Never before have the skeletal
remains of any animal created
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such excitement and controversy
as when the Ethiopian remains
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of Lucy were moved to a museum
in Houston, Texas for public
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display. Hello, my
name is Eric Garloff.
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Lucy's appearance in Houston
was scheduled to last from
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August 31, 2007
to April 20, 2008.
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Although Lucy's skeleton is
missing approximately 60% of its
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bones, the 40% which remains is
expected to draw large numbers
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of viewers. The
artifacts are scheduled to
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return to Ethiopia in
2013. Her 6 year tour outside of
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Ethiopia is not only calculated
to raise money but its also
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calculated to tell her story.
But is the story being told
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by the exhibition the true story
and by what means or measuring
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stick do you use to determine
if the story is true or false?
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Do you blindly believe
the evolutionary story simply
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because it is
printed in school textbooks?
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Do you merely accept it as a
fact because that's what you've
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been taught? Or do
you hold to the position
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that since its been
done in the name of science
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that it must be true?
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Do you think the proponents
of evolution have ever tried to
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make the evidence lean in
favor of evolution by other than
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honest means? What
you're about to see are the
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chapters of Lucy's story
that won't be on exhibit.
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And once you do, you'll have the
real answers to many of these
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questions. You'll also have the
knowledge and understanding to
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use your God given wisdom
in knowing who Lucy really is.
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But first let's take a moment to
discuss what knowledge, wisdom,
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and understanding are. How
they differ from each other
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and how they can be applied
to the information which the
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evolutionary
theory is built upon.
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First let's define
the term knowledge.
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Knowledge could be defined
as the mere accumulation of
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unrelated and unorganized facts,
without the ability to apply
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these facts to practical life.
Understanding on the other hand
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indicates the ability to
evaluate and organize facts
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which in turn provides
the foundation for wisdom.
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Once the knowledge base of
facts is established and the
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understanding of those facts
takes place by properly studying
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and examining the facts then
wisdom comes into the picture
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as the ability to make honest
and practical use of those facts
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which is what we're
going to do in this program.
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In the Bible's book of James
chapter 1 and verse 5, we find
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this statement which says,
"If any of you lacks wisdom he
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should ask God who gives
generously to all without
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finding fault and it
will be given to him. "
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So you see friends if you have
knowledge and understanding, all
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you need to do for
wisdom is to ask God for it.
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So I'm asking you to keep an
open mind as we begin examining
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the bones that have been
unearthed and used to support
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the evolutionary theory.
Examine these facts you're about
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to see, seek an understanding of
the truth they hold and ask God
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to give you wisdom in
forming your conclusion.
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Let's take a brief look at what
science has learned regarding
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the fossil remains of six
discoveries which all held
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high hopes for being the
so- called missing link in mans
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evolution.
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As we begin I would
like to make this statement:
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Two things that
would prove this theory.
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In other words tangible evidence
that would suggest that it is
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possible to evolve from one
type of species into another.
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We're going to begin by
examining the fossil records
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of six
discoveries from 1856 to 1974.
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Each of these fossils
were used to support the theory
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of evolution. Once
we have looked at these
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fossils records, we will
then look at the mechanism
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for change. The six
discoveries we're going
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to look at are:
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Much hope was placed on each of
these discoveries as the missing
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link in the line
of human evolution.
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But since each of these
discoveries were made and
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proclaimed to the world,
they have all been discredited
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and proven not to
be the missing link.
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Since the first five are
pretty much common knowledge,
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we will only
briefly mention them.
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However, since Lucy is still
being heavily promoted as the
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missing link, we will spend a
little more time examining her.
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Beginning with Neanderthal
Man, here is the original artist
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sketch or drawing
made of Neanderthal Man.
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Please notice the unique blend
of human feet, upright body
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hairy, ape-like
appearance and ape-like face.
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These findings all point to the
Neanderthal's being fully human.
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Also, the analysis of
the Neanderthal DNA fail to
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demonstrate any significant
difference in DNA from
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modern humans. So,
what conclusions can we come
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to about the Neanderthal Man?
We can conclude they were an
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isolated population of people
living in a cold, harsh climate.
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They were artisans in that they
used jewelry, played musical
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instruments, and made
paintings. Their skeletons show:
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Now let's look at
the facts concerning the
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bones of Java Man:
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The conclusion about Java Man is
that human and ape-like fossils
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were found
together and used to promote
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an intermediate transition.
The thigh bone and the skull cap
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do not belong to
the same creature.
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Now, we turn our
attention to Piltdown Man.
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The facts about the bones
of Piltdown Man contain an
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interesting story.
Piltdown Man's story is similar
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to Java Man in that bones from
two different sources were used
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to promote this find.
However, Piltdown Man was taken
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a step farther.
Piltdown Man was an
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intentional
deception. That's right!
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The bones fragments
were from two sources were
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fabricated or modified to fit
into one skull and intentionally
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promoted as the missing link.
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The conclusion of Piltdown
Man is that men deliberately
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combined the bones of different
creatures in a deliberate hoax
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to fool the scientific
community and mislead the world.
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Now, we will consider
the facts about the bones of
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Nebraska Man. This
one is going to be very
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quick because all that was found
in Nebraska Man was a tooth.
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The fossil evidence for this
tooth was discovered in 1922.
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The tooth was not the tooth of a
man or of an ape, but rather the
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the tooth belonged
to a pig. That's right!
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It belonged to a pig!
But until it was uncovered it
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was used to support evolution.
Are you beginning to see
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a pattern here? Are
you beginning to see
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what's happening?
Fossils are discovered and great
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claims are made to support
evolution, papers are written,
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pictures are taken, artist's
sketches are drawn, books are
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published, and everyone is
told that evolution is true.
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Then, after a passage of
time when the evidence is fully
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examined, it's discovered
that the great claims had
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no merit whatsoever. Yet
evolutionists still cling to
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their theory, which
today they say is a fact.
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But they still have no
legitimate evidence to prove
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or support their claims.
Anyway, let's move on to our
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next set of facts about
the bones of Ramapithecus.
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The lower jaw of what we
know today as Ramapithecus was
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found in 1930. Yet from this jaw
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artistic license was exercised.
And you can see here what they
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drew from only a jaw.
You will notice that this
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ape-like creature is drawn
as a biped or an upright walker,
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slightly hunched over as if
he was half man and half ape.
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Hominids means belonging
to the family of humans.
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In other words in 1977
Time magazine was saying that if
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Ramapithicus is not part of the
human family, there is nothing
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else which has been discovered
to fill the role of being the
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missing link.
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The Columbia Encyclopedia
sixth edition 2001 states:
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The complete jaw discovered
in 1976 was clearly non-hominid
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and Ramapithecus is now
regarded to be an ancestor
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of the Orangutan.
The conclusion about
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Ramapithecus is that artist
license was used in drawing
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Ramapithecus to look like an
upright walker, to look as if he
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was evolving. But
Ramapithecus is the ancestor
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of the Orangutan - not a
member of the human family.
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Perhaps our most interesting
study on the facts about the
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bones will be with Lucy.
Lucy is an Australopithecine.
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In Latin australos
means of the south.
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The Greek word
pithecus means ape.
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The claim is made that the
Australopithecines are a group
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of extinct hominids
closely related to humans.
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Most of them are
around 4- 4.5 feet tall.
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In other words artistic license
was once again used to make
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the Australopithecines
appear to be evolving.
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In reality Lucy had no
similarity in appearance
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to humans. She had
long arms identical
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to Chimpanzees. The
jaw and upper leg bone
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are similar to a Chimpanzee.
Her brain was 65% smaller than
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the human brain. The
Australopithecines had large
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back muscles for tree dwelling,
hands similar to a Pigmy Chimp,
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and their feet were long
and curved for hanging on to
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tree limbs.
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Scientists study and examine
three areas to determine if
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Lucy walked upright. They were:
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Moving on to the pelvis:
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You can see here that there
is a huge difference between the
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Chimp and Human pelvises.
The shape of the pelvis can be
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used to determine if a creature
is capable of bipedal motion
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or walking upright.
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This brings us to the
legs and feet of Lucy.
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Notice how she is portrayed in
the same St. Louis zoo as having
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altogether human
looking feet and legs.
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Professor Betsy Shurman,
evolutionist expert, admits that
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the statute's feet
probably are not accurate.
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But when asked whether
the statue should be changed
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she says, "Absolutely
not!" In other words, it's OK to
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promote deception if
it strengthens the theory.
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Now we are going to look at the
problem that the evolutionists
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had when it came time
to dating Lucy's remains.
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We first start
with fossil #1470:
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Do you recall the earlier
statement I made which said
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If the evolution of humans from
an ape like ancestor is true,
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there should be
two proof evidences?
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The first is the fossil record,
which we have now seen does not
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support the claims of evolution.
The other proof evidence is the
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mechanism for change.
Let's look at this now.
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Is there a mechanism for change
that could cause a Lucy-like
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creature to evolve into a
human? The theory is that:
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One of our questions is,
Can natural selection cause one
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kind of species
to become a new kind?
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The answer is, no, it can not.
Natural selection only works
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with existing information.
Natural selection does just what
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the name implies - it
selects. It does not create
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new information.
Natural selection is the ability
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to adapt to the environment.
Or shall we say it is the
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survival of the fittest?
Variation within a species is
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not evolution. For
example, compare these:
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Let's talk about mutations
as a mechanism for change.
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Please follow along with me on
this flow chart beginning in the
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upper left hand corner.
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If the beneficial mutation
does not add information - then
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once again
evolution does not take place.
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In 1989 four PhD's - 3 from the
field of biology and 1 from the
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field of zoology - wrote
The Biology of Animal Parasites.
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In that book on page
516 we find this statement:
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In other words, natural
selection cannot determine
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if a life form needs an eye to
see with or an ear to hear with,
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a nose to smell with,
a mouth to eat with, etc.
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Warner Git the director at
the German Federal Institute of
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Physics and Technology stated:
There is no known law of nature,
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no known process, and
no known sequence of events
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which can cause information to
originate by itself in matter.
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Once again I would
like to make this statement.
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If the evolution of humans
from an ape-like ancestor is
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true, there should
be two proof evidences.
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One is the fossil record.
We have seen that the theory of
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evolution has no fossil
records to support itself.
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The second proof evidence
is the mechanism for change.
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We have read the statements
of various experts that such a
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mechanism does not exist.
Natural selection can only
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select. It only works on
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existing information.
It cannot create or add new
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information. We
have also seen that
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genetic variation within
the species is not evolution.
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So perhaps you are saying
to yourself that you believe in
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evolution for a long time.
But now you realize it's a hoax.
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And you ask yourself,
where does that leave me?
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Well, my friend, it leaves
you at the beginning of the
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pathway to truth. It
leaves you with the only
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other plausible
reason for our existence.
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It leaves you facing the fact
that there is a God in heaven,
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a God who has created this
earth, everything in it, and
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the whole universe around it.
A God who loves you no matter
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what you may have believed in
the past, a God who is willing
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to forgive you for anything
and everything you may have done
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or said, in order to
make a way for you to spend
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all eternity with
Him. Yes, friend, the peace
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and happiness that your
heart longs for can be found in
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Jesus Christ, the Son of
God who has come to this earth,
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giving His life for
your sins and for mine.
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By way of asking you a couple
of questions, I'd like to share
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with you a little more
about the great love and
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awesome power of Jesus.
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If you have an evolutionary
outlook on life, ask yourself
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the questions of why? and where?
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Basically the evolutionary
answer is that you are here by
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accident or by chance.
And after you die you become
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fertilizer for the soil.
That is up until the time we
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began making fancy
caskets to lay our bodies in,
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at which point your body
does not even serve the purpose
00:24:17.09\00:24:19.78
of fertilizing
the ground anymore.
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On the other hand, when you look
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at life through the teaching of
the Bible, you see a completely
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different picture.
You see a loving God
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who created you to be by His
side through out all eternity.
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Unfortunately, because we
have committed sins in our life,
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the blessing of being with God
throughout all eternity can only
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come true through the sacrifice
which Jesus has made by
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dying on the cross nearly 2,000
years ago on behalf of our sins.
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It's only through the perfect
sacrifice of God Himself that
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man's sins could be forgiven.
Oh, sure, we can forgive others
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when they harm us or do wrong
to us, but when we do something
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wrong to someone else we
not only need to seek their
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forgiveness, but we also need
to seek the forgiveness of God
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who created that
person in His own image.
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The good news is this.
The Bible says in 1 John 1:9
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Unrighteousness is wrong doing.
Being forgiven from all your
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wrong doing has got to be
the greatest news you've heard
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in a long time. Many
people today go around in
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life with a terrible
burden on their back.
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It's a burden of guilt
that bears down on them.
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It can cause them to bring
ill health upon themselves.
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This is where God's
gift of forgiveness steps in.
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When He forgives us, we no
longer need to carry that burden
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of guilt around which zaps
our strength and vital energies.
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Think about it, Jesus the Son
of God died that you might live.
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What an awesome sacrifice
He made for your life and mine.
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He came to this earth, suffered,
and died the death we deserve
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that we might go to heaven
and receive the life which
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He deserves. You
may not be aware of this
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but Jesus didn't stay in the
grave and that's a good thing
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It's awfully hard to
follow a god that's dead.
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1 Corinthians 15:6 says that
more than 500 people saw Jesus
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after He was
resurrected from the dead.
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That's right. Jesus
was only dead in the
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grave for three days.
Then He came back to life
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as the Bible predicted He would.
And today He lives in heaven.
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He guides us and watches
over us and at the same time
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He is preparing us a
place in His kingdom.
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Jesus said in the
book of John 14:2-3
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Friend, don't you want
Jesus to guide you through life?
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Will you accept the peace,
happiness, and forgiveness
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that's found in accepting Him?
If so, He's willing to hear from
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you even now.
Simply talk to Jesus
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as you would talk to a
friend. Tell Him that you accept
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His sacrifice on
behalf of your sins.
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Ask Him to forgive
you. Ask Him to show you how
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to receive all the wonderful
things I've mentioned here
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by believing on Him
and following His plan
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for your life.
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I encourage you to learn
more about Jesus and turn your
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thinking towards a heavenly
Creator - One who wants the
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the best of everything for
you throughout all eternity.
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In the new international version
of the Bible, the book of
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Jeremiah 29:11
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If you don't have a Bible
please pick one up for yourself
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at the local book store.
I would recommend getting
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the New King James Version
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Open it and begin
reading the section called
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the New Testament. Allow
God to speak to your heart
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as you read it and ask
Him to give you knowledge,
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wisdom, and understanding.
In fact I'd like to give you a
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challenge - and here it is:
If you make a committed decision
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to give Jesus a try, you will
see a major difference in the
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quality and
purpose of your life.
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You will learn things that
you will never knew before.
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And you will
understand things that you never
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understood before. You
will be wiser and healthier
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than you've ever been.
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So you ask, "What do
you have to do in order to
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receive all these blessings?"
Friend, simply follow Jesus
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and follow His teachings.
In order for you to know what
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they are, I'm asking
you to read a few chapters
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in the Bible every day.
As you do, put into practice
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the things which you learn
and ask God to work out His
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will in your
life. 1 John 1:12 says:
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May God bless you
and your loved ones.
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