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What worldview best explains the human capacity to think and make rational inferences? According to the ‘argument from reason’, this is strong evidence for the existence of God, especially the Creator God of the Bible. If humans were created in God’s image and God designed our minds, it is unsurprising that they work and can perform impressive feats. But if atheism is true and humans are merely accidental byproducts of evolution, what is the likelihood such a blind process would produce creatures who can reason properly?
To delve more deeply into this topic, Dawn Blount interviews Keaton Halley, an apologist with Creation Ministries International. They discuss rationality, consciousness, natural selection, randomness, and evidence for the soul. At the end of the day, it’s clear that reason requires God. As C.S. Lewis once noted, the human ability to think and reason is the “cardinal difficulty with naturalism”.
⏳ CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
03:15 Why evolution can’t create rationality
05:03 How evolutionists say minds could evolve
07:41 Wouldn’t death outpace evolution?
10:01 Why would creation make more sense?
14:21 Defining ‘consciousness’
18:08 Do animals have consciousness?
20:38 Can minds become more complex?
23:45 Evidence for souls
26:41 Why God created rational creatures
28:47 Wrap-up
✍️ LINKS AND SHOW NOTES
• Monkey minds: How evolution undercuts reason and science creation.com/monkey-minds
• Can evolution produce rational minds? creation.com/evolution-rational-minds
• The epistemic abyss of naturalistic evolution creation.com/epistemic-abyss-naturalistic-evolution
• Memory, the brain, and the soul creation.com/memory-brain-soul
📚 HELPFUL RESOURCES
• Christianity for Skeptics creation.com/s/10-2-585
• Rock Solid Bible Curriculum Box Set creation.com/s/10-1-626
• Evolution's Achilles' Heels - Unlimited Streaming creation.com/s/35-8-640
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For nearly a century it has been claimed that mutations are the engine that drives evolution, bringing new traits and information to the genome.
And yet, the more we have learned about mutations, the more they have been shown for what they really are: A _destructive_ force, rather than a creative one—responsible for hundreds of thousands of different diseases in humans alone!
Even when mutations produce ‘beneficial’ changes (for example, bacteria developing resistance to antibiotics), a closer examination nevertheless reveals that mutations have _broken_ something existing, rather than creating something new.
Mutations aren’t the engine of evolution. _They are its end._
Join plant biologist Dr Don Batten for a revealing exploration of the _true_ power of mutations.
⏳ CHAPTERS
00:00 Teaser
00:26 Introduction: Are mutations capable of driving evolution?
00:50 What are mutations?
01:36 What do mutations need to do in order for evolution work?
02:56 So, are mutations up to the job?
04:14 Mutations don’t create things—they WRECK things!
05:06 Even ‘beneficial’ mutations still wreck things!
05:27 → Case study 1: Antibiotic resistance
07:04 → Analogy: Blowing up bridges
07:56 Cancer is caused by mutations
08:21 Lab experiments show that mutations break, rather than make things
08:36 → Fruit fly experiments
10:13 → Crop breeding experiments
11:28 Mutations produce exactly the wrong sort of change!
12:24 Case study 2: Sickle-cell anemia
14:09 Highschool textbooks do not tell the truth about mutations
15:35 If not mutations, then what? The design inference
16:58 Learn more in the documentary _Evolution’s Achilles’ Heels_
✍️ LINKS AND SHOW NOTES
• Do mutations add information? Is that Evolution? – creation.com/mutations-and-information
• Can mutations create new information? – creation.com/new-info
• Antibiotic resistance: Evolution in action? – creation.com/antibiotic
• Sickle-cell anemia does not prove evolution! – creation.com/sickle
• Rats! Another case of sickle cell anemia – creation.com/warfarin
• Argument: ‘Some mutations are beneficial’ – creation.com/re2-beneficial-mutations
• Plant breeding is not evolution – creation.com/crop-breeding-not-evolution
• Plant geneticist: ‘Darwinian evolution is impossible’ – creation.com/sanford
• Long term evolution experiment: no evolution! – creation.com/focus-411#no-evolution
• Bacteria ‘evolving in the lab’? – creation.com/lenski
• Mutations Questions and Answers – creation.com/mutations
📚 HELPFUL RESOURCES
• Creatures Do Change, but it's Not Evolution [streaming video] – creation.com/s/35-8-601
• The Greatest Hoax on Earth? [book] – creation.com/s/10-2-555
• Refuting Evolution [book] – creation.com/s/10-2-110
• Refuting Evolution 2 [book] – creation.com/s/10-2-579
• Evolution’s Achilles’ Heels [book] – creation.com/s/10-2-640
• Evolution’s Achilles’ Heels [documentary] – creation.com/s/35-8-640
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How did the human brain (or any other kind of brain, for that matter) come to be?
Most people are so used to hearing that ALL the wonders of biology are the product of evolution, that they don’t stop to ponder the details. But, since we’re talking about brains, ponder we must:
Is ‘unguided evolution’ a reasonable, scientific explanation for the origin of the stunningly complex, inextricably integrated, and apparently over-engineered human brain?
Or is ‘design’, in fact, a more reasonable conclusion, based on the evidence?
Join psychiatrist, Dr Dianne Grocott, for a fascinating discussion of the grey matter that enables creationists and evolutionists alike to ponder anything at all.
⏳ CHAPTERS
00:00 Teaser
00:49 Introduction: Meet a psychiatrist who believes the brain is designed, not evolved
02:08 Five prerequisites for belief in brain evolution
05:54 Different ‘glasses’ (worldviews) through which we can view the brain
07:01 → Why did you change your ‘glasses’?
08:24 → Christianity makes sense of death as a God-ordained limitation to evil
09:22 Brain chemistry and structure
10:48 Connectivity in the brain
13:03 Brain plasticity and compensation
15:17 How do you help someone with reduced or impaired brain function?
16:26 We learn about brain function by studying brains that are NOT functioning correctly
17:10 Communication within the brain: Too complex and finely-tuned to have evolved!
22:22 ADHD: An example of dysregulation in the brain
25:47 → Dopamine and ADHD
29:12 → Where does dopamine come from?
31:28 The brain didn’t evolve!
32:06 Why does it matter which ‘glasses’ (worldview) we view the brain through?
33:49 The frontal lobe and the limbic system
36:53 → How could the human frontal lobe have evolved?
38:03 Why are people scared of the Designer?
39:33 Challenge: Which worldview ‘glasses’ will you choose?
✍️ LINKS AND SHOW NOTES
• The incredible human brain — creation.com/the-incredible-human-brain
• The brain—brainier than believed before – creation.com/brainier
• The complexity of a single brain neuron – creation.com/complex-neuron
• Evolution of the neuron – creation.com/evolution-of-the-neuron
• Men and women really are different (connectomes) — creation.com/men-and-women-really-are-different
• Our shrinking brains – creation.com/our-shrinking-brains
• Playing mind games with our brains – creation.com/playing-mind-games
• Mind by design – creation.com/line
• Loving God with all your mind: logic and creation — creation.com/logic
• Five Atheist miracles – creation.com/five-atheist-miracles
• The waiting time problem – creation.com/waiting-time-problem
📚 HELPFUL RESOURCES
• Biblical Biology 101 [video] – creation.com/s/35-8-630
• Brain, Genes and Behaviour [MP3 audio] – creation.com/s/35-1-035
• Guide to the Human Body [book] – creation.com/s/10-2-615
• Body By Design [book] – creation.com/s/10-1-170
• [COMING SOON!] Biblical Biology 101 [book] – creation.com/s/10-2-631
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Archaeology supports the Bible’s claims about three great kings: King David, Hezekiah, and Belshazzar. This interview elaborates on the findings that show the Bible is historically accurate, even overturning the views of critics. Plus, there is bonus content discussing the evidence for the elusive “Darius the Mede” of the book of Daniel. New discoveries continue to vindicate the Bible.
Keaton has spent countless hours researching archaeology and visiting major museums around the world. He’s also helped to lead multiple tours of both Egypt and Israel.
⏳ CHAPTERS
00:00 Teaser
00:28 Introduction
00:49 Three biblical kings
03:37 Evidence for King David
12:09 David and the Philistines
15:36 Have skeptics changed their minds?
16:57 Evidence for King Hezekiah
25:18 Evidence for King Belshazzar
30:04 Evidence for Darius the Mede
33:43 What have we concluded?
35:04 Creation Magazine
35:42 Wrap-up
✍️ LINKS AND SHOW NOTES
• Evidence for Saul, David, and Solomon creation.com/david-and-solomon
• Seven Archaeological Evidences for Goliath creation.com/giant-goliath-evidences
• Monuments from Ancient Assyria Confirm Biblical History creation.com/assyrian-monuments
• Archaeological Find Affirms Old Testament Historicity creation.com/new-archaeological-find-affirms-old-testament-historicity
📚 HELPFUL RESOURCES
• Rock Solid Bible Curriculum Box Set creation.com/s/10-1-626
• Patterns of Evidence 4 Blu-Ray Pack creation.com/s/.90-7-067
• Evidence for the Bible creation.com/s/10-2-704
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Everybody knows that the New Testament is really important to Christians. But what about the Old Testament? Does it have value to bring, too?
Many people think of the Old Testament as a confusing mix of mythology, ancient Jewish laws, and poetry—all presided over by an angry, hard-to-please god. Are they right? Is the Old Testament, well, OLD, outdated, and irrelevant?
No! The Old Testament is much more than that, as Rev. Peter Howe explains. In fact, it is utterly indispensable to the New Testament and to a true Christian worldview. It was the Bible that Jesus read. It is even the source of many of the foundational values that Western society is built on!
⏳ CHAPTERS
00:00 Teaser
00:43 Introduction: The Old Testament provides the basis for the Christian worldview
02:49 The Great Flood: An important part of Old Testament history
06:07 The unfolding of God’s redemptive plan through Old Testament history
09:30 Examples of New Testament passages that don’t make sense without the Old Testament
09:49 → Jesus as the ‘Last Adam’ (Rom. 5 & 1 Cor. 15)
12:21 → Jews vs Samaritans (John 4, etc.)
14:25 Difficult passages in the Old Testament?
15:05 → The conquest of Canaan: Is God a moral monster?
17:54 → Anger in the Psalms: Exalting violent retribution?
23:18 → Ecclesiastes: A nihilistic book that declares life to be meaningless?
27:38 The Old Testament is foundational to the good things we value in our culture
30:10 The Old Testament is foundational to the New Testament
33:13 The Old Testament was the Bible that Jesus read
35:27 Recommendation: The Gospel of Matthew is a good place to start seeing Old Testament connections in the New
36:57 Learn foundational biblical worldview from Genesis 1–11 in _The Genesis Academy_
✍️ LINKS AND SHOW NOTES
• “I’m a New Testament Christian” – Genesis provides the litmus test for the basis of Christian belief – creation.com/nt-christian
• The importance of the Old Testament – creation.com/importance-of-the-old-testament
• The use of Genesis in the New Testament – creation.com/genesis-new-testament
• What the New Testament doesn’t say – creation.com/nt-doesnt-say
• Genesis: Bible authors believed it to be history – creation.com/gen-hist
• Genesis is history! – creation.com/genesis-is-history
📚 HELPFUL RESOURCES
• The Genesis Account (book) – creation.com/s/10-2-606
• Is Genesis History? (video) – creation.com/s/30-9-667
• The Air We Breathe: How We All Came to Believe in Freedom, Kindness, Progress, and Equality (book) – creation.com/s/10-2-682
• The Genesis Academy (video series) – creation.com/43tga
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It is one of our most recommended resources. Chapter 4 deals with dating methods and the age of the earth.
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Many people think that the evidence for an old earth is so compelling that it's not even worth talking about. Join industrial chemist Dr Stephen Grocott as he takes us on a personal journey through evidence that challenged and changed his worldview.
⏳ CHAPTERS
0:00 Teaser
0:35 Stephen’s journey from atheism to biblical creation
7:40 What is some of the evidence you find compelling?
8:41 Helium escape from zircon crystals
10:35 Worldview causes people to explain away or ignore contrary evidence
12:36 Folded rock strata
15:40 Coal, oil and gas: Evidence for Noah’s Flood
16:10 → Forming oil quickly
18:02 → Carbon dating shows oil and other supposedly ‘old’ substances are ‘young’
18:53 → Explaining away young carbon-dates
21:03 Nickel in the ocean
22:41 Historical depictions and descriptions of dinosaurs
24:41 Complex molecules needed for life couldn’t have formed by chance
26:50 Optically active molecules (chirality)
29:40 People don’t understand the difference between historical and operational science
30:40 People don’t like the implications of a young Earth and a Designer
32:01 ‘Science’ is interpreted through prior beliefs
33:48 Has belief in biblical creation affected your science career?
37:04 Learn more with Creation magazine
✍️ LINKS AND SHOW NOTES
• Is evolution ‘science’ and creation ‘religion’? – creation.com/its-not-science
• Origin of Life – creation.com/origin-of-life
• Helium gives evidence that the earth is young – creation.com/helium
• Helium evidence for a young world continues to confound critics – creation.com/helium-critics
• Why the Earth Can’t be Old! – youtu.be/zSGGnx2dT3k
• Nickel concentration indicates young oceans – creation.com/nickel-concentration-indicates-youthful-oceans
• Origin of life: the chirality problem – creation.com/origin-of-life-the-chirality-problem
• Algae to oil – creation.com/algae-to-oil
• How fast can oil form? - creation.com/how-fast-can-oil-form
• Bent rocks - creation.com/warped-earth
• Why Life Couldn’t Have Evolved from Non-Living Chemicals – youtu.be/QrCy6AhalQU
• The Impossible Problem of the Origin of Life – youtu.be/WgWQGHUXB9U
📚 HELPFUL RESOURCES
• The Stairway to Life [book] – creation.com/s/10-2-671
• Chemicals to Living Cells [video] – creation.com/s/35-8-530
• Evolution Impossible [book] – creation.com/s/10-2-643
• An Industrial Chemist's Origin of Life Cookbook [audio] – creation.com/s/35-1-033
• By Design: Evidence for Nature’s Intelligent Designer [book] – creation.com/s/35-5-502
• Evolution’s Achilles’ Heels [book & documentary] – creation.com/s/.90-7-140
• Dismantled [documentary] – creation.com/s/30-9-694
• Busting Myths: 30 Ph.D. Scientists Who Believe the Bible and Its Account of Origins [book] – creation.com/s/10-2-605
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