Today's Creation Moment

The rapid rate of extinction observed, especially in places like the Hawaiian Islands, predates modern human impact. This high rate of extinction, with no new species evolving to replace them, suggests that evolution cannot fully account for the diversity of life. For more creation resources, visit https://creationmoments.com/

Creation scientists argue that evolutionary dating methods exaggerate the age of rocks, as demonstrated by a lava flow in the Grand Canyon. The inconsistencies suggest that these dating methods are questionable and that the Earth's age described in the Bible continues to remain unchallenged. For more creation resources, visit https://creationmoments.com/

The bird of paradise, known for its striking beauty and bizarre behavior, has puzzled evolutionary scientists. But for those who believe in a Creator, the bird of paradise exemplifies His boundless creativity and inventiveness. For more creation resources, visit https://creationmoments.com/

Discoveries suggest that the brain might categorize information similarly to a filing system, as seen in a stroke patient who lost the ability to identify only fruits and vegetables. Our minds are intricately designed and point to a Creator whose intelligence far exceeds our own understanding. For more creation resources, visit https://creationmoments.com/

Weddell seals can go to great depths without getting decompression sickness. As they dive, their lung sacs shut down, preventing excessive nitrogen from entering their bloodstream. As they ascend, these sacs reactivate, allowing them to surface safely. For more creation resources, visit https://creationmoments.com/

Ant colonies efficiently manage their food and water supply through a continuous sharing system among worker ants. Researchers found that within a day of giving a worker sugar water tagged with a radioactive marker, it was shared throughout the entire colony, ensuring that all ants have equal access to resources. For more creation resources, visit https://creationmoments.com/

Trees are more aerodynamically efficient than jet planes due to their flexible branches and leaves, which adapt to the wind and reduce drag. The Creator's design principle of resilience and adaptability in nature highlights His wisdom and care. For more creation resources, visit https://creationmoments.com/

Certain species of tree frogs freeze in winter and thaw in spring. These frogs produce glycerol, which acts as an antifreeze, preventing cell damage from ice crystals, showcasing God's creative power and His incredible designs found in nature. For more creation resources, visit https://creationmoments.com/

While hermit crabs are known for their industrious nature in searching for the perfect shell, their ability to sense calcium - a key component of strong shells - is a God-given trait that helps them choose the best homes for protection. For more creation resources, visit creationmoments.com

When we think of major geological changes in the earth we usually think of events that happen too slowly to notice. Certainly no one would notice major geological shifts in the space of one lifetime, or even the lifetime of a civilization. Yet, if the Biblical history is true, major geological changes have taken place within the lifetimes of civilizations. REF.: C. Simons. "Why Ancient Canals Went Wrong." Science News, Vol. 122, p. 56. Photo: Temple of the Sun at Machu Picchu, built around 1450, at the height of the Inca Empire. (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

God did not allow man to eat meat before the Great Flood but gave us permission to do so after the flood. At the same time, God placed the fear of man into the animals so that they would know that they needed to protect themselves. REF.: Joan Arehart-Treichel. 1982. Pets: The Health Benefits. Science News, Vol. 121, Mar. 27. P. 220-223. Photo: Cat and Dog Pixabay (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Many of God's creatures are beautiful. However, some of them, like the appropriately named hagfish, strike us as ugly. Not only does the hagfish look like something out of a science fiction movie, it has bad habits. REF.: Andrew Herrman. 1991. North Sider's Hagfish Story is Really one the Books. Chicago Sun-Times, Nov. 1. P. 1&12. Photo: Hagfish by Perter Southwood CC By SA 4.0 © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

One of the most common questions Christians ask is "What about the dinosaurs?" Are dinosaurs proof that the earth is countless ages old and that life must have evolved? Notes: Illustration: Skeletal anatomy of a Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus from Conybeare's 1824 paper that described an almost complete plesiosaur skeletion found by Mary Anning in 1823. (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

How did we get all of the different races on earth if we are all descended from Adam and Noah and his family? Image: Painting: "Ham's Redemption" by Modesto Brocos shows a Brazilian family, with each generation becoming "whiter". (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

One question we are often asked is why more human fossils are not found in older rocks. In order to become a fossil, a creature must be buried rapidly in sediment so that it does not decay. Aquatic animals would be much more likely to produce fossils in say, a worldwide flood than land animals; and indeed geologists universally use small marine creatures as their "index fossils." Notes: Photo: Lucy, Australopithecus afarensis, another so-called "missing link" between apes and humans. (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

The fact that man is by nature a religious creature was underscored with the discovery of the oldest known religious sanctuary in the world. The shrine was discovered in northern Spain. Evolutionists say that the shrine was built by early Stone Age man. In terms of biblical history, the sanctuary was probably built by some of the first post-flood settlers in Spain. REF.: C. Simon. 1981. Stone-age Sanctuary, Oldest Known Shrine, Discovered in Spain. Science News, Dec. 5. P. 357. Illustration: Symbols of some of the world's religions, including Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Shinto, Sikhism, Baha'i Faith, Jainism. (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

We don't often associate aggressive behavior and the need to fight with butterflies. Rather we think of bright, beautiful creatures that decorate nature and always seem to cheer people up. REF.: L. Langley. Butterfly Colors: Alluring or Alarming? Science News, Vol. 121. P. 38. Photo: Swallowtail, taken by creationist and photographer Robert Zuvich. Used by permission. © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

When we hear about the "cave man" and the "Stone Age" most people think of Neandertal man. Popularly called "Neanderthal," the preferred usage today is Neandertal. When we think of Neandertal, most people think of a large, brutish, hairy, bent-over creature that looks like a cross between an ape and a human. Who, in fact, was Neandertal? Photo: Neanderthal man reconstruction – Werner Ustorf CC BY SA 2.0 © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

The modern, educated person often tends to look down on previous generations. Many people seem convinced that if we look back 1,000 or 2,000 years, some measurable evolutionary improvement in man must have taken place over so much time. REF.: A New Old Remedy. Discover, August 1985. Photo: 19th-century illustration of Cinchona calisaya, the plant from which we get Quinine. (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

When little or no oxygen is dissolved in the blood of most animals or humans, death quickly follows. The chemistry by which our cells generate energy to stay alive needs oxygen. When oxygen runs short, a second, temporary, energy-producing system kicks in. This system doesn't need oxygen, but it produces lactic acid that can kill living cells. Therefore, this second energy system is an emergency measure, used only when seriously starved for oxygen. Ref: Janet M. Storey and Kenneth B. Storey. "Out Cold." Natural History, 1/92, pp. 23-25. Photo: Painted turtle, courtesy of Jmalik and licensed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2. © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Because it is sometimes connected to New Age religion, acupuncture is often seen as something negative. However, stripped of its pagan mumbo-jumbo, acupuncture has a sound medical basis. Ref: "It's Nature's Way of Saying, Whoa!" Science 84, Dec., p. 6. Photo: Acupuncture chart from the Ming Dynasty. (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

We are all familiar with evolution's battle cry of survival of the fittest. Another way of putting it is that evolution favors the selfish. Ref: Bruce Fellman. 1992. "Looking Out for Number One." Natural Wildlife, Dec.-Jan., pp. 46-49. Photo: Acorn woodpecker with hoard, taken by Johnath and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Many who reject the Creator work hard to try to prove that He doesn't exist. Creationists argue that the creation is so well designed that it must have a Designer. After all, a watch is much simpler than a bumblebee. If a watch needs a Designer and builder, so does a bumblebee. Ref: Bert Thompson, Ph.D. 1991. "Evolution's 'New' Argument- Suboptimality." Reason and Revelation, Vol. XI, No. 11, Nov., pp. 41-44. Photo: Panda (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Scientists who are working on newer and better materials out of which to make things are concentrating their attention on ceramics. Ceramics do not break or wear as easily as other materials, including metals. High temperatures don't cause them to weaken. Some ceramics have even shown the promise of bringing about another revolution in electronics. Ceramics have one major problem, though. They are difficult to form into usable parts. Sometimes they are also too brittle to work well as machine parts. Ref: E. Pennisi. "Nature Points the Way to Tougher Ceramics." Science News, Vol. 140, p. 150. Photo: Dental porcelain bridge, used by permission of Wagonerj and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

The human brain is like a network in which each brain cell is connected to thousands of other brain cells. Scientists have long suspected that this unique design helps give the human brain its intellectual power. Ref: E. Pennisi. 1992. "Neural-net Neighbors Learn From Each Other." Science News, Jan. 11, p. 23, Paula Rooney. 1990. "Neural Nets Breed Applications-But Not EE Employment." EDN, Oct. 18, pp. 105,108,120. For more information, see the "Artificial Neural Network" article on Wikipedia. Illustration: An example artificial neural network, used by permission of Cburnett and licensed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2. © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Today, people regularly travel a thousand miles in modern airliners. A thousand miles is a long day's drive, but it can be done. We would never think of walking or riding a horse that far. Ref: Wayne Jackson. 1991. "Archaeology and Abraham's Journey." Reasoning From Revelation, Vol. III, No. 11. Nov., p. 22. Photo: The Standard of Ur mosaic depicts peacetime, from the royal tombs of Ur. (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

The White-fronted bee-eater is an East African bird that lives in clans of up to fourteen members. Ref: Bruce Fellman. 1992. "Looking Out for Number One." National Wildlife, Dec.-Jan., pp. 46-49. Photo used by permission of Luc Viatour. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2. © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

The painted turtle is found farther north than any other turtle in North America. During their first year of life, painted turtles survive temperatures as cold as 18 degrees Fahrenheit. Ref: Janet M. Storey and Kenneth B. Storey. "Out Cold." Natural History. January, 1992, pp. 23-25. Photo: Frontal shot of painted turtle. (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

One would not think that a brightly colored, relatively slow butterfly has much of a chance against a bird moving in for lunch. But you would be surprised. Scientists were. Ref: James H. Marden. "Newton's Second Law Of Butterflies." Natural History 1/92, pp. 54-60. Photo: Butterfly (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

When they flower, some plants actually generate their own heat. The voodoo lily can raise its temperature by 25 degrees. As it does so, it releases a scent that attracts the beetles that pollinate it. Ref: "Do Do That Voodoo That You Do So Well." Discover, Feb. 1988, p. 10. Photo: Corpse Flower by Sailing Moose – CC BY SA 4.0 Wikipedia. © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Do you think that people are generally out to benefit themselves at your expense? Or are you someone who usually makes sure that you get what you feel is your share, even if it's at someone else's expense? Research shows that our mental attitudes can shorten our lives. Ref: "Only the Hostile Die Young." Discover, February 1988, p. 15. Image; Question Marks – Pixabay (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

A spider's venom paralyzes its victim, keeping the victim fresh, yet immobile. Spider venom does this by slowing or stopping the work of a chemical called glutamate, which controls muscle movement in insects. Glutamate is also an important messenger chemical in the human brain. Ref: Elizabeth Pennisi. "Spider Toxins May Take Bite Out of Strokes." Science News, Vol. 139, p. 270. Illustration: Hippocrates was the first to describe the sudden paralysis often experienced by those who have a stroke.(PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

How does the brain remember what it learns? What happens when you think? Is your mind the same as your brain? Ref: Paul D. Ackerman. 1990. In God's Image After All: How Psychology Supports Biblical Creationism, pp. 68-73. Image: Brain – Pixabay (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Scientists have been studying the different ways in which insects move, hoping to discover a better way to design mobile robots. In doing this they have inadvertently recognized the wisdom and creativity of the Creator, even though they may not care to admit His existence. Ref: E. Pennisi. 1991. "Scoot Scramble and Roll." Science News, Vol. 140, Nov. 30, p. 363. Photo: Cockroach shortly after molting. (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

According to evolution, dinosaurs developed tens of millions of years before horses and were extinct long before the first horse galloped across the countryside. According to the Bible, however, horses and the land dinosaurs were made on the same day. This means that it should be possible to find evidence of horses in the same rocks as we find dinosaurs. Such a discovery would be a challenge to evolution! Ref: Edwin D. McKee. 1982. "The Dupai Groups of the Grand Canyon." Geological Survey Professional Paper, p. 93. Photo: Bhimbetka (India) rock painting showing man riding on horse. Photographer: w:User:LRBurdak and licensed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2. © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

During the mid-1980s, the residents at the north end of San Francisco Bay began complaining about a strange droning noise coming from the Bay. During the months of July and August, the odd noise started after sunset and continued until sunrise. People living on houseboats found that the noise disrupted their sleep. Ref: John E. McC. 1986. "In Sum, it was Some Hum." Discover, June, pp. 67-71. Photo: Oyster Toadfish NOAA (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

There is a blind spot where the optic nerve enters the retina of your eye. Yet, we don't see a hole in our field of vision. Scientists always thought that this was because our brain simply ignores the ever-present blind spot. Research has shown that an even more complex system erases that blind spot. Ref: B. Bower. "Vision System Puts Eyesight in Blind Spots." Science News, Vol. 139, p. 262. Photo: Blood vessels of a normal retina. The blind spot would be at the extreme left. © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

All of us learned in school that the fierce Tyrannosaurus Rex was the largest of the meat eaters. He was large enough to reach into a second story window with his five-foot-long head and grab a person with his six-inch-long teeth. Longer than a railroad boxcar, he probably weighed about ten tons! Ref: Richard Monasters Key. 1991. "A Tyrannosaurus' Troubled Past." Science News, November 9, p. 303. Illustration by Nobu Tamura and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

When human beings think that they have found mistakes in the Bible, they are eventually judged by their own words. Beneath old Jerusalem lies a complex, ancient water supply system. However, archaeologists have long considered it to be poorly designed. Worse, they said that the biblical account of David's capture of Jerusalem was in error since it mentioned water tunnels that didn't exist in his time. Now these archaeological and biblical critics have been proven wrong on both counts. Ref: B. Bower. 1991. "Jerusalem Yields 'Natural' Waterworks." Science News, Dec. 7, p. 375. Photo of Warren's Shaft, once thought to be the tunnel David used to conquer Jerusalem. Used by permission of Deror Ari. © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

I remember reading in grade school that the human appendix is a useless organ. My textbook said that scientists thought that the appendix was once used to help digest the tree bark that our supposed ape-like ancestors ate. Does the human body have "extra" parts? Do we have organs that we no longer use because we have evolved away from needing them? Ref: Jerry Bergman, Ph.D. Vestigial Organs – A Brief Summary of the Latest Research, pp. 111-115. Photo: Even today, evolutionists persist in asserting that the appendix is a vestigial structure. According to Wikipedia, "It has lost much of its ancestral function.". © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

We've all been taught that fish are cold-blooded. In many people's thinking, perhaps the most cold-blooded of all is the shark. However, scientists have discovered that four types of sharks can raise their internal body temperatures. Why and how they do this offers a powerful witness to the love and provision of the Creator. Note; "The Fire in the Belly of the Beast." Discover, Feb. 1988, p. 8. Photo: Captures tiger shark. (PD). © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

A large, sophisticated concrete floor has recently been discovered in China. The floor dates to a period that, not long ago, evolutionists called the "Stone Age." Notes: L. Smart. 1986. "Scientists find ancient concrete." The Herald (New Britain, CT), January 25, p. 11. Photo: Boston City Hall, completed in 1968, was constructed largely of concrete. (PD). © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Fireflies in southeast Asia regularly put on a show like that seldom seen from fireflies in the rest of the world. These fireflies have an ability found only among humans. Notes: Ivars Peterson. 1991. "Step in time." Science News, Vol. 140. August 31, pp. 136-137. Photo: Photinus pyralis, common eastern USA firefly by PhotoFramer CC BY SA 2.0. © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

There is no room in the harsh realities of evolution for selflessness. For example, evolution says if I help you, I do so because I'm going to get something for myself. Likewise, what appears to be friendly behavior among animals is said to be only an evolutionary adaptation designed to preserve an animal's genetic code. But research is leading some to question this harsh materialism. Ref: "Ants Can Learn to Favor Friends Over Family." Discover, May 1986. P. 10-13. Painting: Belisarius asking for alms by Jacques-Louis David, 1781. © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Mammoths and mastodons were distant relatives to the elephant. There is a great deal of debate over when they became extinct and why. Ref: "What Is a Fossil?" The Rich, Rich Desert. Student Handout. Photo: Skeleton of Columbian mammoth, Mammuthus columbi, in the George C. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles, California. Taken by WolfmanSF and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Many kinds of birds collect and store food for later use. However, scientists recently reported that the female red-cockaded woodpecker collects, stores and appropriately uses a dietary mineral supplement as well. Ref: "Red-cockaded Woodpeckers Stash Bone." Science News, August 31, 1991. P. 143. Painting: Female red-cockaded woodpecker on right. (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

When talking about a baby's expected time of birth, we have all heard someone say, "The baby will come when it's ready." While that might not sound very scientific, new research shows that the statement is probably scientifically accurate. The infant, not the mother, seems to control the start of the birth process for mother and infant. Ref: Fackelmann, K. "A Fetus Tells Mother: It's Time for Labor." Science News, Vol. 140. P. 182. Diagram: Mother-preborn circulatory system. (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

In Deuteronomy 27:2-8, we read of how Moses instructed Joshua to build an altar on Mt. Ebal after the Israelites had entered the Promised Land. There, the people were to sacrifice and give thanks to the Lord. Ref: Machlin, Milt. "Joshua and the Archaeologist." Reader's Digest, Sept. p. 135-138. Image: Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal map. (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

All of us are familiar with using bait to lure prey. Both live and artificial bait are used to catch fish. Stores lure shoppers with sale prices. The use of both bait and camouflage is an even more sophisticated activity. The duck hunter not only hides in a blind, disguised to look like the natural surroundings, but he sets decoys around him to make it look as if the area is safe for ducks. Ref: "Bugs that Use Bait." Science 83. P. 6. Photo: Taken by Fernando Otálora Luna, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

If you are like most people, you may not care whether spiders feel pain. However, because of the way spiders are designed, their ability to feel pain has implications for many other creatures. Ref: "The Sensitive Spider." Science 83. P. 6. Photo: Ambush bug, taken by Iron Chris, licensed under GNU Free Documentation License 1.2. © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.