http://missiodei.asia Personal Growth and Praise Ministry Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:27:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://missiodei.asia/my-biology-teacher-questions-christianity-constantly-and-i-dont-know-how-to-respond.html#comment-8069 Sheltie Lover Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:27:12 +0000 http://missiodei.asia/my-biology-teacher-questions-christianity-constantly-and-i-dont-know-how-to-respond.html#comment-8069 . It doesn't hurt to study and understand the theory of evolution. You may find a way to put the information to your own use some day. As a Christian, my daughter was quite distressed to have a teacher and curriculum that went against her beliefs. She hated taking tests. As a straight A student, she didn't want to compromise her grades by not answering the questions as they had been taught. Finally, I suggested to her that she preface each answer with "The Book Says" . Her teacher never docker her grades for doing that, and it solved her conscientious objections. . .
It doesn’t hurt to study and understand the theory of evolution. You may find a way to put the information to your own use some day.
As a Christian, my daughter was quite distressed to have a teacher and curriculum that went against her beliefs.
She hated taking tests. As a straight A student, she didn’t want to compromise her grades by not answering the questions as they had been taught. Finally, I suggested to her that she preface each answer with “The Book Says” .
Her teacher never docker her grades for doing that, and it solved her conscientious objections.
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]]> http://missiodei.asia/my-biology-teacher-questions-christianity-constantly-and-i-dont-know-how-to-respond.html#comment-8068 Ray Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:17:58 +0000 http://missiodei.asia/my-biology-teacher-questions-christianity-constantly-and-i-dont-know-how-to-respond.html#comment-8068 Matt, I assure you that evolution is wrong. It is true that many school districts teach evolution as a requirement and they wrongly believe that evolution is science. Unfortunately, your instructor has an audience that they “spoon feed” whatever information that they desire. Evolutionists when they are challenged with the facts run. Matt, the information that I will provide you can be looked up and referenced. According to evolutionary scientists, radiocarbon dating (also known as carbon-14 dating) is totally ineffective in measuring time when dealing with millions of years. In his 2000 book, Genes, People, and Languages, renowned Stanford University geneticist Luigi Cavalli-Sforza, in a discussion on the theory of human evolution, commented on radiocarbon dating, stating: “The most crucial dates in modern human evolution are unfortunately beyond the range of the radiocarbon method, which has a limit of about 40,000 years” (p. 61, emp. added). Staunch evolutionist Richard Dawkins also dealt with the limitations of radiocarbon dating a few years ago in his highly touted book, The Blind Watchmaker. He was even more critical of this dating method than was Cavalli-Sforza, saying: “Different kinds of radioactive decay-based geological stopwatches run at different rates. The radiocarbon stopwatch buzzes round at a great rate, so fast that, after some thousands of years, its spring is almost wound down and the watch is no longer reliable. It is useful for dating organic material on the archaeological/historical timescale where we are dealing in hundreds or a few thousands of years, but it is no good for the evolutionary timescale where we are dealing in millions of years” (1986, p. 226 emp. added). Both evolutionists and creationists stand in agreement that radiocarbon dating, which can be used only to date organic samples, is totally ineffective in measuring the alleged millions or billions of years of the evolutionary timetable. [In truth, Matt, even when dating things that are relatively young, carbon-14 dating is imperfect and based upon certain unprovable assumptions (see Major, 1993).] If radiocarbon dating can measure only items that are thousands of years old, why should evolutionists even consider using this dating method on anything that they already believe to be millions of years old? (Matt, you must ask your teacher this question!) Creationists would like to see evolutionists apply this method to items believed to be millions of years old, because it might help convince evolutionists that coal, diamonds, fossils, etc., are not millions of years old, but only thousands of years old. In June of 1990, Hugh Miller submitted two dinosaur bone fragments to the Department of Geosciences at the University in Tucson, Arizona, for carbon-14 analysis. One fragment was from an unidentified dinosaur. The other was from an Allosaurus excavated by James Hall near Grand Junction, Colorado in 1989. Miller submitted the samples without disclosing the identity of the bones. (Had the scientists known the samples actually were from dinosaurs, they would not have bothered dating them, since it is assumed dinosaurs lived millions of years ago—outside the limits of radiocarbon dating.) Interestingly, the C-14 analysis indicated that the bones were from 10,000-16,000 years old—a far cry from their alleged 60-million-year-old age (see Dahmer, et al., 1990, pp. 371-374). This is part one of my response. See part two also. In Christ’s name, RayS Matt,
I assure you that evolution is wrong. It is true that many school districts teach evolution as a requirement and they wrongly believe that evolution is science. Unfortunately, your instructor has an audience that they “spoon feed” whatever information that they desire. Evolutionists when they are challenged with the facts run. Matt, the information that I will provide you can be looked up and referenced.
According to evolutionary scientists, radiocarbon dating (also known as carbon-14 dating) is totally ineffective in measuring time when dealing with millions of years. In his 2000 book, Genes, People, and Languages, renowned Stanford University geneticist Luigi Cavalli-Sforza, in a discussion on the theory of human evolution, commented on radiocarbon dating, stating: “The most crucial dates in modern human evolution are unfortunately beyond the range of the radiocarbon method, which has a limit of about 40,000 years” (p. 61, emp. added). Staunch evolutionist Richard Dawkins also dealt with the limitations of radiocarbon dating a few years ago in his highly touted book, The Blind Watchmaker. He was even more critical of this dating method than was Cavalli-Sforza, saying: “Different kinds of radioactive decay-based geological stopwatches run at different rates. The radiocarbon stopwatch buzzes round at a great rate, so fast that, after some thousands of years, its spring is almost wound down and the watch is no longer reliable. It is useful for dating organic material on the archaeological/historical timescale where we are dealing in hundreds or a few thousands of years, but it is no good for the evolutionary timescale where we are dealing in millions of years” (1986, p. 226 emp. added).
Both evolutionists and creationists stand in agreement that radiocarbon dating, which can be used only to date organic samples, is totally ineffective in measuring the alleged millions or billions of years of the evolutionary timetable. [In truth, Matt, even when dating things that are relatively young, carbon-14 dating is imperfect and based upon certain unprovable assumptions (see Major, 1993).] If radiocarbon dating can measure only items that are thousands of years old, why should evolutionists even consider using this dating method on anything that they already believe to be millions of years old? (Matt, you must ask your teacher this question!) Creationists would like to see evolutionists apply this method to items believed to be millions of years old, because it might help convince evolutionists that coal, diamonds, fossils, etc., are not millions of years old, but only thousands of years old.
In June of 1990, Hugh Miller submitted two dinosaur bone fragments to the Department of Geosciences at the University in Tucson, Arizona, for carbon-14 analysis. One fragment was from an unidentified dinosaur. The other was from an Allosaurus excavated by James Hall near Grand Junction, Colorado in 1989. Miller submitted the samples without disclosing the identity of the bones. (Had the scientists known the samples actually were from dinosaurs, they would not have bothered dating them, since it is assumed dinosaurs lived millions of years ago—outside the limits of radiocarbon dating.) Interestingly, the C-14 analysis indicated that the bones were from 10,000-16,000 years old—a far cry from their alleged 60-million-year-old age (see Dahmer, et al., 1990, pp. 371-374).
This is part one of my response. See part two also.
In Christ’s name,
RayS

]]> http://missiodei.asia/my-biology-teacher-questions-christianity-constantly-and-i-dont-know-how-to-respond.html#comment-8067 grnlow Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:02:04 +0000 http://missiodei.asia/my-biology-teacher-questions-christianity-constantly-and-i-dont-know-how-to-respond.html#comment-8067 Animals were perfect only as they were up until the Flood. None had any fear of humans. (Gen. 9:2) Even then, none had human perfection nor eternal life. You might point out that Moses wrote Genesis. A man out in the desert, in a tent. He accurately described the order of the creation of life on earth. From plants to sea life, crawling land creatures and other animals until at last--humans. This order of life is also agreed to by science. Science learned of this by digging in the dirt through the various levels during the last 500 years. So how did Moses know and accurately report it? At the beginning of chapter 5 in Origin of the Species, Darwin states all of his theory may not be true. You no doubt will have access to the book to get it accurate. Will your teacher quote that as well? As for the Catholic Church, frankly, when have they ever observed Bible standards? The Bible shows our Leader is Jesus Christ, not the Pope. The Bible itself is to be the source for our instructions, not the Pope who usurps both the Bible and Jesus place in the order of God's arrangement. So accepting evolution should come as no real surprise. Animals were perfect only as they were up until the Flood. None had any fear of humans. (Gen. 9:2) Even then, none had human perfection nor eternal life.
You might point out that Moses wrote Genesis. A man out in the desert, in a tent. He accurately described the order of the creation of life on earth. From plants to sea life, crawling land creatures and other animals until at last–humans. This order of life is also agreed to by science. Science learned of this by digging in the dirt through the various levels during the last 500 years. So how did Moses know and accurately report it?
At the beginning of chapter 5 in Origin of the Species, Darwin states all of his theory may not be true. You no doubt will have access to the book to get it accurate. Will your teacher quote that as well?
As for the Catholic Church, frankly, when have they ever observed Bible standards? The Bible shows our Leader is Jesus Christ, not the Pope. The Bible itself is to be the source for our instructions, not the Pope who usurps both the Bible and Jesus place in the order of God’s arrangement. So accepting evolution should come as no real surprise.

]]> http://missiodei.asia/my-biology-teacher-questions-christianity-constantly-and-i-dont-know-how-to-respond.html#comment-8066 Hassan Pakistani Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:01:39 +0000 http://missiodei.asia/my-biology-teacher-questions-christianity-constantly-and-i-dont-know-how-to-respond.html#comment-8066 ask him to bring a single fossil of any transitional state. ask him to bring a single fossil of any transitional state.

]]> http://missiodei.asia/my-biology-teacher-questions-christianity-constantly-and-i-dont-know-how-to-respond.html#comment-8065 R. C. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:53:40 +0000 http://missiodei.asia/my-biology-teacher-questions-christianity-constantly-and-i-dont-know-how-to-respond.html#comment-8065 Let him know..."separation of church and state." Here's what I would ask him. If one animal, who is perfect in creation, evolved into another animal, then by what standards is the other animal considered imperfect. Difference and change doesn't equate to imperfection, only difference. Evolution does happen, but it speaks to change, not origin. Physicist, Stephen Hawking, “In this century (twentieth century), science has come to understand how the universe began from a tiny point, fifteen billion years ago. No matter how incredible it sounds, it seems that the church’s ideas of a moment of creation were right from the beginning.” (Statement 1997 PBS program, Universe) If evolution were true "origin" to species, there would still be signs of this gradual process today, which there is not, and no evidence that their has been. Such as fish evolving into land creatures. If a slow gradual process, there would still be signs of species who are in the process of making this transition. To say NO would be to say, evolution was at one time true, but stopped. That would be a hypocritical to believe. "When discussing organic evolution the only point of agreement seems to be: "It happened." Thereafter, there is little consensus, which at first sight must seem rather odd." (Simon Conway Morris, from Evolution: Bringing Molecules into the Fold, Cell, Vol. 100, pp.1-11, January 7, 2000, p.11) "If it is true that an influx of doubt and uncertainty actually marks periods of healthy growth in a science, then evolutionary biology is flourishing today as it seldom has flourished in the past. For biologists collectively are less agreed upon the details of evolutionary mechanics than they were a scant decade ago. Superficially, it seems as if we know less about evolution than we did in 1959, the centennial year of Darwin's on the Origin of Species." (Niles Eldredge, Time Frames: The Rethinking of Darwinian Evolution and the Theory of Punctuated Equilibrium, 1985, p.14) "The history of organic life is indemonstrable; we cannot prove a whole lot in evolutionary biology, and our findings will always be hypothesis. There is one true evolutionary history of life, and whether we will actually ever know it is not likely. Most importantly, we have to think about questioning underlying assumptions, whether we are dealing with molecules or anything else." (Jeffrey H. Schwartz, Professor of Biological Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, February 9, 2007) Let him know…”separation of church and state.” Here’s what I would ask him. If one animal, who is perfect in creation, evolved into another animal, then by what standards is the other animal considered imperfect. Difference and change doesn’t equate to imperfection, only difference. Evolution does happen, but it speaks to change, not origin.
Physicist, Stephen Hawking, “In this century (twentieth century), science has come to understand how the universe began from a tiny point, fifteen billion years ago. No matter how incredible it sounds, it seems that the church’s ideas of a moment of creation were right from the beginning.” (Statement 1997 PBS program, Universe)
If evolution were true “origin” to species, there would still be signs of this gradual process today, which there is not, and no evidence that their has been. Such as fish evolving into land creatures. If a slow gradual process, there would still be signs of species who are in the process of making this transition. To say NO would be to say, evolution was at one time true, but stopped. That would be a hypocritical to believe.
“When discussing organic evolution the only point of agreement seems to be: “It happened.” Thereafter, there is little consensus, which at first sight must seem rather odd.”
(Simon Conway Morris, from Evolution: Bringing Molecules into the Fold, Cell, Vol. 100, pp.1-11, January 7, 2000, p.11)
“If it is true that an influx of doubt and uncertainty actually marks periods of healthy growth in a science, then evolutionary biology is flourishing today as it seldom has flourished in the past. For biologists collectively are less agreed upon the details of evolutionary mechanics than they were a scant decade ago. Superficially, it seems as if we know less about evolution than we did in 1959, the centennial year of Darwin’s on the Origin of Species.”
(Niles Eldredge, Time Frames: The Rethinking of Darwinian Evolution and the Theory of Punctuated Equilibrium, 1985, p.14)
“The history of organic life is indemonstrable; we cannot prove a whole lot in evolutionary biology, and our findings will always be hypothesis. There is one true evolutionary history of life, and whether we will actually ever know it is not likely. Most importantly, we have to think about questioning underlying assumptions, whether we are dealing with molecules or anything else.”
(Jeffrey H. Schwartz, Professor of Biological Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, February 9, 2007)

]]> http://missiodei.asia/my-biology-teacher-questions-christianity-constantly-and-i-dont-know-how-to-respond.html#comment-8064 JOLEE Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:43:13 +0000 http://missiodei.asia/my-biology-teacher-questions-christianity-constantly-and-i-dont-know-how-to-respond.html#comment-8064 If you are in a public school and he is teaching Darwin's theory, he is on track. If he attempted to teach relationship with God, he would likely be fired. Let him earn his keep. He has questions that can be answered and he has a choice that he must make before his last breath.( Where he will spend eternity?) Ask him why would God who is perfect create anything that was less than perfect? Why are galaxies still being found? Why can't man count the stars and the grains of sand on a seashore accurately? What holds it all in place? Where did time come from? Why are our fingerprints different if we evolved? Who ever created anything out of nothing? If you are in a public school and he is teaching Darwin’s theory, he is on track. If he attempted to teach relationship with God, he would likely be fired. Let him earn his keep. He has questions that can be answered and he has a choice that he must make before his last breath.( Where he will spend eternity?)
Ask him why would God who is perfect create anything that was less than perfect?
Why are galaxies still being found? Why can’t man count the stars and the grains of sand on a seashore accurately?
What holds it all in place? Where did time come from? Why are our fingerprints different if we evolved? Who ever created anything out of nothing?

]]> http://missiodei.asia/my-biology-teacher-questions-christianity-constantly-and-i-dont-know-how-to-respond.html#comment-8063 lolly Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:13:02 +0000 http://missiodei.asia/my-biology-teacher-questions-christianity-constantly-and-i-dont-know-how-to-respond.html#comment-8063 You need to know the Bible really well and read books that defend the Bible. Independent Churches often have better arguments. In the beginning God created the heavens(outer space) and the earth( the planets and comets and anything made of earth-ground). Notice it does not give a specific date. (In the beginning ) So the "beginning" could have been a zillion years ago or whatever. The earth was void. This could indicate its gaseous state before it became hardened. Some of the planets supposedly are still gaseous. then God started creating more stuff. Now the seven days of creation are each about 7000 years long. So once all 7 days of creation are finished in about 1000 years more, 49,000 years will have passed since God started doing this extra creation . This parallels a 7 day week. (smaller model) The Bible in the Old Testament talks of a Jubilee year in the 49th or 50th year. So when Jesus rules over the Earth for 1000 years after 6000 years of human history since Adam and Eve, that will be the Lord's day or a 1000 year Sabbath of peace on Earth. If one looks at pictures of many animals or insects , one can see they are often very beautiful creations. So what exactly does your teacher mean by "perfect" ? Probably most animals or insects born have been beautiful and perfect when the were born irregardless of whether born in the past or now. But now we have cameras to record their beauty and "perfection". You need to know the Bible really well and read books that defend the Bible. Independent Churches often have better arguments.
In the beginning God created the heavens(outer space) and the earth( the planets and comets and anything made of earth-ground). Notice it does not give a specific date. (In the beginning ) So the “beginning” could have been a zillion years ago or whatever. The earth was void. This could indicate its gaseous state before it became hardened. Some of the planets supposedly are still gaseous. then God started creating more stuff. Now the seven days of creation are each about 7000 years long. So once all 7 days of creation are finished in about 1000 years more, 49,000 years will have passed since God started doing this extra creation . This parallels a 7 day week. (smaller model) The Bible in the Old Testament talks of a Jubilee year in the 49th or 50th year. So when Jesus rules over the Earth for 1000 years after 6000 years of human history since Adam and Eve, that will be the Lord’s day or a 1000 year Sabbath of peace on Earth. If one looks at pictures of many animals or insects , one can see they are often very beautiful creations. So what exactly does your teacher mean by “perfect” ? Probably most animals or insects born have been beautiful and perfect when the were born irregardless of whether born in the past or now. But now we have cameras to record their beauty and “perfection”.

]]> http://missiodei.asia/my-biology-teacher-questions-christianity-constantly-and-i-dont-know-how-to-respond.html#comment-8062 Juan V Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:35:20 +0000 http://missiodei.asia/my-biology-teacher-questions-christianity-constantly-and-i-dont-know-how-to-respond.html#comment-8062 He had to study a LOT to know that things, read a LOT of books and get his head out of just one book (bible), so he dont get stuck in ignorance, as the majority of religious people are. What´d do you prefer,him to teaches you? About how fairytales are real? Myth is Myth... Science is Science. He had to study a LOT to know that things, read a LOT of books and get his head out of just one book (bible), so he dont get stuck in ignorance, as the majority of religious people are.
What´d do you prefer,him to teaches you? About how fairytales are real?
Myth is Myth… Science is Science.

]]> http://missiodei.asia/my-biology-teacher-questions-christianity-constantly-and-i-dont-know-how-to-respond.html#comment-8061 ? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:42:47 +0000 http://missiodei.asia/my-biology-teacher-questions-christianity-constantly-and-i-dont-know-how-to-respond.html#comment-8061 Ask him if it is true that DNA is a language or a code. It is the blueprint of life. How can something of this sort not be created by intelligence? Even if scientists ever do create life from non-life they will do so intelligently as it is not done by random. Ask him if it is true that DNA is a language or a code. It is the blueprint of life. How can something of this sort not be created by intelligence? Even if scientists ever do create life from non-life they will do so intelligently as it is not done by random.

]]> http://missiodei.asia/my-biology-teacher-questions-christianity-constantly-and-i-dont-know-how-to-respond.html#comment-8060 Reconstitute America Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:07:13 +0000 http://missiodei.asia/my-biology-teacher-questions-christianity-constantly-and-i-dont-know-how-to-respond.html#comment-8060 Ask him about moon dust. If our solar system is billions of years old why is there a minimal amount of moon dust. The astronauts expected several feet of moon dust when they first landed on the moon, was the reasoning for the big discs on the bottom of the feet of the lunar module. The small amount of moon dust is an other indication of a young solar system. Lots more information at the link below.http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles… Ask him about moon dust. If our solar system is billions of years old why is there a minimal amount of moon dust. The astronauts expected several feet of moon dust when they first landed on the moon, was the reasoning for the big discs on the bottom of the feet of the lunar module. The small amount of moon dust is an other indication of a young solar system. Lots more information at the link below.http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles…

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