CLC Creation

March 2 Class is Cancelled

2010-03-02T10:58:00.002-06:00

Several students are out of town or unavailable today anyway, so I have decided with the added weather concerns to cancel today's Creation Class. Hope to see you all next week.

March 2 Update

2010-03-02T08:52:00.000-06:00

Listening to the road descriptions, we've officially cancelled our morning classes, and will make a decision by lunch time on the afternoon classes. Stay safe!

Mar 2 classes?

2010-03-02T07:24:00.000-06:00

Didn't we just go through this two weeks ago? As of 7 this morning, Madison schools were still open, and the roads were not hazardous yet...If the Madison city schools close today, we will definitely cancel class...If they don't, we will see what the roads look like closer to lunch time...If you are concerned about the roads at all, by all means, don't come to class...I definitely prefer to err on the side of caution...

Madison City Schools Closing for Feb 16

2010-02-15T20:25:00.000-06:00

So we are canceling our classes also.

Winter Weather

2010-02-15T17:30:00.001-06:00

If the Madison City School cancel classes because of the weather, I will cancel classes because of the weather. If in doubt, please check back here.

Jan 12 Class

2010-01-18T16:12:00.002-06:00

We finished the movie, Expelled. Next class we will start looking at Astronomy from a Creationist perspective.

January 5 Class

2010-01-06T19:34:00.001-06:00

We watched a Global Warming video, followed by a brief discussion of the Creation Science aspects of the film.

We started the film Expelled, and plan to finish it next week.

December Classes

2009-12-07T21:36:00.002-06:00

We only have classes the first two weeks in December. Last week we started watching "The Mysterious Islands" in class. This week we will finish watching it, and discuss it.

After this week, we will start classes again on Tuesday, January 5.

Nov 24 -- Anniversary of Origin of Species

2009-11-24T20:48:00.003-06:00

Today is the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species. In "honor" of that, we are watching Ben Stein's movie, Expelled tonight, and plan to watch our new DVD, the Mysterious Islands, tomorrow.

For those of you in Huntsville, you may be interested in seeing it at the Space and Rocket Center tomorrow evening:

Please help spread the word about this incredible sounding movie on the Galapagos Islands -- from a creationist perspective!

On November 25th, The Mysterious Islands (http://www.themysteriousislands.com/) will premiere at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL. Viewers will be transported to the far side of the world, where they will meet the strange and unusual inhabitants of a remote island archipelago called the Galapagos. There they will join Dr. John Morris, president of the Institute for Creation Research, Doug Phillips, president of Vision Forum Ministries and a team of adventurers as they cross the black lava rocks of Fernandina Island, track-down the ancient Galapagos Tortoise, study the flightless cormorant and salt-sneezing marine iguana, encounter the dive-bombing, blue-footed booby. Some of the team will even travel far beneath the surface and film without a cage around more than one hundred sharks.

On the Galapagos Islands, the team will battle a theory that changed the modern world, because it was there on Galapagos, that the modern war of the world-views began.

Come to the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville to watch the new creation adventure film, The Mysterious Islands, this November 25, the day after the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s magnum opus, On the Origin of the Species.

Where did Charles Darwin go wrong with his Theory of Evolution? Come join us as we answer this question as part of a night to remember as the new and controversial film, The Mysterious Islands, comes to Huntsville for a special premiere screening. Meet the film’s executive producer and members of the cast in person and get a behind-the-scenes experience you will never forget.

The screening in Huntsville will be held November 25th at 6:30 p.m.

The cost of the evening’s premiere is $10 per family or $5 for single admission. Space is limited and you must R.S.V.P. Get the word out and come be a part of this special film debut.

We hope to see you in Huntsville at the US Space and Rocket Center.

To RSVP for either contact Josh: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e2mzzpjzfd3e5dcc

Nov 10 Class

2009-11-10T16:21:00.002-06:00

Today we covered Sea Otters, Sting Rays, Manta Rays, and Sea Horses.

We are officially done until December; however, several of the students will be here next week. Therefore, we will be watching a couple of Creation videos during the regular class time...

Nov 3 Class

2009-11-03T14:02:00.002-06:00

Today we continued our look at marine animals. We compared the Sharks we studied last week, compared sea lions and seals, and learned about the giant octopus and the sea star.

We also watched a Moody movie: Voice of the Deep.

Oct 27 Class

2009-10-27T15:43:00.001-05:00

Today we focused on Sharks -- studying at least 12 different types of sharks.

Oct 20 Class

2009-10-20T14:26:00.003-05:00

We switched gears to aquatic animals today, covering the Cuttlefish, Emperor Penguin, and Manatee.

We got stuck on whether the Cuttlefish is warm-blooded or cold-blooded, and whether it's a vertebrate or invertebrate.

Next week: Sharks!

Oct 13 Class

2009-10-20T14:25:00.002-05:00

We covered Koalas, and then Bears: Polar, Black, Brown, Panda.

Oct 6 Class

2009-10-03T09:04:00.001-05:00

For today’s class we primarily watched and discussed the Flight DVD from Answers in Genesis. (We also did the Platypus portion of Incredible Creatures Volume 1)

The speaker on the Flight DVD reminded us that DETAILS are important.

He spoke of 3 main types of flying creatures:
Birds
Certain insects – Flies, Bees, Butterflies
Bats (the extinct Pterosaurs may have been related to the Bats of today)

Birds are incredible creatures that could not have evolved
Most have Hollow Bones (Loons are one of the rare exceptions)
Aircraft often imitate the Warren Struts of Bird’s bones
They have strong muscles, and special breathing abilities.

Some of the particular birds he mentioned were
Arctic Tern
Kestrel
Black Kite
Swan
Gray Owl
Hummingbird

The Archaeopteryx is not a transition between reptiles and birds
There are bird fossils in the layers below it.
It is a bird.
There are modern birds with claws.

He reminded us that there would have been huge climatic changes caused by the Global Flood, that could easily account for the fossils of especially large creatures that have been found.

Then he turned his attention to Flying Insects.
There have always been butterflies. They exist in the fossil record just as they are all now.
All the information for change from caterpillars to butterflies is found in their DNA.

A Biology book I have described Bats as the “only mammals that have developed structures for flight”. Based on what? It would be accurate to describe Bats as the “only mammals created with the ability for flight.”

The DVD ended with asking “Where does information for changes come from?” In Natural Selection, information is LOST! But, you must have information for anything to be created, changed, etc….

29 Sept Class

2009-09-29T14:38:00.001-05:00

We covered Geckos, Whales, Hippos.

We also looked at Leviticus 11:29

Week 3

2009-09-22T14:20:00.001-05:00

We studied Beavers, Giraffes, and Woodpeckers today.

We also watched the beginning of Incredible Creature that Devy Evolution, including the portion on the Bombardier Beetle.

Week 2

2009-09-15T16:33:00.002-05:00

We watched a DVD "Life" and discussed the similarities in animals showing a common designer not common descent...

We read Genesis 1:1 - Genesis 2:3, and discussed the various days of Creation(highlighting each day) and looking at the ten times it mentions "after their kind").

Complexity...

Romans 1:20, Proverbs 20:12; and Exodus 20:11

We covered our first animal, Chameleons, and made a list of which animals the students wanted to cover in the future.

Week 1

2009-09-08T19:19:00.000-05:00

Today we watched Ken Ham in the Answers in Genesis DVD, “Do Animals Evolve?” We discussed “what is life” and “what is alive” and the fact that the Bible does not refer to plants as living things.

We also discussed:
Creation and Evolution are Worldviews.
Genesis mentions they were created “after their kind” ten times
Do animals change? If so, is that evolution?
Evolution requires “gradual change over long periods of time”
Genetics is about information.
Natural selection is a loss of information.
Mutations are mistakes, which also involve a loss of information.
Because of “kinds”, less than 16,000 animals would have had to be on the ark
(could have fit in 1/3 of the ark).
Much of evolution is based on theory of “molecules to man”.
How many races are there? Only 1 – the Human Race.
We have all descended from Adam, spreading out across the Earth since the Tower of Babel.
Fossils are well explained by a global flood.

Intro to the Creation Class

2009-08-09T15:30:00.001-05:00

I am excited to be teaching Creation Science again this fall. As I prepare for the class, I am watching American Vision's Great Dothan Creation Evolution Debate.

In the fall we will be looking specifically at animals, and in the spring we will look at geology (specifically Mount St. Helens and the Grand Canyon) and astronomy.