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Jesus, our God, our Creator, and our Redeemer
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- By Charles Creager, Jr.
John 1:1-5 (KJV)
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
What Was the Star of Bethlehem?
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- By Charles Creager, Jr.
We see it in every Manger scene along with the wise men, and because of that, it is commonly associated with Christmas. The irony, however, is that the wise men may not have arrived until months, to even almost two years, after Jesus was actually born. The question before us is, what was the star of Bethlehem? There have been numerous suggestions, most of which do not even come close to really matching what is described. So, let's dive in and look at the possibilities to see if we can get an idea of what the star really was.
The Genetics of the Virgin Birth
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The virgin birth is often ridiculed by scoffers for being impossible. Now, of course, the natural response from a Christian perspective is that the fact that the virgin birth is impossible from a natural perspective is the entire point. In other words, if the virgin birth occurred, it had to be a direct act of God. Consequently, they are completely missing the point. However, as long as God is involved in the process, it turns out that it is genetically possible. In fact, there are several ways that God could have accomplished it.
The first thing that we need to note is that such births, called parthenogenesis, sometimes occur in animals. In fact, it is only in mammals that it never happens naturally, and artificial triggering is never successful in producing a live birth. On the flip side, all types of this process are quite common in insects.
Hydroplate, Plate Tectonics
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Combining Hydroplate Theory and Catastrophic Plate Tectonics
There are two major flood models, both of which have made some successful predictions, and both of which explain things that we observe both on Earth and in space. It turns out that there is a possible way of combining them into one workable model. Furthermore, it should be able to explain not only what each of the original models does but possibly even more.
The elements from Hydroplate Theory consist of a massive underground reservoir of water, which serves as the water source for both the rain and the flood itself. This reservoir would have been underneath the continental crust, sandwiched between it and a layer of basalt, similar to that of the oceanic crust. At the beginning of the flood, this underground reservoir would have cracked open, shooting out large amounts of water, some of which would have been ejected into space, some of which would have fallen as rain, and the rest would have gone over the continents as they spread apart.
Top Problems with Abiogenesis
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Before moving forward, we need to define our terms. The term abiogenesis specifically refers to the concept that life came naturally from nonliving chemicals. Some people will try to make the case for abiogenesis by defining it to include the creation of life by God. However, here we are going to specifically use the term abiogenesis to refer to a totally naturalistic idea for the origin of life. That is, it excludes, by definition, the involvement of any intelligent agency, whether it is God or aliens. Our use of the term is going to refer exclusively to a totally naturalistic origin of life.
Creationist Cosmology - Conclusion
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It is interesting to notice just how many rescuing devices evolutionists have to come up with to save their theories from reality. Dark energy is definitely one of the biggest. Here is a clear case of a situation where starting with biblical assumptions leads to a cosmology that naturally explains the data without any need for their rescuing device.
Creationist cosmology - Possible Ways It Can Be Tested
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One of the important factors about this possible cosmology is the fact that it can be tested. Besides being based on Dr. Russell Humphreys' white hole cosmology, what this specific model has going for it is that it is fine-tuned to explain a specific set of observations. To get the proper results, there needs to be a gravity well created by a significant amount of matter whose only possible Visible indicator would be the cosmic background radiation.
Creationist Cosmology - Eliminates the Need for Dark Energy
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- By Charles Creager, Jr.
What is dark energy?
Dark energy is essentially a filler concept invented for the sole purpose of explaining observations that, within the context of the Big Bang Cosmology, are interpreted as an accelerating expansion of the universe. The notion exists and was invented for the sole purpose of making the Big Bang cosmology fit observations.
The Big Bang cosmology naturally tended to predict one of two fates for the universe. The first was that it would continue to expand, getting slower and slower, but never actually stopping. If it were more massive than a critical point, the expansion would come to a stop, and the universe would start to collapse. The hope of this one was that it would result in a new Big Bang, eliminating the idea of a beginning.
Creationist cosmology - Proposed Structure of the Universe
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The Earth is near the center.
One of the requirements of this creationist cosmology is that the Earth is near the center of the universe. Now this is not geocentrism because the universe is not revolving around the Earth; it is merely talking about our physical position. Such an idea, however, is consistent with observation.
It is, however, philosophically repugnant to an atheistic perspective simply because the probability would be way too small. As a result, one of the things that the Big Bang cosmology does is eliminate the idea of a center through what is erroneously called the Copernican Principle. The idea is that the universe is either infinite or that space curves back on itself in such a manner as to prevent there from being a real center. However, it puts any observer as appearing to be in the center.
Creationist Cosmology - Distant Starlight
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One of the biggest issues raised about young-earth creation has been seeing distant Starlight. After all, even the nearest stars are light-years distant, and the furthest edges of the universe are 10s of billions of light-years away. Consequently, from a naturalistic perspective in a young universe, light should not have had sufficient time to reach the Earth from anything more than about 6,200 light-years away.
The nature of the distant Starlight problem.
Creationist Cosmology - Clues from the Bible
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The Big Bang cosmology, despite being popular within the general scientific community, and the fact that a catholic priest developed it, is still unbiblical. It is ultimately based on the presumption of absolute naturalism, which at its core is a fundamentally atheistic philosophical position. The one positive thing it did was get the idea of a beginning part of the official cosmology. Even today, atheists in the scientific community seek to find ways around the idea of a beginning, despite the clear evidence of one that has always existed based on the second law of thermodynamics. So, what clues can we actually get from the Bible about cosmology?
Similarities and Differences Between Creationists, Evolutionists, and Flat-Earthers
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- By Charles Creager, Jr.
Evolutionists often compare creationists to flat-earthers, as a way of being insulting. Now, admittedly, if there is a modern group that deserves to be used as an insult, it would be flat-earthers. The goal of this article is to do a three-way comparison in 10 different areas of creationists (young-earth creationists), evolutionists, and flat-earthers. The goal is to see how they really compare.
Disagrees with the scientific establishment's position on their topic.
One similarity that creationists do indeed have with flat-earthers is that both positions disagree with the scientific establishment in one or more areas. For evolutionists, this is not a problem because they hold to the establishment position. This is not in and of itself a problem, because any position on any topic that would eventually overthrow the status quo would start out disagreeing with the establishment view.
Amino Acids from Space
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There has been recent evidence of amino acids from asteroids. This has made evolutionists excited because, to them, it shows that this important building block of life can form in space and hence makes the notion of abiogenesis a lot easier. First of all, while amino acids are major building blocks of life, they are still a long way from life. Second, at most, it shows that these asteroids had the conditions necessary to form amino acids. Finally, they are totally ignoring the Big Blue ball in the solar system that has loads of living things crawling all over it that themselves are filled with amino acids.
The Relationship Between Science and Peer-Review
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One claim that is commonly made against creation science is that it is not science unless it has been peer-reviewed by the proper journals. In other words, creationists doing their own peer review is not good enough; it has to be by the right journals. Naturally, by the right journals, they mean those that hold to philosophical naturalism and would never approve of an intelligent design or creationist paper. According to the people who make this claim, no matter how good the quality of the research, it does not qualify as science unless approved by the right people. This is a rather authoritarian view of science that is completely contrary to the entire idea of science and the scientific method.
The Philosophical Nature of Origins
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- By Charles Creager, Jr.
The topic of origins is very important to understanding who we are and where we come from. The problem is that because none of us were there, assumptions need to be made about the types of processes going on. These assumptions are largely philosophical in nature, because our philosophical presuppositions are going to influence what types of processes we will accept.
Sadly, many people think that such research is totally objective and that the only reason creation and intelligent design models are excluded is because they're not supported by evidence. The problem is that this presumption of objectivity can easily be demonstrated to be erroneous, based on the reactions to both creation and intelligent design.
Do Creationist Arguments Result from Incredulity or Agency Detection Bias
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- By Charles Creager, Jr.
The claim has been made that creationist arguments result from either incredulity or agency detection bias. This claim is primarily a way of dismissing any argument that would infer a designer Regardless of the nature of the argument. The insistence of this problem is never made with a reasonable explanation, the person making it simply continues to insist on the fallacy or bias.
Incredulity fallacy
An argument from incredulity Claims that an idea has to be false because it contradicts the person's personal beliefs, or that they cannot imagine that it is true. It can also take the opposite form of making the case that an idea has to be true for the same reasons. The problem with this fallacy is the fact that personal belief does not in and of itself mean that something is true or false.
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