Not too long ago we noticing some interesting, specialized examples of irreducible complexities found in the bombardier beetle, beaver, giraffe and the fruitfly. We also briefly discussed the woodpecker. Let's look today a little close at this very special bird.

The woodpecker has a specialized tongue in a tough beak with a sharp point; a shock absorbing tissue behind the bill; a tough, double reinforced skull; a stiff tail for bracing itself; strong leg muscles to hold on; and special four-clawed feet to give added support. The woodpecker can hammer at a tree with a force of over 1000 Gs; 300 times greater than the effect that pushes our astronauts on lift off.

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For your consideration...the following is an excerpt from a radio spot on KAPL radio AM 1300, Jacksonville, Oregon, from Applegate Christian Fellowship, called " Akin For the Truth". Calvary Chapel, Grants Pass also broadcasts this spot from KCGP 106.7 FM. To listen to the entire spot (a few minutes long), click the little microphone icon....Jack

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Surprise! The RATE Group, a group of scientists dedicated to a focused study to test these assumptions, have found that study of such rocks, known to be only recently formed in volcanoes, have revealed that molten magma actually absorbs argon into its crystal molecular lattice while cooling, and perhaps thereafter.

Today we’re going to go ahead and add some basics about radioactivity to what we have recently discussed. Various events (especially melting of the rock such as that seen during a volcanic eruption) will cause the elements in a rock to redistribute. Theoretically, when the rock solidifies it can be thought of as starting a stopwatch. By finding the amount of the parent and daughter isotopes present scientists can determine when the stopwatch started. Therefore, newly formed volcanic rock, if properly dated, must be found to be only as old as the eruption that formed it.

For your consideration...the following is an excerpt from a radio spot on KAPL radio AM 1300, Jacksonville, Oregon, from Applegate Christian Fellowship, called " Akin For the Truth". Calvary Chapel, Grants Pass also broadcasts this spot from KCGP 106.7 FM. To listen to the entire spot (a few minutes long), click the little microphone icon....Jack

You may want to check out a relatively new website: www.akinforthetruth.net. This site provides text accompanying the voice recordings in most cases. We are also in the process of placing references and footnotes at that address to assist those researchers who like to look a bit more closely....Jack

Last time we were introducing the concept of radiometric dating by looking at the basic structure as it may be understood of an atom, and how unstable atoms comprise materials that are described as radioactive. We then introduced one, probably the most popular, dating method, based on the known rate of potassium to turn into argon. At that point we brought up the fact that this and the other radiometric dating methods are under fire these days, even among some evolutionists.

For your consideration...the following is an excerpt from a radio spot on KAPL radio AM 1300, Jacksonville, Oregon, from Applegate Christian Fellowship, called " Akin For the Truth". Calvary Chapel, Grants Pass also broadcasts this spot from KCGP 106.7 FM. To listen to the entire spot (a few minutes long), click the little microphone icon....Jack

You may want to check out a relatively new website: www.akinforthetruth.net. This site provides text accompanying the voice recordings in most cases. We are also in the process of placing references and footnotes at that address to assist those researchers who like to look a bit more closely....Jack

According to all we know today about physical matter, it is made up of atoms, and, even though you can't see them, these atoms make up everything you see, touch, smell, etc. Getting a basic understanding of radioactivity can begin with that of a useful model of the atom, the Bohr Model, named after Niels Bohr who proposed the structure in 1913, that most of us recall from high school or college. Looking much like a tiny solar system, this model consists of a central nucleus, composed of neutrons and protons, surrounded by electrons that "orbit��? around the nucleus. Protons carry a positive charge, neutrons (which are actually built from protons and electrons) are electrically “neutral��?, and the electron is negative.

For your consideration...the following is an excerpt from a radio spot on KAPL radio, Jacksonville, Oregon, called " Akin For the Truth". To listen to the entire spot (a few minutes long), click the icon...Jack

Last several sessions we’ve been looking, in a bit of detail, at the events that have led to the secularization of our public schools. Though first coined, it seems, in 1984, the phrase neuro-theology was probably popularized in Laurence O McKinney’s 1994 book Neurotheology : Virtual Religion in the 21st Century, where he attempts to connect technology and New Age spirituality. The concept has brought the following questions right into the university classroom: Is the Brain Wired for God? Is There a Scientific Basis for Spirituality & Religious Belief? Does God Exist? What is the Physics of God? and, Is There Life After Death? ...jack