Answers Books in E-book format

Have you ever taken a peek into Answers books 1, 2, & 3? These books by Answers in Genesis address issues regarding questions about creation, evolution, Christianity, worldviews, religions, young and old earth ideas, etc. These are some of the questions these books address: "Is There Really a God?", "Cain's Wife-Who Was She?", "What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs?", "Did Jesus Say He Created in Six Literal Days?", "Why Does God's Creation Include Death & Suffering?" There are many more questions covered in these three books - questions that most people especially youth grapple with. If you haven't read these books, I highly encourage you to purchase a copy of one or all three of them. To make it easier for all the computer users out there, these are available in e-book format. You can check them out here. Answers in Genesis also have Already Gone, Already Compromised, and The Ultimate Proof of Creation as e-books.

Remembering 9/11

    I suppose many of you remember that fateful day when the muslim terrorists hijacked four jetliners and slammed them into the World Trade Centers, the pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania. As millions remember this event today which is the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, they will probably recall vivid memories of that disastrous event.

    That day many people lost their lives including heroic firefighters and police who came to the rescue. Many people lost their loved ones who were victims of this attack on America. This attack is probably one of the worst attacks ever committed by foreign individuals on American soil outside of warfare. This was a deadly, cruel, and atrocious act carried out by Muslim extremists of Al Quada.

    No doubt many people are asking these questions as we remember those who have lost their loved ones: where was God when this happened? where is your (Christian's) God of love in all this? why is there death and suffering if God is all-powerful and good?

    Many Christians seem to be unable to answer these basic questions that address issues that happen every day. Many people are struggling with these questions. I believe the reason for this is because many Christians have compromised the truth of the Bible with those of secular beliefs (i.e. millions of years, evolution, ape ancestors, etc.) Many Christians say, "Oh, it doesn't matter what you believe about our origins as long as you believe in Christ." And by taking that attitude, they not only destroy the basis of atonement found in Christ but also cannot answer some basic questions about reality that relate to Christianity.

    But if you take the Bible as written beginning in Genesis, you can answer questions that secularists are asking. Those questions above can be answered using this approach. If you take Genesis litterally, God isn't the one who is at fault. It is we who are in fault. We sinned in Adam. The reason there is death and suffering in this world is because of one word: SIN. Answers in Genesis wrote a booklet entitled "Why is there Death and Suffering?" to provide answers to the many questions people are facing especially today as we remember the terrorist attacks ten years ago. You can read it here in pdf format.

   So as you commemorate the attacks on our nation, think about your sin. We stand doomed to God's eternal justice in hell. But God in His mercy has provided a way for us to escape. "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16

  

Junk-DNA Challenged by Ex-Snowboarder

A young snowboarder turned to science and challenged the broadly accepted view of junk-DNA. John Rinn, an assistant professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School, pursued science after a snowboard accident 13 years ago in which he tore his knee. After he reflected on his lost opportunities as a snowboarder, he chose to do science in which he excelled quickly and is now one of the brightest young biochemists.

PhysOrg told the story of John Rinn in Turning genetic trash to treasure. His research led him to the discovery of a whole new class of functional molecules: lincRNA (large intervening non-coding RNA. He found these functional molecules in a part of the genome where it was largely believed to be filled with non-functional genetic junk.

At first his research were met with criticism. At the end of the article they say this:

Perhaps it was his anti-establishment youth that led Rinn to push on when some critics told him that his early lab results recorded just noise in the genome. Rinn admits to having something of a chip on his shoulder, to always feeling like he has to prove himself.

Scientists are constantly finding new functions for what they believe as junk-DNA. The Taft and Mattick study(2003) revealed that possibly an organism is more advanced when it has more junk-DNA. Pseudogenes, which were believed to be junk, is now considered to be functional in making regulatory RNA molecules, rather than proteins. Repetitive DNA, including satellite DNA, long considered junk, are now believed to comprise telomeres and centromeres, which are essential structures in the genome. (Genetic Entropy & The Mystery of the Genome, John C. Sanford)

An article from ScienceDaily Junk DNA Has Important Role, Researchers Find, says this:

Scientists are beginning to find, however, that much of this so-called junk plays important roles in the regulation of gene activity.

I conclude that functionality is characteristic to all or most of the genome.