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A Silencing Reply to Atheism
Title: A Silencing Reply to Atheism First Edition: 2018 Published by: Madrasah Arabia Islamia, Azaadville 2 Who is the Monkey? Contents Introduction .............................................................................. 4 Belief of a Divine Being ........................................................ 4 Comments .................................................................................. 7 Previous Titles to This Booklet......................................... 8 A Reasoned and Level-Headed Response to an Atheist ......................................................................................... 9 Additional Notes: ................................................................. 37 The Creed of the Atheists ................................................. 37 What Led to the Success of the Evolutionists? ........ 38 What Proof is there that Muslim Lands were Greatly Advanced? .............................................................. 39 Why do people still deny the existence of a Supreme Being? ................................................................... 40 Scientific Racism .................................................................. 43 Appendix 1 ............................................................................. 44 What is Science? ................................................................... 44 Philosophy of Science Yields Uncertain Knowledge ..................................................................................................... 53 Appendix 2 ............................................................................ -
Human Origins the Ape-Ancestry Myth
Human Origins the ape-ancestry myth David Pratt February 2004 Part 1 of 3 Contents (Part 1) 1. Darwinian claims and controversies 2. Genetic tales: Adam and Eve (Part 2) 3. Suppressed evidence of human antiquity 4. Giants and wildmen (Part3) 5. Anatomy and origins 6. Theosophy: fallen angels, fallen apes 1. Darwinian claims and controversies According to mainstream science, humans are evolved apes who, as a result of random genetic mutations and environmental pressures, happened to acquire the unique power of selfconsciousness. However, the loud publicity and slick propaganda for the ape-ancestry theory cannot alter the fact that the evidence is scanty and contradictory and open to other interpretations. Anthropologist Richard Leakey has said that ‘If someone went to the trouble of collecting together in one room all the fossil remains so far discovered of our ancestors (and their biological relatives) who lived, say, between five and one million years ago, he would need only a couple of large trestle tables on which to spread them out.’1 Most hominid fossils are fragments of jaws and scraps of skulls but, as palaeontologist Stephen J. Gould once said, ‘they serve as a basis for endless speculation and elaborate storytelling’.2 Beliefs, expectations, and prejudices inevitably play a role in the interpretation of fossils, as do personal rivalries and the desire for fame. More than one palaeoanthropologist has become famous overnight by announcing sensational and extravagant claims after finding some fragmentary remains of a creature he or she believes to be related to man’s origin. But such claims have a habit of being undermined or invalidated by further research and discoveries. -
Wren's Nest at 60
SCIENTISTVOLUME 27 NO 7 ◆ August 2017 ◆ WWW.GEOLSOC.ORG.UK/GEOSCIENTIST GEOThe Fellowship Magazine of the Geological Society of London UK / Overseas where sold to individuals: £3.95 ] [REVIEWS SPECIAL! Wren’s Nest at 60 Celebrating the World’s first National Nature Reserve ONLINE SPECIAL FELLOWS’ ROOM HUTTON’S DEBT The long road from Society reoccupies Did Hutton crib his famous ‘disposal’ to ‘recovery’ a valuable amenity line from Browne? GEOSCIENTIST CONTENTS 17 24 10 25 REGULARS IN THIS ISSUE... 05 Welcome Ted Nield says true ‘scientific outreach’ is integral, not a strap-on prosthetic. 06 Society News What your Society is doing at home and abroad, in London and the regions. 09 Soapbox Mike Leeder discusses Hutton’s possible debt to Sir Thomas Browne ON THE COVER: 16 Calendar Society activities this month 10 CATCHING THE DUDLEY BUG 20 Letters New The state of Geophysics MSc courses in the Andrew Harrison looks back on the UK; The new CPD system (continued). 61st year of the World’s first NNR 22 Books and arts Thirteen new books reviewed by Dawn Brooks, Malcolm Hart, Gordon Neighbour, Calymene blumenbachii or ‘Dudley Bug’. James Montgomery, Wendy Cawthorne, Jeremy Joseph, David Nowell, Martin Brook, Alan Golding, Mark Griffin, Courtesy, Dudley Museum Services Hugh Torrens, Nina Morgan and Amy-Jo Miles 24 People Geoscientists in the news and on the move 27 Obituary Robin Temple Hazell 1927 - 2017 RECOVERY V. DISPOSAL William Braham 1957 -2016 NLINE Chris Berryman on applying new guidance 27 Obituary affecting re-use of waste soil materials. -
Poetic Connections in Tracy Letts's "Man from Nebraska," "August: Osage County," and "Superior Donuts."
University of South Florida Scholar Commons Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 2011 How to Get from Here to There: Poetic Connections in Tracy Letts's "Man from Nebraska," "August: Osage County," and "Superior Donuts." Deborah Ann Kochman University of South Florida, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd Part of the American Literature Commons, and the Theatre and Performance Studies Commons Scholar Commons Citation Kochman, Deborah Ann, "How to Get from Here to There: Poetic Connections in Tracy Letts's "Man from Nebraska," "August: Osage County," and "Superior Donuts."" (2011). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3187 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. How to Get from Here to There: Poetic Connections in Tracy Letts‘s Man from Nebraska, August: Osage County, and Superior Donuts by Deborah Ann Kochman A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Department of English College of Arts and Sciences University of South Florida Major Professor: Sara Munson Deats, Ph.D. Lagretta Lenker, Ph.D. Susan Mooney, Ph.D. Date of approval: November 3, 2011 Five key words: Drama, Narrative, Poetry, Middle-aged men, American Dream Copyright © 2011 Deborah A. Kochman Dedication I dedicate this thesis to my children, Kristina and Michael, in apology for teaching too much narrative and not enough poetry. -
Human Evolution
1 One-Evening Compact Books Compact Books For Busy People This Is A Totally Free Resource Offered By The International Apologetics Society (Estd. 1970) IAS offers totally FREE Ebooks from its website at http://www.OnlyFreeBooks.com you can download numerous FREE ebooks from this site. This publication is released in Creative Commons and can freely be used by anyone anywhere under similar conditions. In fact, we encourage you to distribute this work freely for the sake of the gospel of Christ April 2015, September 2018 2 Human Evolution Dr. Johnson C. Philip Dr. Saneeh Cherian Evolution of life is a very old idea, dating at least as far back as the Greek philosophers. However, in modern times it was given a great impetus by Charles Darwin and his theories of origin. Charles Darwin Darwin’s book, Origin of Species, created a great expectation in the evolutionary thinkers in scientific world that now finally human-evolution from monkey- like creatures would finally be demonstrated. This atmosphere of optimism was given further boost by the discovery of numerous monkey and human-like fossils. (Fossils are remains from the past and are very useful for a study of life as it used to be in the past). 3 Names such as Nebraska Man, Java Man, Piltdown Man, Australopithecus, Ramapithecus, Homo Erectus, Neanderthal Man, and Cro Magnon Man became very popular in the evolutionary circle. These are actually names given to the creatures whose fossils were discovered worldwide, mostly by supporters of evolution. These fossil-men were then put together in a certain order to create a chronology of how man evolved. -
Histoire(S) De Collecfions
Colligo Histoire(s) de Collections Colligo 3 (3) Hors-série n°2 2020 PALÉONTOLOGIE How to build a palaeontological collection: expeditions, excavations, exchanges. Paleontological collections in the making – an introduction to the special issue Irina PODGORNY, Éric BUFFETAUT & Maria Margaret LOPES P. 3-5 La guerre, la paix et la querelle. Les sociétés A Frenchman in Patagonia: the palaeontological paléontologiques d'Auvergne sous la Seconde expeditions of André Tournouër (1898-1903) Restauration Irina PODGORNY Éric BUFFETAUT P. 7-31 P. 67-80 Two South American palaeontological collections Paul Carié, Mauritian naturalist and forgotten in the Natural History Museum of Denmark collector of dodo bones Kasper Lykke HANSEN Delphine ANGST & Éric BUFFETAUT P. 33-44 P. 81-88 Cataloguing the Fauna of Deep Time: Researchers following the Glossopteris trail: social Paleontological Collections in Brazil in the context of the debate surrounding the continental Beginning of the 20th Century drift theory in Argentina in the early 20th century Maria Margaret LOPES Mariana F. WALIGORA P. 45-56 P. 89-103 The South American Mammal collection at the Natural history collecting by the Navy in French Museo Geologico Giovanni Capellini (Bologna, Indochina Italy) Virginia VANNI et al. Marie-Béatrice FOREL P. 57-66 P. 105-126 1 SOMMAIRE Paleontological collections in the making – an introduction to the special issue Collections paléontologiques en développement – introduction au numéro spécial Irina PODGORNY, Éric BUFFETAUT & Maria Margaret LOPES P. 3-5 La guerre, la paix et la querelle. Les sociétés paléontologiques d'Auvergne sous la Seconde Restauration War, Peace, and Quarrels: The paleontological Societies in Auvergne during the Second Bourbon Restoration Irina PODGORNY P. -
Evolution Karina Altman
29Dec12 Evolution Karina Altman Outline Evolution Science and Religion Problems with Evolution Gaps in the Fossil Record/Transitional Forms Origin of Genetic Material Science and Natural Laws Proofs of Evolution – Refuted Heredity Biogenetic Law Missing Links Vestigial Organs Evolution in Action 1 29Dec12 Outline Evolution Science and Religion Problems with Evolution Gaps in the Fossil Record/Transitional Forms Origin of Genetic Material Science and Natural Laws Proofs of Evolution – Refuted Heredity Biogenetic Law Missing Links Vestigial Organs Evolution in Action Evolution Evolution has a variety of definitions, ranging from “change” to “the natural process by which all life on earth derived from a single ancestor” Referred to alternatively as a hypothesis, theory, law, or fact Used ambiguously to imply that the processes we can observe in the present “prove” that processes we cannot observe in the past must have happened too 2 29Dec12 Evolution Scientifically, evolution means the change or addition of genetic material between generations, or “descent with modification” These changes are attributed to mutations and natural selection, which are examples of operations science and can be shown to occur Mutations and natural selection are NOT evolution!!! Evolution The other aspect of evolution is the belief that all animals descended from one original ancestor Evolutionists claim this “fact” is established in the fossil record and genetic evidence However, any evidence involving origins science is subject -
Travels of a Darwin Groupie: Cradle of Humankind
Travels of a Darwin Groupie: Cradle of Humankind Top row, left to right: Mrs. Ples; diorama in the Ditsong Museum; grassland at Sterkfontein. Bottom row, left to right: Assumed migrations in Henry Fairfield Osborne's Man Rises to Parnassus; Sterkfontein guide discussing Robert Broom; Khoisan tapestries at the Wits Origins Centre. Timeline A Selection of Discarded 1731-Johann Jakob Scheuchzer describes what he thinks is a victim of the biblical flood. Hominin Names 1811-Georges Cuvier identifies Scheuchzer's biblical flood victim as a giant salamander. Pithecanthropus erectus, Sinanthropus pekinensis, Pithecanthropus alalus (Ernst 1823-William Buckland finds the Red Lady of Paviland (probably male). Haeckel's Ape Man without Speech), 1856-The first recognized fossil human, a Neanderthal, is discovered near Düsseldorf. Homo stupidus (Haeckel's Cretin Man), 1863-T.H. Huxley publishes Man's Place in Nature. Hesperopithecus haroldcookii (Henry Fairfield Osborn's Nebraska Man), 1871-Charles Darwin publishes The Descent of Man. Eoanthropus dawsoni (Piltdown Man), 1894-Eugène Dubois publishes his monograph of Pithecanthropus erectus (Java Man). Australopithecus Bahrelghazali, Paraustralopithecus aethiopicus, 1912-Arthur Smith Woodward announces the find of Piltdown Man. Zinjanthropus Boisei, Homo antiquus, 1925-Raymond Dart publishes a description of the Taung Child (Australopithecus africanus). Homo kanamensis, Homo capensis, Homo 1925-Tennessee prosecutes schoolteacher John Thomas Scopes for teaching evolution. rhodesiensis, Plesianthropus transvaalensis, Paranthropus crassidens, Meganthropus 1947-Robert Broom and John T. Robinson find Mrs. Ples in Sterkfontein Cave. palaeojavanicus, Homo louisleakeyi, Homo 1959-Mary Leakey finds Nutcracker Man (Zinjanthropus Boisei). helmei, Homo diluvii testis. 1974-Donald Johanson and his team discover Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis). 1974-Kamoya Kimeu discovers a 1.7-million-year-old female Homo erectus skeleton with advanced Vitamin A poisoning, who was likely cared for by another hominin. -
An Annotated Select Bibliography of the Piltdown Forgery
An annotated select bibliography of the Piltdown forgery Informatics Programme Open Report OR/13/047 BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INFORMATICS PROGRAMME OPEN REPORT OR/13/47 An annotated select bibliography of the Piltdown forgery Compiled by David G. Bate Keywords Bibliography; Piltdown Man; Eoanthropus dawsoni; Sussex. Map Sheet 319, 1:50 000 scale, Lewes Front cover Hypothetical construction of the head of Piltdown Man, Illustrated London News, 28 December 1912. Bibliographical reference BATE, D. G. 2014. An annotated select bibliography of the Piltdown forgery. British Geological Survey Open Report, OR/13/47, iv,129 pp. Copyright in materials derived from the British Geological Survey’s work is owned by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and/or the authority that commissioned the work. You may not copy or adapt this publication without first obtaining permission. Contact the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Section, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, e-mail [email protected]. You may quote extracts of a reasonable length without prior permission, provided a full acknowledgement is given of the source of the extract. © NERC 2014. All rights reserved Keyworth, Nottingham British Geological Survey 2014 BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY The full range of our publications is available from BGS shops at British Geological Survey offices Nottingham, Edinburgh, London and Cardiff (Welsh publications only) see contact details below or shop online at www. geologyshop.com BGS Central Enquiries Desk Tel 0115 936 3143 Fax 0115 936 3276 The London Information Office also maintains a reference collection of BGS publications, including maps, for consultation. email [email protected] We publish an annual catalogue of our maps and other publications; this catalogue is available online or from any of the Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham BGS shops. -
Meteorite Iron in Egyptian Artefacts
SCIENTISTu u GEO VOLUME 24 NO 3 APRIL 2014 WWW.GEOLSOC.ORG.UK/GEOSCIENTIST The Fellowship Magazine of the Geological Society of London UK / Overseas where sold to individuals: £3.95 READ GEOLSOC BLOG! [geolsoc.wordpress.com] Iron from the sky Meteorite iron in Egyptian artefacts FISH MERCHANT WOMEN GEOLOGISTS BUMS ON SEATS Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, Tales of everyday sexism If universities think fieldwork king of the NHM fishes - an Online Special sells geology, they’re mistaken GEOSCIENTIST CONTENTS 06 22 10 16 FEATURES IN THIS ISSUE... 16 King of the fishes Sir Arthur Smith Woodward should be remembered for more than being caught by the Piltdown Hoax, says Mike Smith REGULARS 05 Welcome Ted Nield has a feeling that some eternal verities have become - unsellable 06 Society news What your Society is doing at home and abroad, in London and the regions 09 Soapbox Jonathan Paul says universities need to beef up their industrial links to attract students ON THE COVER: 21 Letters Geoscientist’s Editor in Chief sets the record straight 10 Iron from the sky 22 Books and arts Four new books reviewed by Catherine Meteoritics and Egyptology, two very different Kenny, Mark Griffin, John Milsom and Jason Harvey disciplines, recently collided in the laboratory, 25 People Geoscientists in the news and on the move write Diane Johnson and Joyce Tyldesley 26 Obituary Duncan George Murchison 1928-2013 27 Calendar Society activities this month ONLINE SPECIALS Tales of a woman geologist Susan Treagus recalls her experiences in the male-dominated groves of -
1 What Animal?: Darwin's Displacement Of
Notes 1 What Animal?: Darwin’s Displacement of Man 1. Jacques Derrida, ‘The Animal That Therefore I Am (More to Follow)’, Critical Inquiry 28/2 (2002): 369–418. 2. W.H. Auden, ‘Address to the Beasts’. The Faber Book of Beasts. Ed. Paul Muldoon. London: Faber & Faber, 1997. 1–3. 3. Natural History Museum London, 2008, http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/ whats-on/darwin/index.html, accessed 10.11.2009. 4. The Beagle Project, http://www.thebeagleproject.com/voyages.html, accessed 10.11.2009. 5. See Diana Donald and Jane Munroe, Endless Forms: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (New Haven, Conn. and London: Yale University Press, 2009). 6. University of Cambridge, 2009, http://www.darwin2009.cam.ac.uk/, accessed 10.11.2009. 7. A recent literary example is Will Self’s satire on primatologist discourse, in particular the work of Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall – and the sentimental idolisation of the same – in Great Apes. See Dian Fossey, Gorillas in the Mist (London: Phoenix, 2001), Jane Goodall, My Friends the Wild Chimpanzees (Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1967) and Will Self, Great Apes (1997, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1998). 8. Gillian Beer, Darwin’s Plots. Evolutionary Narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and Nineteenth-Century-Fiction (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983, repr. 2000, 2009) and George Levine, Darwin and the Novelists. Patterns of Science in Victorian Fiction (Harvard University Press, 1988). 9. George Levine, ‘Reflections on Darwin and Darwinizing’, Victorian Studies 51.2 (2009): 223–45, 231–2. 10. Redmond O’Hanlon, Joseph Conrad and Charles Darwin: the Influence of Scientific Thought on Conrad’s Fiction (Edinburgh: Salamander, 1984), Michael Wainwright, Darwin and Faulkner’s Novels: Evolution and Southern Fiction (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008). -
Standing on the Rock: the Inspiration and Authority of Scripture
Evolution & the Christian Faith Lesson 11: Ape Men; DNA Tenets of Evolution 1. Man (homo) evolved from Primates (pithecus). 2. This evolutionary process has taken at least 5 million years. 3. Fossils prove the numerous stages of this process. 4. This evolutionary process occurred through natural selection (“survival of the fittest”) and through mutations, as Darwin wrote. 5. The various human groups are not necessarily related to each other. 6. The evolutionary process was entirely natural – no supernatural cause or participation. Teachings of the Bible 1. The Triune God created one human couple, and all humans are descended from these “first parents” 2. Any human bones discovered in caves or elsewhere are the remains of people who have lived on earth since the Creation about 6000 – 7000 years ago, and most likely lived after the Flood. 3. There were variations within the human race that have since become extinct (such as Neanderthals). 4. Any primate bones discovered are simply extinct species of apes – nothing more. 5. The entire evolutionary process from primates to humans is an absolute farce - contrary to the Bible, to science, and to common sense. Neanderthals The first Neanderthal remains (a partial skeleton) were discovered near Dusseldorf, Germany, in 1856. The first complete skeleton was discovered in France in 1908. Currently there are over 300 full or partial remains, mostly from Europe and the Middle East. Evolutionists are unable to explain where Neanderthals came from, or what happened to them. Neanderthals – first conception Neanderthals – long-held conception Neanderthals – Modern conception Piltdown Man Step 1 - Discovered in a gravel pit by workers in Piltdown, England – 1908 - Pieces of a skull, a lower jaw with some teeth.