[asa] ICR for July, 2006

ICR "Acts & Facts" - July 2006

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN: Return from Grand Canyon

John Morris writes: "ICR just returned from Grand Canyon having
completed
another successful tour, ... .

He and Bill Hoesch gave lectures to what in the accompanying picture
looks like a good crowd. At least 100 naive listeners.

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IMPACT No. 397 - Evolution Is Not Based on Natural Laws

My friend, the sorely misguided but undoubtedly sincere Duane Gish
writes: "One of the claims most frequently used by evolutionists for
excluding the scientific evidence for creation in public schools and to
be denied for publication in scientific journals is that such
evidence is
not based on natural laws, therefore it cannot be scientific.

His claim is that evolutionary theory is also not based on natural laws,
but is actually contrary to them.

Addressing the Big Bang theory: "There were no natural laws in existence
during this hypothetical early stage of the origin of the universe.

He mentions the fifty (or so) constants which are what they are else
life
could not exist -- the evolutionary origin of the universe is
excluded on
the basis of these improbable set of constants. Gish sees a tie between
the constants and the improbability of evolution; I don't see it myself.

He invokes (again) the 2nd law of thermodynamics as part of his claim.

Four pages to say what has been Duane's theme for decades. It is no more
persuasive today than it ever was. Except to the naive. Unfortunately,
they are in the large majority.
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BACK TO GENESIS: BTG 211(a) - Where Can We See Young-Earth Evidence?

John Morris writes: "Rocks and fossils do not come with labels informing
us of their age. They must be understood in light of their geologic
context, and interpreted within a worldview. Unfortunately, my
evolutionary colleagues are often so
dominated by uniformitarian brainwashing they can't objectively
understand young-Earth evidence. Nevertheless, some of the evidence is
clear and open for all to see."

Note that John rafters to his "evolutionary colleagues" as if he were a
respected member of their set. <G>

John refers to the Kodachrome Basin State Park and the Bryce Canyon
National Park in Utah. The argument is about the clastic pipes, which
are
"evidence" of a young earth.
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BACK TO GENESIS: BTG 211(b) - Amber: A Window to the Recent Past

Frank Sherwin writes: "Beautiful, golden fossilized amber begins as
resin. Exuded as a sticky liquid from bark or wood, it polymerizes into
solid amber. It slowly degrades when left in the open and therefore must
be rather quickly buried
in dense sediments. There are about twenty amber deposits, the most
prominent locations are in the Baltic and Dominican Republic." Frank
argues that organisms found in amber are evidence of a young earth. Of
course.
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BACK TO GENESIS: BTG 211(c) - I Love Lucy?

Bill Hoesch writes: "Lucy, to TV audiences of the 1950s and 1960s, was a
spunky red-headed actress. To our more educated schoolchildren today,
however, "Lucy" means something quite different. She is the celebrated
fossil that appears in
textbooks as a hairy, semi-naked, upright-walking ape striding boldly
across a treeless African landscape. Her jaw is set and she leaves
behind
her a set of trailing footprints. As the unquestioned icon of human
evolution, her fame is comparable to that of the former actress. Why is
it that all public school children have heard of this fossil?"

Bill claims that Lucy is the BEST (and not very good) "missing link" the
scientists can come up with.

He concludes with "It is a credit to an educational establishment that
banks on the ignorance of taxpayers that Lucy remains a 'missing link.'"
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BACK TO GENESIS: BTG 211(d) - Astrobiology: Follow the . . .

David Coppedge writes: ""Astrobiology" is a curious science. Like its
predecessor "exobiology" it is, as George Gaylord Simpson once quipped,
"a science without a subject." We know about astrophysics and
astrochemistry, but where is the biology in astronomy? So far, it's only
in the imaginations of evolutionists, who think the recipe for life
is as
simple as "just add water."

David suggests that starting with John 1:1-3 might be a better
foundation
for research.
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STEWARDSHIP: Why Bother?

Henry Morris, III, writes: "Rare is the saint who has not breathed the
cry of David, "Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the
wicked
triumph?" (Psalm 94:3). It seems like liberal and humanistic educators
dominate and control the educational process... The mass media spins
liberal policy in a favorable light, conservative policy in an
undesirable light, and Christianity as a radical right-wing extremism."

The article continues with a plea for funds.
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Other articles in A&F this month:

New Molecular Biology Lab at ICR (by Larry Vardiman)

Research Groups Report Plans (also by Vardiman). ICR got $500,000 in
donations in early 2006. Twenty geologists and associates were
invited to
the first meeting of FAST (I wonder how many came?).

Vardiman and Lisle Confront Ross and Rana on the Age of the Earth at the
First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton. 800 people attended. It
was a
full day session. Much was said about "death before sin," which ICR
consistently claims could not have happened.

750 people were at a RATE presentation at First Baptist in Roanoke on
May
20th. Followup talks took place at the church and also at Calvary
Memorial in Roanoke.

And so it goes. With an estimated 61% of all Americans now convinced of
most YEC claims, why would anyone still assert that the YECs have not
won?

Watch Kansas. Watch the politicians. Watch the election ads this fall.

Burgy

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Received on Fri Aug 4 16:23:16 2006