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FAQ: RATE’s Radiocarbon: Intrinsic or Contamination?

Wesley R. Elsberry — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:20:16 +0000

RATE’s Radiocarbon: Intrinsic or Contamination?

Physicist Kirk Bertsche explains the Institute for Creation Research RATE Project’s results concerning radiocarbon. Bertsche takes up the RATE use of previously-analyzed geological and biological samples, then new studies of both coal and diamond, finding that the RATE conclusion of significant intrinsic radiocarbon cannot be supported, and that contamination explains most if not all the data.

September 2008 POTM: Proposal for a Theistic Design Detector

Wesley R. Elsberry — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:38:48 +0000

Proposal for a Theistic Design Detector: Following years of spiritual research by Rossum, Talk.Origins reveals our official design for a Theistic Design Detector. It is herewith presented to the Discovery Institute who are doubtless anxious to begin construction.

August 2008 POTM: Are evolutionists covering up the evidence for sudden creation?

Wesley R. Elsberry — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:35:02 +0000

Are evolutionists covering up the evidence for sudden creation?: John Harshman answers three arguments by Jonathan Wells which assert: The sudden appearance of all modern animal groups during the Cambrian explosion; the use of a circular argument (shared characteristics as evidence for common descent) and; that Archaespteryx isn’t transitional because evolutionists agree it is probably not the ancestor of modern birds.

July 2008 POTM: Does handed DNA and protein prove Intelligent Design?

Wesley R. Elsberry — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:32:38 +0000

Does handed DNA and protein prove Intelligent Design?

: “Dr. Gary Hurd discusses natural (undesigned) forces that may have lead to the predominance of left handed [L] Amino Acids in proteins and right handed [D] Nucleic Acids in DNA and RNA which are found in all existing organisms. He also provides examples of the continuing use of the D form of amino acids revealing clues to the origin of life.”

June 2008 POTM: Testable examples of the emergence and development of novelty from evolution

Wesley R. Elsberry — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:36:18 +0000

Testable examples of the emergence and development of novelty from evolution: Steven J itemizes cases where random mutation coupled with natural selection have produced novelty, describes intermediate forms, and explains the mechanism of natural selection (death before reproduction) in response to Tony Pagano’s assertion that it is impossible.

May 2008 POTM: What meaning empty rhetoric?

Wesley R. Elsberry — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:24:15 +0000

What meaning empty rhetoric?: Noctiluca expresses frustration over the empty rhetoric of an anti-evolutionist who refuses to examine the evidence from an “infinitely complex and endlessly interesting” universe, much less consider the consequences for his beliefs.

April 2008 POTM: The Nazi redefinitions of Christianity and Evolution

Wesley R. Elsberry — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:20:31 +0000

The Nazi redefinitions of Christianity and Evolution: Howard Hershey describes how the Nazis redefined and influenced Christianity and Evolutionary thinking in Germany to support their goals.

March 2008 POTM: Are (non-functional) pseudogenes a product of Intelligent Design?

Wesley R. Elsberry — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:17:49 +0000

Are (non-functional) pseudogenes a product of Intelligent Design?: Howard Hershey argues they are not because most look like copies of existing genes that have accumulated random mutations with time, a pattern consistent with an evolutionary process.

February 2008 POTM: Saint Augustine on biblical literalism

Wesley R. Elsberry — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:15:21 +0000

Saint Augustine on biblical literalism: Vance McAlister (VBM) shows that this fifth century saint was already pleading that Genesis be interpreted in light of common knowledge and common sense.

January 2008 POTM: Evidence that Archaeopteryx is transitional from dinosaurs to birds

TOA News — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:08:07 +0000

One of Talk.Origins regulars; Augray provides a point by point rebuttal of an article by Duane Gish of ICR which claimed that Archaeopteryx was essentially a fully modern bird, not a transitional species.

Read it here:

http://www.talkorigins.org/origins/postmonth/2008_01.html