A objection to the law of non-contradiction comes from science. Niels Bohr's principle of complementarity is used to show the subatomic reality is contradictory. For according to this principle there are contradictory ways to describe the same reality , such as, light is both particles and waves. However, this is a misunderstanding of the principle of complementarity. As Werner Heisenberg noted, these are "two complementary description of the same reality .................... these descriptions can only be partially true: there must be limitations which can be expressed by uncertainly relations, the contradictions disappear."
The objection that Heisenberg's principle of uncertainty or unpredictability is contrary to the principle of causality is unfounded. At best, it does not show that events have no cause, but only that they are unpredictable as presently perceived with available technology.
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Friday, November 11, 2016
The alleged dinosarian ancestry of birds
The idea of dinosaurs evolving into birds has been around since 1968 when it was first proposed by Thomas Huxley. Since Huxley, the hypothesis has been going through major changes.
Even after all these years of new evidence, the interpretation is still not proven.
The presence of two new fossil species, Protarchaeopteryx and Caudipteryx, has shed little light on the topic. Depending on the bias of the interpreter, these two are either flightless birds or feathered theropod dinosaurs. The presence of short, fibrous structures on a Sinosauropteryx fossil is often interpreted as "protofeathers" despite the fact that the existence and structure of these ancestral feathers are completely hypothetical.
In another problematic find, the fossil Protoavis is considered to be more similar to modern birds than Archaeopteryx but is 75 million years older. This causes significant problems for the theropod theory because the common ancestor would need to be much older than the earlier known dinosaur Eoraptor. The plastic nature of the evolutionary theory makes it certain that something else will be put in the role of bird ancestor if the dinosaurs don't fit.
The development of the bird lung is another major issue because no suitable ancestor exists from which the lungs could have developed. Another major question is whether birds evolved from the ground or down from the trees. Many hypotheses have been suggested, but there seems to be no solid evidence for one side or the other. The evolution of birds is an area where scientists have little to agree on. The special creation of birds and their subsequent variation explain the evident much better.
Even after all these years of new evidence, the interpretation is still not proven.
The presence of two new fossil species, Protarchaeopteryx and Caudipteryx, has shed little light on the topic. Depending on the bias of the interpreter, these two are either flightless birds or feathered theropod dinosaurs. The presence of short, fibrous structures on a Sinosauropteryx fossil is often interpreted as "protofeathers" despite the fact that the existence and structure of these ancestral feathers are completely hypothetical.
In another problematic find, the fossil Protoavis is considered to be more similar to modern birds than Archaeopteryx but is 75 million years older. This causes significant problems for the theropod theory because the common ancestor would need to be much older than the earlier known dinosaur Eoraptor. The plastic nature of the evolutionary theory makes it certain that something else will be put in the role of bird ancestor if the dinosaurs don't fit.
The development of the bird lung is another major issue because no suitable ancestor exists from which the lungs could have developed. Another major question is whether birds evolved from the ground or down from the trees. Many hypotheses have been suggested, but there seems to be no solid evidence for one side or the other. The evolution of birds is an area where scientists have little to agree on. The special creation of birds and their subsequent variation explain the evident much better.
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
The place of victory
And for this cause.—Or, And because of this. This verse looks back to the great truth of Hebrews 9:11-12, which the last two verses have served to confirm and place in bolder relief. “Christ through His own blood entered once for all into the Holy Place, having won eternal redemption; and by reason of this He is the Mediator of a covenant, a new covenant, in order that they who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.” For “the new testament” we must certainly read a new covenant: whatever may be thought of the following group of verses, the rendering testament has no place here. The leading thought of Hebrews 8 is the establishment of a new covenant, and the former covenant has been referred to three times in this very chapter (Hebrews 9:1; Hebrews 9:4).
Hebrews 9:15
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
Hebrews 9:15
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
Saturday, November 5, 2016
The principle of the excluded middle, part two
The philosophical objection charges that this argument begs the question, using the law of non-contradiction to prove the law of non-contradiction. It says in effect that it is contradictory to deny the principle of non-contradiction. But the law of non-contradiction is not used as the basis of the argument.
The direct basis for the law of non-contradiction is its self-evident nature, whereby the predicate is reducible to the subject.
The direct basis for the law of non-contradiction is its self-evident nature, whereby the predicate is reducible to the subject.
Archaeoraptor: featured dinosaur from National Geographic doesn't fly
A fossil discovered in 1999 was one of many claimed by a number by a number of scientists and promoted by the media, especially National Geographic, to be a feathered dinosaur. The fossil was from a region in China that has been producing many new fossil from and changing many ideas surrounding the evolutionary history of secular scientists. The fossils was named Archaeoraptor and included a bird's upper body structure with fossilized feather imprints but the tail of a theropod dinosaur. The fossil was promoted as proof positive that birds had evolved from dinosaurs. The National Geographic article that accompanied the release of the fossil had a model of T. Rex covered in feathers. This promoted the curator of birds at the Smithsonian Institute to proclaim:
With the publication of "Feathers for T. Rex?" by Christopher P. Sloan in its November issue. National Geographic has reached an all-time low for engaging in sensationalistic, unsubstantiated tabloid journalism.
Upon further examination by various experts, it was determined that the fossil was actually a fraud. The apparent difference in the body and trail were actually different- from two different organisms. Despite the fact that this and other "feathered dinosaurs" have been shown to be fakes or misinterpretations, the media and many scientists are still claiming feathers should be shown on fossils that show no evidence of feathers.
With the publication of "Feathers for T. Rex?" by Christopher P. Sloan in its November issue. National Geographic has reached an all-time low for engaging in sensationalistic, unsubstantiated tabloid journalism.
Upon further examination by various experts, it was determined that the fossil was actually a fraud. The apparent difference in the body and trail were actually different- from two different organisms. Despite the fact that this and other "feathered dinosaurs" have been shown to be fakes or misinterpretations, the media and many scientists are still claiming feathers should be shown on fossils that show no evidence of feathers.
Christ the King
All good things past, present, and to come, were and are founded upon
the priestly office of Christ, and come to us from thence. Our High
Priest entered into heaven once for all, and has obtained eternal
redemption. The Holy Ghost further signified and showed that the Old
Testament sacrifices only freed the outward man from ceremonial
uncleanness, and fitted him for some outward privileges. What gave such
power to the blood of Christ? It was Christ's offering himself without
any sinful stain in his nature or life. This cleanses the most guilty
conscience from dead, or deadly, works to serve the living God; from
sinful works, such as pollute the soul, as dead bodies did the persons
of the Jews who touched them; while the grace that seals pardon,
new-creates the polluted soul. Nothing more destroys the faith of the
gospel, than by any means to weaken the direct power of the blood of
Christ. The depth of the mystery of the sacrifice of Christ, we cannot
dive into, the height we cannot comprehend. We cannot search out the
greatness of it, or the wisdom, the love, the grace that is in it. But
in considering the sacrifice of Christ, faith finds life, food, and
refreshment.
Hebrews 9:11-14
11 But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation. 12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption. 13 The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. 14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death,so that we may serve the living God!
Saturday, October 22, 2016
The principle of the excluded middle, part one
Since being and nonbeing are opposites (i.e., contradictory) and opposites cannot be the same, nothing can hide in the "cracks" between being and non-being. The only choices are being and nonbeing.
Any attempt to deny that all meaningful statements must be noncontradictory, by its very nature very nature a meaningful statement, must be noncontradiction. Likewise, any attempt to deny the law of noncontradictory statement about reality- which is self-defeating. So, like other first principles, the law of noncontradiction is undeniable.
Any attempt to deny that all meaningful statements must be noncontradictory, by its very nature very nature a meaningful statement, must be noncontradiction. Likewise, any attempt to deny the law of noncontradictory statement about reality- which is self-defeating. So, like other first principles, the law of noncontradiction is undeniable.
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