Universe Designed to Produce Carbon and Oxygen Publication by Jeff Zweerink ( April 8, 2013 ) Astronomer Fred Hoyle postulated the existence of an excited state of carbon, called the “Hoyle state,” in order to explain how stars could produce the amount of carbon seen in the universe. Recent theoretical work demonstrated how scientists could calculate the Hoyle state from first principles. Physics & Mathematics
Christian Ministries Training Association IMPACT Convention Event by Reasons to Believe ( April 11, 2019 ) The mission of Christian Ministries Training Association (CMTA) is to equip, train, encourage, and inspire professional and volunteer workers in the body of Christ for Christian education ministry. The IMPACT Convention is held in the spring of each year. As one of the largest Christian education conventions in the nation, it is a major event […]
Does the Multiverse Explain Too Much? Blog by Hugh Ross ( May 9, 2017 ) There is a fatal problem with appealing to the multiverse to explain away the need for a divine Designer; Design
How Can Yahweh Be Perfectly Good and Just and Yet Command Extermination? Publication by Kenneth Samples ( July 1, 2008 ) Richard Dawkins, the world’s most famous atheist, asserts that the God of the Old Testament is “a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser.”1 Bible
Increasing Lunar Coincidences Lead to “Philosophical Disquiet” Publication by Hugh Ross ( March 3, 2014 ) The list of fine-tuned “coincidences” required for our unique Moon’s formation appears to be growing. The creation implications of these discoveries, including recent findings published in Nature, seem to have astronomers feeling unsettled. Geology & Earth
Science, Faith, and Dark Matter Multimedia by Jeff Zweerink ( September 12, 2022 ) Dr. Jeff Zweerink speaks with Lauren Smyth of WRFH Student Radio at Hillsdale College in Michigan about several science/faith issues Astronomy
More Difficulties Forming Planets Publication by Hugh Ross ( January 26, 2007 ) As scientists learn how planets form, their simulations continue to provide evidence buttressing RTB’s claim that a supernatural Creator prepared Earth as a life-supporting planet. Many gas giants (planets like Jupiter and Saturn) migrate toward their host stars after formation, dramatically influencing the formation of Earth-like terrestrial planets. Recent simulations have shown that gas-giant migration kicks the planetesimals that would otherwise form terrestrial planets into eccentric and inclined orbits, which prevents any further growth into terrestrial planets. Only if the migration occurs very rapidly or if the gas giant is much smaller than Jupiter can any subsequent planet formation occur. These results highlight the difficulty of natural processes forming a planetary system with the high degree of design exhibited by Earth’s solar system. Such complexity points to the careful intervention of a supernatural Designer. Astronomy
Record-Breaking Star Gives More Evidence for Big Bang Creation Model Blog by Hugh Ross ( November 11, 2019 ) What counts as evidence that a scientific model is consistent with reality and therefore true? According to scientists, there is strong evidence for a model when advancing knowledge yields a progressively better-defined and more detailed description of the phenomenon the model explains. To that end, detailed spectral measurements of two stars from very early in the universe’s history have now yielded a more detailed and more precisely defined big bang creation model. Creation Views
Modern Brains Emerged in the Cambrian Explosion Publication by Hugh Ross ( December 8, 2015 ) The Avalon and Cambrian explosions, events that marked the sudden appearance of myriad complex life-forms, present two of the biggest challenges to the evolutionary theory. Now a new discovery makes the Cambrian explosion an even more profound difficulty for evolutionists to account for. Design
Ancient Cave Art Strengthens Evidence for the Image of God Blog by Fazale “Fuz” Rana ( March 10, 2021 ) All human beings are creative. Creativity defines and distinguishes us from all other creatures that exist now—or ever existed. As a Christian, I view our capacity and compulsion to create as a manifestation of the image of God—a quality that every human being possesses and which makes each human life infinitely valuable. Human Origins & Anthropology