Interesting topics from leading Creation Scientists

[Sher]

Since this is an argue-free zone ... :yipee: ... I thought I would propose another topic similar to the "Fav Creation Scientist" one ... without the bickering :xmm:

My :thumb: for today goes to Great Titles:

Ken Ham and Dr. Carl Wieland ... "Your appendix: It’s there for a reason (http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs/357.asp)"Today, the appendix is recognized as a highly specialized organ with a rich blood supply. This is not what we would expect from a degenerate, useless structure.

The appendix contains a high concentration of lymphoid follicles. These are highly specialized structures which are a part of the immune system. The clue to the appendix’s function is found in its strategic position right where the small bowel meets the large bowel or colon. The colon is loaded with bacteria which are useful there, but which must be kept away from other areas such as the small bowel and the bloodstream.

Through the cells in these lymphoid follicles, and the antibodies they make (see box below), the appendix is ‘involved in the control of which essential bacteria come to reside in the caecum and colon in neonatal life’.
Steve Cardno and Dr. Carl Wieland ... "Mr Butterflies (http://www.answersingenesis.org/Docs/1142.asp)"Preparing for its remarkable transformation, a caterpillar spins a patch of silk onto which to attach itself from the plant (some species spin a silk girdle as well). Then comes an amazing feat—hanging itself onto the patch by a set of special hooks, just as it becomes the motionless, seemingly lifeless pupa. Inside, a mind-boggling process is taking place which defies all evolutionary explanations. The caterpillar’s organs dissolve into a chemical soup, from which a radically different creature is then constructed—the butterfly. The entire process is already ‘written’ on the DNA in the egg from which the caterpillar first hatched.

and Dr. Stephen Grocott, for the video: "Losing Your Marbles: Evolution and the Law of Decay" :wink:

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[TheFiveSolas]

I would say that I find the preliminary findings (we have to wait until August for an updated technical paper to be made public) of the scientists involved in R.A.T.E. (Radioisotopes and the Age of The Earth)are very intriguing.

They have found what appears to be several lines of evidence for a recent PULSE of radioactive decay. If true, this would explain why we find radioactive ratios that yield what appear to be long ages.

Two of the main findings are:
1) Excess helium, produced by radioactive decay, in biotite and granite.
2) Parentless radiohalos.

[dizzle]

I also found Humphreys book on White Hole Cosmology fascinating. I was able to speak with him on the phone about it, and he was just a fantastically helpful man.

[Sher]

Today @ 07:57 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=109449#post109449)
Dee Dee Warren:

I was able to speak with him on the phone about it

Now ... that's cool ...

I've often wished I could do that for several books ...What did you mean when you said this? Can you clarify it for me? ... getting the author's actual intentions in his/her writing, instead of the interpretation of others we might read/ask.

[dawnghost]

Yesterday @ 09:05 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=109241#post109241)
TheFiveSolas:

I would say that I find the preliminary findings (we have to wait until August for an updated technical paper to be made public) of the scientists involved in R.A.T.E. (Radioisotopes and the Age of The Earth)are very intriguing.

They have found what appears to be several lines of evidence for a recent PULSE of radioactive decay. If true, this would explain why we find radioactive ratios that yield what appear to be long ages.

Two of the main findings are:
1) Excess helium, produced by radioactive decay, in biotite and granite.
2) Parentless radiohalos.

that's very interesting! how did you receive that information? do they have a website or something like that?

[Socrates]

Today @ 11:17 AM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=109459#post109459)
dawnghost:

that's very interesting! how did you receive that information? do they have a website or something like that?

There is a bit more detail at www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/feedback/negative_17December2001.asp which also links to their book.

[dawnghost]

Today @ 02:24 AM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=109504#post109504)
Socrates:
There is a bit more detail at www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/feedback/negative_17December2001.asp which also links to their book.

cool! thank you Socrates! here is a pearl for that :cheers:

[Sher]

Glad to see you over here Dawnghost :yipee:

[TheFiveSolas]

Dawnghost,

Here's a link to a short summary on the excess He (Helium) found in zircons...
http://www.icr.org/pubs/imp/imp-352.htm

[dawnghost]

Today @ 04:56 AM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=109639#post109639)
SherBear:
Glad to see you over here Dawnghost :yipee:

hehehehe glad to see you here too :smile:

but why did you post this? I've always been a supporter of creation. :teeth:

[dawnghost]

Today @ 05:38 AM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=109683#post109683)
TheFiveSolas:
Dawnghost,

Here's a link to a short summary on the excess He (Helium) found in zircons...
http://www.icr.org/pubs/imp/imp-352.htm

thank you very much, TFS
I'll read it for sure

ok ok, here's a pearl for you as well :teeth:

[Sher]

Today @ 10:46 AM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=109951#post109951)
dawnghost:

but why did you post this? I've always been a supporter of creation. :teeth:

Oh, I meant no implication by that ... at all! :frown:

... just a welcome to the new area here :yipee:

[dawnghost]

Yesterday @ 11:12 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=110417#post110417)
SherBear:
Oh, I meant no implication by that ... at all! :frown:

... just a welcome to the new area here :yipee:

why, thank you then, SherBear! you are very polite indeed! I'll give you a pearl for being so polite! actually two, because now I envy you and I want to be even more polite than you!



:yipee:

[1ofWaterNFire]

I would say that I find the preliminary findings (we have to wait until August for an updated technical paper to be made public) of the scientists involved in R.A.T.E. (Radioisotopes and the Age of The Earth)are very intriguing.

I'm not too sure, but is this what you were waiting for?
http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2003/0821rate.asp :yipee:

[TheFiveSolas]

Yep, that's exactly what I was referring to! The uniformitarians have just been PUNKT!

Some of the submitted peer-reviewed papers can be found at www.icr.org/research

[TheFiveSolas]

A few years ago Dr. Russel Humphreys proposed an alternative to the current "Big Bang Theory" by using a different set of starting assumptions (i.e., that the universe started inside of a white hole and is bounded rather than unbounded). It seems the scientific establishment is just now coming up to date (though they are either unaware of Dr. Humphreys' prior papers on the subject, or are deliberately ignoring them). I find it interesting that a creationist physicist did the pioneering work in this field a few years before the "mainstream" caught up.

The prestigious journal, "Proceedings of the National Academy of Science" recently published an article using the same "starting scenario and starting foundation" of Dr. Humphreys' white hole cosmology.

Dr. Humphreys' cosmology was developed in response to the question of how we can see distant starlight in a young universe.

http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/1833875100v1