January  2006 – De-evolution and Intelligent Design – Dr. Joseph Mastopolo writes and debates upon the subject of “De-evolution”, pointing out that scientific evidence shows both the cosmos, and all life forms, are actually continually decaying, running down, with error rates of destructive mutations increasing, which also agrees with the scientific principles and evidence of thermodynamics.  In the argument over evolution, it is necessary to define the discussion.  There is no evidence of so called “Macro evolution”, only evidence of what some call “micro evolution”.  Even the Christian community agrees with so called micro evolution, defined as change within the organism, where different DNA information, which already exists in the organism, are selected so as to allow the organism to survive.  Darwin observed this so called micro evolution, where birds develop different sized beaks in order to survive, and he hypothesized that these changes might lead to Macro evolution, where a different life form such as humans, might evolve from lower forms.  And he thought that one day the fossil evidence would support his understanding (see the book “Science & Origins”, or “The Paradigm Trilogy”).  However, no transitional fossils have ever been found (every time one is put forward, science itself has invalidated it upon study), and there is no evidence that any new DNA information is being created.  Evidence shows no new information being created, only different DNA, which already exists, being selected as a survival mechanism.

February  2006 – Eve and DNA – Science (see February 6, 2006 issue of “Newsweek”), is using mDNA (mitochondrial DNA), which it is hypothesized mutates once every 20,000 years, to show how humans migrated across the globe.  Actually this fits quite well with the Biblical account if one simply eliminates the 20,000 assumed mutation rate.  Adam and Eve created on Earth (Africa in the scientific example – and we really don’t know where Eden was, so Africa is OK), reproduced and the population grew until God destroyed these in the flood of Noah.  These are the oldest humans according to science – so far so good.  Then science says that humans showed up in the middle east and east Africa – just exactly where the families of Noah according to the Bible settled after the flood.  Then science says that humans migrated east to China, India, and Australia via south-east Asia.  Again, exactly in line with the Biblical account.  Finally, science says that humans migrated to Europe and the Americas, and again this would match with the Biblical account where humans moved further and further away from the fertile crescent.  (see Fertile Crescent Timeline Study).

March 2006 – God was a Virus ?  Evolution is now attributed to the virus per “Discover Science” magazine in an article by Charles Siebert.  Viruses, until now, were thought to be a result of evolution, but are now thought to be the cause, and origin, of evolution.  The virus is a parasitic clump (with a protein shell), which needs a cell to invade in order to replicate.   Viruses are protein coated molecules of DNA and RNA, but cannot, on their own, replicate.  The data in the virus invades a cell, resulting in the death of the host cell as it replicates, and it is hypothesized that this virus information is added to, or modifies, the invaded cell to provide “different”, or “changed” information, thus resulting in evolving new life forms.  Once again, science is only proving that intelligent data existed already (see January 2006).  Due to the fact that the invading virus actually kills the host, this is a proof of de-evolution.

April 2006 – Fossil Problems – As reported by Michael Hopkin in “First Chimp Fossil Unearthed”, in Nature.com news, Paleoanthropologist Sally McBrearty, who uncovered the chimpanzee fossils near Lake Baringo, Kenya, noted that they need a better explanation of why, and how, chimps and humans went their separate evolutionary ways, as these discoveries suggest that humans and chimpanzees coexisted together, at the same time, with no evolution in evidence.

May 2006 – Birth of Christ – Check out the latest Study on the date of the Birth of Christ on the Study page – burneyfam.com.  It also includes historical roots of the traditions of the Catholic Church 

June 2006 – Mountain Evolution – John Morris, from the Institute of Creation Science, in an article titled “When did the Mountains Rise ?”, has collected data from various investigators, and also a similar chart from Ollier and Pain in “The Origin of Mountains”, and notes that all mountains around the whole world seemed to have come into existence at the same basic time – although if your perspective is of long time periods, this may seem to be millions of years, but otherwise they all originate at once – all during the same period of earth activity.  See also related notes in Sept. 2005, and March 2004.

July 2006 – Sabbath – Check out the latest Study on the Sabbath – see the Study page – burneyfam.com.  God even removed this from Israel at one point.

August 2006 – Dinosaur Soft Tissue – Check out a book “101 Questions about Dinosaurs”, by Philip Currie, Curator of dinosaurs at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, and Eva Koppelhus, researcher, both at Drumheller, Alberta, Canada.  They note that most fossil dinosaur bones still contain the original bone.  No long time periods for fossilization to occur – no millions of years.  See also April 2006 here.

September 2006 – Marriage and Divorce – Check out the latest Study on Marriage and Divorce.  It is actually a reflection of God’s Salvation Plan – including Divorce.  Describes why re-marriage is the sin.  Just click on Study,  or the book “God’s Plan / Satan’s Plan” – burneyfam.com.

December 2006 – Human Evolution ? – William Hoesch MS, Geologist, in an article titled “How Coherent is the Human Evolution Story ?”, notes that leading anthropologists find the differences between various human fossil categories to be so small that they have wondered in print if H. Sapiens and H. Erectus are one and the same.  They also noted that “old” traits are actually found in some current families of humans, such as Eskimos !  They also noted that supposedly “older” human forms are found also in later rocks, and supposedly “later” human forms are also found in older formations.  Furthermore, that these anomalies are not rare, but numerous, causing great concern over the interpretation of all of their ages, and origins.