Ichthyology, Ornithology &
Genesis 1
Grades 1-5
Genesis 1:20-21 - Day 5
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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
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Botany: the study of plants
Zoology: the study of animals
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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
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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
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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”.
Living Things Reproduce
According to Their Kinds
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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”
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Therefore, fish will produce:
“According to their own kinds”
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And birds will produce:
God commanded the fish and the
birds
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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
barbules
hooks
SHOCK ABSORBER
SPECIALIZED
ROBUST
SKULL
EXCEPTIONAL
NECK
MUSCLES
UNIQUELY
DURABLE
BEAK
SPECIAL
FEET
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
Waits for cold front
20,000 feet
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 INSTINCTS
Many 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
Up to
1000 G’s
of force
occurring
hundreds of
times per
second!
INSIDE THE BIRD LUNG (Diagramatic)
Airflow
Bloodflow
Lung
Front
air sacs
(Parts are
inside the bids
hollow bones.)
Rear air sacs
Black
Black Poll
Poll Warbler
Warbler
Waits
Waits for
for cold
cold front
front
20,000
20,000 feet
feet
High
High altitude
altitude
cross
cross wind
wind
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