Evolutionists predicts the presence of billions of transitional life forms that have existed in earth's history. Despite the presence of 250,000 fossil species, clear transitional forms, which would bolster evolutionary theory, are virtually absent. The situation of transitional forms is glaringly obvious in the case of whales and other marine mammals. The gap in transitional forms was supposedly filled by a partial fossil specimen named Pakicetus inachus. Even though the fossil was only a fraction of the skull and a few teeth, the media and scientists portrayed it as a whale-like transitional form. The fact that it was found in a deposit that was likely from a river area puts the interpretation of Pakicetus in doubt. (Most complete specimens have been found that show Pakicetus as a dog-like land animal.)
Fossils of Ambulocetus nattans were later discovered and this creature was considered to be a walking whale. Despite the lack of pelvic girdle (a partial pelvis was found in later specimens), Ambulocetus is described as having walked on land much as sea lions do and swimming with a combined motion much as otters and seals do. Why a whale would hooves on its rear feet and living near the seashore are questions that are not answered by the fossils.
The deposit containing Ambulocetus were found 400 feet higher than where Pakicetus was found, but both are supposedly 52 million years old. Pakicetus is called the oldest whale (cetacean) but Ambulocetus is supposed to display transitional features as land animals turned into whales. Based on teeth alone, several other wolf-like carnivores (mesonychids) are thought to be ancestors as well. The exact arrangement of these groups is disputed and some consider the mesonychids to be a branch separate from whales.
This interpretation of scant fossils evidence is very imaginative and totally necessary to support the notion that whales evolved from land animals. Such imaginative claims of evolutionary history have been claimed in the past only to be false. Further evidence will certainly change the current thinking in drastic ways.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCiVk5hTAnc
Saturday, June 23, 2018
Thomas Aquinas, The Argument From Possibility And Necessity
The Argument From Possibility and Necessity
1) There are beings that begin to exist and cease to exist (i.e., possible beings).
2) But not all beings can be possible beings, because what comes to exist does so only through what comes to exists does so only through what already exists. Nothing cannot cause something.
3) Therefore, there must be a Being whose existence is necessary (i.e., one that never came into being and will never cease to be).
4) There cannot be an infinite regress of Necessary Beings, each of which has its necessity dependent on another because:
a) An infinite regress of dependent causes is impossible because of the reasoning in the argument for efficient causality.
b) A Necessary Being cannot be a dependent being.
5) Therefore, there must be a first Being that is necessary in itself and not dependent on another for its existence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nkx8GnHaIc
1) There are beings that begin to exist and cease to exist (i.e., possible beings).
2) But not all beings can be possible beings, because what comes to exist does so only through what comes to exists does so only through what already exists. Nothing cannot cause something.
3) Therefore, there must be a Being whose existence is necessary (i.e., one that never came into being and will never cease to be).
4) There cannot be an infinite regress of Necessary Beings, each of which has its necessity dependent on another because:
a) An infinite regress of dependent causes is impossible because of the reasoning in the argument for efficient causality.
b) A Necessary Being cannot be a dependent being.
5) Therefore, there must be a first Being that is necessary in itself and not dependent on another for its existence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nkx8GnHaIc
Friday, June 22, 2018
The worthy life
The world considers that the righteous are not worthy to live in the world, and God declares the world is not worthy of them. Though the righteous and the worldlings widely differ in their judgment, they agree in this, it is not fit that good men should have their rest in this world. Therefore God receives them out of it. The apostle tells the Hebrews, that God had provided some better things for them, therefore they might be sure that he expected as good things from them. As our advantages, with the better things God has provided for us, are so much beyond theirs, so should our obedience of faith, patience of hope, and labour of love, be greater. And unless we get true faith as these believers had, they will rise up to condemn us at the last day. Let us then pray continually for the increase of our faith, that we may follow these bright examples, and be, with them, at length made perfect in holiness and happiness, and shine like the sun in the kingdom of our Father for evermore.
Hebrews 11:39-40
39 These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, 40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.
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