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(General introductory information for reporters and researchers)
Creationism is sometimes in the news. Here are some general introductory
comments and references for finding appropriate spokespersons or to locate
specific detailed information, as desired.
We prefer the term: "creation science."
But if a reporter strongly feels that religious aspects need to be mentioned,
please consider terming the debate over origins as: Creation Science
vs. the Religion of Evolution (or: evolutionism, as most appropriate).
:-)
There are two (often overlapping) types of "creationism." They
are "Biblical Creation" and "Scientific Creation."
Biblical Creation - Using Bible texts
to defend creation theory. A few primary texts include: Genesis, chapters
1 to 12 - from the 6 days of Creation till the Great Flood (1700 years
later), then until just after the Tower of Babel and the dispersion of
the nations. Exodus 20:11 (in the middle of the Ten Commandments,
this verse states in part: "For in six days the Lord made heaven and
earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day...."
Also, Luke 17:26-27 (or Matt. 24:37-39) "And as it was
in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage,
until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed
them all." (This statement by Christ shows that He considered the Great
Flood to be a real historical event, one of Divine judgment of humankind.)
And I Corinthians 15:45, which compares Adam (as a literal person)
to Christ as the "last Adam."
There are also many Psalms and other texts referring back to the creation.
It should be noted that the book of the Bible that is most
quoted in all the rest of the Bible is: Genesis.
Thus the Book of Genesis is seen as not only integral to the whole, but
foundationally essential for Jews, Christians, and others of faith. Now
then, interpretations of Genesis may vary widely (particularly for its
first three chapters, Gen. 1-3) but the original text has been codified
for thousands of years.
Scientific Creation - Yes, we often
use science - completely independent of any Bible references - to contend
that "creation science" is a plausible scientific theory. Many persons
laugh at this notion at the outset but please be advised that informed
creationists usually beat evolutionists in debates. We are the ones who
have science on our side.
The majority of modern scientists, just like the rest of the human race,
are unrepentant sinners. As such they do not want to face God. Humans
often hide rather than face judgment. (Evolution provides a great hiding
place.) Creationists can show evolution's frauds and deceptions time after
time, after time but it will remain an uphill battle to get the truth out
regarding our origins as made (unique from the animals and) "in the image
of God" and human responsibility for our sins.
Versions of Creation Science
Gap Theory - This contends that there
could be a multi-billion years long gap between Genesis 1:1 and verses
1:2 & 1:3.
Gen. 1:1 "In the beginning God
created the heavens and the earth."
(...insert lots of
time right around HERE...)
Gen. 1:2 "And the earth was without form,
and void; and darkness was upon the face of the waters."
Gen. 1:3-5 "And God said, Let there be
light: and there was light. (v.4) And God saw the light, that it was good:
and God divided the light from the darkness. (v.5) And God called the light
Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning
were the first day."
In this way, it is argued that perhaps "time" began to be counted
on a certain day long after the universe had been put into motion, i.e.
prior to verse 3 - and the "first day." Note here that all of this was
"3 days" prior to the existence of stars; they were (as it is recorded)
not created until "Day 4" (verses 14-19) of Creation Week.
There are many variants within the "Gap Theory" and these have remained
popular among God-fearing people for over 140 years (Darwin's "Origin of
Species" was first published in 1859, about 140 years ago). Lots of time
is theologically inserted into the very beginning of the Bible allowing
those believers to get back to what are considered "matters of faith" while
the scientists go ahead with their detailed calculations and theories.
Another important Bible verse (also heavily quoted by the "Day-Age Theory"
proponents, below) is II Peter 3:8 "But, beloved, be not ignorant
of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and
a thousand years as one day." The "thousands" then get stretched into
"millions", etc.
In Scripture (i.e. the Bible) it is possible for a single verse reference
- within only one chapter, in but one of the 66 books comprising the modern
Bible - to carry immense doctrinal weight. Churches have sometimes
split due to the reading of some particular verse! I understand that
this "hair-splitting" may sound amazing to non-believers, but if indeed
the whole Bible really is the "Word of God" then every single verse can
be considered very important for understanding the rest of the whole.
Day-Age Theory - Proponents for this
version of creation science abound. Since evolutionists contend that the
Earth must be millions or (in recent decades) even billions of years old
some Bible supporters have tried to work this into the Genesis account.
There are 6 "days" of Creation, followed by a final day of rest (Exodus
20:11 & Genesis 1:1 to 2:3). The Hebrew word "yom"
(or: yowm) is usually translated as "day" in English. But
it is possible to use it like (II Samuel 21:1) "…in the days
of David…", the same as in modern English, i.e. during these days….
Therefore proponents of this theory (including variants) see no problem
with stretching out the "6 days" of Creation into "6 ages" or "6 periods."
Both the "Gap Theory" & "Day-Age Theory" proponents (with lots of
variations out there) mostly only need Biblical Creation.
They do not need to use Scientific Creation in their defense
since they've determined modern human science to be on par with (what believers
contend is) God's Revelation (in Genesis and other passages) concerning
our origins. If "the scientists must be right" then Scriptures should
be bent to conform to current scientific beliefs, whether they are testable-repeatable
in nature or rather based solely upon recent consensus. Noah's Flood
must have been merely regional and the Earth must be very, very old to
have slowly accumulated its deep sedimentary layers. (In fact adherents
to both of these camps can be embarrassed by the insistence of "Young Earth
Creationists" (below) and want them to quiet down regarding literal biblical
interpretations and to get along without trumping up such a "minor" issue
compared to faith as a whole.)
Young Earth Creation Theory - 6 Earth
days; about 6000 years ago. This planet is owned; we're fooling ourselves
if we collectively assume otherwise. Judgment (in the Great Flood)
came before and it will come again. So repent. …Proponents
believe that there is still no good scientific evidence supporting the
notion that the Earth is even 1 million years old, let alone a theorized
billions of years old. How many "missing links" have later turned out to
be frauds or trumped up exceptions? Exceptions that mostly served to get
grant monies and recognition for the researchers involved, the true advancement
of science be damned. Is evolution's main aim in fact to propose a weak
god or none at all, in place of an unerring Creator behind the universe?
Scientific Creation is argued hand-in-hand with Biblical
Creation by "Young Earth Creationists." But the "Day-Age Theory"
and "Gap Theory" adherents (discussed above) acquiesce to the consensus
of modern scientists. The scientists must be right (shrug); so the
Bible needs to be compromised by "educated" people. But the "Young
Earth" adherents question the actual scientific evidence (and pseudo-evidence)
that evolutionists propose and often then generate alternative interpretations
for the very same evidence.
Historically speaking -
the creation-evolution debate is thousands of
years old. The Greeks came to believe that the universe must have
always been here. They had lots and lots of gods but most were pretty weak
(akin to the weak, erring god(s) of today's religious evolutionism, making
lots of mistakes down through time) and could be appeased by human contrivances.
(If God(s) is imperfect, how can He claim to call us to "perfection"?)
Atheism too has also been around for at least 3,000 years. It is
not something "based on modern science" nor recent in its definition. Psalm
14:1 "The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. …" (also:
Psalms 53:1).
Spontaneous generation (a form of evolutionary beliefs)
in various forms was believed by many until late in the 19th Century.
Maggots crawled out of rotting meat with no apparent external origin.
They must have "evolved" out of the dead meat, it was believed. This,
on the side of evolution, has been replaced today by: abiogenesis.
At some point in time, at least once, life must have coalesced and begun
reproducing itself out of previously non-living matter and energy.
All creationists (from any of the above variants) soundly agree that life
must have been sparked by none other than: God. Spontaneous
generation (now called: abiogenesis, but essentially
the same thing) is believed by atheistic evolutionists out of necessity,
not out of any results determined by science.
And there have been many creation theories proposed around the world
down through time. A giant snake, or a big turtle got things going, etc.
The Genesis account (if taken literally, i.e. by the "young earth" creationists)
is pretty much the last "creation" theory standing against evolution in
its various descended forms.
But many creationists now predict (as there is a continued lack of true scientific
evidence supporting evolution) that one day soon - belief that "aliens" put life on
Earth - will become the dominant theory. We live in but four dimensions.
However there is evidence of ten dimensions or more out there. Could "alternate
dimensions" (as termed by scientists) be the same as "spiritual realms" (for the
theologians)? If so, then the fallen angels can be seen to be actively creating a new
fiction/deception for modern man, one where Lucifer (a.k.a. Satan) can assume a position
of authority and power over humans, as an "alien" leader bringing his miracles and powerful deceptions....
(text by P.A.)
For Creation Science spokespersons
and authorities:
CRS • Creation
Research Society - Over six hundred active scientists from around
the world, representing many disciplines, comprise this organization.
CRS's "Creation Research Society Quarterly" is a peer-reviewed
scientific publication. <www.creationresearch.org>
Tel. 1-928-636-1153
ICR • Institute for
Creation Research - is one of the best known creation organizations
in the U.S. Dozens of scientists are part of their staff and advisory
committees. ICR publishes many books, videos, and are active
in radio shows and produce monthly newsletters. Their teachers and
researchers regularly organize large "Back to Genesis" seminars
around the world. <www.icr.org> Tel. 1-800-337-0375
"Meet the ICR Speakers" Also
see:
"The Biblical Origins of Modern Science"
CSM • Creation
Science Movement - based in the U.K. is the oldest creation
organization in the world (est. 1932). CSM publishes a regular newsletter,
have produced books and videos, and send speakers out to teach creation
theory in the U.K. and abroad. <csm.org.uk>
CMI • Creation
Ministries International - based in Australia (with offices in several countries), CMI does
cutting edge creation research, producing books, videos, and a variety of
quality scientific resources - distributed worldwide.. <creation.com>
AiG • Answers in
Genesis - is creating numerous teaching materials for churches,
classrooms, and for individual study. AiG is the organization with the
large Creation Museum in Kentucky. <answersingenesis.org>
There are dozens of other organizations (and hundreds of individuals) actively doing
creation science research. Many are small and organized around one or two
primary researchers/teachers. They have sprung up in many cities, as creationists
are learning from each other. Many creationists contend that this is a
true "grass roots" movement. (The truth is out there ... and it exists
independent from mere human consensus.) One list of other creationist
organizations (and main web pages) can be found on the Main Page for: <www.creationism.org>
where 28 main sites are listed down the right side. Each of them
in turn often link to many others.
For Anti-Creation Science
Research:
National
Geographic - Great magazine, superbly illustrated, TV shows,
video documentaries too! Lots of research actively pursued around
the globe - but with the assumption that evolution just has to be true
and that creation cannot even be considered. <www.nationalgeographic.com>
Smithsonian Institution
- Almost since its inception this organization has promoted evolutionary
tenets. Their web site has many links and images, and their many researchers
are available to answer media inquiries regarding the creation-evolution
debate. <www.si.edu>
The Talk.Origins
Archive - Numerous articles and links contesting creation
theory. This is a very active web site with a lot of information. <www.talkorigins.org>
The Secular Web
- by the (self proclaimed) "Internet Infidels" promotes metaphysical
naturalism and states that they stand against superstition and religion's
fear of knowledge. They have thousands of articles (including many against
"creationism") and this is a very active group. <www.infidels.org>
"Creation:
The Only Reasonable Explanation of Natural Phenomena" by W.
Hewitt Tier - http://www.creationism.org/symposium/symp2no7.htm
"Galileo: Martyr for
Science?" by Edward Coleson - http://www.creationism.org/csshs/v15n4p14.htm
"Light before
Stars?" by Gerard Wakefield - http://www.creationism.org/wakefield/sonoluminescence.htm
"High
School Students' Attitude Towards Creation and Evolution Compared to Their
Worldview" by Deckard - http://www.icr.org/article/309%20/
"The
Battle for the Cosmic Center" by Humphreys - http://www.icr.org/article/battle-for-cosmic-center/
"Darwin's
Influence on Ruthless Laissez Faire Capitalism" by Bergman - http://www.icr.org/article/darwins-influence-ruthless-laissez-faire-capitalis/
"Creation
Compromises" AIG Section - https://answersingenesis.org/creationism/old-earth/
"Evolution and Legal
Standards" by Joseph Sobran - http://www.creationism.org/csshs/v16n2p21.htm
"Do Laws and Standards Evolve?" by Phillips - http://www.icr.org/article/do-laws-standards-evolve/
"Bible (inerrancy?)" AIG Section - https://answersingenesis.org/bible/
"Genesis (Importance to believers)" AIG Section - https://answersingenesis.org/genesis/
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two pioneer British scientists, Michael Faraday (1791–1867) and James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) ...
Electricity and magnetism were his special interests. Faraday built the first electric motor, and also
coined such words as anode, cathode, and electrolysis ... elegant Maxwell equations unify electric
and magnetic forces. The formulas describe how a changing electric field causes a magnetic field
and vice versa ... men of strong Christian faith ... experimentalist and theoretician
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dangerous properties and harmful effects of a chemical known as dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO), calls
for the government to ban the sale and use of the hazardous substance ... contexts in which they are
presented are hyperbole. The purpose of the hoax is purportedly to demonstrate that scientific ignorance
can lead to fears which are unfounded ... Wikipedia article lists many of the occasions on which the hoax
has been successfully perpetrated ... Washington Post journalist James K. Glassman “coined the term
‘Zohnerism’ to refer to ‘the use of a true fact to lead a scientifically and mathematically ignorant public to
a false conclusion. ... examples of evolutionary Zohnerisms ... Since science is a detailed, organized
study of God’s creation, the study of science should increase a person’s awe over the wisdom and
greatness of God ... Homologous structures are most properly viewed as a demonstration of God’s
creativity and appreciation of beauty
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Romans 1:20 (NLT) "For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky.
Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and
divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God." ... oxygen molecule created, by God, from
protons, neutrons and electrons ... see all of God's creation through tiny bundles of energy called photons ...
electromagnetic radiation, like x-rays and microwaves ... exquisite metamorphosis of a caterpillar to a
butterfly ... God’s eternal power and divine nature, though invisible, are clearly expressed in the phenomenal
and majestic ways ... look at what He’s created
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Slight discrepancies in physical measurements often reveal new insights into creation ... Astronomer
Johann Kepler (1571–1630) spent sixteen years analyzing the orbital motion of the planet Mars. His task
was aided by a wealth of precise measurements made years earlier by Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) ...
Kepler’s First Law which states that planets travel on elliptical paths rather than circular. Kepler wrote in
A New Astronomy in 1609 ... Mercury has a highly eccentric or lopsided orbit, varying in its distance
from the sun by 52 percent ... slight excess in the perihelion advance, beyond the standard prediction,
was noticed. Albert Einstein explained this discrepancy in 1915 in terms of general relativity ... relativistic
quantum theory ... gyromagnetic ratio g is a constant arising in QED ... an individual electron’s charge,
mass, and spin ... matches the geometry of space but there is no inherent reason why the gravity force
should conform in this way ... Bible informs us that the heavens declare the glory of God
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archaeologists have unearthed flute-like musical instruments from the so-called Stone Age ...
the science and Pythagorean level of mathematics that go into the design and manufacture of
even a simple flute ... medieval recorders ... Ach Valley flute of Southern Germany has five
holes and is carved from the wing bone of a giant vulture ... ancient forebears ... makers of
the Hohle Fels ... calculate the maths allowing even for the curvature of the bone or tusk ...
both the pentatonic and heptatonic scales ... Bill Cooper
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If intelligent life exists among the stars then we might expect to receive signals from some of
these civilisations - but so far there have been none ... immensity of the universe ... any other
intelligent life out there, or are we alone? ... evolutionists ... qualified mathematician ... eyes
turned heavenwards in anticipation of some non-random signal emanating from the depths
of space that would confirm the existence of such beings ... repeated transmission of a
sequence comprising the first thousand or so cubic numbers ... galactic presence ...
extraterrestrial liaisons ... Bible's opening Hebrew words ... designed by an intelligent Being
infinitely superior ... Genesis
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The world’s senior creationist organisation celebrates its eightieth anniversary this year ...
The Evolution Protest Movement was formed in 1932 specifically to criticise the theory of
evolution which, it claimed, undermined morality ... biblical dating ... compromisers believed
in the so-called gap theory, the day-age theory or the progressive creations theory ...
EPM/CSM regularly produced pamphlets and a newsletter (now this journal: Creation) ...
Reasons why Biologists refuse to debate Evolution ... science could not explain the origin of
life ... experiments by plant and animal breeders ... induced mutations in fruit flies ... there
were limits to possible variation of the created kinds ... vestigial organs, nascent organs, or
intermediate fossils as required by Darwin’s theory ... Creation for May 1972 celebrated EPM
- 40 Years On ... Whitcomb and Morris book The Genesis Flood
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opposed the Gospel in the past, the apostle Paul knew ... greatly deceived by one’s own
reasonings and the thoughts of the culture ... road to Damascus ... to persuade Christians to
abandon the fundamentals of the Christian faith for something more intellectually palatable
to the postmodern mind ... Gospel ... emerging progressive leaders ... ultimately the only
source and deciding factor of truth ... “vain philosophies” and “science falsely so called.”
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terracotta statue of Adam that once had a place in the Natural History Museum in London ...
it survived WWII it was later removed ... moved is the statue of Richard Owen that has been
shifted to a side aisle and been replaced by one of Charles Darwin on the staircase in the
main entrance hall ... Francis Bacon and the Royal Society ... the impact that Adam's Fall had
upon the human mental capacity ... Fall of Adam and Eve ... Francis Bacon, father of the
scientific method ... imperfect due to sin ... the noetic effect of sin sound doctrine ... Christian foundations
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BioScience magazine titled, “The Origins Divide: Reconciling Views on How Life Began” ... proposal
regarding any facet of abiogenesis, there would soon be another person giving plausible reasons to
question the proposal’s viability ... almost all areas of origin-of-life research ... Chicken-and-egg problems
Then, regarding the large macromolecules which are so critical to the functioning of living organisms ...
meager positive results occasionally observed experimentally invariably are found to have required
extensive human intervention. Indeed, Phillips quoted Jim Cleaves of the Carnegie Institute for Science ...
University of Manchester, United Kingdom ... RNA nucleotides, the only successful effort by abiogenists ...
supposedly plausible for a prebiotic scenario ... Scripps Institute in La Jolla, California ... Romans 1:18–22
describes how sinful men deliberately suppress the truth about God
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Creation Research Society (CRS) is turning 50 ... professional organization of trained scientists and
interested laypersons who are firmly committed to scientific special creation ... has grown into an
organization with worldwide membership ... Comprehensive review articles dealing with advances
in scientific knowledge
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Seventh International Conference on Creationism (ICC) ... in Pittsburgh, PA ... online via Webinar ...
original, peer-reviewed scientific papers by the world’s leading creation researchers. The evening
sessions will feature Drs. Steve Austin, Steve Taylor, Paul Nelson, and Mark Horstemeyer ... ICC
website - www.creationicc.org ... digital copy of the proceedings ... Since the very first conference, in
1986, the ICCs have contributed
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questions currently occupying the energies of physicists, astronomers, and cosmologists ... What happened
before the Big Bang? ... concept of cosmological inflation of the current universe ... Bible starts with
the statement that the material universe had a quiet beginning. “In the beginning, God created the
heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1) ... invention of “dark matter” and “dark energy” ... scientific community
has invested billions of dollars in particle colliders, telescopes, and satellites ... created the sun, moon,
and stars on the fourth day ... physics today has two competing views of reality: 1) quantum mechanics,
and 2) general relativity ... current permutation of this attempt at unification is called ‘superstring theory.’
It requires the addition of seven dimensions to our concept of space — beyond the familiar height, length,
depth, and time ... the whole creation has been groaning together ... "Big Crunch"
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advocates of eugenics in America was Dr. Albert Edward Wiggam (1871–1957). His many books sold
millions of copies ... syndicated column Let’s Explore your Mind had a newspaper audience of
approximately 20 million readers ... Dr. Willard Funk of Funk and Wagnalls ... American Association
for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and published in prestigious university presses ... Charles
Darwin’s son, Leonard Darwin, as well as John Dewey, Charles Davenport, and Thomas Hunt Morgan ...
Wiggam’s basic belief was that “all men are born unequal” and the claim that “one man is as good as
another” ... nature intended them to be unequal; and no system of government, social control, or education
has yet been devised or ever will be devised, that will make them equal ... more you equalize opportunity,
the more you unequalize men ... eradication of the weaker humans and races was a major source of
evolutionary advancement ... First Eugenic Congress.” Wiggan’s eugenic campaign in the churches
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Charles Darwin and his close disciples, including Thomas Henry Huxley and Ernst Haeckel, had a
profound influence on the Chinese Communists’ policies ... Darwinism was the foundation of modern
totalitarianism in China and elsewhere ... famous general called Chen Chiung-ming renamed himself
“ching-tsun” or “Struggling for Existence.” Author Shih himself adopted the name “Fitness” (Shih), from
the phrase “survival of the fittest.” ... introduced by Yan Fu and “first unfurled in China during the Reform
Movement of 1895–98, in response to China’s defeat in the Sino-Japanese War” ... these movements
imbibed the scientific racism ideas coming from both America and Germany at that time, and saw
themselves as most “fit” to rule ... youth, Mao Tse-tung (1893–1976), the founder of China communism
and the first Chinese Communist dictator, “devoured” many western works, especially Darwin, Huxley,
Herbert Spencer and other nineteenth century Darwinists
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Creation Research Society Conference was held ... on the campus of the University of South Carolina–Lancaster ... reiterated his commitment to academic freedom, stating that though he disagreed with the
views of creationists, he would defend their right to hold them. He also mentioned the important and
historic role that Christianity and creationist views have played in the development of science ... Tom
DeRosa, who gave an informative lecture on the fossils of Bone Valley in central Florida ... Creation
Studies Institute, is doing in the area. Saturday’s plenary session featured Jonathan Sarfati of Creation
Ministries International ... Richard Dawkins, which Sarfati does very effectively in his recent book The
Greatest Hoax on Earth? ... biology, astronomy, geology, physics, archaeology, and philosophy ...
Henry M. Morris Memorial Lecture, given on Friday evening by Dr. Duane Gish
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Geometry, being part of the divine mind ... the models for the creation of the world. {Johann Kepler
(1571-1630), Harmony of the World, 1619} ... an entire world which is the totality of mathematical truths,
to which we have access only with our minds ... the golden cuboid, or the dodecahedron, or the
logarithmic spiral or the genealogy of the drone ... Kepler’s phrase, “thinking God's thoughts after Him.”
{H.E. Huntley, The Divine Proportion, 1970} ... A Biblical View of Mathematics” Foundations of Christian
Scholarship 1976} ... it's almost like being in touch with God when you’re thinking about mathematics
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several intriguing physical constants are embedded in nature. Some of these numbers have no
dimensions attached, so they are independent of particular systems such as metric or British units.
One might suggest that these numbers were selected by God to shape the fabric of creation. ...
1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377… This is the sequence of Fibonacci numbers. They
are found throughout nature ... 1.61803… The golden ratio ... 2.7182818284… This universal constant
is the base of natural or Napierian logarithms. Given the symbol e, the number has applications in
exponential growth and decay ... 3.14159… This number is defined as the ratio of the circumference
to the diameter of a circle. It is an irrational number ... Greek letter pi (π) ... 137 This number is the
inverse of the fine structure constant, called a. ... the dimensionless numbers described here is
fundamental to mathematics and to physical reality
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Dr. John Whitcomb is pictured as he delivered the 1st Henry M. Morris Memorial Lecture ... published
articles or CRSnet discussions ... the importance of academic freedom. He was very pleased that the
college could host the event ... Dr. Jason Lisle of Answers in Genesis present “The Ultimate Proof of
Creation” ... Rob Carter from Creation Ministries International presented “The Dawning of
Creationist Genetics.” ... Topics included biology, geology, paleontology, radioactive decay,
astronomy, biblical exegesis, and philosophy ... Dr. John Morris attended the conference
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hands-on internship was recently offered at the CRS’s Van Andel Creation Research Center (VACRC)
to provide intensive training in microscopy and microtechnique. The trainer was Mark Armitage, M.S.,
an expert microscopist and member of the CRS board of directors ... dissecting microscopes; fiber
optic and tungsten reflected and transmitted lighting; compound microscopes with reflected and
transmitted lighting ... laboratory instruction, and laboratory work left little time for either discussion of
scientific reporting, training with scanning and transmission electron microscopy, or performance
of literature searches
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International Astronomical Union (IAU), the governing body ... Pluto’s status as a planet had been
in jeopardy for a number of years. Pluto was discovered in 1930 after a lengthy search for a
hypothetical planet that supposedly had been providing a gravitational tug on Neptune ... 1979 when
astronomers discovered that Pluto had a satellite, Charon ... less than half the size of Mercury.
Incidentally, Charon is about half the size of Pluto ... terrestrial planets include Mercury, Venus, earth,
and Mars. The Jovian planets consist of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune ... since 1994,
astronomers have been finding other bodies orbiting the sun along with Pluto, beyond the orbit of Neptune
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the Guardian online was questioning the veracity of the biblical account of Noah’s ark ...
ancient Babylonian and tells the story of the Sumerian king, Atram-Hasis ... kind of vessel
still made even today for navigating quiet waterways in Iraq ... made of reeds and circular in shape
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CSM recognises that many third-world churches cannot afford to buy publications, and
consequently each year we send out a number of mailings free. One such mailing was sent
to a men's prison in Zambia ... God always has a big plan, He is able to do so much more
than we could ever imagine
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Mezzanine extension to the Expo ... enabling even more evidence supporting creation to
be presented to the public, which they will certainly never receive through the mass media ...
Intending visitors are recommended to check winter opening times before travelling
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Roger Oakland, a creationist and a respected bible teacher ... so-called spiritual formation, or
centering meditation ... based on the occult roots of Eastern mysticism and not on genuine
Christian meditation at all ... leaders of the Emerging Church movement ... This notion of
evolving to attain a god-like status is noted by Ray Yungen, a close associate of Oakland,
in his book A Time of Departing. ... ultimate authority of my life is not the Bible ... It is
not from a source outside myself. My ultimate authority is the divine voice in my own soul
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Committee on Culture, Science & Education was put forward to the Parliamentary Assembly of
the Council of Europe that creationism and intelligent design should be prohibited from
being taught in schools ... European Centre for Law and Justice (the European counterpart to
the ACLJ) quickly produced and distributed a 14-page document ... European Convention on
Human Rights, the Charter on the Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and the United
Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child ... students by restricting their examination of
competing scientific ideas and would necessarily violate the freedom of expression, including
academic freedom, as well as the right to the free exercise of religion ... resolution was withdrawn.
Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel for the ACLJ, wrote: "This is a significant victory for academic freedom ...
members of Parliament of the Council of Europe ... proponents of anti-creationist legislation
will try again
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CSM Council felt it was time to update the Journal to include more colour illustrations ...
stand for truth against the false philosophies and so-called “science” so prevalent in
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creation vs. evolution controversy, or when talking with members of my congregation or guests ...
find no logical contradiction between believing, simultaneously, the two diametrically opposed
doctrines of creation and evolution ... in economics one cannot believe in both communism
(state control) and free enterprise (individual control) of goods and commerce at the same time ...
one cannot claim to be a vegetarian and eat bacon cheeseburgers ... doctrine of macro-evolution
literally obliterates basic Christian teachings ... Christianity must fight with its full might, fair or foul,
against the theory of evolution ... the Gospel proclamation is absolutely dependent on an accurate
and historical understanding of the Genesis creation account
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Guillermo Gonzalez is an assistant professor of astronomy at Iowa State University (ISU). Born
in Havana, he and his family fled from Cuba to the United States in 1967, where he earned a Ph.D.
in astronomy with honors from the University of Washington ... denied tenure at ISU as a result of
his support for intelligent design ... Department of Physics and Astronomy ... publication of
approximately fifteen papers of good quality in refereed journals.” Having produced 68 refereed
scientific papers ... book The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed for
Discovery, which presents empirical evidence for the hypothesis that the universe is the product
of intelligent design ... critiques the “Copernican principle,” the idea that “everything we see around
us is commonplace in the universe, that we are average beings in a run-of-the-mill planetary system
in an average galaxy
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winner in the essay contest sponsored by the Midwest Creation Fellowship ... Patrick Henry
unequivocally emphasized the Christian roots of America. This great nation was founded, not
by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. ... doctrine
of creation, as the foundational doctrine of Christianity, provided the foundation for the American
form of government. In contrast, the alternative theory of origins, evolution, produces far different,
wicked, forms of government ... reference to creation is found in the Ten Commandments, which
states, “For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day." ... God rules as the sovereign of the universe because He created the universe ...
Declaration of Independence was not solely the creation of Thomas Jefferson ... protection of liberty
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Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) was a brilliant French philosopher who was a pioneer in many
mathematical and scientific fields ... Pascal's Wager ... Pascal applied probability theory to
arguments for the reasonability of Christian faith ... much further ahead if you place trust in God.
If God exists, you then gain an eternal reward in heaven. If God does not exist, you have lost
nothing ... posthumous work Pensées (literally, “Thoughts,” 1670)
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Price Equation, a profound insight into the nature of selection and the basis for modern theories of
kin and group selection ... theory of games and animal behavior ... interpretation of Fisher’s
fundamental theorem of natural selection, Fisher’s theorem ... the history of evolutionary genetics ...
important evolutionary biologists of the last century, George Price (1922–1975), by his own
admission became a creationist ... key framework to unify the various mathematical approaches
to the study of natural selection ... University of Chicago, where he earned a B.S. and a Ph.D. in
chemistry. He was privileged to work on the Manhattan Project and later worked in medical
research at the University of Minnesota ... militant atheism and ardent naturalism, he questioned
the quality of the evidence used to demonstrate ESP (extra-sensory perception) ... scientific
position at IBM, working on developing a mainframe computer and mathematical modeling techniques
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geology Education for the Future is the theme for a new conference designed to gather together
the young earth creation geology community ... conference where professionals can present
research, get feedback on new ideas, and develop collaborative relationships ... Technical,
geo-education, and general abstracts are being accepted ... young earth creation geology and
cover single topics, like dinosaurs, Flood geology, plate tectonics, radioactive dating, the ice age,
or paleo-baraminology
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“always avoided teleological language, not only because it can be misused when taken out of context,
but because it is incorrect ... New York Times op-ed by Michael Behe of the Discovery Institute—the
most visible arm of the Intelligent Design movement—in which he supports his thesis by using comments
of the National Academy of Sciences ... nanomachines constructed of molecules, such as little molecular
trucks used to ferry supplies and “little outboard motors to push a cell through a liquid.” ... Darwinian
scientists ... One more paradigm is when Stephen Hetz and Timothy Bradley, both of the University of
California, Irvine, stated that the insect respiratory system was “designed to function most efficiently
at high levels of O2 consumption
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“intelligent design (ID) has been refuted by the scientific community,” or “ID scientists don't publish in
peer-reviewed journals ... an old earth and common ancestry. Nonetheless, they all indicate that
teleology is evident in biological systems ... Michael Behe had a paper in Protein Science in 2004
with the title “Simulating evolution by gene duplication of protein features that require multiple amino
acid residues.” ... Rivista di Biologia has had numerous papers favorable to the ID position ...
discussed the possibility that the higher taxonomic groups are the result of imposed designs by a
designer instead of mindless changes to matter ... controversy involving the editor, it did in fact pass
peer-review
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summarizes the CRSQ article, Beyond Scientific Creationism ... associate the term “Scientific
Creationism” with a movement, when in fact it represents a methodology — using science to rebut
evolution and uniformitarianism ... empirical arguments (e.g., gaps in the fossil record, thermodynamics,
information theory) came as a shock to an academic elite and a public who believed the propaganda
that the evolution vs. creation argument was really one of enlightened science vs. out-moded religion ...
friction between creation scientists and some professional theologians ... conservative doctrinal stance
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How can CRS claim to be scientific and yet have a statement of belief? ... the Creation Research
Society (CRS) was initially founded as a society for young earth creationists, as opposed to progressive,
old-earth “creationists” or theistic evolutionists, which have come to dominate the American Scientific
Affiliation (ASA) ... theoretically, the practice of science should never be burdened with any human
preconception ... especially in the area of origins (biological, geological, or astronomical) ... renowned
evolutionary biologist Theodisius Dobzhansky stated that “nothing in biology makes sense except in
the light of evolution” (Dobzhansky, 1973, p. 125), what he was saying was that everything he studies
and thinks in biology must conform to his preconception of evolution ... Donald Johanson or Richard
Leakey excavates a site for fossils, they have very strong preconceived ideas about human evolution ...
Leakey’s discovery of the fossil specimen KMN-ER 1470 ... cosmological preconceptions employed,
namely the “Big Bang.” A change of cosmology preconceptions (such as “Steady State”) changes the conclusions about the universe’s age ... National Academy of Sciences (NAS) issued a very strong
“pro-evolution” document
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by different charging mechanisms, the thunderclouds are charged ... huge electrical potential is
established between the thunderclouds and the ground. Usually the potential is as high as 5-10
million volts. This voltage is enough for the breakdown of the air ... voltage ionizes the air producing
a channel, with highly ionized particles, called a plasma channel ... NASA’s GHCC Lightning Team ...
visible stroke of the lightning appears with bright light and thunder as the electric currents with high
energy run through this channel ... book of Job ... God inspired the Bible ... Job 38: 25
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Thomas Huxley reckoned that nature was red in tooth and claw, brute beasts were self-obsessed ...
Jesus said, “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” ...
Christ’s altruism ... the joy that was set before Him that He endured the Cross ... Herein is
altruism, not that we loved God but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the
propitiation for our sin. We love Him because He first loved us
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Birmingham University's Christian Union has been banned from using Student Union Guild
rooms and facilities ... politically-correct ... told the Guild couldn't accommodate them
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It makes you think!! Harder and harder. ... Wonderful display with very evident facts
proving the impossibility of evolution ... A great tour - there should be more like it. ...
God bless ... Nice fossils ... Interesting experience - gets you thinking
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Mensa Magazine ... Einstein’s famous equation E=mc2 can be verified, his conclusion
that the speed of light c is constant is erroneous ... idea that the speed of light could be
constant was brand new ... two American scientists, Albert Michelson and Edward Morley ...
ether ... beams of light ... velocity of light a constant ... Newton’s Laws ... unattainable limit ...
mass approaches infinity ... emission-particle
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Natural History Museum in London has recently celebrated the birth of its
founder Richard Owen (20th July 1804) ... brilliant anatomist and more eminent scientist than
Darwin. However he was also a creationist, of sorts, believing that common, but
different, anatomy (homogony) pointed to the brilliant mind of God who designed
according to a common blueprint ... the increasingly materialistic times ...
Thomas Huxley ... identification of the duck billed platypus as a mammal, the dodo,
and he also gave the world the word dinosaur (meaning terrible lizard) ...
honour the God of Creation ... Andrew Sibley
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“Mystery of the Missing Links” by journalist Mary Wakefield. ... postgraduate degrees ...
Darwinism ... The gap in the fossil record ... ID movement ... Intelligent Design arguments ...
inadequacies of Darwin ... Michael Denton’s Evolution: a Theory in Crisis ...
Michael Behe and the Berkeley Law Professor Phillip E. Johnson ... Darwin’s Black Box ...
irreducible complexity of biological machinery ... series of random adaptations ...
amazing diversity of life ... Discovery Institute ... Nobel Prize nominees
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front page of your newspaper carries headlines and stories that the editor judges to be the most
newsworthy for your community. Editorial columns sample the thoughts and feelings of the editors ...
letters to-the-editor section ... a letter is, in reality, a significant means of molding the public opinion
of readers and, ultimately, of our entire culture ... Just do it! ... wrote a letter to the editor regarding
a recently-published story on the supposed evolution of animals ... nearly every paper will have strict
limitations on the word count. This is often 300 words, but sometimes it is even less ... short, pithy,
and positive note can have an immense impact ... Personal attacks should be avoided — deal
with events, issues, and positions, not personalities ... decision to use Scripture in a letter to the
editor is not easy ... Always type your letter. Double space the material and use generous margins
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the stars of the sky in multitude ... the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable ...
telescope it is possible to see around 5,000 stars ... Abraham ... galaxies ... stars ...
He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names ... Genesis ... Mazzaroth
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competitor to Evolution Only is objective origins science. Objectivity is the antithesis of Evolution
Only. ... Origins science is the science that studies the religiously charged question: “Where do
we come from?” Objective origins science, in seeking to answer that question without bias ...
editor of Scientific American, his brand of science employs a bias when it addresses the big
question ... rejected naturalistic definition stated that “scientific knowledge is limited to natural
explanations for natural phenomena based on evidence from our senses or technological
extensions.” ... methodological naturalism. ... 2002 a school board in Cobb County, Georgia ...
directed that stickers be affixed to science textbooks which state: “This textbook contains material
on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material
should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered.”
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King Joash ... Solomon’s Temple ... Muslim holy site, the Al-Aksa Mosque ...
Dispatch from Jerusalem ... “Muslim clerics insist, despite overwhelming archaeological
evidence, that no Jewish shrine ever stood on the site” ... Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz ...
Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar ... King Jehoash
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for years we creationists have maintained that scientific journals deliberately reject any and all
manuscripts that present a “pro-creation” position (and also reject most manuscripts that present
an “anti-evolution” position). ... they claim such manuscripts are rejected simply because they are
scientifically weak and fail to survive the rigors of the peer review process ... must make decisions
about the “fringe” material at or beyond the boundaries of the established science-and-religion
dialogue ... creationist ideas - 6,000 year old earth, no common ancestry, all the fossils laid down
by Noah’s flood, Bible's Genesis creation account read literally ... doesn't even warrant the normal
peer review process ... proper stewardship of limited editorial resources
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violent crime is up 550%, abortion rates are up to 1 in 3 pregnancies, and teenage suicide is up
300% ... Charles Darwin ... macro-evolution ... host of atheists embraced his theory and began
speaking out against God, culminating in Friedrich Nietzsche’s proclamation that, “God is dead.
God remains dead. And we have killed Him.” ... Scopes ... ACLU began its campaign against teaching
Creation in school. ... In 1968, the Court ruled in Epperson v. Arkansas that all laws prohibiting the
teaching of Evolution in school were unconstitutional ... 1981 the court decided that Creation
was merely a religious teaching, and that only Evolution could be taught in public schools ...
atheists took the evidence for micro-evolution and stretched it into “proof” for macro-evolution ...
logical consequence of a belief in Evolution is that our lives are meaningless, then our natural
mindset will be that we must “live it up,” “make the most of life” ... Hitler disregarded life ... if we are
made in the image of God, will we disregard our lives and the lives of others? ... Columbine
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red shift is the stretching of the wavelengths of light. The same sort of thing happens to sound waves ...
Star light does the same thing. When a star is moving away from you, the waves are stretched,
making them longer ... God stretched out the heavens ... Notice that in Isaiah 40:22, God spreads
out the heavens as a curtain ... red shift in the light of faraway galaxies ... source of the cosmological
red shift and the Cosmic Background ... “Big Bang” ... the universe is expanding
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naturalism ... does not work with origins science and evolutionary biology, which are essentially
historical sciences ... Darwin introduced historicity into science ... book by Dr. Jonathan Wells,
entitled Icons of Evolution, shows that this ‘historical narrative’ ... What if our newspaper
reporters were directed by their editors to write accounts of past events using the philosophical
assumption that all democratic viewpoints are not valid? ... Naturalistic agenda
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one thing evolutionists often do is imply that creationists can be ignored because they are mostly
just American Protestant fundamentalists ... even different religions (including Jews and Moslems) ...
another evolutionist tactic is to present evolution as a fact ... Intelligent design ... Evolutionists and
their supporters certainly use their positions and degrees and make unfounded pronouncements as if to
awe or panic the general public ... each article supporting evolution - at least one logical or factual flaw
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a young-universe creationist, when asked to explain distant starlight, might proffer as an explanation
the “mature universe,” the “decaying speed of light,” or “Humphrey’s relativity.” When an evolutionist
is asked to explain the stasis and abrupt change which govern the fossil record, he might suggest
the “punctuated equilibrium,” “saltationist,” or “migrational” explanation ... questions whose answers
do not depend on an historical interpretation of data, but rather on known and documented facts ...
(no mention of Piltdown Man or faked embryological drawings) ... interbreeding ... Darwin’s finches
are a classic model of speciation ... the functionality of the gene did not change. No new genetic
information was introduced ... becomes more of a sociological riddle than a scientific one
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A Chinese paleontologist lectures around the world saying that recent fossil finds in his country are
inconsistent with the Darwinian theory of evolution. ... “In China we can criticize Darwin but not the
government. In America you can criticize the government but not Darwin.” ... Kansas Board of
Education ... the theory of evolution is so controversial is that it is the main scientific prop for scientific naturalism ... one reason the science educators panic at the first sign of public rebellion is that they fear exposure of the implicit religious content in what they are teaching ... “science” has two distinct
definitions in our culture ... official neo-Darwinian theory is having serious trouble with the evidence
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biblical astronomers from the past, including ten men and women ... Arthur Eddington (1882-1944)
was trained in astronomy at the British Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England. He pioneered
work in astrophysics with an emphasis on stellar structure ... red giant stars, including Betelgeuse ...
during a solar eclipse, thus verifying Einstein's general relativity theory. Eddington grew up in a quiet
Quaker home ... David Fabricius (1564-1617) was a Dutch astronomer who discovered the first
known variable star in 1596, which was later named Mira. It is located in the December constellation
Cetus ... James Ferguson (1710-1776) was a Scottish astronomer and instrument maker ... British
Royal Astronomical Society ... measuring the depths of space ... Cepheid variables ... astronomy professor
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Book: Men of Science Men of God, by Henry Morris, 1982 ... reminds practicing scientists
of the rich biblical foundation of modern science, now nearly forgotten. This article applies
the same theme to mathematicians ... Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829) was born in poverty in
Kristiania, Norway ... trigonometry theory ... transcendental function ... group theory ... class
of abelian groups ... Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718-1799) ... calculus ... Analytical Institutions
in two large volumes ... George Boole (1815-1864) ... Boolean Algebra ... trained as a preacher,
Boole’s binary mathematical abilities ... Augustus De Morgan (1806-1871) ... founded
symbolic logic along with George Boole
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I kept my Christianity quite separate from my job. Christianity, although the most important thing
in my life, was something to be practiced at home and at church ... Christian Leadership Ministries ...
Christian Faculty Workshop ... introduce myself as a Christian on the first day of each class
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William Jennings Bryan and the Scopes trial in Dayton, Tennessee. In the words of
Phillip E. Johnson, "Inherit the Wind is a propaganda masterpiece ... the book Bully for
Brontosaurus by Stephen Jay Gould ... Scopes’ lawyer, Clarence Darrow
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