Ichthyology, Ornithology & Genesis 1

Ichthyology, Ornithology & Genesis 1

Grades 1-5

Genesis 1:20-21 - Day 5 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with

swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. …

Biology: the study of living things

Botany: the study of plants Zoology: the study of animals

Herpetology: the study of reptiles and amphibians

Ichthyology: the study of fish Ornithology: the study of birds

Ichthyosaurus

Plesiosaurus

Trilobite

Angler Fish

Genesis 1:22-23 - Day 5 And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful

and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

Day 5

25. What did God create on Day 5? a. Fish and the “great creatures of the

sea” b. Birds 26. How did God create the fish and the

birds? “According to their own kind”.

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Living Things Reproduce According to Their Kinds The seed you sow is the

plant you grow Cats have kittens, not

puppies This preserves God’s

original idea

“According to their own kinds”

Therefore, fish will produce:

Fish

“According to their own kinds” And birds will produce:

Birds

God commanded the fish and the birds

What does God do different with the fish and birds that He does not do with the trees and vegetation?

a. He orders them to “be fruitful and increase in number.”

b. He orders them to “fill the sea and the sky.”

The feather that broke the theory’s back

shaft

barb

hooks

barbules

SPECIALFEET

UNIQUELY DURABLE BEAK

SPECIALIZEDROBUST SKULL

SHOCK ABSORBER

EXCEPTIONAL NECK MUSCLES

UNUSUAL TAIL FEATHERS

Up to 1000 G’s of force occurring hundreds of times per minute!

Survival value or specifically ordained job?

BIRD MIGRATION: A NAVIGATIONAL NIGHTMARE FOR EVOLUTION

Lesser White Throated Warbler

Lesser White Throated Warbler

Manx Shearwater

Manx Shearwater

X

Black Poll Warbler

Black Poll Warbler

Black Poll Warbler

20,000 feet

Waits for cold front

High altitude cross wind

Long Tailed Cuckoo

Long Tailed Cuckoo

23% less energy required

How can migrating birds find their way to their destinations?

How well could you navigate?

PPN:PREPROGRAMMED PRECISION NAVIGATION

BY RANDOM MUTATIONS OR DIVINE DESIGN?

RECOGNIZING DESIGN: A DOUBLE STANDARD?

1. Which is more complex?2. Which is more capable?3. Which was designed and which happened by chance?

DARWIN’S CONFESSION“If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous successive slight modifications, my theory would absolutely breakdown!”Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

DARWIN’S CONFESSION CONCERNING INSTINCTSMany instincts are so wonderful that their development will probably appear to the reader a difficulty sufficient to overthrow my whole theory.Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

INSIDE THE BIRD LUNG (Diagramatic)Airflow

Bloodflow

Lung

Rear air sacs

Front air sacs(Parts are inside the bids hollow bones.)

Black Poll WarblerBlack Poll Warbler

20,000 feet20,000 feet

Waits for cold frontWaits for cold front

High altitude cross wind

High altitude cross wind

SPECIALFEET

SPECIALFEET

UNIQUELY DURABLE

BEAK

UNIQUELY DURABLE

BEAK

SPECIALIZEDROBUST SKULL

SPECIALIZEDROBUST SKULL

SHOCK ABSORBERSHOCK ABSORBER

EXCEPTIONAL NECK

MUSCLES

EXCEPTIONAL NECK

MUSCLES

UNUSUAL TAIL

FEATHERS

UNUSUAL TAIL

FEATHERS

Up to 1000 G’s of force

occurring hundreds of

times per second!

For ever since the creation of the world His invisible nature and attributes, that is, His eternal power and divinity have been made intelligible and clearly discernible in and through the things that have been made – His handiworks. So [men] are without excuse – altogether without any defense or justification.

Romans 1:20 Amplified