Evolutionists love to say that they can confirm the truth of evolution by creating a hypothesis in the form of a prediction, and then checking to see if the prediction is true. IMO this whole process can be flawed in many respects, but it can also be perfectly valid. If it CAN be perfectly valid, then it ought to work for creation, as well, when you add enough safety checks in order to demonstrate that it is perfectly valid.
Anyone care to offer a prediction, and then an observation?
Here's an example of a prediction based on information from the Bible. The lifespan of people before the flood was up to and above 900 years. Even if you eliminate cavities, our teeth tend to wear down, rot, or break over a period of about 100 years. If God designed us to live up to 900 years or more, one would expect that God would have either designed our teeth to be stronger or designed us to get new teeth.
As it turns out, people who live well past the age of 100 DO actually get a new set of teeth. Some people even get them as young as their 80s.
So the prediction is confirmed by the evidence.
I actually believe there is some validity to the above.
But I do not believe the next prediction or observation is necessarily true (although I suppose anything is possible). I'm simply going to present it to demonstrate a point.
Let me warn you that I'm just making this up as I go, right now, so it will not be very convincing. But if I took the time and effort to surround this prediction with enough jargon and double-talk, I'd bet I could convince a LOT of people that the following makes perfect sense. That's my point -- it is so easy to be self deceived and deceive others when you are so focused on your conclusions, that you end up beingguided more by your imagination than by the facts.
If we were designed to live 900 years, one would expect to find unexplainable anomalies in our understanding of the human body, becase we're only seeing a small snapshot of what the body was designed to do or handle.
And that is exactly the case. As it turns out, we only use a fraction of the memory capabilities of our brains. If we lived to 900 years or more, we would use most of the remainder. Obviously our brains were designed for longer lives.
In addition, if you extrapolate the accumulation of certain minerals in the human body over 100 years to a longer lifespan, the body would become poisoned by these minerals at age 300. Our body has no known means of eliminating these minerals. However, it is my hypothesis that the appendix is an organ that is designed to "wake up" every 300 years and eliminate these toxic minerals.
Anyone care to offer a prediction, and then an observation?
Here's an example of a prediction based on information from the Bible. The lifespan of people before the flood was up to and above 900 years. Even if you eliminate cavities, our teeth tend to wear down, rot, or break over a period of about 100 years. If God designed us to live up to 900 years or more, one would expect that God would have either designed our teeth to be stronger or designed us to get new teeth.
As it turns out, people who live well past the age of 100 DO actually get a new set of teeth. Some people even get them as young as their 80s.
So the prediction is confirmed by the evidence.
I actually believe there is some validity to the above.
But I do not believe the next prediction or observation is necessarily true (although I suppose anything is possible). I'm simply going to present it to demonstrate a point.
Let me warn you that I'm just making this up as I go, right now, so it will not be very convincing. But if I took the time and effort to surround this prediction with enough jargon and double-talk, I'd bet I could convince a LOT of people that the following makes perfect sense. That's my point -- it is so easy to be self deceived and deceive others when you are so focused on your conclusions, that you end up beingguided more by your imagination than by the facts.
If we were designed to live 900 years, one would expect to find unexplainable anomalies in our understanding of the human body, becase we're only seeing a small snapshot of what the body was designed to do or handle.
And that is exactly the case. As it turns out, we only use a fraction of the memory capabilities of our brains. If we lived to 900 years or more, we would use most of the remainder. Obviously our brains were designed for longer lives.
In addition, if you extrapolate the accumulation of certain minerals in the human body over 100 years to a longer lifespan, the body would become poisoned by these minerals at age 300. Our body has no known means of eliminating these minerals. However, it is my hypothesis that the appendix is an organ that is designed to "wake up" every 300 years and eliminate these toxic minerals.