweka, na spishi hiyo ilitoweka pamoja nayo, ""anasema mtaalamu wa wadudu George Poyner, Jr. Kama fossils nyingi zilizofungwa katika amber, sampuli hii imewekwa tarehe ya kale sana - miaka milioni 97-110 iliyopita." Kwa maelezo zaidi kuhusu majaribio ya kuchunguza amber, angalia www.img.org.uk na uone jinsi inavyoweza kuonekana. Mchoro wa mifupa ya mammoth au mastodon, "sanaa ya kwanza ya kihistoria" ya Marekani iliyopatikana ikionyesha shina, imeonyeshwa katika jarida la hivi karibuni la Sayansi ya Makumbusho. "Kulikuwa na shaka kubwa kuhusu uhalisi wa kuchonga kwenye mfupa huo hadi ulipochunguzwa kwa kina, na ilikuwa na madini mengi, ambayo ilizuia tarehe ya kawaida, ""Wataalamu wa akiolojia wanadhani ugunduzi wa Florida una umri wa miaka 13,000 kwa sababu wanaamini mamoths walikuwa wamepotea katika Amerika wakati huo." Kwa maelezo zaidi kuhusu jinsi ya kuhifadhi mabaki ya mamut baada ya Gharika, tazama www.jw.org.jpg au www.jw.org.jpg. Kumbuka, ikiwa utaona habari ambayo huenda ikafaa uangalifu, tujulishe! "Kumbuka: ikiwa hadithi hiyo ilitoka kwa Associated Press, FOX News, MSNBC, New York Times, au vyombo vingine vikubwa vya habari vya kitaifa, inawezekana tayari tumesikia juu yake. """ Na shukrani kwa wasomaji wetu wote ambao wametupa vidokezo bora vya habari. Kama wewe si kukamata wote wa karibuni News kujua, kwa nini si kuchukua kuangalia kuona nini umepoteza?