Speciation: the process of change in a population that produces distinct populations which rarely naturally interbreed due to geographic isolation or other factors.
Speciation is observable and fits into the category of operation science. Speciation has never been observed to turn one kind of animal into another. Lions (Panthera leo) and tigers (Panthera tigris) are both members of the cat kind, but they are considered different species primarily due to their geographic isolation. However, it is possible to mate the two. Ligers (male lion and female tiger) and tigons (male tigers and female lions) are produced (with varying degrees of fertility). These two species came from the original cat kind that would have been present on Noah's Ark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyTXYK29qJM
Friday, January 6, 2017
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Hope in life
And they — Who are under this covenant; shall not teach — That is, shall not any more have need to teach; every man his neighbor, &c., saying, Know the Lord —
Though in other respects they will have need to teach each other to
their lives’ end; yet they shall not need to teach each other the
knowledge of the Lord; for this they shall possess; yea, all real Christians, who believe in Jesus as the true Messiah, with a living faith, a faith working by love, shall know me — Even as a pardoning God, (Hebrews 8:12,) and therefore savingly; from the least to the greatest — From the babe in Christ, the little children spoken of by St. John, whose sins are forgiven them; unto such as are of full age; strong in the Lord, and deeply experienced in his ways. See 1 John 2:12-14. Or, by the least may be meant the poor and despised, and by the greatest, persons
of wealth, authority, and power. In this order, the saving knowledge of
God ever did, and ever will proceed; not from the greatest to the least, but
from the least to the greatest; from the poor to the rich; from the low
to the high; that no flesh may glory in his presence. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness —
I will pardon and accept them through my Son, in consequence of their
repentance and faith in him; or, I will justify them, and give them
peace with myself, and thus will make them wise unto salvation, truly
holy and happy. Observe, reader, justification and peace with God is the
root of all true knowledge of God and conformity to him. This,
therefore, is God’s method; First, a sinner, being brought to true
repentance toward God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, is pardoned;
then he knows God as gracious and merciful; then God’s laws are written
on his heart; he is God’s, and God is his. And their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more — Namely, so as to punish them. In the Hebrew of Jeremiah, this passage runs thus; I will forgive their iniquity, and will remember their sin no more. Probably
the apostle translated the prophet’s words freely, to show, that, under
the new covenant, every kind of sin is freely forgiven to the truly
penitent and believing, which was not the case under the former
covenant.
11 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
Hebrews 8:11-12
11 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.”
Friday, December 9, 2016
The positive principle of modality
Absolutely nothing cause something (5). Neither can one contingent kind (mode) of being cause another contingent being (6). So, if anything comes to be, it must be caused a Necessary Being.
Therefore, this Necessary Being must be a personal, rational, and moral kind of being, since I am similar to him by the Principle of Analogy (12).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jguXSBk-tAI
Therefore, this Necessary Being must be a personal, rational, and moral kind of being, since I am similar to him by the Principle of Analogy (12).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jguXSBk-tAI
Thursday, December 8, 2016
The truth about natural selection
Natural Selection: the process by how individuals possessing a set of traits that confer a survival advantage in a given environment tend to leave more offspring on average that survive to reproduce in the next generation.
Natural selection is an observable process that falls into the category of operational science. We have observed mosquitoes, birds, and many microorganisms undergoing change in relatively short periods of time. New varieties have been observed to arise. Biblical creationists agree with evolutionists on most of the ideas associated with natural selection, except the idea that natural selection leads to molecules-to-man evolution.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWn48CAWt2k
Natural selection is an observable process that falls into the category of operational science. We have observed mosquitoes, birds, and many microorganisms undergoing change in relatively short periods of time. New varieties have been observed to arise. Biblical creationists agree with evolutionists on most of the ideas associated with natural selection, except the idea that natural selection leads to molecules-to-man evolution.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWn48CAWt2k
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
The perfect love
The apostle having shown that the tabernacle, and ordinances of the covenant of Sinai, were only emblems and types of the gospel, concludes that the sacrifices the high priests offered continually, could not make the worshipers perfect, with respect to pardon, and the purifying of their consciences. But when God manifested in the flesh, became the sacrifice, and his death upon the accursed tree the ransom, then the Sufferer being of infinite worth, his free-will sufferings were of infinite value. The atoning sacrifice must be one capable of consenting, and must of his own will place himself in the sinner's stead: Christ did so. The fountain of all that Christ has done for his people, is the sovereign will and grace of God. The righteousness brought in, and the sacrifice once offered by Christ, are of eternal power, and his salvation shall never be done away. They are of power to make all the comers thereunto perfect; they derive from the atoning blood, strength and motives for obedience, and inward comfort.
Hebrews 10:8-10
8 First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”—though they were offered in accordance with the law. 9 Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvGUvu6yNcw
Hebrews 10:8-10
8 First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”—though they were offered in accordance with the law. 9 Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvGUvu6yNcw
Saturday, December 3, 2016
The principle of contingency (or dependency)
If something cannot be caused by nothing (5), neither can anything be caused by what could be nothing, namely, a contingent being. For what could be nothing does not account for its own existence. And what cannot for even its own existence cannot account for the existence of another.
Since it is contingent or dependent for its own being, it cannot be that on which something else depends for its being. Hence, one contingent being cannot cause another contingent being.
This shows the existence of God. It is shows God is personal, rational and moral kind of being (since he engage in these kinds of activities.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KMd_eS2J7o
Since it is contingent or dependent for its own being, it cannot be that on which something else depends for its being. Hence, one contingent being cannot cause another contingent being.
This shows the existence of God. It is shows God is personal, rational and moral kind of being (since he engage in these kinds of activities.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KMd_eS2J7o
Mutations and science
Textbooks present evolution in two different ways-small, observable changes (natural selection, speciation, adaptation) and large, unobservable changes (molecules-to-man evolution). They show evidence for the former and then conclude that this proves that the latter took place as well.
As our understanding of genetics has improved, it has become clear that mutations + time + chance do not equal evolution. All observed mutations demonstrate a loss of genetic information from the genetic code or they are neutral. Evolution claims that the process has no direction or goal. If you look at the complexity of the "first" organism, it must be accepted that a massive amount of information has been produced to explain the variety of life we see today. Mutations cannot generate new genetic information; so they cannot be used to explain how evolution has produced from a cell with less information than is present in modern cells.
Despite the claims of evolution, the appearance of new species, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, pesticide resistance and sickle-cell anemia are not evidence in favor of evolution. They do, however, demonstrate the principle of natural selection acting or existing traits-a concept that creationists and evolution agree on. The creationist model of how life spread across the globe after the Flood of Genesis uses many of the same principles of natural selection and adaptive radiation that are used in the evolution model. One of the main difference is that the biblical creation model recognizes that one kind can't change into another and that change are a result of variation within kinds- not descent from a single common ancestor. As a result of the Curse, genetic mutations, showing a loss of information, have been accumulating, but these do not cause new kinds to emerge. Accepting the idea of a single common ancestor denies the authority of the Bible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IfV5iRQbIU
As our understanding of genetics has improved, it has become clear that mutations + time + chance do not equal evolution. All observed mutations demonstrate a loss of genetic information from the genetic code or they are neutral. Evolution claims that the process has no direction or goal. If you look at the complexity of the "first" organism, it must be accepted that a massive amount of information has been produced to explain the variety of life we see today. Mutations cannot generate new genetic information; so they cannot be used to explain how evolution has produced from a cell with less information than is present in modern cells.
Despite the claims of evolution, the appearance of new species, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, pesticide resistance and sickle-cell anemia are not evidence in favor of evolution. They do, however, demonstrate the principle of natural selection acting or existing traits-a concept that creationists and evolution agree on. The creationist model of how life spread across the globe after the Flood of Genesis uses many of the same principles of natural selection and adaptive radiation that are used in the evolution model. One of the main difference is that the biblical creation model recognizes that one kind can't change into another and that change are a result of variation within kinds- not descent from a single common ancestor. As a result of the Curse, genetic mutations, showing a loss of information, have been accumulating, but these do not cause new kinds to emerge. Accepting the idea of a single common ancestor denies the authority of the Bible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IfV5iRQbIU
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