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Warning: If you are not into this topic you may get bored. However, if are not aware of it, you can easily get blindsided. They can easily use our ignorance against us.

Faith is commonly defined as the belief in things unseen but hoped for. Science is often considered to be the opposite as it proceeds with observation, hypotheses then study or experimentation.

Well, it gets very interesting as to who defines what science is and what is faith and what ends up in the school systems.

In my Catholic high school back in the Philippines in Science ata yun na class, the teacher introduced the topic of the Theory of Evolution. The discussion did not need to get very far before a key detail was pointed out. The Theory of Evolution is based on a belief in things unseen or unobserved. By its very structure, no one was there to observe it so it automatically rests outside of science since science requires observation to be the first step. That begged the question of “Then why are we studying it?” To which the teacher answered: “It is important to know that this is one of the competing concepts on the Origin of Life even though no one was there to see it.”

To us, that was enough of the topic. It was a philosophy of some that had to be taken on faith and nothing more. At most, it was a batch of hypothetical o guess lang and unverifiable concepts from scientists. At worst, it was merely science fiction. Boy was I surprised when my hubby showed me what the public schools teach here. I feel lucky na I got my edukasyon sa Pinas!

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction holds a position that says “Evolution is a fundamental and important unifying concept in science.” Of course, they cite their view of extensive evidence but forget to mention that it is all highly debatable and is totally speculation. The frightening part is who they quote as resources.

One such is the National Center for Science Education. The NCSE flat out states on its homepage that it defends the teaching of evolution in the public schools and opposes teaching scientific creationism. NCSE boasts that it is the only national organization to specialize in this issue. However they are in a small building with only 10 or so staff members led by Executive Director Eugenie Scott. Why does that matter? Well, she is a public signer of the Humanist Manifesto III which was a religion as stated in versions I and II but changed to a philosophy in version III.

What does the Humanist Manifesto have as their top two main points?

1. “Knowledge of the world is derived by observation, experimentation and rational analysis.”
2. “Humans are an integral part of nature, the result of unguided evolutionary change.”

Uh, I think all of these smart people missed a very big detail. The first point is science. The second point is faith as it by definition was unseen but is obviously hoped for. So that stance makes them advisors on hypocrisy. No wonder USA public school math and science test scores are going down. They are being told to believe science and science fiction are the same thing.

Well, what does the real science of observational data say? The empirical data is quite conclusive the Theory of Evolution is busted.

Geology – Here, here, here, here, here, here, and here for starters.

Oceanography – Here

Cosmology – Here, here (Listen to Part 1), and here

Mathematical Probability – Here – Listen to Part 2 – Basically, the ToE is statistically laughable.

Rate of Genetic Change – Here and here

Chemistry – Here – Listen to parts 3,4 and 5.

Microbiology – Here

Archeological – Here

I’m not going to even try the Quantum and Particle Physics my hubby digs into. (Nakakaluka, if you are not interesado sa topic- ma bored kayo)  Also as a side note, the basic historical findings and scientific findings (raw data not the opinions on it) routinely validate the Bible without fail. There is a lot more information out there but you get the picture.

It is nice to know the science curriculum in the Philippine schools as far as when I was in high school is more advanced than in the public schools than here. I hope the Philippine schools always stick to real science. Now you know one of the many reasons why we homeschool.

Sorry po sa long post ko at sa links galore!

Thank you,

Anah

The saying goes “Diamonds last forever.” Well, they are one of the hardest substances on the planet. Because of that, nothing can get inside of a diamond and mess it up because it is so hard and complete. Science had also long thought that diamonds that form naturally were 1-2 billion years old.

It was believed that it took a long time for nature to add heat to a diamond to make it so clear. To quote a valid source with video located here:

“Diamonds are made of carbon that crystallized under conditions of extreme temperature and pressure. They were formed millions of years ago in molten rock within the Earth at depths greater than 160 km.”

Yet another website puts it even older:

“Diamonds are beautiful, mysterious and rare. They survive an incredible journey to reach us, a journey that may have begun as long as 3.3 billion years ago. They are created when carbon is put under immense pressure and temperature deep within the earth—at distances of 250 miles or even greater.”

Okay, lots of details here but I’ll do my best to summarize all of that. Carbon (like coal) was pressure cooked into a diamond. Think of the 5th season Smallville episode when Clark proposed to Lana in the episode where his father died. He took a lump of coal, super squeezed it and used his heat vision. Except in nature, Clark Kent isn’t available and it is done deep in the earth under all of those rock layers with fossils and such in them.

With all of those fossils that are “65 million years old,” it just has to be billions of years old right? Dinosaurs lived a really long time ago correct?

Wrong.

All of those dates are guesses or opinions. History only goes back 5000 years or so. That means the millions and billions of years are unproven. They also do not hold up to scientific tests.

We have all heard of radioactive carbon dating tests. Then we listen to whatever number they come up with. However, digging deep into the topic shows that all of those test result dates require them to use a lot of guesses in their math. Math isn’t my best subject but I know I wouldn’t want anyone guessing on my paycheck much less trying to say something is x years old or guessing at other numbers. What is good about the radioactive carbon test is that is has a relatively small range in which it can detect radioactive carbon. The top end, depending on what you read, is between 30,000 to 90,000 years old.

If the above two websites are correct, there is absolutely no way naturally formed diamonds could have any radioactive carbon in them at all. 1 billion years is far larger than 90,000 years.

Test results say otherwise. They did find radioactive carbon in the diamonds. Here is the entire report.

What does all that mean? It means the diamonds are less than 90,000 years old at the high end. It also means all those fossils and dinosaurs are less than 90,000 years old too. Oldest layers are the deepest. Everything above it must be younger.

Dinosaurs were here not that long ago. Thank you diamonds for such “rock hard, solid” evidence.

Thank you,

Anah

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Did You Know….

In yet another obscure detail in this world, Wisconsin and the stomachs of everyone around the world are connected.

No, we are not all connected together with Cheese Heads. We are not connected together with the squeaky cheese called cheese curds from Rudolph, WI. Instead, we are connected by our stomachs with a physician that lived in Wisconsin from 1826-1832 AD.

Dr. William Beaumont is known as the “Father of Gastric Physiology” or he started the bulk of the information on how the digestive process works. The manner in which he did this might make you feel like you just got punched in the gut though. We can definitely have sympathy for his subject who was Alexis St. Martin.

Mr. Martin has the great misfortune of getting shot point blank or 3 feet or 1 meter away with a musket filled with duck shot. It would be the equivalent of a shotgun now. It blew a hole in Mr. Martin’s side that damaged the lung and stomach on the right hand side. Dr. Beaumont was able to save his life but the wound did not heal correctly. There was a 2 ½ inch hole from the outside to directly into his stomach that remained.

Through this hole into his stomach, Dr. Beaumont did several experiments by dropping various foods tied to a thread ranging from 12 raw oysters to boiled chicken and many other things then fishing it back out a few hours later. So thanks to Dr. Beaumont’s observations and notes and Mr. Martin’s hole in his stomach, Wisconsin got to be the testing grounds for a different kind of fishing.

We should keep something in perspective though. Back then if you sustained a significant injury to your leg or arm, they cut it off. If you received a head injury, they would drill holes in your skull to relieve the pressure. Chemical analysis was very basic and not well advanced. So Mr. Martin living through his injuries was a minor miracle by itself. Pharmaceutical drugs consisted of getting drunk on whiskey so you wouldn’t feel the pain of the saw as much.

This is part of the reason why I’m not sold on pharmaceutical drugs. They haven’t been around that long and with the side effects few are really worth taking. You can often do better without them by using the other methods used for the 4800 years prior to them coming out. No, I’m not recommending getting drunk and hacking off your leg.

I will end this interesting piece of information with something for you to remember. The next time you eat a raw oyster or have some other meat slide down your throat, give thanks to the two guys in Wisconsin who fished that food back out to study it. Want to feel his pain? Tie your oyster to a thread, swallow it, and then pull it back up. Wouldn’t that be fun?

Thank you,

Anah