Sermons From Science -- Dec 2014
科学布道-- 2014年12月
Sermons from Science is now published in both
YouTube under the name “Pastor Chui” and also in
PowerPoint slides and corresponding videos in the
website http://ChristCenterGospel.org.
The contents of this presentation were taken from
different sources and in the Internet.
May God have all the glory.
Pastor Chui
http://ChristCenterGospel.org
ckchui1@yahoo.com
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Water-Powered Car
水动力车
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I have always been interested in innovations in cars.
Many years ago, I speculated that if water, HOH, can
be linked as H-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-H using a converter
and a catalyst, then this molecule will be similar to
octane, which is the main ingredient of gasoline.
Later, I found that Honda Research Lab published an
article in Science magazine, which described the
spectroscopic properties of the –O-O- radical, I knew
that Honda has been working on a similar molecule
that I proposed.
Sure, Honda has been successful to produce a version
of water-powered car recently. I read about it using
Google search engine. But, this is not available in the
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United States of America.
Water-Powered Car
水动力车
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In the Wikipedia, I read that water-powered car violates
the second law of thermodynamics. Actually, the
water-powered car uses a battery. The battery
provides the juice which splits the water molecule to
its components, 2H+ and O2-. The hydrogen ions are
protons, when combined with electrons, will become
hydrogen, which is combustible, giving water vapor.
The O2- ion aids combustion, leaving behind ZERO
pollution. I think that is what Honda accomplished.
Later, I found that a genius inventor in Ohio has been
successful to demonstrate a water-powered car back
in 1998. His name is Stanley A. Meyer. His twin brother
Stan Meyer published his 222-page patent, which is
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open to the whole world!
Water-Powered Car
水动力车
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I downloaded the 222-page patent. I also browsed
through its content. I was not able to find one error in
his calculations. That was why he was able to produce
a water-powered car. At that time, the philanthropist
Rockefeller funded Meyer’s research.
After he presented his findings to the Defense
Department, his funding was abruptly stopped.
Back in 1998, oil was the bone of contention for a war.
The Gulf War was largely to regain the oil access to
Kuwait where American companies have spent billions
of dollars to develop the oil refineries.
What would you think if suddenly oil is replaced by
WATER!
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Water-Powered Car
水动力车
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Water-Powered Car
水动力车
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Water-Powered Car
水动力车
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According to Stanley’s twin brother Stan, Stanley was
poisoned in a restaurant. He collapsed in a parking lot.
Only speculations exist. Who poisoned the inventor
Stanley? What was the motive? Only God knows.
The water-powered car is locked up in an unknown
place.
Stan, the twin brother of the genius inventor, is in
hiding, for fear of his life!
When Stanley died, he was 39 years old. I am sure we
will see him in Heaven. He was a devout Christian.
Let us pray that the world will wake up and replace
gasoline with water!
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Gloria Deo
愿荣耀归上帝
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Sermons From Science -- Dec 2014
科学布道-- 2014年12月
Sermons from Science is now published in both
YouTube under the name “Pastor Chui” and also in
PowerPoint slides and corresponding videos in the
website http://ChristCenterGospel.org.
The contents of this presentation were taken from
different sources and in the Internet.
May God have all the glory.
Pastor Chui
http://ChristCenterGospel.org
ckchui1@yahoo.com
3/14/2016
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Air-Powered Car
空气动力汽车
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To follow through the water-powered car, I now delve into
air-powered car. The Wikipedia has an excellent article on
compressed air car. The compressed air is stored in a tank
of 4500 psi. To understand this high pressure, our
atmosphere has only 14.7 psi. That means the pressure
inside the tank is 306 times that of the atmospheric
pressure. From this standpoint alone, the air-car has a
safety problem. Not only that, the energy density is smaller
than gasoline. The Wikipedia says, “Compressed air has
relatively low energy density. Air at 30 MPa (4,500 psi)
contains about 50 Wh of energy per liter (and normally
weighs 372g per liter). For comparison, a lead–acid
battery contains 60-75 Wh/l. A lithium-ion battery contains
about 250-620 Wh/l. Gasoline contains about 9,411 Wh 10
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per liter.”
Air-Powered Car
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The Wikipedia also lists the advantages and
disadvantages of the compressed air-car. The advantages
include the following:
“It uses no gasoline or other bio-carbon based fuel.
“Refueling may be done at home, but filling the tanks to full
pressure would require compressors for 250-300 bars, which
are not normally available for home standard utilization,
considering the danger inherent at these pressure levels.
“Compressed air engines reduce the cost of vehicle production,
because there is no need to build a cooling system, spark
plugs, starter motor, or mufflers.
“The rate of self-discharge is very low opposed to batteries that
deplete their charge slowly over time. Therefore, the vehicle
may be left unused for longer periods of time than electric cars.
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Air-Powered Car
空气动力汽车
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“Expansion of the compressed air lowers its
temperature; this may be exploited for use as air
conditioning.
“Reduction or elimination of hazardous chemicals
such as gasoline or battery acids/metals.
“Some mechanical configurations may allow energy
recovery during braking by compressing and storing
air.
“Sweden’s Lund University reports that buses could
see an improvement in fuel efficiency of up to 60
percent using an air-hybrid system. But this only refers
to hybrid air concepts (due to recuperation of energy
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during braking), not compressed air-only vehicles.
Air-Powered Car
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“The principal disadvantages are the additional steps
of energy conversion and transmission, because each
inherently has loss. For combustion engine cars, the
energy is lost when chemical energy in fossil fuels is
converted by the engine to mechanical energy. For
electric cars, a power plant's electricity (from whatever
source) is transmitted to the car's batteries, which then
transmits the electricity to the car's motor, which
converts it to mechanical energy. For compressed-air
cars, the power plant's electricity is transmitted to a
compressor, which mechanically compresses the air
into the car's tank. The car's engine then converts the
compressed air to mechanical energy.
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Air-Powered Car
空气动力汽车
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“When air expands in the engine it cools
dramatically and must be heated to ambient
temperature using a heat exchanger. The heating
is necessary in order to obtain a significant fraction
of the theoretical energy output. The heat
exchanger can be problematic: while it performs a
similar task to an intercooler for an internal
combustion engine, the temperature difference
between the incoming air and the working gas is
smaller. In heating the stored air, the device gets
very cold and may ice up in cool, moist climates.
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Air-Powered Car
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“This also leads to the necessity of completely
dehydrating the compressed air. If any humidity
subsists in the compressed air, the engine will stop
due to inner icing. Removing the humidity completely
requires additional energy that cannot be reused and
is lost. (At 10g of water per m3 air -typical value in the
summer- you have to take out 900 g of water in 90 m3;
with a vaporization enthalpy of 2.26MJ/kg you will
need theoretically minimally 0.6 kWh; technically, with
cold drying this figure must be multiplied by 3 to 4.
Moreover, dehydrating can only be done with
professional compressors, so that a home charging
will completely be impossible, or at least not at any
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reasonable cost.)
Air-Powered Car
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“Conversely, when air is compressed to fill the tank, its
temperature increases up. If the stored air is not
cooled while the tank is being filled, then when the air
cools off later, its pressure decreases and the
available energy decreases. To mitigate this, the tank
may be equipped with an internal heat-exchanger in
order to cool the air quickly and efficiently while
charging.
“Alternatively, a spring may be used to store work from
the air as it is inserted in the tank, thus maintaining a
low pressure difference between the tank and
recharger, which results in a lower temperature raise
for the transferred air.
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Air-Powered Car
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“Refueling the compressed air container using a home or lowend conventional air compressor may take as long as 4 hours,
though specialized equipment at service stations may fill the
tanks in only 3 minutes. To store 2.5 kWh @300 bar in 300 liter
reservoirs (90 m3 of air @ 1 bar), requires about 30 kWh of
compressor energy (with a single-stage adiabatic compressor),
or approx. 21 kWh with an industrial standard multistage unit.
That means a compressor power of 360 kW is needed to fill the
reservoirs in 5 minutes from a single stage unit, or 250 kW for a
multistage one. However, intercooling and isothermal
compression is far more efficient and more practical than
adiabatic compression, if sufficiently large heat exchangers are
fitted. Efficiencies of up to 65% might perhaps be
achieved, (whereas current efficiency for large industrial
compressors is max. 50%) however this is lower than the
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Coulomb's efficiency with lead acid batteries.
Air-Powered Car
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“The overall efficiency of a vehicle using compressed air energy
storage, using the above refueling figures, is around 5-7%. For
comparison, well to wheel efficiency of a conventional internalcombustion drivetrain is about 14%.
“Early tests have demonstrated the limited storage capacity of
the tanks; the only published test of a vehicle running on
compressed air alone was limited to a range of 7.22 km.
“A 2005 study demonstrated that cars running on lithium-ion
batteries out-perform both compressed air and fuel cell
vehicles more than threefold at the same speeds. MDI claimed
in 2007 that an air car will be able to travel 140 km in urban
driving, and have a range of 80 km with a top speed of
110 km/h (68 mph) on highways, when operating on
compressed air alone, but in as late as mid-2011, MDI has still
not produced any working prototype.
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Air-Powered Car
空气动力汽车
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“A 2009 University of Berkeley Research Letter found that
‘Even under highly optimistic assumptions the
compressed-air car is significantly less efficient than a
battery electric vehicle and produces more greenhouse
gas emissions than a conventional gas-powered car with a
coal intensive power mix.’ However, they also suggested,
‘a pneumatic–combustion hybrid is technologically
feasible, inexpensive and could eventually compete with
hybrid electric vehicles.’”
In spite of the drawbacks, many companies are working on
the air car. The Wikipedia lists the following:
“APUQ (Association de Promotion des Usages de la
Quasiturbine) has made the APUQ Air Car, a car powered
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by a Quasiturbine.
Air-Powered Car
空气动力汽车
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“MDI has proposed a range of vehicles made up of AirPod,
OneFlowAir, CityFlowAir, MiniFlowAir and MultiFlowAir. One of
the main innovations of this company is its implementation of its
"active chamber", which is a compartment which heats the air
(through the use of a fuel) in order to double the energy output.
This 'innovation' was first used in torpedoes in 1904.
“As of January 2009 Tata Motors of India had planned to launch
a car with an MDI compressed air engine in 2011. In December
2009 Tata's vice president of engineering systems confirmed
that the limited range and low engine temperatures were
causing problems. Tata Motors announced in May 2012 that
they have assessed the design passing phase 1, the "proof of
the technical concept" towards full production for the Indian
market. Tata has moved onto phase 2, "completing detailed
development of the compressed air engine into specific vehicle
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and stationary applications".
Air-Powered Car
空气动力汽车
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Air-Powered Car
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“Air Car Factories SA is proposing to develop and build a
compressed air engine. This Spanish based company was
founded by Miguel Celades.
“The Energine Corporation was a South Korean company that
claimed to deliver fully assembled cars running on a hybrid
compressed air and electric engine. These cars are more
precisely named pneumatic-hybrid electric vehicles. Engineers
from this company made, starting from a Daewoo Matiz, a
prototype of a hybrid electric/compressed-air engine. The
compressed-air engine is used to activate an alternator, which
extends the autonomous operating capacity of the car.
“A similar concept using a pneumatic accumulator in a largely
hydraulic system has been developed by U.S. government
research laboratories and industry. It uses compressed air only
for recovery of braking energy, and in 2007 was introduced for
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certain heavy vehicle applications such as refuse trucks.
Air-Powered Car
空气动力汽车
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Air-Powered Car
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“The "K'Airmobiles" project of Kernelys aimed to produce
commercial vehicles in France. The project was started in
2006-2007 by a small group of researchers. They said to be
working on 2 types of vehicles; namely "VPA" (Vehicles with
Pneumatic Assistance) and "VPP" (Vehicles with Pneumatic
Propulsion) vehicles. However, the project has in the end not
been able to gather the necessary funds to go commercial.
“People should note that, meantime, the team has recognized
the physical impossibility to use on-board stored compressed
air due to its poor energy capacity and the thermal losses
resulting from the expansion of the gas.
“These days, using the patent pending 'K'Air Fluid Generator',
converted to work as a compressed-gas motor, the company
has reworked its project in 2010 together with a North American
group of investors, now intended for the purpose of developing
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a green energy power system.
Air-Powered Car
空气动力汽车
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Air-Powered Car
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“Engineair is an Australian company which manufactures small
industrial vehicles using an air engine of its own design.
“PSA Peugeot Citroën Hybrid Air concept exhibited at the
2013 Geneva Motor Show.
“In 2010, Honda presented the Honda Air concept car at the LA
Auto Show.
“Peugeot and Citroën have announced that they too are
building a car that uses compressed air as an energy source.
However, the car they are designing uses a hybrid system
which also uses a gasoline engine (which is used for propelling
the car over 70 km/h, or when the compressed air tank has
been depleted).”
Thank God for the excellent reporting of Wikipedia. May
God help all these manufacturers to perfect the air car.
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Air-Powered Car
空气动力汽车
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Air-Powered Car
空气动力汽车
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Air-Powered Car
空气动力汽车
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Gloria Deo
愿荣耀归上帝
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Sermons From Science -- Dec 2014
科学布道-- 2014年12月
Sermons from Science is now published in both
YouTube under the name “Pastor Chui” and also in
PowerPoint slides and corresponding videos in the
website http://ChristCenterGospel.org.
The contents of this presentation were taken from
different sources and in the Internet.
May God have all the glory.
Pastor Chui
http://ChristCenterGospel.org
ckchui1@yahoo.com
3/14/2016
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Understanding Chronic Pain
了解慢性疼痛
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The December 2014 issue of Scientific American has
an article on chronic pain by neuroscientist Stephani
Sutherland. Some of the article is quoted below:
“Pain signals generated by heat or other stimuli travel
from nerve endings in the skin or other sites to
structures called dorsal root ganglia, near the spinal
cord, and then on to the spinal cord and brain. Genetic
mutations or damage to nerves can, however, alter the
behavior of key molecules along the route, including
ion channels, in ways that cause pain to become
chronic. Hoping to ease the suffering, researchers are
now targeting those critical molecules in a variety of
ways.
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Understanding Chronic Pain
了解慢性疼痛
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“Hyperactive channels embedded in the membranes
of nerve endings that detect painful stimuli are
molecules called ion channels that open and close a
central pore in response to the stimuli. A channel
called TRPV1, for example, detects heat. When it
opens, positively charged ions (mainly sodium) rush
in, boosting the membrane voltage. In response,
voltage-sensitive sodium channels (Navs) open and
trigger a pain signal to the spinal cord. Abnormalities
in Navs or TRPV1 can cause excessive signaling.
Agents under study may decrease channel activity
and thus halt the extra signaling.
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Understanding Chronic Pain
了解慢性疼痛
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Understanding Chronic Pain
了解慢性疼痛
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“Some nerves that detect sensory inputs specialize in
transmitting pain; others convey touch. Cross talk
between the two pathways is regulated by cells in the
spinal cord called interneurons. This regulation is often
disrupted in people with chronic pain, who then
experience allodynia—pain from an innocuous
stimulus such as a gentle touch. Research shows that
this condition can arise after a nerve is injured, when
immune cells known as microglia release chemical
signals that cause spinal cord neurons to lose a
molecule essential to normal signaling. Drug
developers are working on ways to fix this short circuit
and relieve allodynia.
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Understanding Chronic Pain
了解慢性疼痛
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Understanding Chronic Pain
了解慢性疼痛
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“A variety of factors explain why some people are more
vulnerable to chronic pain than others. Take 10 people who
suffer the same back injury in a car accident: three of them
will have the misfortune to end up with chronic pain as a
result. Or take 10 people with diabetes: about half will
develop nerve damage, or neuropathy, but the injury will
cause ongoing pain in only three of them. What factors make
some people vulnerable and others resilient? The question
has not yet been fully answered, but research points to three
main influences that seem to work in concert:
“Hardwiring: Genes help to determine an individual’s pain
sensitivity and tolerance, and some tip the scales toward
unusual susceptibility to chronic pain. One of the biggest
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Understanding Chronic Pain
了解慢性疼痛
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“Experience: Stress, trauma and abuse—both physical and
emotional—can raise the risk. Studies suggest that these
experiences can cause long-term changes in gene activity,
turning genes on or off in ways that affect pain pathways. In
addition, the risk for chronic pain rises with age, not just
because of wear and tear but probably also because the
body’s ability to repair injuries—including nerve damage—
declines as we get older.
“Personality: Certain personality traits skew risk. Pessimists,
worrywarts and catastrophizers are more likely to suffer.
Brain circuitry involved in motivation and reward also seems
to influence pain vulnerability.”
This is why the Bible is the best solution to pain: Rejoice
always, including pain! Thank God for the excellent reporting
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of Scientific American.
Gloria Deo
愿荣耀归上帝
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Sermons From Science -- Dec 2014
科学布道-- 2014年12月
Sermons from Science is now published in both
YouTube under the name “Pastor Chui” and also in
PowerPoint slides and corresponding videos in the
website http://ChristCenterGospel.org.
The contents of this presentation were taken from
different sources and in the Internet.
May God have all the glory.
Pastor Chui
http://ChristCenterGospel.org
ckchui1@yahoo.com
3/14/2016
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The Jet Stream is Getting Weird
急流越来越古怪
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The December 2014 issue of Scientific American has an article
on climate by meteorologist Jeff Masters. Some of the article is
quoted below:
“Severe weather outbreaks have occurred in the past four years
when the jet stream has become contorted into extreme
positions.
“Extended bouts of outlandish weather have taken place when
the jet stream has become stalled in these shapes for long
periods.
“Some scientists assert that the leading cause of a weird jet
stream is the loss of Arctic sea ice, although other experts
disagree.
“Either way a more extreme jet stream will mean greater
droughts, floods, heat waves and deep freezes in many parts of
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the world.
The Jet Stream is Getting Weird
急流越来越古怪
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“Two jets of high-altitude wind blow around the earth in each
hemisphere. When bends in the polar jet stream magnified,
abnormally warm or cold air can wallop large regions of a
continent. The bends can also get stuck that way for weeks,
causing droughts, floods, heat waves and deep freezes. Two
leading theories can explain the big bends, one driven by
climate change and one linked to either climate change or
natural variability.
“Because the equator gets more solar energy than the poles,
hot air rises there, hits the stratosphere and spreads toward the
poles. The earth’s spin deflects the air into three major,
interlocking atmospheric circulation cells in each hemisphere.
Jet streams arise along the cell boundaries to equalize
pressure differences.
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The Jet Stream is Getting Weird
急流越来越古怪
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“When mild bends in the polar jet stream become amplified,
huge warm-air masses can surge much farther north than
usual, and cold-air masses—such as the winter polar vortex–
can plunge far to the south. The bends typically progress
across the U.S. in three to five days, delivering our daily
weather.
“Natural phenomena in the atmosphere can alter the jet
stream’s path. Two prime suspects are the El Nino/Southern
Oscillation and the Arctic Oscillation.
“The El Nino/Southern Oscillation in tropical atmospheric
pressure has two phases: El Nino brings warmer Pacific Ocean
water eastward, moving the jet stream south; La Nina brings
cooler water, moving the jet north. Recent, large differences in
the phases, linked to a wavy jet, may be natural or driven by
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climate change.
The Jet Stream is Getting Weird
急流越来越古怪
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The Jet Stream is Getting Weird
急流越来越古怪
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The Jet Stream is Getting Weird
急流越来越古怪
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“The Arctic is warming up two to three times as fast as the
midaltitudes. Disappearing sea ice is a major reason: more
exposed water absorbs extra solar heat in the summer and
reradiates it in winter, raising air temperature in the polar cell
faster than the rise in the Ferrell cell. The declining difference
between cells makes a negative Arctic Oscillation and wavy jet
stream more likely.
“From 1979 to 2012 the minimum area of Arctic sea ice
dropped 40%, and autumn winds high over North America
slowed 10%. Slower winds are associated with big, problematic
bends in the jet stream.
“If the jet stream continues to get more wavy, harsh weather
conditions will grow more intense, causing death and
destruction.
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The Jet Stream is Getting Weird
急流越来越古怪
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The Jet Stream is Getting Weird
急流越来越古怪
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“Drought is the greatest threat because it affects the two things
we need most to survive: water and food. If a high-amplitude jet
stream pattern with eccentric ridges of high pressure were to
stay stuck for an entire summer over the grain-producing areas
of Russia and the U.S., the precipitation that these crops rely
on would not arrive. The resulting droughts could cause huge
spikes in food prices, widespread famine and violent unrest.
During the great Russian drought and heat wave of 2010, a
massive and impenetrable ridge of high pressure settled over
the country. That shunted the low-pressure systems that
usually bring rain to Russian crops over to Pakistan, causing
catastrophic floods there. The drought and heat wave was
Russia’s deadliest and most expensive natural disaster in
history. It forced the country to cut off wheat exports, which
drove up global grain prices and helped to foment the ‘Arab
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Spring’ unrest that toppled multiple governments in 2011.
The Jet Stream is Getting Weird
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“That is also the year that summertime Arctic sea ice will
essentially disappear, according to several leading
climate scientists. If Arctic changes are truly to blame for
wacky jet stream behavior, losing the remaining 50% of
the Arctic sea-ice coverage between now and 2030 will
bring even greater antics. If the Arctic is not involved,
that is worrisome as well because it means jet stream
changes are being triggered by an unknown mechanism,
leaving us with no idea how the jet stream will respond
as climate change progresses. Thus, my forecast for the
next 15 years: expect the unprecedented.”
Thank God for the excellent reporting of the Scientific
American.
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Gloria Deo
愿荣耀归上帝
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Sermons From Science -- Dec 2014
科学布道-- 2014年12月
Sermons from Science is now published in both
YouTube under the name “Pastor Chui” and also in
PowerPoint slides and corresponding videos in the
website http://ChristCenterGospel.org.
The contents of this presentation were taken from
different sources and in the Internet.
May God have all the glory.
Pastor Chui
http://ChristCenterGospel.org
ckchui1@yahoo.com
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Immunity’s Illusion
免疫力的错觉
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The December 2014 issue of Scientific American has an
article on the above subject by scientist Adam J. Kucharski.
Parts of the article are quoted below:
“Infection with many kinds of disease-causing viruses, such
as measles, gives people lifelong immunity against ever
developing the illnesses again.
“Flu viruses are different, however, because they tend to
mutate, or change slightly from year to year, foiling the
body’s immune defenses.
“A few studies have suggested that the first flu strains to
which individuals are exposed as children can limit their
ability to fight other flu strains later in their life.
“Evidence to support this curious immune reaction, dubbed
‘original antigenic sin,’ has now been found in mathematical
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models as well.
Immunity’s Illusion
免疫力的错觉
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“First impressions last a long time. Most of the time
when the human body conquers a virus, the immune
system can provide lifelong protection against future
infections with the same pathogen. Adults should
therefore have stronger defenses than children and
become sick less often. But that is not what happens
with flu. Immunity grows throughout childhood, as
expected, but then people become more vulnerable in
middle age. A possible explanation appears to be: the
immune system develops a kind of blind spot with flu,
mistakenly expecting later infections of the highly
changeable virus to resemble earlier ones. Because the
body reserves its strongest responses for what are in
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infections effectively.
Immunity’s Illusion
免疫力的错觉
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Immunity’s Illusion
免疫力的错觉
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“Children are exposed to many germs as they grow up.
Their body responds by churning out lots of different
molecules called antibodies to prevent the return of
future infections.
“At some point the immune system stops creating quite
so many new antibodies. This molecular demobilization
is not usually a problem—unless a virus evolves into a
slightly unrecognizable form, the way flu does. The
previously powerful antibodies put up a less effective
fight, allowing the virus a greater opportunity to grow.
“Eventually the flu virus changes so completely that the
immune system treats it as a brand-new set of
antibodies. Vaccination programs in the elderly probably
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also help to increase protection.
Immunity’s Illusion
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“Like the biblical concept, original antigenic sin is the
story of the first encounter between a naïve entity (the
immune system) and a dangerous threat (a pathogen).
In the immunological version, the body is so marked by
its successful counterattack against an influenza virus
that each subsequent infection will trigger these original
antibodies again. The body makes these antibodies
even when it encounters a slightly different set of
antibodies for the lost to combat the infection efficiently.
At the same time, the body fails to make a good supply
of antibodies against the pathogen with the altered set of
antigens, instead relying on the immune response to
viruses it has already won.
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Immunity’s Illusion
免疫力的错觉
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“Having become convinced that original antigenic sin
can shape the immune profile of an entire population, we
wanted to investigate whether misguided immune
responses could also affect the size of an outbreak. In
simulations, we found that every now and then, the
model generated large epidemics even if the new virus
was not particularly different from the previous year’s
strain. It seemed that original antigenic sin was leaving
gaps in the immunity of certain age groups: although
individuals had been exposed to strains that might have
protected them, their immune systems had generated
the ‘wrong’ antibodies in response to the new infection.
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Immunity’s Illusion
免疫力的错觉
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“Research into influenza immunity has often
focused on specific issues, namely the
effectiveness of a particular vaccine or the size
of an epidemic in a certain year. But these
problems are actually just part of a much bigger
question: How do we develop and maintain
immunity to flu and other viruses that change
their antigenic makeup over time—and can we
use that information to understand how flu
spreads and evolves?...
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Immunity’s Illusion
免疫力的错觉
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“Because the FluScape study looked at blood
samples taken in the present day, Lessler and his
colleagues could not examine how antibody levels
changed over time. In August 2013, however,
researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at
Mount Sinai looked at a series of blood samples
taken from 40 people over a 20-year period. Their
results support the idea of antigenic seniority: each
new flu infection boosted antibody levels against
previously seen strains. Individuals therefore had
stronger immune responses against viruses they
came across earlier in life than against those
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encountered later.
Immunity’s Illusion
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“Over the past couple of years I have been
collaborating with the FluScape team to investigate
patterns in the new data coming out of China. One
benefit of such work might be to help determine
who is susceptible to particular strains and how
this vulnerability could influence the evolution of
the disease. With new models and better data, we
are gradually starting to find ways to tease out how
individuals and populations build immunity to
influenza. If the past is anything to go by, we are
sure to encounter more surprises along the way.”
Thank God for the excellent reporting of the
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Scientific American.
Gloria Deo
愿荣耀归上帝
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Sermons From Science -- Dec 2014
科学布道-- 2014年12月
Sermons from Science is now published in both
YouTube under the name “Pastor Chui” and also in
PowerPoint slides and corresponding videos in the
website http://ChristCenterGospel.org.
The contents of this presentation were taken from
different sources and in the Internet.
May God have all the glory.
Pastor Chui
http://ChristCenterGospel.org
ckchui1@yahoo.com
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Science Confirms Climate Change!
科学证实气候变化！
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The Answers In Genesis website has an article written
by Avery Foley on November 22, 2014. The article is
quoted below:
“Did you know that what you believe about origins will
affect how you view climate change?
“Up until recent times, we heard certain politicians and
others warning about global warming! But one hasn’t
heard that term for quite a while now—and with the
recent wintery weather in the United States, global
warming would not be the way to describe what’s
happening. The term we hear now is “climate change.”
“Over the last few decades, there has been much
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debate over the topic of climate change.
Science Confirms Climate Change!
科学证实气候变化！
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“Is it real? What or who is causing it? Should we
be concerned? There is evidence that climate
change is indeed a real phenomenon. There was a
period of global warming during the medieval days
which dropped into a cooling trend known as the
“Little Ice Age.” For the past 400 years,
temperatures have been slowly climbing up from
that chilly dip. But, while the evidence shows that
there has been and still is change in the climate,
the evidence does not speak for itself about what
this change means. The data must be interpreted.
How should Bible-believing Christians interpret this
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evidence?
Science Confirms Climate Change!
科学证实气候变化！
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Science Confirms Climate Change!
科学证实气候变化！
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“We have emphasized many times the vital distinction between
observational and historical science in the creation/evolution
debate. But this contrast is also foundational to properly
understanding the climate change debate. Observational
science works in the present. It is observable, testable, and
repeatable. But historical science deals with the past and,
therefore, is not directly observable, testable, or repeatable.
How you interpret the observational science will be based on
what you believe about historical science. Do you start with
man’s word that the universe has been around for billions of
years and that the present is the key to the past? Or do you
start with God’s Word that teaches a young universe and an
earth that was radically altered by a recent global Flood? Which
worldview you start with is going to determine how you view
and interpret the observational science.
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Science Confirms Climate Change!
科学证实气候变化！
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“This is certainly true in the climate change debate. The
observational evidence shows that climate change is real. But
how we interpret the data about climate change will be
influenced by our starting point: man’s word or God’s Word?
“Secularists believe that Earth has existed for billions of years
and that Earth’s temperature has been stable for over 10,000
years, since the end of the last supposed glacial period. Since
the observational science shows that Earth’s climate is now
changing, these secularists assume that human activity must be
the cause of this change. If this is true, then a changing climate
is understandably a concern for them. But this model is built on
unprovable assumptions about Earth’s history. The methods
such as tree ring and ice core dating that are used to give these
stable temperature readings are also fraught with unprovable
assumptions. These assumptions reject the eye-witness account
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of Earth’s history that God has given us in His Word.
Science Confirms Climate Change!
科学证实气候变化！
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“If we start with God’s Word, we get a very different picture
of Earth’s history. According to the Bible’s history, the
earth is not billions of years old but only about 6,000 years
old. Originally, there was a perfect creation (Genesis
1:31), which would have included a perfect climate.
However, this climate was radically changed when the
surface of Earth was destroyed, reshaped, and rearranged
by the global Flood of Noah’s day around 4,300 years ago.
As the earth was settling from the Flood, there was a
transitional climate which included an Ice Age that covered
30% of the earth’s surface in ice. This transitional climate
slowly gave way to the present climate as the earth
evened out from the aftereffects of the Flood. Therefore,
starting with a biblical model for Earth’s history, we should
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expect variations in climate and temperature.
Science Confirms Climate Change!
科学证实气候变化！
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“So should we be alarmed about climate change? Not at all.
Yes, climate change is real, but according to the true history
book of the universe, we should expect it as a consequence of
the cataclysmic Flood. Also, Earth—and Earth’s climate—was
designed by the all-knowing, all-wise Creator God. He built an
incredible amount of variety into the DNA of His creatures so
that they could survive and thrive as Earth’s environments
change. Surely the God who equipped life to survive on a
changing Earth also designed Earth with the necessary
features to deal with environmental changes. After the Flood,
God even promised Noah that the climate would remain within
acceptable ranges:
“While the earth remains; Seedtime and harvest; Cold and heat;
Winter and summer; And day and night shall not cease.
(Genesis 8:22)
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Science Confirms Climate Change!
科学证实气候变化！
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“Starting with God’s Word, variations in the climate
should not alarm us. If you start with man’s
assumptions about the past, man must be directly
responsible for recent changes in climate. But starting
with the Bible’s history, it’s obvious that man’s recent
activity is not directly responsible for global climate
change issues. However, man and his wickedness
were responsible for bringing God’s judgment of the
Flood that radically changed the climate. So, in a
sense, people who lived over 3,000 years ago are at
least in part responsible for climate change! But we
shouldn’t be overly concerned about climate change,
because it has been happening since the time of the
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Flood.
Science Confirms Climate Change!
科学证实气候变化！
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“While we have made it clear in other articles and in media
interviews that we do not deny climate change, secularists
are constantly accusing us of refusing to acknowledge
climate change. We do not deny climate change. The
observational evidence for variations in temperature is
real. What we do deny is the worldview-based
assumptions that determine secular scientists’
interpretations and conclusions about the evidence. Just
like in the creation/evolution and age of the earth debates,
your starting point determines your interpretation of the
evidence. If you start from the perspective that Earth is
billions of years old and that Earth’s temperature has been
stable for over 10,000 years, you will reach an entirely
different conclusion than if you start with a belief in a
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young Earth radically reshaped by a global Flood.
Science Confirms Climate Change!
科学证实气候变化！
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“Mankind was given dominion over the earth (Genesis
1:28), but proper stewardship of what God has given us
means that we need to take care of the earth. But we
should never regard caring for the earth over caring for the
people that inhabit the earth. Mankind—not the earth—is
made in God’s image (Genesis 1:27) and is therefore
precious. God cares about nature but cares far more about
people (Matthew 12:6–7). Many of the measures that
climate change alarmists propose, such as drastic
changes in energy uses, will have far-reaching effects on
the less fortunate. It is therefore vital that we examine the
worldview-based assumptions behind the interpretation of
climate change before we make decisions about human
behavior.
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Science Confirms Climate Change!
科学证实气候变化！
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“As Christians, we need to start with God’s Word,
not man’s word, when it comes to Earth’s history.
God was there in the beginning and since He does
not lie (Titus 1:2), we know that the record that He
was given us in His Word is the true account of
Earth’s history.
“Yes, your starting point for your worldview (God’s
Word or man’s word) will affect how you view
climate change!”
Thank God for the excellent article from the
Answers In Genesis website.
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Gloria Deo
愿荣耀归上帝
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Sermons From Science -- Dec 2014
科学布道-- 2014年12月
Sermons from Science is now published in both
YouTube under the name “Pastor Chui” and also in
PowerPoint slides and corresponding videos in the
website http://ChristCenterGospel.org.
The contents of this presentation were taken from
different sources and in the Internet.
May God have all the glory.
Pastor Chui
http://ChristCenterGospel.org
ckchui1@yahoo.com
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State of the Church in America
在美国教会状况
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The Answers In Genesis website has an article written by Avery
Foley on November 22, 2014. The article is quoted below:
“What did the men who founded and fought for America really
believe? How have the court systems and the ACLU tried to rob
Americans of their Christian heritage? This book reveals the
truth about the birth of the United States. Fascinating reading!
“Over the years, churches and councils have developed
catechisms and creeds to summarize the key doctrines of the
Christian faith. Many of these affirmations of truth show clearly
how the church has traditionally viewed Scripture and its
authority. As American churches move farther away from the
authority of Scripture in our lives and churches, are we losing
some of the doctrines that generations of Christians have
considered fundamental to the faith? What kind of an effect is
this having on morality within the church?
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State of the Church in America
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“It is clear from many of the old catechisms that the early
American church believed the Scriptures—and the Scriptures
alone—were the authority in their lives. Two prominent
documents, the Westminster Confession of Faith (1646–1647)
used by Presbyterian and Reformed churches and the
Philadelphia Confession of Faith (1742) a creed used by Baptist
churches, both use almost identical wording to describe the
authority and exclusivity of the Word of God,
“All which are given by inspiration of God to be the rule of faith
and life . . . . The authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it
ought to be believed, and obeyed, dependeth not upon the
testimony of any man, or church; but wholly upon God (who is
truth itself) the author thereof: and therefore it is to be received,
because it is the Word of God.
“The infallible rule of interpretation of Scripture is the Scripture
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itself . . . .
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“The supreme judge, by which all controversies of religion
are to be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions
of ancient writers, doctrines of men, and private spirits, are
to be examined, and in whose sentence we are to rest,
can be no other but the Holy Scripture delivered by the
Spirit, into which Scripture so delivered, our faith is finally
resolved.
“The doctrine of the American church has historically been
largely based on the Scriptures. Since they believed that
Scripture was the ultimate authority, it was Scripture that
dictated what they were to believe. For that reason, the
fundamentals of Christian doctrine were firmly accepted
and a high standard of morality permeated churches and,
by extension, much of the culture.
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State of the Church in America
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“AMERICAN CHURCHGOERS OF TODAY DO NOT
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BIBLE BEING GOD’S
WORD ACTUALLY MEANS. Today, while many
churches and denominations still give lip service to the
old creeds and catechisms, the state of the American
church shows that they interpret these affirmations of
truth in a much different way than did generations before
them. According to a Lifeway survey, eight out of ten
churchgoers in America think that the Bible is God’s
Word and that it is accurate. While on the surface, this
looks like a great statistic, a closer look into churches
shows that American churchgoers of today do not
understand what the Bible being God’s Word actually
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means.
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“Scripture is clear that the Bible is to be our standard for living
(2 Timothy 3:16, John 17:17, Psalm 119:142). Yet, according to
a Pew Forum survey, only four in ten churchgoers rely on the
Bible and religious teaching to determine right from wrong.
Instead, nearly half rely on their own common sense and
experience. Sadly, not even half of churchgoers read their Bible
outside of church! The result of this biblical illiteracy is a
staggering decline in belief in traditional, biblical doctrines and
rampant immorality. For example, one of the foundational
doctrines of the Christian faith is that salvation is found in Christ
alone (Acts 4:12, Romans 10:9, Ephesians 2:8–9) and yet the
Lifeway and Pew Forum surveys show that as many as eight in
ten Christians who attend mainline denominations think that
other religions can lead to God and four out of ten think that
salvation can be achieved by works. Obviously, many churches
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are largely no longer basing their thinking on the Word of God.
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“This shift from the Bible as the foundation for theology and
doctrine has also led to the Bible no longer shaping the
church’s morality. According to a Barna Group survey nearly
four in ten Christians think that abortion is morally acceptable,
well over half think that cohabitation (living together before
marriage) is fine, and a significant minority have no problem
with pornography. And these are just some of the completely
unbiblical moral views within the church!
A STRONG STAND ON BOTH BIBLICAL DOCTRINE AND
BIBLICAL MORALITY GO HAND IN HAND. It makes perfect
sense that a strong stand on both biblical doctrine and biblical
morality go hand in hand. James 2:20 says that “faith without
works is dead.” Real faith is believing in the person and work of
Jesus Christ. James says that faith is accompanied by works,
and a lack of works demonstrates a dead faith.
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“Jesus also said ‘a tree is known by its fruit’ (Matthew
12:33). It should be obvious then that a strong stand on
the fundamental doctrines of the faith, as revealed in
Scripture, will be demonstrated by a strong stand on
biblical morality. A significant decline in one most likely
includes a decline in the other.
According to research done by America’s Research Group
and published in our book, Already Gone , two-thirds of
young people are deserting the church and often the faith.
This is largely because they began to doubt the accuracy
of the Bible and their lingering questions were never
answered. The church has drifted away from its biblical
moorings and the next generation is recognizing the
hypocrisy and bailing out.
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State of the Church in America
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“These alarming statistics highlight a problem that is
pervasive across denominations. Christians do not
know what the Bible teaches and what they believe.
Theology has become a pick-and-choose based on
what feels right and comfortable, not on what God’s
Word actually teaches. This change has come
because we have rejected the authority of God’s Word
in many areas. Instead of allowing God’s Word to
dictate our beliefs and practices, we have allowed the
humanistic philosophy that man determines truth to be
our guide. The tragic result of this compromise is a
quick slide downwards into utterly wrong theology,
rampant immorality, and the hesitation to call anything
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wrong.
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“The old catechisms of churches highlighted that ‘the
supreme judge, by which all controversies of religion are to
be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of
ancient writers, doctrines of men, and private spirits, are to
be examined, and in whose sentence we are to rest, can
be no other but the Holy Scripture delivered by the Spirit.’
In other words, Scripture alone was to be the authority.
Sadly, this is no longer true for American church as a
whole. Instead of allowing the Scriptures to be our ultimate
authority, we have added man’s words from outside
Scripture into the pages of Scripture. This is largely
evident in Genesis where God’s Word clearly teaches that
He created everything fully formed and functional in six,
literal, 24-hour days around 6,000 years ago.
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State of the Church in America
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“However, man’s evolutionary and old-earth ideas
teach the exact opposite and, rather than
accepting God’s Words, the church has largely
adopted man’s words. Ideas completely outside of
Scripture have been forced into it, instead of
allowing the Scriptures to be the measure of truth.
Of course, as can be expected, compromising
God’s Word with man’s didn’t just stay confined
to Genesis 1–11. It is spreading all throughout the
Bible and the results are disastrous. After all, if
God’s Word isn’t true in the beginning, where does
it begin to teach the truth? Sadly, this has resulted
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in many who simply do not trust the Bible.
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“WE NEED TO BASE OUR THINKING ON GOD’S WORD IN
EVERY AREA AND TEACH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO DO THE
SAME. So what should the church do about this? We need to get
back to our foundation! After all, we can only be the salt we are
called to be if we are still salty (Matthew 5:13). We need to be
bold in proclaiming God’s truth to this generation, the church,
and to our lost culture. So many churches have compromised on
biblical teaching, especially in Genesis. But Genesis lays the
foundation for every biblical doctrine from why Jesus is the only
Savior to why abortion is wrong. We need to base our thinking
on God’s Word in every area and teach our young people to do
the same. It is God’s Word—not man’s humanistic
philosophies—that is ‘living and powerful, sharper than any twoedged sword’ (Hebrews 4:12) and that is “truth” (John 17:17). As
God’s church, let’s uncompromisingly proclaim the Word and the
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gospel ‘that is the power of God unto salvation’ (Romans 1:16).
Gloria Deo
愿荣耀归上帝
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Sermons From Science -- Dec 2014
科学布道-- 2014年12月
Sermons from Science is now published in both
YouTube under the name “Pastor Chui” and also in
PowerPoint slides and corresponding videos in the
website http://ChristCenterGospel.org.
The contents of this presentation were taken from
different sources and in the Internet.
May God have all the glory.
Pastor Chui
http://ChristCenterGospel.org
ckchui1@yahoo.com
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A Statistical Baraminological Analysis of Tyrannosauroidea
Yielding the First Dinosaur Holobaramin
暴龙超科的统计分析给予第一个恐龙种类
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The Answers In Genesis website has a lengthy article written
by M. Aaron on November 26, 2014. Only a small part of the
research article is quoted below:
“Little baraminological research has been conducted on fossil
groups, and even less research has considered dinosaurs. In this
study, I analyzed a theropod dinosaur group, Tyrannosauroidea,
through the use of statistical baraminology. Four cladistic datasets
were reanalyzed through baraminic distance correlation (BDC)
and multidimensional scaling (MDS). Because many of the
supposed intermediary forms are poorly known, they were
excluded from the four analyses. In order to further test the
baraminic status of Tyrannosauroidea, I performed another
analysis of one of the datasets, encompassing more taxa, but with
very few characters. Lastly, a subset of the Xu et al. (2012)
dataset was analyzed in order to better understand the
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relationships among the “basal” tyrannosauroids.
A Statistical Baraminological Analysis of Tyrannosauroidea
Yielding the First Dinosaur Holobaramin
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“As a result of these analyses, I arrived at four conclusions.
Firstly, there is strong positive BDC correlation and close
MDS grouping within the family Tyrannosauridae. Secondly,
there is a strong negative BDC correlation and visually
distinct gap in the MDS between Tyrannosauridae and the
more distant members of the superfamily Tyrannosauroidea
and between Tyrannosauridae and non-tyrannosauroid
theropod outgroup. Thirdly, there is fairly strong evidence of
positive BDC correlation and MDS clustering between
Tyrannosauridae, five close members of Tyrannosauroidea
(Bistahieversor, Appalachiosaurus, Dryptosaurus, Raptorex,
Xiongguanlong), and possibly with the more distant
tyrannosauroid Eotyrannus.
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A Statistical Baraminological Analysis of Tyrannosauroidea
Yielding the First Dinosaur Holobaramin
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A Statistical Baraminological Analysis of Tyrannosauroidea
Yielding the First Dinosaur Holobaramin
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A Statistical Baraminological Analysis of Tyrannosauroidea
Yielding the First Dinosaur Holobaramin
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A Statistical Baraminological Analysis of Tyrannosauroidea
Yielding the First Dinosaur Holobaramin
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A Statistical Baraminological Analysis of Tyrannosauroidea
Yielding the First Dinosaur Holobaramin
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A Statistical Baraminological Analysis of Tyrannosauroidea
Yielding the First Dinosaur Holobaramin
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A Statistical Baraminological Analysis of Tyrannosauroidea
Yielding the First Dinosaur Holobaramin
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A Statistical Baraminological Analysis of Tyrannosauroidea
Yielding the First Dinosaur Holobaramin
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“Fourthly, there is negative BDC correlation and a distinct visual
MDS gap between the Tyrannosauridae with some close
tyrannosauroids and the more distant tyrannosauroids and
outgroup taxa. Based on these results, I determine that
Tyrannosauridae is monobaraminic and, along
with Bistahieversor,Appalachiosaurus, Dryptosaurus, Raptorex,
Xiongguanlong, and possibly Eotyrannus, is holobaraminic with
respect to other members of Tyrannosauroidea and all other
dinosaurs. The position of Eotyrannus in the biological
trajectory of this holobaramin suggests that tyrannosaurs may
have originally had smaller skulls and longer arms in proportion
to their bodies and three-fingered hands. Because many of the
“basal” tyrannosauroids are poorly known, further discoveries of
more complete specimens may place them within this
holobaramin, or they may provide a link between
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Tyrannosauridae and other theropods.
A Statistical Baraminological Analysis of Tyrannosauroidea
Yielding the First Dinosaur Holobaramin
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“This article marks the first dinosaur holobaramin defined via
statistical baraminology, and the results of this study suggest
that the taxa Dinosauria, Saurischia, and Theropoda are
polybaraminic.
“In order to determine the various original created kinds,
creationists have begun to expand baraminological research to
organisms only known through fossils. Previous studies have
included fossil equids (Cavanaugh, Wood, and Wise 2003),
archaeocetes (Mace and Wood 2005), hominids (Wood 2010),
caseids (Aaron 2014), and Jurassic and Cretaceous Avialae
(Garner, Wood, and Ross 2013). The criteria that have been
used to determine the baraminic status of a fossil organism
include morphology and stratigraphy (Cavanaugh, Wood, and
Wise 2003).
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“Few investigations into the baraminology of non-avian
dinosaur (hereafter called “dinosaur”) groups have been
undertaken. Wood (2011), in his response to Senter (2010),
analyzed maniraptoran theropods, but he did not make any
statements regarding their holobaraminic status. Cavanaugh
(2011) reanalyzed the same character set as Senter (2010) and
Wood (2010), this time using ANOPA, and concluded that there
were no clear gaps between clouds of theropod taxa. Wood,
Ross, and Garner (2011) studied several dinosaur character
sets in order to test if baraminic distance correlation could
detect discontinuities among fossil groups. In their research,
they recognized several dinosaur groups as apobaramins,
including the theropod groups Coleophysoidea,
Neoceratosauria, Tyrannosauroidea, and Oviraptorsauria.
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“Finally, Garner, Wood, and Ross (2013) included maniraptoran
theropods in their analysis of Jurassic and Cretaceous Avialae.
Presently, no dinosaur groups have been assigned to
holobaramins. The holobaramin is the basic unit of
baraminology and is defined as a group of organisms in which
each member shares continuity with at least one other member,
but the group is bounded by discontinuity from all other
organisms (Wood and Murray 2003, p. 222). Determining
dinosaur holobaramins will allow creationists to better
understand the relationships between different groups of
dinosaurs, the extent and limits of diversification and
intrabaraminic potential in organisms, and the pattern of design
in biology, which will lead to a deeper appreciation of God and
His creation.
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“A review of the previous work on Tyrannosauroidea in the
conventional literature provides a useful foundation for this study.
The superfamily Tyrannosauroidea has a large stratigraphic range
stretching down to the Middle Jurassic (Fiorillo and Tykoski 2014,
Fig. 6). The geographic range of taxa within Tyrannosauroidea
includes North America, Europe, Asia (Holtz 2004; Zanno and
Makovicky 2011), and possibly South America (Porfiri et al. 2014).
Tyrannosauridae is a family within Tyrannosauroidea that contains
animals similar in appearance to Tyrannosaurus rex, which is
possibly the most popular dinosaur species of all time. In contrast
to Tyrannosauroidea, Tyrannosauridae has a very restricted
geographic and stratigraphic range. Tyrannosaurids are known
exclusively from the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the
uppermost Cretaceous system (Holtz 2004) from North America
and eastern and central Asia (Holtz 2004; Loewen et al. 2013).
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“Conclusion
“After reviewing the BDC and MDS results from all five
analyses, as well as relevant stratigraphic and
paleobiogeographic data, I make the following conclusions: 1)
Tyrannosauridae is a monobaramin; 2) Tyrannosauridae
+ Bistahieversor + Appalachiosaurus + Dryptosaurus + Raptore
x + Xiongguanlong + Eotyrannus is holobaraminic with respect
to more distant members of Tyrannosauroidea and all other
dinosaurs; 3) The members of this new holobaramin form a
trajectory in character space which may suggest a pattern for
diversification in the pre-Flood world; 4) Tyrannosaurs may
have originally had smaller skulls and larger arms in proportion
to their bodies as well as three-fingered hands; 5) Dinosauria,
Saurischia, and Theropoda are polybaraminic.
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“It is possible that with further fossil
discoveries, Eotyrannus may be found not to belong to this
holobaramin, or intermediates may be found linking the more
distant tyrannosauroids to the Tyrannosauridae. Thus, caution
must be used with the results and implications of this analysis,
as it should with all baraminological studies of fossil taxa. It is
the hope of the author that this initial study of a dinosaur family
through the use of statistical baraminology will be followed by
similar analyses of other dinosaur taxa.”
We applaud Dr. Aaron’s research. But, not a single evidence of
evolution exists among the hundreds of types of dinosaurs. All
dinosaurs were sophisticated and highly specialized for
survival. Let us give all glory to God who made those wonderful
dinosaurs for us all to enjoy and to amaze.
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Sermons From Science -- Dec 2014
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Sermons from Science is now published in both
YouTube under the name “Pastor Chui” and also in
PowerPoint slides and corresponding videos in the
website http://ChristCenterGospel.org.
The contents of this presentation were taken from
different sources and in the Internet.
May God have all the glory.
Pastor Chui
http://ChristCenterGospel.org
ckchui1@yahoo.com
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The Answers In Genesis website has an article written
by Troy Lacey on November 25, 2014. The article is quoted
below:
“On September 6, 1620, a group of courageous pilgrims set
sail in the Mayflower from Plymouth, England, bound for the
New World with the primary purpose of establishing a colony
where they could freely practice their religious beliefs. They
anchored in Provincetown Harbor of Cape Cod on November
21, 1620, and after exploring the cape, they settled on the
coast at Plymouth (in present-day Massachusetts). On the
day they anchored, they wrote and signed a compact
declaring their purpose and how their civil government would
function. The modernized text of the main body of the 1620
Mayflower Compact reads as follows:
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“Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and
advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King
and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the
northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly
and mutually, in the presence of God, and one of another,
covenant and combine our selves together into a civil body
politic, for our better ordering and preservation and
furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to
enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws,
ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to
time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the
general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due
submission and obedience.
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“The Mayflower Compact was the first governing
document of Plymouth Colony. It was drafted by the
Pilgrims who crossed the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower,
seeking religious freedom. It was signed on November 11,
1620 (OS) in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape
Cod.
“It was clear from the Compact that their faith played an
extremely important part of their lives, and that they
desired to establish and spread the Christian faith in their
new homeland. The Pilgrims recognized that they needed
to occasionally set aside days for commemorating the
Providence of God. In 1668, the Plymouth Colony Court
decreed the following:
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“Taking notice of the goodness of God to us in the
continuance of our civil and religious liberties, the general
health that we have enjoyed, and that it has pleased God
in some comfortable measure to bless us in the fruits of
the earth . . . do propose unto the several congregations of
this government, that the 25th day of November next,
which will be the fourth day of the week, to be kept as a
solemn day of thanksgiving.
“It is evident that Christianity significantly influenced every
aspect of colonial life and was at the heart of many of the
laws which were to govern colonial and later American
society. The Charter of Rhode Island in 1663 makes this
point clear as seen in this excerpt:
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“And whereas, in their humble address, they have freely declared,
that it is much on their hearts (if they may be permitted) to hold
forth a lively experiment, that a most flourishing civil state may
stand and best be maintained, and that among our English
subjects, with a full liberty in religious concernments and that true
piety rightly grounded upon gospel principles, will give the best
and greatest security to sovereignty, and will lay in the hearts of
men the strongest obligations to true loyalty. Now, know ye, that
we, being willing to encourage the hopeful undertaking of our said
loyal and loving subjects, and to secure them in the free exercise
and enjoyment of all their civil and religious rights, appertaining to
them, as our loving subjects and to preserve unto them that liberty,
in the true Christian faith and worship of God, which they have
sought with so much travail, and with peaceable minds, and loyal
subjection to our royal progenitors and ourselves, to enjoy.
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“Ken Ham uses current events as the backdrop for the most
important messages of his life. This DVD series includes 12
half-hour episodes.
“These early Pilgrims and American colonists plainly stated that
Christianity was good for ordering the civic structure,
maintaining equitable law, preserving civil and religious
liberties, and beneficial (indeed foundational) for public morality.
Far from compartmentalizing society into secular duties and
religious responsibilities, the Pilgrims and other early colonists
recognized that for a government of any kind (colony, state, or
federal) to function properly and flourish, there needed to be a
Christian moral backbone to the laws which regulated society.
These colonial founders recognized that it was the Christian
morality behind the laws, not the laws themselves, which would
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order and preserve society.
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“For example the 1778 South Carolina State Constitution in
Article 38 declares the following:
“1st. That there is one eternal God, and a future state of
rewards and punishments.
“2d. That God is publicly to be worshipped.
“3d. That the Christian religion is the true religion
“4th. That the holy scriptures of the Old and New Testaments
are of divine inspiration, and are the rule of faith and practice.
“5th. That it is lawful and the duty of every man being thereunto
called by those that govern, to bear witness to the truth.
CHRISTIANITY PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN EVERYDAY LIFE
AND THE POLITICAL DIRECTION OF THE COLONIES AND
THE EARLY UNITED STATES.
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“These brief quotes of documents instrumental to the founding
of America are just a few of the many on record. They plainly
testify that America was founded on Christian principles—not
just some vague Deism—and indeed Christianity played a vital
role in everyday life and the political direction of the Colonies
and the early United States.
“But we now live in an American society which is suppressing
the name of God in any public arena, removing the 10
Commandments from courthouses, forcing the removal of
nativity scenes from public places (and even lawsuits brought
against privately-owned nativity scenes), and even trying to
suppress what Christian ministers can say in the pulpits of their
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“Prohibition of religious worship in private and public
settings would have been the furthest thing from the
minds of the Pilgrims and other early colonists. Indeed,
the First Amendment to the US Constitution was
patterned after the Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776
section 16:
“That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,
and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by
reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and
therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise
of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and
that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian
forbearance, love, and charity toward each other.
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“It is ironic that in the name of tolerance and equity, we have
not only moved away from what the founders of this country
intended, but we have completely turned 180 degrees. As we
have detailed in recent blog posts and articles, the US
government is now trying to force ministers to violate their
Christian convictions and conscience and make them
perform homosexual marriages, hire people who may be
opposed to and even hostile to their religion, and provide
abortifacients to employees against the dictates of their faith.
These actions directly violate the letter and intent of the First
Amendment. Buttressed by revisionist history, modern America
has reinterpreted the Christian foundation upon which this
country was built.”
May God have mercy on America. Let us turn to the God of the
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Bible.
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Sermons From Science -- Dec 2014
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Sermons from Science is now published in both
YouTube under the name “Pastor Chui” and also in
PowerPoint slides and corresponding videos in the
website http://ChristCenterGospel.org.
The contents of this presentation were taken from
different sources and in the Internet.
May God have all the glory.
Pastor Chui
http://ChristCenterGospel.org
ckchui1@yahoo.com
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The Answers In Genesis website has an article written by Ken
Ham on November 24, 2014. The article is quoted below:
“I have a very special true story to share with you today, and it
involves a former Army Ranger. But first some background . . . .
“When I began giving apologetics presentations on biblical
creation in Australia (1970s), some people in the church were
actually rather discouraging towards me. For instance, they
would tell me that the teaching of evolution and millions of
years was so pervasive in the culture (and the church) that it
would be hopeless to have any impact.
“I remember one person telling me I should just concentrate on
‘getting as many people saved as possible without trying to deal
with such issues as creation/evolution, because everything
would get worse anyway!’
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“I’m glad I didn’t listen to those naysayers over 30 years ago! In
fact, I recall telling one person something like this:
“If you start digging a coal mine with a teaspoon, it will take a
long time to dig a hole. But the more people who start digging
with you, the faster and greater the hole will become.
“And then I started to tell people something like this:
“God’s Word is like a major weapon. For me it’s as powerful as
a ‘nuclear bomb’—the more that we can see people motivated
to stand on God’s Word and proclaim the creation/gospel
message, the more the impact can resound around the world.
“I am often reminded that God’s Word uses a lot of military-type
imagery to help us understand the real spiritual battle we are
in—and how Christians need to be actively involved.
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“Here are some Scriptures in this regard:
“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand
against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against
flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual
hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
“Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be
able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
“Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put
on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet
with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking
the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the
fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation,
and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
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(Ephesians 6:11–17)
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“When I have read passages about the Israelites conquering
the Promised Land, I have noticed that they can also be a
picture of what the Christian life is like. We are in essence
soldiers for the King—the King of Creation (our Creator God).
And just like the Israelites, we have our own Jericho and Ai
battles.
“I am also reminded that God told the Israelites that
‘the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you little
by little’ (Deuteronomy 7:22, emphasis added).
“The Lord has brought many special people to the AiG ministry
who have worked hard to impact lives as God has blessed.
They share my passion to equip people to stand firm on God’s
Word and defend the Christian faith.
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“Ever since the Lord directed me into the creation-apologetics
ministry, I have had a burden to produce as many resources as
we can (books, DVDs, curricula, and so on) and get them into
as many people’s hands as possible.
“I firmly believed that little by little, as people are equipped with
the tools and weapons needed in the battle, they would impact
the current and coming generations.
“I HAVE FOUND IT SO THRILLING FOR ALL OF US AT AIG
TO HEAR TESTIMONY AFTER TESTIMONY FROM PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE MINISTRY. And that’s
what I have seen happening. After over 30 years of working
hard to proclaim the creation-gospel message around the
world, I have found it so thrilling for all of us at AiG to hear
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“Indeed, we at AiG have done our best to obey the calling God
has given us. And just look at the incredible impact of so many
outreaches that God has blessed:
“the Creation Museum has had 2.25 million visitors since
opening; and attendance this year is even higher than last
years
“the future Ark Encounter expects up to two million visitors a
year
“the AiG website has up to 2.2 million users a month
“over 850 radio stations carry our “Answers” program
“our resource department has produced numerous books,
DVDs, and faith-building curricula—thousands of churches are
using AiG’s Sunday school and VBS curricula . . . and there is
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much more I could list.
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“The impact is staggering!
“I write all this as a lead up to just one of the many examples of
how the Lord has used AiG to impact a life, who then impacts
others. We’ve seen many of these domino-like examples in the
culture.
“It was over 20 years ago that the incredible rescue operation
and battle in Somalia that has become famously known as
‘Black Hawk Down’ occurred (the movie Black Hawk
Down depicted the extraordinary event). It is recognized as one
of the most intense battles ever fought by US forces.
“Although several of his comrades died and dozens were
injured in the city of Mogadishu as hundreds of Somali militia
swooped down on the American soldiers, Buck Wilford, an
Army Ranger, came away unscratched from this intense
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“Buck, who retired as a Green Beret, is now a church planter
and pastor of a church in Ohio.
“Recently, Pastor Buck visited AiG and the Creation Museum.
Our staff as well as the Christian leaders attending our pastors’
conference had the privilege of hearing Buck give an account of
his experience in Somalia. I must admit: after learning what he
and his comrades went through, I felt physically exhausted, as I
heard Buck replay that incredible battle.
“PASTOR BUCK . . . TOLD US HOW GOD GRACIOUSLY
SPARED HIS LIFE AND USED HIS EXPERIENCES TO
BRING HIM TO A POINT OF COMMITTING HIS LIFE TO HIM
TOTALLY. But Pastor Buck shared something else. He told us
how God graciously spared his life and used his experiences to
bring him to a point of committing his life to Him totally—and to
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give him a burden for reaching the lost.
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“Buck also shared how the ministry of AiG had impacted him
and that he is now using AiG resources to reach souls for
Christ. He told us how the Lord enabled him to attend the
debate I had with Bill Nye ‘the Science Guy’ earlier in the
year—and how that event was life-changing for him.
“After Buck spoke about God’s blessings in his life and the role
AiG has played in his ministry, the pastors and AiG staff rose
spontaneously to give him a standing ovation. I then
interviewed Buck on the stage so that we could learn more
about the impact AiG has had on his life.
“We recorded Buck’s unique and powerful testimony—along
with my short interview with him—and it’s now on DVD. I would
like to make that video available to you this month.
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“Pastor Buck is just one of multi-thousands of people who have
been impacted by the Lord using AiG, and now these Christians
are touching lives around the globe.
“With prayerful consideration, would you please send a
generous gift today to support this vital, impacting ministry—
one that is reaching souls with the truth of God’s Word and its
life-changing gospel message? Thank you.
“With your donation of $5 or more over the phone, we’ll send
you the DVD of Buck’s incredible Black Hawk Down experience
and how the Lord is equipping him today in the battle for souls,
with the help of AiG!
“To request this thrilling DVD, please call us at 1-800-778-3390
to make your donation. Thank you.
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“Just as we have seen with Pastor Buck, the Lord
is using AiG to help equip thousands upon
thousands of ‘soldiers’—all doing battle for our
King. Your prayerful and financial support of AiG is
crucial to enable this ministry—yes little by little—
to influence lives for Him. Praise God, the impact is
growing exponentially.
“Thank you for supporting Answers in Genesis, as
we stand together in the battle for souls!”
I have come to know Ken Ham for 30 years. He
stayed in my house briefly when he first came over
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here in California. We all praise God for him.
Gloria Deo
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Sermons From Science -- Dec 2014
科学布道-- 2014年12月
Sermons from Science is now published in both
YouTube under the name “Pastor Chui” and also in
PowerPoint slides and corresponding videos in the
website http://ChristCenterGospel.org.
The contents of this presentation were taken from
different sources and in the Internet.
May God have all the glory.
Pastor Chui
http://ChristCenterGospel.org
ckchui1@yahoo.com
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Missing Link or Another Fish Story?
缺少的环节或另一种鱼的故事？
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The Institute for Creation Research website has an
article written by Frank Sherwin on November 24,
2014. The article is quoted below:
“Recently there has been some celebration from the
Darwinian community regarding a discovery of a
fossil1 that allegedly links terrestrial animals to their
future aquatic relatives: the ichthyosaurs.
“Cartorhynchus lenticarpus is proclaimed by some
evolutionists to be an amphibious ancestor of the
ichthyosaurs, aquatic reptiles whose name means ‘fish
lizards.’ Rachel Feltman of the Washington Post was
jubilant, saying this ‘fossil could prove a problem for
creationists.’2
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Missing Link or Another Fish Story?
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“But like all ‘missing-link’ stories, this statement should
be taken with a grain of salt, especially when it comes to
the origin of this particular ichthyosaur specimen. Based
on their many fossils, we know ichthyosaurs were a
common aquatic reptile of the pre-Flood
world.3 Evolutionists suggest that ‘ichthyosaurs probably
branched off from other diapsids [having a skull with
both ventral and dorsal temporal openings on each
side]’4 long ago, evolving from an unknown terrestrial
reptile ancestor. The Post article jumps right in with lead
author of the study, Ryosuke Motani of UC Davis,
declaring ‘the gap has been filled’ and Feltman stating
the 248 million year-old Cartorhynchus is ‘smack dab in
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the middle of the ichthyosaur family.’
Missing Link or Another Fish Story?
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“Evolutionists should be cautious. The last ‘missing link’
between ichthyosaurs and terrestrial creatures was discovered
in 1982 and called Utatsusaurus, but left paleontologist Michael
Benton unconvinced. Instead of a missing link, he labeled
Utatsusaurus an ichthyosaur because it shows ‘typical
ichthyosaurian characters.’5 One wonders what other vertebrate
paleontologists think of the new kid on the block,
Cartorhynchus. For example, cladists (evolutionists who use a
method of classification that uses only evolutionary
genealogies) maintain, ‘Cartorhynchus is actually the first
representative of a whole new clade [a monophyletic group] of
ichthyosaur-like pachypleurosaurs.’6 The evolutionary
positioning of Cartorhynchus suggested by Motani has been
criticized by cladists as having ‘big problem[s].’
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Missing Link or Another Fish Story?
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“Which evolutionary group is right? Traditional
gradualists (Neo-Darwinists), cladists, or those who
embrace punctuated equilibria?
“In the real world, it appears the fossil record is the
last place an inquisitive individual should go if they are
seeking evidence for macroevolution.7 Indeed,
evolutionary paleontologist Benton recently stated,
“A key question paleontologists always ask is whether
the fossil record is good enough to tell the history of
life or whether it is hopelessly riddled with error.
Opinions have wavered back and forth over the years,
but it is important to be aware of the context.8
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Missing Link or Another Fish Story?
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“With a dismal fossil record that has yet to document a
single evolutionary series from one kind of plant or animal
to another kind, the paleontologist should be extremely
careful when declaring the discovery of any new species
as a transitional form. Those investigating
the Cartorhynchus fossil must first ask some basic
questions: Does it have a vertical tail fluke? A dorsal fin?
These are traits of the common ichthyosaur. The
Cartorhynchus fossil has a short snout, but most
ichthyosaurs (and mesosaurs and thalattosaurs) had
beak-like, elongated snouts. Given the fact that the fossil
record provides no compelling transitional forms, could it
be that this new fossil has no genetic connection with
ichthyosaurs, but instead is just another newly discovered
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extinct reptile?
Missing Link or Another Fish Story?
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“References
“Motani, R. et al. 2014. A basal ichthyosauriform with a short
snout from the Lower Triassic of China. Nature. Published on
nature.com November 5, 2014, corrected online November 10,
2014, accessed November 15, 2014.
“Feltman, R. 2014. Newly discovered fossil could prove a
problem for creationists. Washington Post News. Posted on
washingtonpost.com November 5, 2014, accessed November
7, 2014.
“Sherwin, F. 2013. The Intriguing Ichthyosaur—an Evolutionary
Fish Story? Acts & Facts. 42 (6): 13.
“Thain, M. and M. Hickman. 2004. Dictionary of Biology. New
York: Penguin Books, 363.
“Benton, M. 2015. Vertebrate Paleontology, 4th ed. Malden,
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MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 152-53.
Missing Link or Another Fish Story?
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“Cartorhynchus: An ichthyosaur-mimic, not a
basal ichthyosaur. The Pterosaur Heresies. Posted
on pterosaurheresies.wordpress.com, Nov. 7,
2014 accessed November 9, 2014.
“Morris, J. and F. Sherwin. 2010. The Fossil
Record. Dallas, TX: Institute for Creation
Research, 129-78.
“Benton, Vertebrate Paleontology, 39.”
Thank God for the excellent article from the
Institute for Creation Research.
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Gloria Deo
愿荣耀归上帝
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Sermons From Science -- Dec 2014
科学布道-- 2014年12月
Sermons from Science is now published in both
YouTube under the name “Pastor Chui” and also in
PowerPoint slides and corresponding videos in the
website http://ChristCenterGospel.org.
The contents of this presentation were taken from
different sources and in the Internet.
May God have all the glory.
Pastor Chui
http://ChristCenterGospel.org
ckchui1@yahoo.com
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Defend Your Home with Artificial Intelligence
保卫你的家用人工智能
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The Popular Science October 2014 has an article on
the above subject by Mac Irvine. He says, “You’re out
of town for the weekend, and you want to keep tabs
on your home. You could set up a sophisticated
security system—with live video feeds, multiple
sensors, and remote access—and suffer the hefty
installation cost and monthly bills that come with it. Or,
you could use Canary.
“The all-in-one security system packs eight different
environmental sensors into a single machine and arms
it with artificial intelligence. It plugs directly into an
outlet, connects to a network by Wi-Fi or ethernet, and
begins logging sensor data within seconds of being
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taken out of the box.
Defend Your Home with Artificial Intelligence
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“Once users start interacting with Canary, an algorithm
learns their daily schedules, minimizing false alarms.
A smartphone app enables users to review past
events that were deemed suspect as well as a live
video feed.
“The device alerts users with a push notification when
it detects unusual activity on any of its sensors, such
as an abrupt crashing sound or unusual movement in
the home. And thanks to machine learning, you’ll
never have to worry about Canary mistaking your
house pet for a home invader, or worse, the other way
around.”
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Defend Your Home with Artificial Intelligence
保卫你的家用人工智能
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Defend Your Home with Artificial Intelligence
保卫你的家用人工智能
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The Canary detects earthquakes by accelerometer;
detects gas leaks by air-quality sensor; detects broken
pipe by humidity sensor; detects home invasion by
infrared motion sensor; detects window break by
microphone; detects home invasion by night-vision;
and detects fire by thermometer.
With all these capabilities, the Canary costs $250. It is
6 inches high, 3 inches in diameter, and weighs 0.83
lb.
Thank God for the excellent reporting of Popular
Science.
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Gloria Deo
愿荣耀归上帝
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Sermons From Science -- Dec 2014
科学布道-- 2014年12月
Sermons from Science is now published in both
YouTube under the name “Pastor Chui” and also in
PowerPoint slides and corresponding videos in the
website http://ChristCenterGospel.org.
The contents of this presentation were taken from
different sources and in the Internet.
May God have all the glory.
Pastor Chui
http://ChristCenterGospel.org
ckchui1@yahoo.com
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The Buzz on Health Trackers
巴兹健康跟踪器
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The Popular Science October 2014 has an article
on the above subject by Peter Koch. He says,
“This fall, Apple is expected to release its first
major product since 2010—a health tracker
unofficially dubbed the iWatch—that will reportedly
log a litany of biometric information using 10
different sensors. The wrist device will likely have
the same aesthetic as the Nike Fuelband, FitBit
Flex, and the countless other fitness bands already
available. With a rising number of wearables hitting
the shelves, you’d better know what information is
vital and how to make the most of it.”
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The Buzz on Health Trackers
巴兹健康跟踪器
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The Buzz on Health Trackers
巴兹健康跟踪器
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The Buzz on Health Trackers
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The biometric vitals include the following:
“Step Detection: An algorithm translates an
accelerator reading into distance traveled and helps
estimate activity level and calories burned. Heathy
Range: about 10,000 steps per day.
“Pulse: A sensor opposite an LED monitors
fluctuations in light transmitted through your finger.
The rise and fall of light indicates heart rate. Healthy
Range: 60-100 beats per minute.
“Heart Rate Variability: A heart rate monitor measures
the variation of beat-to-beat intervals. High variability
is indicative of good health and a high level of fitness.
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Healthy Range: 18-44 percent while resting.
The Buzz on Health Trackers
巴兹健康跟踪器
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“Blood Oxygenation: A pulse oximeter detects the light
absorption of hemoglobin to see how much oxygen
reaches your extremities. That data helps athletes
determine whether they’ve recovered fully from a
workout. Healthy Range: 95-99 percent.
“Body Temperature: A thermometer that sits against the
skin assesses surface temperature. Abnormal spikes or
drops are early warning signs of sickness. Healthy
Range: 97.6-99.6 oF.
“Sleep: Sensitive 3-D accelerometers detect small body
movement during the night. When paired with
continuous heart rate monitoring, it offers a rough idea of
sleep stages—light, deep, and REM. Healthy Range: 7-9
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hours of sleep.
The Buzz on Health Trackers
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“Blood Sugar: Sensors measure glucose in skin
fluid using infrared light or low-power radio
waves. For diabetics, it’s a pinprick alternative.
For others, it’s a way to see how diet affects
health. Healthy Range: 80-140 milligrams per
deciliter.”
Thank God for the excellent reporting of
Popular Science.
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Gloria Deo
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Sermons From Science -- Dec 2014
科学布道-- 2014年12月
Sermons from Science is now published in both
YouTube under the name “Pastor Chui” and also in
PowerPoint slides and corresponding videos in the
website http://ChristCenterGospel.org.
The contents of this presentation were taken from
different sources and in the Internet.
May God have all the glory.
Pastor Chui
http://ChristCenterGospel.org
ckchui1@yahoo.com
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The Bike That Never Needs Repairs
决不需要修理的自行车
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The Popular Science October 2014 has an article
on the above subject by Michael Nunez. He says,
“Every mechanic knows that moving parts break
down over time, and David Weiner, founder of
Priority Bicycles, knows it better than most. Weiner
spent six years as a bike mechanic in Walnut
Creek, Calif., near his hometown, and much of his
job was spent fixing the same handful of problems:
turning derailleurs, adjusting brakes, greasing
chains, and replacing flat tires.
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The Bike That Never Needs Repairs
决不需要修理的自行车
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“Though Weiner eventually left his job for a career in
software development, his love for bike maintenance
never waned. Years later, after building financial and
logistics management software for top-tier bike
companies, he decided to fix the inefficiencies of bike
maintenance once and for all. By custom-fitting a rustproof, lightweight aluminum frame with extremely reliable
parts and removing some hardware altogether, Weiner
created something he’d always dreamt of—a
maintenance-free bike.”
The bike has special features:
“1. Internal Hub: Rather than a clanking derailleur system,
a three-speed internally geared hub drives this bike. The
hub allows the belt-drive to remain fixed to the rear wheel
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cog, so there are fewer issues with chain derailment.
The Bike That Never Needs Repairs
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“2. Chain: Metal chains are susceptible to rust, plus they
wear down and stretch over time. Belt drive systems last
up to 10 times longer, never require grease, and afford a
smoother ride.
“3. Brakes: Cable brakes can lose tension over time and
the pads can rub against the wheel. Coaster brakes are
imbedded in the rear wheel and friction is only applied
when the user pedals backward.
“4. Tires: Puncture-resistant tires made with a flexible but
tough breaker layer keeps objects from passing through.
The bike also ships with a pump, so riders can easily keep
their tires properly inflated.”
Thank God for the excellent reporting of Popular Science.
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Gloria Deo
愿荣耀归上帝
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Sermons From Science -- Dec 2014
科学布道-- 2014年12月
Sermons from Science is now published in both
YouTube under the name “Pastor Chui” and also in
PowerPoint slides and corresponding videos in the
website http://ChristCenterGospel.org.
The contents of this presentation were taken from
different sources and in the Internet.
May God have all the glory.
Pastor Chui
http://ChristCenterGospel.org
ckchui1@yahoo.com
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Kicking Ice and Taking Names
踢冰和考虑名称
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The Popular Science October 2014 has an article on
the above subject by Neel V. Patel. He says, “To get a
grip on climate change, researchers must go to where
it’s changing fastest. Even in winter’s deep freeze, this
287-foot steel vessel pulverizes ice floes to study
greenhouse gas concentrations and ice melt at the
poles. ‘Polarstern is able to take scientists to fantastic
environments where other ships can’t,’ says scientific
coordinator Rainer Knust. Three decades of data from
the icebreaker’s expeditions help climatologists better
understand and predict rates of change. In October,
the ship will shove off with a new underwater drill
capable of exploring the geology 250 feet below the
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Antarctic seafloor.”
Kicking Ice and Taking Names
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Kicking Ice and Taking Names
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Other interesting facts about the Polarstern:
“20,000 combined horsepower of the ship’s four diesel
engines.
“-58 minimum temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit, (50 degrees Celsius), at which Polarstern’s engines still
function.
“4.92 thickness in feet, of ice it can break through
while maintaining a speed of 5.8 mph. (It can get
through thicker ice by ramming.)
“1,620,000 miles Polarstern has traveled in its lifetime,
equivalent to 67 circumnavigations of the Earth.”
Thank God for the excellent reporting of Popular
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Science.
Gloria Deo
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