Ichthyology, Ornithology & Genesis 1 Grades 1-5

Genesis 1: Day 5 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. …

Biology: the study of living things Botany: the study of plants Zoology: the study of animals Herpetology: the study of reptiles and amphibians Ichthyology: the study of fish Ornithology: the study of birds

Ichthyosaurus

Plesiosaurus

Trilobite

Angler Fish

Genesis 1: Day 5 And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

Day What did God create on Day 5? a. Fish and the “great creatures of the sea” b. Birds 26. How did God create the fish and the birds? “According to their own kind”.

10 Living Things Reproduce According to Their Kinds seed plant The seed you sow is the plant you grow Catskittens Cats have kittens, not puppies This preserves God’s original idea

“According to their own kinds” Therefore, fish will produce: Fish

“According to their own kinds” And birds will produce: Birds

God commanded the fish and the birds What does God do different with the fish and birds that He does not do with the trees and vegetation? a. He orders them to “be fruitful and increase in number.” b. He orders them to “fill the sea and the sky.”

The feather that broke the theory’s back

shaft barb hooks barbules

SPECIAL FEET SPECIAL FEET UNIQUELY DURABLE BEAK SPECIALIZED ROBUST SKULL SHOCK ABSORBER EXCEPTIONAL NECK MUSCLES UNUSUAL TAIL FEATHERS

Up to 1000 G’s of force occurring hundreds of times per minute!

Survival value or specifically ordained job?

BIRD MIGRATION: A NAVIGATIONAL NIGHTMARE FOR EVOLUTION BIRD MIGRATION: A NAVIGATIONAL NIGHTMARE FOR EVOLUTION

Lesser White Throated Warbler

Manx Shearwater

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Black Poll Warbler

20,000 feet Waits for cold front High altitude cross wind

Long Tailed Cuckoo

23% less energy required

How can migrating birds find their way to their destinations?

How well could you navigate?

PPN: PREPROGRAMMED PRECISION NAVIGATION

BY RANDOM MUTATIONS OR DIVINE DESIGN?

RECOGNIZING DESIGN: A DOUBLE STANDARD? RECOGNIZING DESIGN: A DOUBLE STANDARD? 1. Which is more complex? 2. Which is more capable? 3. Which was designed and which happened by chance? 3. Which was designed and which happened by chance?

DARWIN’S CONFESSION “If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous successive slight modifications, my theory would absolutely breakdown!” Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species “If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous successive slight modifications, my theory would absolutely breakdown!” Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

DARWIN’S CONFESSION CONCERNING INSTINCTS Many instincts are so wonderful that their development will probably appear to the reader a difficulty sufficient to overthrow my whole theory. Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species Many instincts are so wonderful that their development will probably appear to the reader a difficulty sufficient to overthrow my whole theory. Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

For ever since the creation of the world His invisible nature and attributes, that is, His eternal power and divinity have been made intelligible and clearly discernible in and through the things that have been made – His handiworks. So [men] are without excuse – altogether without any defense or justification. Romans 1:20 Amplified For ever since the creation of the world His invisible nature and attributes, that is, His eternal power and divinity have been made intelligible and clearly discernible in and through the things that have been made – His handiworks. So [men] are without excuse – altogether without any defense or justification. Romans 1:20 Amplified