Controversy and Difficulty Understanding Consciousness
A condensed version of this article featured on the back page of the September 2023 Creation BC Quarterly Letter. Guest author: Darryl R. Sletten “Our consciousness is a fundamental aspect of our existence,” says philosopher David Chalmers. “There is nothing we know about more directly—but at the same time it
A Compelling Perspective on Our Mental Processes versus Our Physical Brain
A condensed version of this article featured on the back page of the September 2020 CSABC Quarterly Letter. Guest author: Darryl R. Sletten I believe there is a mind or soul and spirit/physical brain interaction system given to us by God that concerns our mental-related abilities. There is really no
Neo-catastrophism in Modern Secular Geology
Focus On Creation by Denis Dreves The eruption of Mt St Helens in 1980, and then the second eruption in 1982, when water, mud and ash flowing at 40 MPH (64 km/h) carved out “The Little Grand Canyon”, (about 1/40th the size of the Grand Canyon), 140 feet (43 meters)
Major Nineteenth Century Theories of Evolution: Lamarck and Darwin
by Richard Peachey Both Lamarck and Darwin viewed evolution as slow and gradual. (Neither believed in “fixity of species.”) But their theories assigned different roles to the organism, and to the environment. 1. Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck (1744-1829) Lamarck was a French scientist who, after the French Revolution, was appointed to be
The Giraffe: A Favourite Textbook Illustration of Evolutionary Theories
With a special Appendix: Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould on the inappropriate textbook use of the giraffe to introduce students to evolutionary theories! (after the conclusion of this article) by Richard Peachey High-school biology texts regularly present Darwin’s theory of evolution in contrast with Lamarck’s earlier explanation, and the organism
Positive Scientific Evidence for Creation!
Introduced by Richard Peachey The arguments summarized below are taken from W. R. Bird, The Origin of Species Revisited (New York: Philosophical Library, 1987), Vol. 2, pp. 104-106. When the Supreme Court of the United States reviewed Louisiana’s “Act for Balanced Treatment of Creation-Science and Evolution,” Bird was the lawyer
Radioactive carbon: an indicator of the maximum age of the Earth
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of December 2016 by David Kadylak Let’s explore is how radiocarbon (carbon-14) is found nearly everywhere. You’ve probably heard of radioactive carbon-14 used as a common dating method. Due to its short half-life, 5,730 years, it can never demonstrate that
False, Flawed, and Unrepeatable — How “Science” is Losing its Aura
by Richard Peachey During the last decade or so, the weaknesses of current experimental science have been given increasing publicity. Below I provide a sampling of web-accessible articles from my (thick!) file titled “Questionable Science.” In the context of the origins controversy, my basic point is this: If experimental science, being
Not “Junk”!
An Extensive Collection of Quotes Indicating Functionality in Non-Protein-Coding DNA Compiled and introduced by Richard Peachey This statement from a well-known evolutionist and textbook author was published in early 1994: “In fact, the human genome is littered with pseudogenes, gene fragments, ‘orphaned’ genes, ‘junk’ DNA, and so many repeated copies
The Peppered Moth Story: Prime Example of Evolution?
With a special Appendix: University of Chicago evolutionist Jerry Coyne on his discovery of the many flaws in this “icon of evolution”! (following the conclusion of this article) by Richard Peachey IMPORTANT NOTE: The argumentation in the article below requires updating in light of new experimental work by lepidopterist Michael