Today's Creation Moment

Sociologists are treading more boldly on ground that once was the sacred domain of Christianity. In recent years sociologists have tried to explain why certain universals exist among human beings. They are puzzled, for example, by the fact that a smile or a look of grief looks the same in every culture in the world. REF.: Rensberger, Boyce. 1983. On becoming human. Science 83, April. p. 38. Photo: Children of the World by Alexas Foto_Pixabay.com

The frogfish is yet another strange creature for which those who believe in evolution can find no history. Not only do evolutionists admit that frogfish are not related by evolution to any other creature, but also they can find no relationship among 35 of the 41 known species of frogfish! Image: Frogfish (PD)

Nearly everyone is familiar with the way in which the whistle of a train moving toward them lowers in pitch as the train passes. The change in pitch is caused by the change in the movement of the train relative to the listener—first it is moving toward the listener, but after it passes it is moving away. This change in pitch is called Doppler shifting. Now let's apply this principal to the bat's echolocation system. REF.: Bats alter frequency of squeaks to aid hunt for prey. The San Diego Union, Mon., Oct. 23, 1989. p. D1. Image: Echolocation of Bats by Shung_CCA BY SA 3.0. Explanation of chart: A – Chiroptera B – prey d – distance E – emitted wave of bat R – reflected wave of prey

Is language learned or is it a builtin part of our very nature? If we were made by a Creator who values communication, we would expect to have some builtin language skills and desires. In fact, common features among all languages would also support the Bible's historical account of how humans once had only one language. REF.: Gould, Carol Grant. 1983. Out of the mouths of beasts. Science 83, April. p. 69. Photo: Cuneiform tablet_wikimedia (PD)

We hear it often: Christian values are to blame for most of the problems in society. Marriage is ridiculed as "just a piece of paper." Strongly held convictions of right and wrong are said to be to blame for arguments, fights and wars. And by all means, we must free ourselves from old fashioned attitudes about sex and marriage. REF.: Rensberger, Boyce. 1983. Margaret Mead. Science 83, April. p. 28. Photo: Margaret Mead by Lynn Gilbert CCA By SA 4.0

In Psalms 148:3 the sun, moon and stars are specifically encouraged along with the rest of creation, to praise God. And truly God, as our Creator and our Savior through Jesus Christ, is worthy of all praise. But perhaps many Christians have been a little too ready to accept this biblical language as figurative. Image: Sun by Alexas Foto Pixabay.com

The number of different kinds of insects in the world seems almost endless. There are millions. The larva of many of these insects feed on trees and bushes at least until they develop into adults. One would think, then, that we wouldn't have any trees left, since they are so unfairly outnumbered by such hordes. REF.: Bernhardt, Peter. 1989. Wily Violets & Underground Orchids: Revelations of a Botanist. pp. 79. Photo: Caterpillia eating_pixabaycom

Australia has many animals that are not found anywhere else in the world today. One of the most unique is the wombat, which looks like a small bear with brown fur. The wombat is a burrowing animal. REF.:Major, Trevor. 1989. The backward wombat. Reasoning from Revelation, August. p. 3. Photo: A Youngster Looks out of it´s mother´s pouch_TimSagorski_CC BY SA 4.0jpg

While the origins debate is basically a religious debate, many people have been taught that evolution is science and creation is religion. But even according to the evolutionists's own rules of science, evolution is not good science. Let's the claims of evolution in light of what science knows today. REF.: Brown, Walter T. 1984. The scientific case for creation: 116 categories of evidence. BibleScience Newsletter, JuneAugust.

Evolution says that life began with the simplest forms. It took over a billion years just to evolve algae and another billion years for living things to have more than one cell. It took half a billion years of slow development to generate today's creatures. And evolution says that this story comes from the fossil record. REF.: Marland & Rudwick. 1964. The great intraCambrian iceage. Scientific merican, v. 211, August. pp. 2836. Photo: Trilobites_Ángel M. Felicísimo_CCA 2.0

In 1805 when Lewis and Clark crossed the Continental Divide they saw North American Indians preparing the large roots of a plant for cooking. Lewis writes that he asked to taste a sample of the root. It was probably with some sense of amusement that the Indians, who cook the root before eating it, handed Lewis the raw root—which immediately upon tasting he named the bitterroot. REF.: Keithley, W.E. 1989. Bitterroot. Creation Research Society Quarterly, vol. 26, Sept. p. 53. Photo: BitterroomPixabay.com

A young student once asked Martin Luther what God was doing before He made the creation. Luther is said to have responded by telling the young man, "He was making switches to use on children who ask foolish questions." Now some evolutionary physicists are asking what the universe was like before the big bang. Notes: New Scientist, 6/3/00, pp. 24-27, "Before the Big Bang." Image: Universe explosion_Pixabay.com

Over the past several years, scientific studies of women have shown that those who have had abortions increase their risks of infertility, breast cancer and other problems. Now, a study released by the Population Research Institute reveals a whole new category of risks associated with abortion. Ref: Population Research Institute, 20 January 2006, Vol. 8, No. 3, Joseph A. D'Agostino, "Why Think Abortion Good for Anyone?" Photo:Pregnant woman – Pixabay.com

Given the size of its brain, could a honeybee recognize a specific human face? And if a bee could recognize specific human faces, how would the evolutionist explain this kind of ability? Ref: Science News, 12/3/5, p. 360, S. Milius, "Face Time." Photo: Honey Bees on flower – Pixabay.com

If you enjoy keeping tropical fish, the Mantis shrimp is one creature you may not want to keep in your aquarium. While this creature is related to common shrimp, it has a very unusual and specialized feature. Ref: http//www.USA Today.com. 1/9/06, April Holladay, "Shrimp spring into shattering action” Image: Mantis Shrimp_PD

Those who fear global warming blame any climate changes upon man's activity, including the raising of cattle for food. The digestive system of all ruminants, including cows, produce methane gas as part of the digestive process. Methane is considered one of the greenhouse gases that change the Earth's climate. Some have even suggested ways of limiting the methane produced by cows. Ref: Science News, 1/14/06, p. 19, S. Perkins, "Greenhouse Plants" Photo: Cow- Pixabay.com.

Could a plant devise a special growth for itself so that it becomes inviting to its only pollinator? If evolution were true, how could such a plant survive until it could learn enough about its pollinator, and about genetics, to evolve a special growth just for that pollinator. Ref: Science News, 6/4/05, p. 365, "Built-in bird perch spreads the pollen." Photo: S. African Rat Tail plant by Shyamal CC BY SA 4.0

Most listeners have heard of the little "cleaner fish" or wrasse that clean the teeth of larger fishes. New research on the behavior of these fishes shows that they are not always honest-business fish. Other fish, including those who might ordinarily consider a meal of "cleaner fish", actually stand in line for their services. That's because they need to have parasites and diseased tissue removed. They also know that the little "cleaner fish" offer massages. Ref: Science News, 11/2/02, p. 277, S. Milius, "Fish Fraud." Photo: Wrasse by Leonard Lowe_CCA 2.0_

Chickens aren't the brightest creatures in the animal world, but the mother hen knows to protect her eggs and keep them warm. Many species of snakes also care for their young. Amazingly, scientists have learnt that even some plants have been designed with "motherly" instincts. Ref: Science News, 7/23/05, pp. 59-60, Susan Milius, "Mommy Greenest." Photo: Galls on the head of Plantago lanceolata. Auchenmade (PD):

Can you imagine a plant that moves so fast that science didn't know what it was doing until recently? The plant is a forest wild flower found in North America and called the Bunchberry dogwood. Ref: Science News, 6/11/05, p. 381, "World's Fastest Plant Explodes with Pollen." Photo: Bunchberry Dogwood Flower (PD)

Ask any evolutionist, and he will tell you that the Venus Flower Basket is one of the least-evolved animals. This animal is actually a sponge that is made up of a colony of creatures, and it does some amazing things. Ref: Discover, 8/05, pp. 42-47, George M. Whitesides, "Illuminated Life." Photo: Euplectella Aspergillum Vnus flower sponge (PD) NOAA

Scientists have shown that the so-called "Mozart effect" of music in young children is just a myth. This popular idea said that exposing young children to classical music improves their ability in non-verbal tasks. Nevertheless, researchers did find a more interesting effect of classical music on students. Ref: Science News, 6/19/04, p. 389, B. Bower, "Tuning Up Young Minds." Painting: Young Mozart before Emperor Francis (PD)

Homing pigeons are valued because of their highly developed sense of direction, and this includes the ability to read the Earth's magnetic field. Some other birds, turtles and even a few salamanders have also shown this same ability. However, bees, ants or people are not born with this ability. Ref: Science News, 1/4/03, p. 4, S. Milius, "Homing Lobsters." Photo: Spiny Lobster by James St.John CCA 2.0

Ethicists who believe in evolution are trying to figure out an evolutionary explanation for why people universally have a sense of right and wrong. This line of study is so new that it doesn't yet have a name, although some have suggested "neuroethics" or "moral neuroscience". Ref: Discover, 4/04, pp. 60-65, Carl Zimmer, "Whose Life Would You Save?" Photo: portrait of Immanuel Kant.(PD)

Listeners will know from our Creation Moments programs that the scientific establishment is firmly convinced that Man evolved from the higher apes millions of years ago. For this reason, rhesus monkeys have long been used not only for pharmaceutical trials but in psychological tests to determine how Man's intelligence evolved. Ref: Science News, 7/2/05, p. 14, "Monkeys keep track of small numbers." Photo: Monkey by Alxas Foto Pixabay.com

Today, hummingbirds are found only in North, Central and South America. Of course, since Noah's Ark landed in the mountains of Ararat, they had to cross Europe and the Atlantic or Asia to get there. However, until now, there was no evidence for this migration. Ref: Science News, 5/8/04, p. 292, S. Perkins, "Ancient Buzzing." Photo: Hummingbird by BryanHanson_Pixabay

The last creature a rattlesnake wants to see is the California ground squirrel. Ref: Science News, 6/26/04, p. 403, S. Milius, "Hot Bother." Photo: Squirrels_by Holly Cheng CC BY SA 3.0

If it weren't for mushrooms, there would be so many un-decayed dead trees that there would be no room on Earth for anything else to grow. But mushrooms don't just recycle dead trees. They help make the trees grow in the first place. Ref: Discover, 2005, pp. 48-53, Greg Mueller, "Dr. Mushroom.". Photo:Mycelium by James Lindsey CC BY SA 3.0

How important is father to a child's religious growth? Due to the way in which census information is gathered in Switzerland, researchers were able to find out. And while their conclusions might shock modern sensitivities, they are really not too surprising. Ref: Touchstone Magazine, 2003, Robbie Low, "The Truth About Men and Church." Photo: Father and Child by Ljor Pixabay.com

The last few years have seen a good deal of excitement among astronomers over the possibility of discovering planets orbiting distant stars. Astronomers are looking at stars that are surrounded by disks of dust and debris. The idea is that planets form over millions of years from the dust and rock that orbits a star. This was supposedly how the Earth formed billions of years ago.

The long, cold winters of Scandinavia not only freeze the lakes, but pile so much snow on the lake ice that no light can penetrate to the cold, unfrozen water beneath. This means that the creatures below the ice can use up all the oxygen in the lake water. How do the fish in the water survive? Photo: Crucian Carp_by Viridflavus CC BY-

A real monster prowls the ocean floor from the Aleutian Islands to Southern California. It is a terror to even relatively large bottom dwellers. It eats many things, including hermit crabs, clams, sea cucumbers, sea urchins and even abalone. This monster goes by the seemingly innocent name of the Sunflower Star.

According to the evolutionary timetable, mankind has been on Earth for about 100,000 years. Archeologists and Paleo-archeologists claim that 100,000 years ago the earliest true men began to bury their dead, often with flowers and other trinkets, suggesting that he was capable of abstract thought. Paintings on cave walls and ceilings show that early man was capable of creating exquisite art. Other excavations have yielded scale models, toys and jewelry. It is strange, then, that for these 95,000 years, man left no written record of himself.

Evolutionary scientists studying the workings of the human brain are trying to find out what the human "mind" is. The problem is that everyone, including scientists, knows that human beings are conscious people with minds. Yet, strict, materialistic science says that there is no scientific evidence for the mind.

The year of 1816 was called the "year without a summer." Weather records and newspaper clippings offer us a record of the unusual weather that struck all over the Earth in 1816.

Scientists have known for some time that hummingbirds prefer bright-colored flowers. On the other hand, all of us know that white is most easily seen at night. That means that moths that pollinate flowers will more easily find white flowers. The question is: What is a flower to do when it is pollinated by hummingbirds during part of its flowering season and by night-flying moths later in its flowering season?

Bats are among the most underappreciated and misunderstood creatures in the entire world. Yet, they are most worthy of our appreciation. Nearly all of the 1,400 species of bats eat either insects or fruit, only three type of Central and South American bats feeds on blood – usually the blood of cattle.

Many of us have heard the old legend about why Christopher Columbus was told he could not sail too far west. According to the legend, Columbus was repeatedly told that he could not sail west to India because the Earth was flat. If he sailed too far, he would fall off the edge. That story was a piece of fiction cooked up by Washington Irving in the 1830s.

Tucked neatly beneath the ribs, your liver performs more than 500 different tasks. It is a vital link between your heart, lungs and digestive system.

The amazing structure of the honeycomb has fascinated scientists for thousands of years. In the third century, the astronomer and geometer Pappus of Alexandria became the first to offer an explanation for why the honeycomb has a hexagonal shape. Photo: Honeycomb with eggs and larvae. Courtesy of Waugsberg. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2.

How old did the Earth look five years after the creation? Geologists tell us that it takes hundreds of thousands of years to wear down new rock into sand and soil and for the sea to cut a beach. If this was true, one would not expect to see beaches or soil on an Earth that was only five years old. Or would we?

Even though it's a mammal and not a fish, the Weddell seal of the Antarctic is one of the greatest deep-sea divers in the world. Weighing up to 1,200 pounds, the Weddell seal can cruise under water for up to 70 minutes. It is able to reach depths as great as 1,600 feet. For comparison, the record for a human being is a 13-minute, 43-second dive down to 282 feet.

Most of the effects of aging are due to genetic mistakes that accumulate over generations. This is in addition to the age limitations God imposed on human beings after the Genesis Flood. These early generations, so close to Adam and Eve, would have accumulated comparatively few genetic mistakes.

Those light flashes created by fireflies are actually a quite complex language. The more than 200 species of firefly each have their own language. Each species uses a different combination of color, intensity and flash intervals. Photo: Firefly by Bruce Marlin_CC By SA 2.5.J

Fireflies are able to read the light signals of other fireflies. These signals may contain several messages. Photo: Eastern Firefly by art farmer – CCO By SA 2.0.

There is nothing our Creator God does that is not intended to bring us closer to Him. Why? Because His purpose in making humans was to make someone to love. We exist because He wanted to love us and be loved by us.

The ability to smell is one gift we often take for granted. That's probably because we usually identify things more quickly with one of our other senses. At the same time, dinner wouldn't be the same without the smells.

Medical researchers are finding out just what a wonderful gift laughter is. Laughter, it has been found, is excellent exercise for the lungs. It clears the respiratory system and is emotionally healthy. Laughter relaxes muscles. It is a proven reliever of emotional tension. Research also suggests that laughter has healing effects, possibly boosting the immune system.

For a long time, researchers were confused about the sounds gerbils make because they were only hearing a small part of the communication. This is because our human ears hear sounds that go up to about 20,000 cycles per second. However, gerbils do most of their talking at as high as 32,000 cycles per second. Their talk is too high-pitched for us to hear.

The discovery of tiny pollen grains in rock shows just how inflated the billions of years claimed by evolutionists really are.