Vestigial Landmine Explosion

How absolutely magnificent is the blessed hope, even eternal life in Christ Jesus. It is so all encompassing.  This blessed hope swallows up the fear of death in one, single, Holy Ghost gulp. I Corinthians 15:51-57:

51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

One, single, Holy Ghost gulp.

Imagine the following verses that belong to the redeemed, to those who are BORN AGAIN:

🕇 Revelation 21:1-5:

1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

🕇 II Corinthians 5:8:

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

🕇 Isaiah 57:1:

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

🕇 John 11:25-26:

25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

This blessed hope that swallows the fear of death in one, single, Holy Ghost gulp belongs solely to the BORN AGAIN—those born a second time, this time of the Spirit of God.  It’s marvelous.  The BORN AGAIN are the children of God. Jesus declares this beautiful secret in John 3:3:

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Dear visitor, have you yet to be born a second time? In just a few moments, I will invite you to follow me in a simple prompt, and if you follow from your heart, you will be born a second time—and yes, this time of the Spirit of God. Today, all your sin and its shame will be washed away  by Christ’s cleansing blood.  Today, all of Satan’s bondages in your life will be broken, every single one.  Today, you will be clean and free.  Today, you will be able to boldly say: “Hallelujah! I am BORN AGAIN! I am a child of God!”  

Here is the prompt I promised: Click onto Further with Jesus for childlike instructions and immediate entry into the Kingdom of God.  NOW FOR TODAY’S SUBJECT.

GOD SAID, Ecclesiastes 3:14:

I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

GOD SAID, Psalm 139:14:

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

GOD SAID, Job 38:36:

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

MAN SAID: I’ll follow the science, not some archaic Christian book written by old men with a God fetish.  Anything science can’t tell me, my phone can!

Now THE RECORD: Welcome to GodSaidManSaid feature 1187.  This feature will once again certify the supremely inerrant Word of the living God found in His majority-text Holy Bible. All of these faith-building features are archived here in text and streaming audio for your edification and to be used in the battle for the lost sons and daughters of Adam. Every Thursday eve, God willing, they grow by one.

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It’s constant and upfront, loud and bold; and it’s also a persistent background noise, humming away behind the scenes. Someone is always challenging the Word of God.  This all began in the beginning, in the Garden of Eden where Satan engaged our grandmother Eve in conversation.  The devil challenged the Word of God (recorded in Genesis Chapter 3), and, in an act of unbelief, Eve embraced Satan’s words over God’s.  The very definition of sin is that act of unbelief.  Romans 14:23: “…for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.”  The challenge continues to this day.    

When God says “YES,” ten thousand of Satan’s champions will arise to scream “NO!”  But be assured, child of God: They have not a single success to show for their efforts.  God’s Word is true and righteous altogether—every jot and every tittle. 

The god of the academics is evolution.  It’s prophets continuously assert that this vacuous theory is fact.  Much to their consternation, it is still called the theory of evolution to this day. They had 164 years to prove this “fact,” and are still no closer.  This theory has not and will not be proven simply because it is not true.

Evolution has gone through numerous revisions in an attempt to escape reoccurring landmines that they have tripped over through over the years. One particularly big and embarrassing field of landmines—nearly 200 of them—is the so-called “vestigial organs” of the human body.  These landmines have been blowing up in evolution’s face, one at a time.  Roger G. Gallup, PhD, made these remarks concerning the vestigial concept in his book, Evolution: The Greatest Deception in Modern History. Gallup writes:

According to evolutionists, vestigial organs are those that supposedly are no longer needed because we have evolved past their usefulness. But hardly anyone uses the “leftover” argument for evolution any more—probably because it has caused too much embarrassment in the past.  In 1895, Dr. Robert Wiedersheim, in his book The Structure of Man: An Index to His Past History, confidently declared that 186 organs of the human body were useless, leftover (vestigial or retrogressive) relics of our evolutionary ancestors and these organs have been bypassed by the progress of evolution.

Just a few of these examples claimed by Wiedersheim were the appendix, the coccyx, the little toes, the parathyroid, the thymus, the pituitary gland, the pineal gland, and wisdom teeth.  Also, Darwin claimed in his book The Origin of Species that vestigial organs were essential to the proof of evolution. With medical advances and research, one by one, organ functions were discovered and today, all are known to have one or more specific physiologic purpose.

Those who studied science several decades ago may also remember the theory of recapitulation or the adage commonly taught in college classrooms, “Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny.” This theory asserts the human fetus goes through stages of evolutionary history as it develops.  Ernst Haeckel proposed this theory in the late 1860s in his effort to promote Darwin’s so-called theory of evolution.  He made detailed drawings of embryonic development of eight different embryos in three stages of development—and such drawings were depicted in science textbooks and encyclopedias.  A few years later his drawings and data were shown to have been fabricated.

This is one of many examples of various deceptions used by evolutionists over the years to validate their so-called theory.  Yet, unbelievably, science textbooks today continue to promote vestigial structures and embryonic development as evidence of evolution. [End of quote]

Dr. Duane Gish addresses vestigials in his book Evolution: The Fossils Still Say No!  From his book:

Evolutionists at one time listed about 180 organs in the human body considered to be no more than useless vestiges of organs that were useful in man’s animal ancestors. With increasing knowledge, however, this list has steadily shrunk until the number has been reduced to practically zero.  Important organs such as the thymus gland, the pineal gland, the tonsils, and the coccyx (tail bone) were once considered vestigial.  The thymus gland and the tonsils are involved in the defense against disease.  The appendix contains tissue similar to that found in the tonsils and is also active in the fight against foreign invaders. The coccyx is not a useless vestige of a tail, but serves an important function as the anchor for certain pelvic muscles.  Furthermore, one cannot sit comfortably following removal of the coccyx. 

Evolutionist S.R. Scadding, a zoologist at the University of Guelph, Ontario, lists two main arguments against the notion that so-called “vestigial organs” offer support for evolution.  He points out, first of all, that practically every supposed vestigial organ has been shown to have a useful function.  Secondly, Scadding emphasizes that it is impossible to demonstrate conclusively that an organ has no function.  Scadding concludes that “vestigial organs” provide no evidence for the theory of evolution. [End of quote]

Carnal academics claim vestigial remnants as proof of their theory of evolution, starting at the DNA level.  In this feature, you’ll see this silliness extending all the way to the whale. We will examine the “whale of a tale” evolution is telling before moving on to the latest vestigial landmine to blow up in evolution’s face.

The following excerpts are from the GodSaidManSaid feature, “Things We Know to be True: Scientific American challenges God (Part 2):”

The deceivableness of unrighteousness is unashamedly ballyhooed in the November 2016 issue of Scientific American.  The headline on the front cover reads: “5 Scientific Facts (That People Often Get Wrong).”  When you arrive at the multi-page feature inside, you find this headline: “5 Things We Know to be True,” with the subhead, “A compendium of irrefutable facts for these fact-starved times.”

The lead article in “5 Things We Know to be True” is authored by Michael Shermer.  Speaking of the theory of evolution, Shermer writes:

Finally, vestigial structures are signs of evolutionary history.  The Cretaceous snake Pachyrhachis problematicus had small hind limbs, which are gone in most of today’s snakes.  Modern whales retain a tiny pelvis for hind legs that existed in their land-mammal ancestors.  Likewise, flightless birds have wings.  And of course, humans are replete with useless vestigial structures—a distinctive sign of our evolutionary history—such as wisdom teeth, male nipples, body hair, the appendix, and the coccyx.  [End of quote]

The following excerpts are from the GodSaidManSaid feature “Darwin’s Whale Returns with Mouth Open Wide:”

Because they refuse to retain God in their knowledge, because unbelief is from whence their quest for knowledge begins, carnal scientists fall prey to the curse of the deceivableness of unrighteousness, which the Bible declares in II Thessalonians 2 and Romans 1. The results are strong delusion and reprobate minds.  They will readily believe a lie over the obvious.  The position of evolutionary scientists dominates the global narrative:  According to them, the entire and intricately marvelous earth and all its magnificent lifeforms, and its awe-inspiring, precisely-calibrated universe exploded into existence from basically nothing—strong delusions, reprobate minds. 

Another great pair of examples of the “deceivableness of unrighteousness” concerning the water buffalo and the banana are from the GodSaidManSaid feature “Their Imaginations Became Vain:”

Evolutionists were forced to come up with a plausible theory on how sea-going mammals such as whales, dolphins and porpoises evolved. Remember, mammals supposedly evolved from the sea, so how did these mammals end up back in the water? Some evolutionists suggest that an even-toed land mammal like the water buffalo is the likely candidate to have evolved into the present day whale. They speculate that the water buffalo liked to hang around the water a lot and over eons of time his hind legs simply fell off and his front legs changed into flippers—and the science students said, "No kidding?" The water buffalo’s hairy hide simply changed into smooth thick blubber and his nostrils slid up to the top of his head to form a blow hole. Then his tail evolved into flukes and because he was floating around in the water all the time, his body became enormous—and the students said, "Isn''t that interesting?"

Sound absurd? Do you think I''m exaggerating? The following excerpt is from volume 50 of National Geographic, written by V. B. Scheffer:

The whale''s ascendancy to sovereign size apparently began sixty million years ago when hairy, four-legged mammals in search of food or sanctuary ventured into water. As eons passed, change slowly occurred. Hind legs disappeared, front legs changed into flippers, hair gave way to a thick smooth blanket of blubber, nostrils moved to the top of the head, the tail broadened into flukes, and in the buoyant water world, the body became enormous.

Finally, consider this idea. Evolutionary biologist Robert May was quoted in the January, 2001 issue of Discover magazine: "The more we learn about genome, the more it teaches us about our own place in the web of life. For example, we share half our genes with the banana. (Actually, it would be more accurate to say bananas share half their genes with us, because their genome is smaller.) This is a fact more evident in some of my acquaintances than others." The article''s author said, "This year the mapping of the genome shocked us, revealing a truth even more humbling and amusing: We are not just monkeys but their favorite snack as well." The title of the article is, "Your Cousin, The Banana." And the class of students said in concert, "No kidding?!" [End of quotes]

Strong delusion? [Note: The latest research has demoted the banana to second cousin status.  Now, man’s first cousin is instead the mushroom.]

Because they begin in unbelief, the end of their search is strong delusion and a reprobate mind.

The March 2016 issue of Acts and Facts published a feature titled “Are Whales and Evolution Joined at the Hip?”  Much of that article follows:

Some evolutionists used to imagine that whales could evolve from an animal like a bear.  Charles Darwin considered how black bears can swim for a long time.  Once, he wrote about such bears:

…swimming for hours with widely open mouth, thus catching, like a whale, insects in the water.  Even in so extreme a case as this, if the supply of insects were constant, and if better adapted competitors did not already exist in the country, I can see no difficulty in a race of bears being rendered, by natural selection, more and more aquatic in their structure and habits, with larger and larger mouths, till a creature was produced as monstrous as a whale.

Darwin’s thought about a bear-like animal evolving into whales is now seen more as an illustration than a reality. 

But now most evolutionists reject the mesonychid as ancestors for whales.  Instead, important new fossils discovered in Pakistan are interpreted as filling that role.  DNA sequences have also been compared between whales and living animals that have features similar to those of the new fossils.  Evolutionists now have “a firm understanding” that whales evolved from an animal more related to giraffes and camels. [Well, what about the “hanging around the water” issue?] 

Evolutionists believe they see greatly reduced pelvis or hip bones in some whales.  They teach this observation as hard evidence for whale evolution.  Just like the human appendix, these “hip” bones are interpreted as a vestigial structure.  Jerry Coyne from the University of Chicago sums up the evolutionary position nicely:

Whales are treasure troves of vestigial organs.  Many living species have a vestigial pelvis and leg bones, testifying…to their descent from four-legged ancestors.  If you look at a complete whale skeleton in a museum, you’ll often see the tiny hindlimb and pelvic bones hanging from the rest of the skeleton, suspended by wires.  That’s because in living whales, they’re not connected to the rest of the bones, but are simply imbedded in tissue.  They once were part of the skeleton, but became disconnected and tiny when they were no longer needed. 

For decades, evolutionists did not search for any other uses for these bones.  Why?  Because a vestigial pelvis was what they expected to find. 

Matthew Dean of the University of Southern California and Jim Dines of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County examined “hip” bones in whale and dolphin skeletons.  Their painstaking research of more than 10,000 unsorted bones turned “a long-accepted evolutionary assumption on its head.”  According to the report, “common wisdom has long held that those bones are simply vestigial, slowly withering away like tailbones on humans.”  But their results “[fly] directly in the face of that assumption, finding that not only do those pelvic bones serve a purpose—but their size and possibly shape are influenced by the forces of sexual selection.”  This new analysis of whale hips was published in the scientific journal Evolution. 

Dines and Dean are evolutionists.  They still believe that whales evolved from a four-legged land mammal.  Thus, they believe that they really are studying vestigial hip bones.  But, as reported, “‘everyone’s always assumed that if you gave whales and dolphins a few more million years of evolution, the pelvic bones would disappear.  But it appears that’s not the case,’ said Matthew Dean.” 

Dean did admit that “our research really changes the way we think about the evolution of whale pelvic bones in particular, but more generally about structures we call ‘vestigial.’  As a parallel, we are now learning that our appendix is actually quite important in several immune processes, not a functionally useless structure.”

ICR’s Brian Thomas provided an excellent synopsis on the whale bone research.  He described the problems with seeing these bones as evolutionary adaptations.  He offered a better explanation of bones designed for a specific purpose. The bones in the lower abdomen in some whales do not connect to other bones but are embedded in several muscles.  Bone provides a firm anchor for other structures that are manipulated by these muscles.  It seems that these bones may be vital for extremely large bodies to mate in a fluid environment.  Similarly, many animals and also humans have a bone called the hyoid in their neck region.  It also is affixed only by muscles above and below it.  The hyoid provides a firm anchor for these muscles to help manipulate the tongue, larynx, and pharynx.  Both the hyoid and whale abdominal bones are a good design solution for the movement of accessory structures.  [End of quotes]

In the prelude of Scientific American, a statement reads: “There is essentially no debate among legitimate scientists about these truths.”  [End of quote]  Is this the truth?  In the GodSaidManSaid feature “Scientists Come Out of the Closet,” you’ll find the following:

The issue purposely gets scant publicity, but scientists with prestigious credentials are regularly arriving at the God position.  Making a public stand for a Creator—essentially “coming out of the closet”—is not a wise career move for many, but come out they continually do. 

Concerning creation scientists and their credentials, Lee Strobel, in his book The Case for a Creator, weighs in with the following:

Scientists who utterly reject evolution may be one of our fastest-growing controversial minorities…Many of the scientists supporting this position hold impressive credentials in science. 

—Larry Hatfield in Science Digest

There were one hundred of them—biologists, chemists, zoologists, physicists, anthropologists, molecular and cell biologists, bioengineers, organic chemists, geologists, astrophysicists, and other scientists.  Their doctorates came from such prestigious universities as Cambridge, Stanford, Cornell, Yale, Rutgers, Chicago, Princeton, Purdue, Duke, Michigan, Syracuse, Temple, and Berkeley. 

They included professors from Yale Graduate School, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tulane, Rice, Emory, George Mason, Lehigh, and the Universities of California, Washington, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Ohio, Colorado, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Georgia, New Mexico, Utah, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere. 

Among them was the director of the Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry and scientists at the Plasma Physics Lab at Princeton, the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institute, the Los Alamos National Library, and the Lawrence Livermore Laboratories.

And they wanted the world to know one thing: they are skeptical. 

After spokespersons for the Public Broadcasting System’s seven-part television series Evolution asserted that “all known scientific evidence supports [Darwinian] evolution” as does “virtually every reputable scientist in the world,” these professors, laboratory researchers, and other scientists published a two-page advertisement in a national magazine under the banner: “A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism.” 

Their statement was direct and defiant.  “We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life,” they said. “Careful examination of the evidence for Darwinian theory should be encouraged.” [End of quotes]

“5 Things We Know to be True,” Scientific American?  [End of quotes]

Your thymus made the now infamous vestigial list. But, August 2023, Newsbreak.com published research that upgrades the thymus from “useless” status.  The full article, “Study: A Previously Assumed ‘Useless Organ’ That is Often Removed by Doctors Helps Fight Cancer,” by Fareeha Arshad follows:

The thymus gland, long considered unnecessary in adulthood, might have a more vital role than previously thought, as a recent retrospective study indicates.

Researchers in the US discovered that individuals who had their thymus removed faced an elevated risk of death from various causes later in life.  Additionally, their risk of developing cancer increased.  Though the study is observational and cannot establish a direct causal relationship between thymus removal and adverse health conditions, the findings have raised concerns among experts.

The thymus gland is crucial for developing the immune system during childhood, producing T-cells that combat diseases.  While the thymus shrinks and generates fewer T-cells after puberty, it is often removed during cardiothoracic surgery due to its location near the heart.

The study analyzed patient data from a state healthcare system, comparing outcomes between those who underwent cardiothoracic surgery and had their thymus removed (1,146 people) and those who did not (over 6,000 controls).  Individuals with a thymectomy were nearly twice as likely to die within five years. They had a doubled risk of developing cancer within the same timeframe, even after accounting for various factors.

The mechanisms behind these associations are uncertain, but researchers suspect that the absence of the thymus might disrupt the functioning of the adult immune system.  Some patients who had their thymus removed displayed fewer diverse T-cell receptors, which could contribute to the development of cancer or autoimmune diseases.

The study’s authors conclude that their results strongly suggest the thymus is essential in maintaining adult human health.  While the exact mechanisms remain to be understood, their findings indicate that preserving the thymus might be critical for overall well-being throughout life.  The study underscores the need for further research to comprehensively understand the role of the thymus and its impact on adult health. [End of quote]

The thymus doesn’t sound so “useless” to evolutionists anymore. Wonder what they’ll “discover” next. 

We are fearfully and wonderfully made, and our Creator has placed wisdom in our inward parts. God’s Word is true and righteous altogether, a place to build a life that will last forever.

GOD SAID, Ecclesiastes 3:14:

I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

GOD SAID, Psalm 139:14:

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

GOD SAID, Job 38:36:

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

MAN SAID: I’ll follow the science, not some archaic Christian book written by old men with a God fetish.  Anything science can’t tell me, my phone can!

 

Now you have THE RECORD.

 

 

References:

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Arshad, F., “Study: A Previously Assumed ‘Useless Organ’ That is Often Removed by Doctors Helps Fight Cancer,” Newsbreak.com, August 2023

Gallup, R., Evolution: The Greatest Deception in Modern History, Red Butte Press, 2011

Gish, D., Evolution: The Fossils Still Say No, Institute for Creation Research, 1995

GodSaidManSaid, “Things We Know to be True: Scientific American Challenges God (Part 2)”

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