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Letter to Time Magazine

To the editors:

I was standing in line at my bank a few weeks ago, and noticed a magazine (TIME) with the bold letters EVOLUTION WARS on the cover.  Of course, that got my attention, so I picked it up and browsed through it.  One of the bank employees said I could take it with me to finish reading, so I did

Some of the statements of the “anti-Creationists” are not scientific.  For instance, in the “FACE-OFF” dealing with the eye, on page thirty.  They really uncovered the “mainstay” of the theory in the paragraph “Who Needs a Designer?”  That mainstay of course, is imagination.  The whole theory is backed by a very heavy dose of it.  To say a mutation might have produced a patch of light-sensitive cells allowing a “primitive creature” to “see” (or tell light from dark) is also unscientific.   For instance, was the patch on the “head” of this creature, or on an evolving arm, or leg, or even on the bottom side?  Did this patch become electrically charged because of the light?  If so, where would the charge go? Eyes by themselves don’t see.  Our eyes are designed to send (at about 200 miles per hour) precise electrical signals from the retina to a particular part of our brain, which must interpret the signals and make us able to “see” our surroundings.  It does so in milliseconds, and in three dimensional color!  Then, that picture is transferred to another part of the brain, so that another picture can immediately be interpreted to replace that one.  And, what about the other eye?  They must realize that more than one is needed.  They have to imagine how another eye designed exactly like that one can come about by millions of tiny useless steps, starting with light-sensitive skin.  Then, they have the problem of over a million creatures with one eye that exactly matches the design of their other eye. Plus the fact that every creature’s brain, optic nerves, skull openings, muscle control, and so on, have to match those eyes.

All these mutations would produce animals with an “eye” in the wrong place.   Also, of course, while other “lucky mutations” are occurring, the fossils of this type creature (one-eyed, one armed, one legged, one winged, etc., all in the wrong location and orientation on the creature) would outnumber the real fossils by millions to one!  Where are these creatures in the fossil record?  They simply are not there.  Think about that.  If evolution were true, the fossil record would actually be reversed!  You would be lucky to find a complete and whole creature anywhere, but would find millions of mutated mistakes on the way to becoming a viable creature. 

Fossil evidence doesn’t show that any of these “accidents of nature” ever existed.  It’s amazing that the “biologists” actually admitted that there is “no fossil evidence” of the interim steps.  Unlike the implications from the paragraph, many highly credentialed biologists and scientists do believe in a Creator (the Creation Science Society).  

Even a perfect eye, with all perfectly designed parts; the precisely attached muscles to move it; the retinal cells that change light to electricity; the lens that is perfectly “hung” in front at a very precise orientation and distance from the retina; the fluid inside that must be clear; the tears to give nourishment where blood must not flow (over the cornea); an eyelid that automatically closes and opens to clean it, and provide nutrients; and many other necessary “ingredients” is still completely useless!  Like I said earlier, eyes don’t see.  So what is to “select” until the organ is complete, and the optic nerves are there and connected properly from the retina to the part of the brain designed to interpret and actually make a “picture” from the signals and “erase” that picture immediately to start over again?  All the correct parts are needed from the “getgo” (like in an act of Creation).  Along with sight, you have the other four senses (smell, touch, hearing, and taste) to combine to enable the brain to decide what the body should do in reaction to its surroundings.

To simplify what I mean, look at it this way:  The eye (complete with muscles for movement) is the “functional” unit, while the optic nerves are the “connecting or supporting” units, and the brain is the “controlling” unit.  Additionally, you must have separate muscle control for concise, synchronized, identical movement (and precise alignment) of the two eyeballs.  Remove any of these items and it doesn’t work.  Likewise, you can see the hand as a functional unit, with the arm and shoulder as the supporting units, and the brain as the controlling unit.  Some call this the “Whole Package Phenomenon”, or “Irreducible Complexity”.   I call it the “rule of three” (functional unit, supporting unit, and controlling unit).  It’s real, and it’s real science.

I would like to mention a few things that cannot evolve.  If it is true that any of the following items can’t possibly wait for evolution to produce them over time, then the theory is false.

I’ll start with the tongue.  A dog (or any other animal that laps up water) must be able to control its tongue to get a drink.  Otherwise, it would not survive. This is a very complex process of muscle control and ability.  Not much time to “wait for evolution” to allow it to drink.   We must be able to push food between the upper and lower set of teeth to be chewed.  We must be able to produce saliva, and “chew”.  Then, we must be able to move the chewed food to the back of the tongue where the swallow response (which can’t evolve) allows it to go down.  None of these processes of muscle control and nerves that control them could “wait” to evolve.  And as you know, that’s only the very beginning of many precisely controlled processes needed for digestion.  You can gain an appreciation for the tongue by being aware of all it does the next time you eat or speak. Try repeating this sentence without moving your tongue. See what I mean?

The sensation of hunger cannot evolve over time.  If you were not hungry, you would not eat.  You would die. If the sensation of thirst had to wait to evolve, you would die waiting for it. 

The autonomic system of the body cannot evolve.  Take breathing, for instance.  If you had to think about it, and intentionally breathe in and out, (and as a “basic creature”, you somehow had the ability to control your diaphragm) what would happen when you forgot, or went to sleep? 

Instinct (nest building, care of offspring, proper use of different body parts) is necessary and hard wired into a specific brain of a specific creature to allow for survival, from the very beginning.  That can’t wait for lucky mutations to “happen”.  Did the right instinct just happen in the right body with over two million creatures?  For instance, a goose must know from the beginning, how to land on water; an eagle must know how to swoop down to catch a fish, but not to land in the water.

Bone joints have to match their “partner”.  The hinge joint (one of the five types in the human body) must fit perfectly on both sides, or the pain would be unbearable.  Location, orientation, material, proper cushioning, and lubrication must be just right.  This joint is found in the elbows, knees, fingers, toes and jaw.  There are over two hundred bones in the human body, all aligned and fitting together perfectly to make the body viable.  I can’t personally imagine how the first bone joint came into being without an intelligent Creator.

Teeth can’t evolve, and the top row must “match” the bottom.  An alligator’s jaw is a good example. The upper and lower teeth are a perfect compliment of each other.  Any creature’s teeth must be hard enough to withstand a lifetime of use.  That’s why enamel can be added to this list of items.

Your skin fits “you” perfectly.  The skin covers your hands better than a glove.  One side must be loose, especially at the joints, to allow movement in a certain direction.  The other side isn’t loose, and is very tough for doing chores.  Skin covers your whole body; has to have “holes” in proper places, and protects you from the “outside world”.  It must be able to grow with the body it covers.  A creature with a partially covered body would not survive. If your skin didn’t grow with your body, you would not survive.

Animals with legs must have the proper legs for the particular body to which they are attached.  Animals with huge bodies must have strong legs located at the four corners of the main mass, and pointing down, with proper orientation so the four don’t run off in separate directions!  Two legged animals (like birds) must have legs located precisely to properly balance the body while walking, and wings (on the ones designed to fly) of a precise size, material, orientation, and location to allow for balanced flight.

Yours truly,
Harry Moore

PS:  A thought to remember:  Genetic mutations never produce new material, which would have to occur in untold numbers for evolution (simple to complex structures) to occur.  You can’t get new parts by shuffling around a Rubics Cube. Therefore, the theory of evolution depends on a non-existent process.

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The Amazing Dolphin: Why Dogs Cannot "Change" Into Dolphins

Many evolutionists insist that ocean mammals are the “cousins” of land dwelling mammals! Isn’t that astonishing?  They argue that (as one example) dogs must have “hunted by the sea” and slowly became completely “adapted” to life in the water, and became dolphins!  One thing you can say about evolutionists: they sure have a wonderful imagination!  I’ve seen a lot of dogs on the beach, and some really seem to have lots of fun with the ocean waves, but all they get at the end of the day is sand on their feet!  They are still dogs, even if one of them happens to develop a taste for fish.
 
Evolutionists believe that sea-squirts became fish, which became amphibians, and then slowly became land animals like reptiles, birds, and mammals; then some (mammals) left the land and went back to the sea!  Sounds like musical animals.
 
Those who believe (and it is just a “belief”) that a dog could somehow become a dolphin need to know a little more about the dolphin. My first exposure to the idea of dogs becoming dolphins was an article in Zoobooks back in 1990.
 
Throughout this writing, remember that there is no known process that has ever produced new organs or any new material that would be needed to make a new animal.  New organs can only be produced by intelligent genetic information.  Errors, (mutations) cannot produce new useful organs (much less the proper “packaging and location of the parts” within a certain creature’s body).  Errors in genetic instructions, or duplication of instructions, or deletion of instructions, or duplication of chromosomes (polyploidy) is not new information. There is no source for new information within any creature.  That, coupled with “stasis” (stability of kinds) should help folks understand that animals don’t change from one kind to another, except during the complex and amazing process of metamorphosis.  And remember; all those instructions and information must reside within the animal already for it to go through those miraculous stages.
 
To turn a dog into a dolphin would require many new features found in the dolphin and not in the dog.  And these changes must occur within the males and females, with complete reproductive capability all along this imaginary path.
 
Dolphins cannot breathe through their mouths.  That doesn’t sound like a great improvement that “natural selection” would preserve. And did this terrible thing happen to them before they “developed” a hole in their head (complete with a “stopper” to prevent water leakage), and a rerouted (new) path to their lungs? Think about that!  How would this transition take place?
 
Female dolphins sleep at the surface of the water to allow for breathing.  Males sleep just under the surface and have an internal “clock” designed to move them up to the surface periodically to allow for breathing.  That “timing” for the male, had better be right from the day God created him. When a dolphin sleeps, one half of its brain remains “alert” and one eye stays open on the lookout for danger. 
 
The nostrils:  Relocation (to the top of the skull), the addition of a flap to keep water out (it can’t show up later, or the dolphin would drown).  The flap must be extremely strong (dolphins can dive to 1000 feet) and have a very tight fit to keep the animal from drowning.  Nerve connections and muscle control must be there from the beginning, and the brain must have the addition of a controlling program for the dolphin to be able to use this new organ properly.
 
The nasal passage must have nasal sacs added to produce the sounds (clicks and squeaks) made by the dolphin.  Dogs don’t click or squeak, and have vocal chords for making sounds.  Dolphins can whistle.  As of yet, no dog has been known to whistle.  Again, no series of mutations have ever been known to add new organs (like the nasal sacs) to an organism.
 
The “melon” (the rounded area on the dolphin’s forehead) acts as a focusing area to send the sound out in a beam in front of the animal.  This is an example of a new organ that is never produced by mutations. And the animal must know where the sound is “aimed” to properly decode the echo, so it can locate its next meal. 
 
The dolphin must (from the beginning) have a way to detect the echo coming back from the sound the melon sent out.  It cannot “show up later” as in evolution.  Sounds travel through water over four times faster than through the air, so complex mathematical computations must be programmed into the brain from the beginning to allow the dolphin to know how far away an object is.  They not only know how far away an object is, but the size, shape, speed of movement, and direction. All that in just one second! If the evolving melon sent out the clicks straight overhead, the dolphin would probably never locate the object bouncing back the sounds.  Bottlenose dolphins can even determine if the echo is coming from an animal representing their favorite meal!  And they can detect an object the size of a golf ball two-hundred feet away!
 
Dolphins don’t have external ears.  The lower jaw bones receive the echoes and conduct that sound to the middle ear, the inner ear, and through the auditory nerves to the hearing centers in the brain.  The brain must then decode these electrical impulses to allow the dolphin to determine their meaning.
 
Unlike any other mammal, dolphin babies are born tail first!  Can the accumulation of mutations slowly turn the babies around?  Not hardly.  A breached baby will kill the mother and the baby.  Think about the dorsal fin, on top and the two flippers as the baby emerges (backwards) from the womb.  Those appendages would keep the baby from being born at all, if God hadn’t created a solution for that problem.  He causes the fin and flippers to fold down against the baby’s body for the birth process! 
 
The arteries and veins leading to and from the brain of a dog are outside the neck bones.  On a dolphin, these arteries and veins are inside the neck bones!  I don’t even know of a doctor who could perform that operation, much less “time and chance”!
 
The dolphin has a rib cage that collapses when he goes deep into the water.  The ribs actually squeeze the heart when this happens!  If this happened before evolution “redesigned” the dog’s heart, the dolphin would be extinct.  The heart actually has a sponge type material to absorb blood when it collapses.  God figured out how to take care of that problem when He created the dolphin.
 
Dolphins must nurse the baby under water!  The milk is squirted into the baby’s mouth from a tube….a new process, not found in the dog.
 
Dogs have one stomach -dolphins have two- one to store food, and the other to digest it. That’s two new and different designs.
 
Dogs chew their food most of the time.  Dolphins never do.  They swallow a fish whole, head first.  They have 100 teeth (not 42 like a dog) and they are a new design (for grasping and holding) not for chewing.  They have new information in their brain (different instinct) to tell them how to eat.
 
Dolphins have blubber under their mostly hairless skin, for insulation.  Dogs have no blubber, and are covered in hair for that purpose.  Remember….mutations don’t produce new material like blubber.  And dolphins have a new type of skin.
 
The new skin must be designed to fit a new body, which has a new and different shape. Their body is streamlined, and designed so well for movement through the water, that many underwater vessel designers have copied it.
 
The retina (at the back of the eye) has a new design to allow the dolphin to see extremely well under water. New elastic lenses allow for special focusing in that environment.  Special glands secrete new chemicals that protect the eyes from salt water. Evolution is not a chemist, and evolution is not a designer.
 
The dog to dolphin “evolution” would require the loss of both rear legs, and changing of the front legs into flippers (and new information in the brain to control the flippers for swimming, and not walking).
 
The dog’s tail moves from side to side.  The dolphin’s tail involves a new movement: up and down.  It has tremendous strength, and is separated at the end. A dolphin can jump 20 feet out of the water!   Its brain must have new information dealing with this tail and its control.

Any change (dealing with features) within any animal would require other changes simultaneously. That is always the case.  In other words, when the dolphin “loses both of its back legs”, the brain must undergo a new design so as to “not care” about that and to not try to use that which no longer exists.  The nerves from the brain to the former legs (and feet) and the blood supply coming from the heart must just “go away” in the offspring of the dog/dolphin.  The muscles and bones of the legs and feet must disappear.  The skin covering both legs and feet must disappear. The claws must disappear.
 
The bones in the flippers of a dolphin resemble a human hand much more so than a dog’s feet.  This totally different anatomy apparently posed a problem for the evolutionary worldview of the writers in the Zoobooks article.  So, on the page where a dog was compared to a dolphin, they decided to hide the feet of the dog, by putting him behind the dolphin and moving him down so that the kids could not see his feet!  Then, nearby, they drew a human hand to compare to the flipper. I show this article and discuss this trickery as part of my PowerPoint presentation.  I hate deception, particularly when it involves kids!
 
One more thing: The fossil record is totally void of undisputed evidence that these changes actually took place.  Thus, the fossil record and common sense denies that evolution from dog to dolphin ever happened.
 
Harry Moore

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