Category: Creation and World History

Divine Evil?

[Posted on: 03 February 2025 by Richard Worsley]

Divine Evil?

In this video, Richard introduces a short article of his own, which addresses one of the most common objections to faith, namely that of why God allows suffering. Whilst we can provide some answers to questions about such things, we cannot always fully understand everything. God’s challenge to us, as it was to Job, has got to be one of “will you trust Me?”. There is plenty of evidence for the goodness of God and we need to trust in Him, even when the going is difficult and the way is not clear.

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Genetic Complexity

[Posted on: 02 February 2025 by Richard Worsley]

Genetic Complexity

This video makes reference to a detailed series of five articles on the tRNA subsystem, which is part of the mechanism within a cell by which DNA patterns are translated into the blueprint for manufacturing protein molecules. The point to note that this is in itself a highly complex process and yet forms only a small part of the cell’s overall system. Looking at the amazing complexity of the cell and the way that it operates so incredibly well, we can only reasonably conclude that it has to be the work of an intelligent designer. Also it should be noted that for the cell to continue to operate in a fully functional manner, random genetic mistakes could only be tolerated over a relative short time span (i.e. thousands as opposed to millions of years).

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Attention and Truth

[Posted on: 01 February 2025 by Richard Worsley]

Attention and Truth

In this video, Richard makes reference to an article of his own that forms part of his study for his Masters degree in philosophy. It may make heavy reading for some, but the following two points come out in the video:-

1. The search for truth needs to based on the objective and not the subjective. As Christians, our search for truth is firmly based on the premise that God exists and is alive.
2. In our modern culture we often see a low attention span amongst peope, and yet when studying to find the truth, we need to be disciplined in paying constant attention to what we are doing.

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Log Mats

[Posted on: 31 January 2025 by Richard Worsley]

Log Mats

In this video, Richard introduces an article by Michael Oard on the subject of log mats. A log mat is a phenomenon that can occur as result of a major catastrophe (e.g. the eruption of Mount St Helens in 1980) in which a large number of trees are uprooted and moved to form a large floating ‘mat’ on water. This is something that could have easily happened during a global flood, and as such, offers a good explanation to a number of findings that occur within sedimetary rock layers.

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But God …

[Posted on: 30 January 2025 by Richard Worsley]

But God …

In the associated article, Richard cites a number of New Testaments references that use the phrase “but God…” and which go on to demonstrate that God is able to do the impossible. Based on the premise that God is indeed able to do the impossible, we are faced with a major question, namely that of: “Is God able to change the hearts of people in the West?”. This question comes with a great challenge. We are living today in a culture that is increasingly secularised and anti-God, and yet in the various areas of apologetics (e.g. modern miracles, fulfilled prophecy and creation science) we are now in possession of a vast amount of evidence that was not avaiable even 40 years ago.

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Response to ‘Weird Earth’

[Posted on: 29 January 2025 by Richard Worsley]

Weird Earth

In this video and article, Richard makes a response to the book ‘Weird Earth’ by Donald Prothero. This book looks at a number of subjects including creation science. Whilst the author does not take a favourable view of the latter, he does nevertheless make some attempt to engage with the subject when presenting his critique. In the associated article, Richard goes through each of Prothero’s objections and presents a link to an article on the particular subject from one of the major creation societies.

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Persuasion

[Posted on: 28 January 2025 by Richard Worsley]

Persuasion

Persuasion is something that we encounter a lot in life, namely where one person attempts to bring another round to his/her own way of thinking. In this video and article, Richard looks at the philosphical aspect of this, particularly in relation to evangelism. Two important points that come out are:

1. In order to try and persuade someone, we need to be totally sure that what we believe is right and will stand up to scrutiny.
2. It is important that we present all the facts so that people have the necessary information to come to their own conclusion.

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Gene Complexity

[Posted on: 21 January 2025 by Richard Worsley]

Gene Complexity Showcases Engineered Versitilty

In this video, Richard introduces a recent article by Jeffrey Tomkins about the complexity of the genetic code. Advances in molecular biology in recent years have gradually taken us further and further from the original simplistic view of Darwinian evolution. As we see the revealing of ever increasing complexity in biological systems, we cannot help but to see an ever increasing case for intelligent design.

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The Grand Canyon

[Posted on: 20 January 2025 by Richard Worsley]

The Grand Canyon

This post follows on from a previous post The Best Arguments Against a Young Earth and refers to the same article. In this video, Richard takes a slightly different approach. In particular, he highlights the fact that no less than thirty critical points against the young earth position already have adequate responses within articles published by the major creation societies.

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Temptation

[Posted on: 19 January 2025 by Richard Worsley]

Temptation

In this video and article, Richard looks at the subject or temptation and how we are to deal with it, based on the story of the temptation and sin of Adam and Eve.

(Image: Adam and Eve eating the Forbidden Fruit in the Garden of Eden on a stained glass window in the cathedral of Brussels)

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