ANCIENT METEOROLOGISTS PREDICTED EL NIñO
Genesis 1:14
"And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:"
El Niños have been periodically changing the weather patterns of North and South America for thousands of years. El Niños in the Andes result in a four to six week delay in the rain needed for the potato crops on which ancient farmers depended. They even knew ahead of time when to wait to plant their potatoes for best results.
Between June 13 and 24 of each year, these farmers would search the early dawn sky for the invisible signs of an El Niño. The warm El Niño waters cause more moisture to accumulate in the atmosphere. Some of this moisture forms invisible cirrus clouds high in the atmosphere. While invisible, these clouds would cause some of the more dim stars to disappear. So the Andean farmers looked to the northeastern horizon to find the Pleiades. If all seven stars, including the dimmest of them, shone clearly morning after morning, the Andean farmers knew that no El Niño was forming. However, if they consistently saw a dimming of the stars, they knew that they should delay planting for four to six weeks because the rains would be late.
Where would the Andean farmers learn the signs and consequences of an El Niño for their crops? The Bible teaches that the sun, moon and stars also serve to give us signs about the seasons. It would appear that God originally gave Adam the ability to read these signs, knowledge which Adam would have passed down to future generations.
I praise You, Lord, for the entire creation shows Your handiwork. Amen.
Science Frontiers, 3-4/00, p. 1 "Archeometeorology." Graphic: The 1997–98 El Niño observed by TOPEX/Poseidon. (PD)
Genesis 1:14
"And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:"
El Niños have been periodically changing the weather patterns of North and South America for thousands of years. El Niños in the Andes result in a four to six week delay in the rain needed for the potato crops on which ancient farmers depended. They even knew ahead of time when to wait to plant their potatoes for best results.
Between June 13 and 24 of each year, these farmers would search the early dawn sky for the invisible signs of an El Niño. The warm El Niño waters cause more moisture to accumulate in the atmosphere. Some of this moisture forms invisible cirrus clouds high in the atmosphere. While invisible, these clouds would cause some of the more dim stars to disappear. So the Andean farmers looked to the northeastern horizon to find the Pleiades. If all seven stars, including the dimmest of them, shone clearly morning after morning, the Andean farmers knew that no El Niño was forming. However, if they consistently saw a dimming of the stars, they knew that they should delay planting for four to six weeks because the rains would be late.
Where would the Andean farmers learn the signs and consequences of an El Niño for their crops? The Bible teaches that the sun, moon and stars also serve to give us signs about the seasons. It would appear that God originally gave Adam the ability to read these signs, knowledge which Adam would have passed down to future generations.
I praise You, Lord, for the entire creation shows Your handiwork. Amen.
Science Frontiers, 3-4/00, p. 1 "Archeometeorology." Graphic: The 1997–98 El Niño observed by TOPEX/Poseidon. (PD)
HIGH-TECH ANTS
Genesis 1:31
"And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day."
Why do ants like electricity and why can they sense microwaves? If evolution were true, how would ants evolve a love for electricity in only the short time that man has been producing it? For what purpose would they have evolved the ability to sense microwave radiation long before man was using it?
It has been well established that ants like to build their nests around electrical equipment. They are often found around electrical meters. They are famous for building their nests around airport runway lights. They seem to be particularly fond of electrical relays. No one knows why. Now we learn that unlike any other multicelled creatures, they can survive inside a running microwave oven, perhaps enjoying your food as it cooks! How can they do this? It seems that ants can detect the invisible wave pattern of microwaves inside the oven. These patterns leave some areas of the oven low in microwave radiation while other areas are high in radiation. Ants simply avoid those areas where the radiation is strong enough to kill them. Incidentally, you can see these patterns by lining the tray on the floor of your microwave oven with marshmallows. You will notice that some will become very cooked while others are barely touched by the microwaves.
If evolution were true, how would ants develop the ability to deal successfully with conditions that did not exist? It makes more sense to conclude that our Creator, Who knows the future, made the ants as He did for reasons we still must discover.
Lord, I am filled with wonder at Your wonderful work. I thank You for all You have given me. Amen.
Science Frontiers, 1-2/00, p. 2, "Ants Like Microwaves." Photo: Modern microwave oven. (PD)
Genesis 1:31
"And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day."
Why do ants like electricity and why can they sense microwaves? If evolution were true, how would ants evolve a love for electricity in only the short time that man has been producing it? For what purpose would they have evolved the ability to sense microwave radiation long before man was using it?
It has been well established that ants like to build their nests around electrical equipment. They are often found around electrical meters. They are famous for building their nests around airport runway lights. They seem to be particularly fond of electrical relays. No one knows why. Now we learn that unlike any other multicelled creatures, they can survive inside a running microwave oven, perhaps enjoying your food as it cooks! How can they do this? It seems that ants can detect the invisible wave pattern of microwaves inside the oven. These patterns leave some areas of the oven low in microwave radiation while other areas are high in radiation. Ants simply avoid those areas where the radiation is strong enough to kill them. Incidentally, you can see these patterns by lining the tray on the floor of your microwave oven with marshmallows. You will notice that some will become very cooked while others are barely touched by the microwaves.
If evolution were true, how would ants develop the ability to deal successfully with conditions that did not exist? It makes more sense to conclude that our Creator, Who knows the future, made the ants as He did for reasons we still must discover.
Lord, I am filled with wonder at Your wonderful work. I thank You for all You have given me. Amen.
Science Frontiers, 1-2/00, p. 2, "Ants Like Microwaves." Photo: Modern microwave oven. (PD)
THE INCREASINGLY TANGLED TREE OF LIFE
John 1:3
"All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made."
Researchers studying genetics have concluded that the evolutionary tree of life does not reflect the facts of biochemistry.
By the 1960s, biochemists had concluded that living things could be grouped into two distinct types based on their basic structures and genetic information. Eukaryotes have one or more cells and a true nucleus. Prokaryotes have smaller cells with no true nucleus. They are so different from eukaryotes that researchers concluded that they must have developed separately from non living matter. By the late 1970s, a third type of life was recognized – the archaea. Archaea favor extreme environments such as undersea vents. Their biochemistry is unlike prokaryotes or eukaryotes. According to evolutionists, life may have had to develop from non-living material three times. Further, to explain the biochemistry of these three types of creatures, biochemists have to assume that at points these separate types had to exchange genetic material with each other, and with a fourth, unknown and extinct type of living thing!
One logical conclusion of this new evolutionary approach is that life had to arise from non-life many times. Yet, modern biochemistry still has not explained how life could arise from non-life even once. However, this is exactly the pattern we might expect if all living things are the product of a wise Creator Who used similar designs to solve similar problems.
Dear Father, great and glorious is the work of Your hands! Amen.
Scientific American, 2/00, pp. 90-95, "Uprooting the Tree of Life." Illustration: Cell structure of a bacterium, one of the two domains of prokaryotic life. (PD)
John 1:3
"All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made."
Researchers studying genetics have concluded that the evolutionary tree of life does not reflect the facts of biochemistry.
By the 1960s, biochemists had concluded that living things could be grouped into two distinct types based on their basic structures and genetic information. Eukaryotes have one or more cells and a true nucleus. Prokaryotes have smaller cells with no true nucleus. They are so different from eukaryotes that researchers concluded that they must have developed separately from non living matter. By the late 1970s, a third type of life was recognized – the archaea. Archaea favor extreme environments such as undersea vents. Their biochemistry is unlike prokaryotes or eukaryotes. According to evolutionists, life may have had to develop from non-living material three times. Further, to explain the biochemistry of these three types of creatures, biochemists have to assume that at points these separate types had to exchange genetic material with each other, and with a fourth, unknown and extinct type of living thing!
One logical conclusion of this new evolutionary approach is that life had to arise from non-life many times. Yet, modern biochemistry still has not explained how life could arise from non-life even once. However, this is exactly the pattern we might expect if all living things are the product of a wise Creator Who used similar designs to solve similar problems.
Dear Father, great and glorious is the work of Your hands! Amen.
Scientific American, 2/00, pp. 90-95, "Uprooting the Tree of Life." Illustration: Cell structure of a bacterium, one of the two domains of prokaryotic life. (PD)
SECULAR STUDIES BOLSTER MARRIAGE COMMITMENT
Proverbs 18:22
"Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD."
We have, in past Creation Moments programs, mentioned studies that have shown that married couples enjoy a happier, healthier life than cohabiting couples. What we haven't mentioned is that hundreds of studies have been done on this subject by university and government groups. And each study supports the same conclusions: cohabitation without the commitment of marriage is a formula for trouble in life.
A UCLA researcher evaluated over 130 studies on the happiness and health of married couples versus cohabitors. He concluded that married couples scored much higher in personal happiness than cohabitating couples. They also had much lower rates of suicide, alcoholism, psychiatric care and general health problems. But there is more: A Washington University study found that cohabiting couples have less healthy relationships than married couples. Then, a study released in 1999 by the National Marriage Project reviewed ten years of studies and concluded that cohabiting couples who eventually marry greatly increase their chance for divorce. A 1997 study by the National Survey of Families and Households found that couples who lived together before marriage were 46 percent more likely to get divorced than those who do not.
The Bible recognizes that not everyone is cut out for marriage. However, no one is cut out for cohabitation. We need the commitment of marriage. Modern science is discovering that the Bible was right all along in saying that a man and a woman need the commitment of marriage if their union is to be blessed.
I thank You, dear Father, for the gift and blessings of marriage. Amen.
Christian News, 3/6/00, p. 10, "Science, Scholarship and Scripture." Photo: Courtesy of Hohum. (CC BY 2.0)
Proverbs 18:22
"Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD."
We have, in past Creation Moments programs, mentioned studies that have shown that married couples enjoy a happier, healthier life than cohabiting couples. What we haven't mentioned is that hundreds of studies have been done on this subject by university and government groups. And each study supports the same conclusions: cohabitation without the commitment of marriage is a formula for trouble in life.
A UCLA researcher evaluated over 130 studies on the happiness and health of married couples versus cohabitors. He concluded that married couples scored much higher in personal happiness than cohabitating couples. They also had much lower rates of suicide, alcoholism, psychiatric care and general health problems. But there is more: A Washington University study found that cohabiting couples have less healthy relationships than married couples. Then, a study released in 1999 by the National Marriage Project reviewed ten years of studies and concluded that cohabiting couples who eventually marry greatly increase their chance for divorce. A 1997 study by the National Survey of Families and Households found that couples who lived together before marriage were 46 percent more likely to get divorced than those who do not.
The Bible recognizes that not everyone is cut out for marriage. However, no one is cut out for cohabitation. We need the commitment of marriage. Modern science is discovering that the Bible was right all along in saying that a man and a woman need the commitment of marriage if their union is to be blessed.
I thank You, dear Father, for the gift and blessings of marriage. Amen.
Christian News, 3/6/00, p. 10, "Science, Scholarship and Scripture." Photo: Courtesy of Hohum. (CC BY 2.0)
THE DEADLIEST ANIMAL IN THE WORLD
I Peter 5:8
"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:"
You have probably never heard of the last animal you would ever want to meet undefended. This animal, found in the wild only in Madagascar, is called the fossa (pronounced FOO-sa). A typical specimen weighs only about 14 pounds. Its body is about 28 inches long, but its tail is another 28 inches long.
The fossa looks something like a small mountain lion and was originally classified as a member of the cat family. But it also has features and behaviors, including its tenacity in fighting, more similar to the mongoose. This led scientists to reclassify the fossa as a member of the mongoose family. These ferocious creatures live in the forests of Madagascar. Despite its small size, it is said to eat anything with a heartbeat. This powerful creature is known by science to bring down even wild pigs much larger than itself. The local people of Madagascar say it can even bring down oxen. Pound for pound, it is recognized as the deadliest animal in the world. Scientists have also learned that an even larger version of the fossa possibly existed 1,500 years ago when Madagascar was first settled. This fossa weighed as much as 200 pounds and had a body 6 feet long, not counting the tail. It could have brought down any creature it wanted.
While the fossa may be considered the personification of evil, the Bible tells us that the devil is behind all evil and is much more dangerous than any fossa. So we can thank God that His Son, Jesus Christ, has won for us the victory over sin, death and the devil.
Lord, I thank You. You have given me Your victory over the devil. Amen.
Discover, 4/00, pp. 68 75, "The deadliest Carnivore." Photo: Fossa. Courtesy of Chad Teer. (CC BY 2.0)
I Peter 5:8
"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:"
You have probably never heard of the last animal you would ever want to meet undefended. This animal, found in the wild only in Madagascar, is called the fossa (pronounced FOO-sa). A typical specimen weighs only about 14 pounds. Its body is about 28 inches long, but its tail is another 28 inches long.
The fossa looks something like a small mountain lion and was originally classified as a member of the cat family. But it also has features and behaviors, including its tenacity in fighting, more similar to the mongoose. This led scientists to reclassify the fossa as a member of the mongoose family. These ferocious creatures live in the forests of Madagascar. Despite its small size, it is said to eat anything with a heartbeat. This powerful creature is known by science to bring down even wild pigs much larger than itself. The local people of Madagascar say it can even bring down oxen. Pound for pound, it is recognized as the deadliest animal in the world. Scientists have also learned that an even larger version of the fossa possibly existed 1,500 years ago when Madagascar was first settled. This fossa weighed as much as 200 pounds and had a body 6 feet long, not counting the tail. It could have brought down any creature it wanted.
While the fossa may be considered the personification of evil, the Bible tells us that the devil is behind all evil and is much more dangerous than any fossa. So we can thank God that His Son, Jesus Christ, has won for us the victory over sin, death and the devil.
Lord, I thank You. You have given me Your victory over the devil. Amen.
Discover, 4/00, pp. 68 75, "The deadliest Carnivore." Photo: Fossa. Courtesy of Chad Teer. (CC BY 2.0)
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