You know what the cool thing about being a creationist is? I mean really, really cool? For me, it's such a wonderful thing to see the Glory of God, not only in the Scriptures, but in nature. It's almost like two separate books written by the same Author. The book of Scripture (The Bible)...and the Book of Life (nature.) And the thing is, with just a little bit of investigation, it's easy to see that these two books are congruent and tell the same story.
What strikes me about Genesis, in particular, is how profound it really is, starting with the first sentence: "In the Beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth." Please notice there is no mention of material in that sentence. There is no mention of "molding" or "forming" anything, as if God's got a big blob of clay of pre-existing matter to work with. Instead, it says God simply created....and His creation became a reality with His spoken word. And I find this interesting because I think it shows how simple it was for God to create the world. Effortless even. We've probably all dreamed or imagined at one time or another of having magical powers -- to be able to speak and have something appear or disappear or respond to your command.
Well in a way, I think that's how God's creation was set up. Lifeforms are indeed miraculous and we were all created in such a way that we're like little mirrors of our Creator. Obviously lifeforms' abilities are limited, but the way animals change their physical characteristics must be similar to how they were created in the first place -- purposefully, intelligently, nonrandomly, effortlessly, and even more strikingly -- out of nothing.
Notice these lizards....how does this happen -- from where do these new, adaptive legs arise?
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/l...Losos_2005.pdf
ABSTRACT.—The positive relationship between hind-limb length and perch diameter is well established in
Anolis lizards, both among populations of some species and among species. Interspecific comparisons indicate
that longer legs confer an advantage for increased running speed on broad substrates, whereas shorter limbs
provide greater maneuverability on narrow surfaces. In this light, phenotypic plasticity for hind-limb length
previously detected in Anolis sagrei may be adaptive because hatchlings exposed to only broad substrates
developed relatively longer hind limbs for their body size compared to hatchlings exposed to only narrow
substrates.
"Developed" from what? The chemicals in the grass?..."Leg-forming" chemicals?
Here's another:
http://dbs.umt.edu/research_labs/emlenlab/Lab/Miller/miller_research.htm
Nymphs of Leptoscelis tricolor express color plasticity; nymphs grow to match the color of their surrounding environment
From where did this new color scheme come from? The Tooth Fairy?
I believe we exist at this moment because God willed us into the finite. Likewise, I believe these lizards' new limbs and insects' new designes exist because the individual creatures willed them (albeit on a subconscious level) into the finite....this is possible because lifeforms were designed with an intelligent, built-in capability to be adaptively creative to changing environments.
But you evolutionists say there is no such thing as intelligence in lifeforms. There's no intelligence in your genome, no intelligence in your cells, no intelligence in your brain, or anywhere else. And the reason you don't believe in intelligence is because intelligence is not only non-physical, but it contradicts your beloved selectionism. Selectionism was designed as a replacement for intelligence.....but with intelligence, selectionism is reduced to a 20th century disbanded cult religion.
So I have a couple questions for evolutionists:
1). How does this new lizard leg happen without some sort of intelligence? How could this happen if the lizard's brain/mind/nervous system (whatever) was unable to be aware of his surroundings? Do you deny that there must be an awareness here on some level -- either the conscious or subconscious level? If there is no awareness, how does this happen? If there is awareness (followed up by a response) how can you say there is no intelligence?
2). if there is no intellence in your body, how in the world can you claim to be intelligent? I mean if nothing in your body "knows" anything, and nothing in your body is "aware" of anything -- and nothing in your body is intelligently responsive, how is it that you, as a whole, can be these things? How can you be aware, responsive, or intelligent if nothing in your body is?
3). You people say intelligence is not responsible for the increase in leg length or other instant changes in animals that are a direct result of an environmental change. So let me ask you, what type of evidence would it take to change your mind? How could you be convinced that lifeforms were created with an intelligent, built-in ability to be creative? What would you have to see that you're not currently seeing?
What strikes me about Genesis, in particular, is how profound it really is, starting with the first sentence: "In the Beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth." Please notice there is no mention of material in that sentence. There is no mention of "molding" or "forming" anything, as if God's got a big blob of clay of pre-existing matter to work with. Instead, it says God simply created....and His creation became a reality with His spoken word. And I find this interesting because I think it shows how simple it was for God to create the world. Effortless even. We've probably all dreamed or imagined at one time or another of having magical powers -- to be able to speak and have something appear or disappear or respond to your command.
Well in a way, I think that's how God's creation was set up. Lifeforms are indeed miraculous and we were all created in such a way that we're like little mirrors of our Creator. Obviously lifeforms' abilities are limited, but the way animals change their physical characteristics must be similar to how they were created in the first place -- purposefully, intelligently, nonrandomly, effortlessly, and even more strikingly -- out of nothing.
Notice these lizards....how does this happen -- from where do these new, adaptive legs arise?
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/l...Losos_2005.pdf
ABSTRACT.—The positive relationship between hind-limb length and perch diameter is well established in
Anolis lizards, both among populations of some species and among species. Interspecific comparisons indicate
that longer legs confer an advantage for increased running speed on broad substrates, whereas shorter limbs
provide greater maneuverability on narrow surfaces. In this light, phenotypic plasticity for hind-limb length
previously detected in Anolis sagrei may be adaptive because hatchlings exposed to only broad substrates
developed relatively longer hind limbs for their body size compared to hatchlings exposed to only narrow
substrates.
"Developed" from what? The chemicals in the grass?..."Leg-forming" chemicals?
Here's another:
http://dbs.umt.edu/research_labs/emlenlab/Lab/Miller/miller_research.htm
Nymphs of Leptoscelis tricolor express color plasticity; nymphs grow to match the color of their surrounding environment
From where did this new color scheme come from? The Tooth Fairy?
I believe we exist at this moment because God willed us into the finite. Likewise, I believe these lizards' new limbs and insects' new designes exist because the individual creatures willed them (albeit on a subconscious level) into the finite....this is possible because lifeforms were designed with an intelligent, built-in capability to be adaptively creative to changing environments.
But you evolutionists say there is no such thing as intelligence in lifeforms. There's no intelligence in your genome, no intelligence in your cells, no intelligence in your brain, or anywhere else. And the reason you don't believe in intelligence is because intelligence is not only non-physical, but it contradicts your beloved selectionism. Selectionism was designed as a replacement for intelligence.....but with intelligence, selectionism is reduced to a 20th century disbanded cult religion.
So I have a couple questions for evolutionists:
1). How does this new lizard leg happen without some sort of intelligence? How could this happen if the lizard's brain/mind/nervous system (whatever) was unable to be aware of his surroundings? Do you deny that there must be an awareness here on some level -- either the conscious or subconscious level? If there is no awareness, how does this happen? If there is awareness (followed up by a response) how can you say there is no intelligence?
2). if there is no intellence in your body, how in the world can you claim to be intelligent? I mean if nothing in your body "knows" anything, and nothing in your body is "aware" of anything -- and nothing in your body is intelligently responsive, how is it that you, as a whole, can be these things? How can you be aware, responsive, or intelligent if nothing in your body is?
3). You people say intelligence is not responsible for the increase in leg length or other instant changes in animals that are a direct result of an environmental change. So let me ask you, what type of evidence would it take to change your mind? How could you be convinced that lifeforms were created with an intelligent, built-in ability to be creative? What would you have to see that you're not currently seeing?
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