WHAT IS MAN

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WHAT IS MAN?

• THE RECORD OF MANKIND Design from
  Day One
• THE ROAD TO MANKIND
• Chronology of Creation
• THE REASON FOR MANKIND
• Genetics supports Genesis
• CHICAGOLAND, JULY 15-16, 2005
• www.drrichradyen.org

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LECTURE ONERECORD OF MANKIND

• OBJECTIVES
• REVIEW EVIDENCE FOR DESIGN
• UNDERSTAND THE FOSSIL RECORD
• COMMUNICATE THE FACTS OF CREATION

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COMPETING IDEAS

• PREVAILING BIAS
• EVOLUTION IS SCIENCE AND PROVEN
• CREATION IS RELIGION AND IRRELEVANT
• THEREFORE
• TALK DESIGN, NOT CREATION
• IF THERE IS DESIGN, WHO IS THE DESIGNER?

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THE CENTRAL QUESTION ISORIGIN
NOT ARE THERE CHANGES? SMALL DEGENERATIVE
CHANGES (MICRO-EVOLUTION) DO NOT LEAD TO NEW
FUNCTIONAL BODY PARTS (MACRO-EVOLUTION)
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THEORY OF EVOLUTION
THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES WAS PUBLISHED IN 1859
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WHAT DARWIN SAW
VARIATION SUGGESTS THAT SOME ARE MORE FIT, SOME
LESS
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SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
THE FITTEST IS THE ONE THAT SURVIVED A CIRCULAR
ARGUMENT
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NATURE NEEDS VARIATION TO CHOOSE FROM
IF NATURAL SELECTION NEEDS PRE-EXISTENCE OF
CHOICES (SOME MORE FIT, SOME LESS FIT) BEFORE IT
CAN SELECT, IT CANNOT EXPLAIN ORIGIN
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GENETICS CAME TO THE RESCUE NEO-DARWINISM
GENETIC CODE UNDERGOES MUTATION NEW FEATURES
APPEAR PROVIDING THE VARIATION NEEDED FOR CHOICE
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ARGUMENT 1 BUT THERE ARE CHANGES
WHAT KIND OF CHANGE? DARWINISM PREDICTS HE
APPEARANCE OF NEW FEATURES / ORGANISMS (FROM
AMOEBA TO APES)
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CHANGES IN POPULATIONS

• THE MOTHS NEVER CHANGED COLORS
• CHANGE IN POPULATION FREQUENCIES REQUIRE
  PRE-EXISTENCE OF MULTIPLE GROUPS
• OTHER MECHANISMS CAN EXPLAIN CHANGE IN GENE
  FREQUENCIES MIGRATION

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THE TREE CONCEPTRANDOM MUTATION NATURAL
SELECTION
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ARGUMENT 2 BUT MUTATIONS ARE REAL..
THE QUESTION IS NOT WHETHER GIRAFFES MUTATE . BUT
HOW THEY GOT THEIR LONG NECKS WHAT WILL RESULT
FROM RANDOM MUTATION OF COMPONENTS
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WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO HAVE A LONG NECK?

• THINGS TO CONSIDER
• MUSCLES
• BLOOD VESSELS
• NERVES
• BONES

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LEFT SIDE MUST BE SAME AS RIGHT SIDE
BALANCED LENGTH AND STRENGTH
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INTER-CONNECTION OF BLOOD VESSELS AND NERVES IN
BETWEEN MUSCLES
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MORE THAN ONE BONE PERFECTLY FITTING OPENINGS
FOR BLOOD VESSELS
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A STRONG HEART TO PUMP THE BLOOD UP TO THE BRAIN
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ADEQUATE CORONARY ARTERIES TO SUPPLY THE HEART
MUSCLES

• CONCLUSION
• CO-ORDINATION OF ALL STRUCTURES NEEDED
• DESIGN IS NEEDED

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COORDINATION IS NEEDED TO SUPPORT LIFE
THERE IS AN ABSOLUTE NEED FOR DESIGN
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ARGUMENT 3 BUT THE FOSSIL RECORD SUPPORTED
EVOLUTION
ONCE UPON A TIME, THE WHALE WAS A LAND ANIMAL
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EVIDENCE FOR DESIGN
ONLY 3 RANDOM MUTATIONS NEEDED? 106 x 106
x 106 1018 babies needed NUMBER OF SECONDS IN
14 BILLION YEARS? 14 x 109 x 365 x 24 x
60 x 60 4.4 x 1017 seconds
THAT MOTHER OF ALL WHALES DELIVERING ONE BABY PER
SECOND NON-STOP 24/7 IS STILL TRYING
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TWO GENE DIFFERENCES FROM APES REQUIRE 1 TRILLION
BIRTHS
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WHAT THE FOSSIL RECORD SHOWED WAS STABILITY

• INSECTS TRAPPED INSIDE AMBER, SOME 90 MILLION
  YEARS AGO WERE THE SAME AS THOSE TODAY

THEY WERE INSECTS FROM DAY-ONE
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SOME THOUGHT TO BE FOSSILS WERE FOUND TO BE STILL
ALIVE
THIS MEANS THE ENVIRONMENT (GRAVITY, OXYGEN,
SUNLIGHT) HAD NOT CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE
DAY-ONE
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CROCODILES PRE-DATED T. REX, STILL ALIVE TODAY
16 NOV 2001 The giant fossil crocodile, 110
million years old, was long as a school bus,
weighed 8 metric tons.
NO MAJOR CHANGE EXCEPT SIZE
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DINOSAURS EVOLUTION?

• Dinosaurs lived 65-225 million years ago
• Some believe they evolved into birds (medullary
  bone found, June 2, 2005)

WE STILL HAVE EGG-LAYING BIRDS AND REPTILES TODAY
BUT DINOSAURS ARE EXTINCT WHY NOT JUST CALL
DINOSAURS A DIFFERENT GROUP THAT FAILED TO
SURVIVE?
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IF T. REX WANTS TO BECOME A BIRD

• Tyrannosaurus rex weighs 6 tons, 40 feet long
• Needs to develop wings, feathers thin out the
  legs and tail lose its teeth and some weight
• Must have lots of intermediate steps
• Where is the fossil record for such change?

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WHAT ABOUT HOMINID FOSSILS?
ALL THE HOMINID BONES FOUND SO FAR CAN EASILY FIT
INTO A PICK-UP TRUCK
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PRESSURE FOR SPECTACULAR CLAIMS

• Lucy was found in 1974 in Ethiopia
• Supposed to be the oldest hominid (3.18 million
  years ago)
• 3.5 feet tall, 60-65 lb
• Now found to have long arms and inner ear
  structure suitable for swinging in the trees

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A MAJOR PUZZLE

• IF T. REX IS RELATED TO BIRDS, THEN ITS
  ENVIRONMENT (AIR, GRAVITY, FOOD SOURCE, WASTE
  DISPOSAL) HAD NOT SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED
• WHY DID MANKIND APPEAR ONLY ABOUT 3 MILLION YEARS
  AGO?
• ONLY ONE RELIGION INSISTS THAT MANKIND IS
  DIFFERENT AND THE LAST ONE TO APPEAR ON EARTH

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CONCLUSION

• DARWIN PROPOSED HIS IDEA WHEN LITTLE WAS KNOWN
  ABOUT BIOLOGY
• EVOLUTION HAS BECOME A RELIGION
• INTER-DEPENDENCE OF SYSTEMS REQUIRES
  CO-ORDINATION
• RECENT DISCOVERIES FAVOR DESIGN
• FOSSIL RECORDS SHOWED THAT HUMANS ARE THE LAST
  ONE TO APPEAR ON EARTH WHY?