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Mini Conference: Apes As Ancestors Debunked

In this Mini Conference on Apes As Ancestors Debunked, Dr. Jerry Bergman brings two seminars on Saturday morning from 9:00 AM until 12 noon.

1. The Neanderthals: An Evolutionary Link or Our Brothers?
2. Are Human and Chimps 98% Similar?

There will be an extended time for Q&A after the second seminar.

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Head Of A Neanderthal Man.

The first seminar at 9:00 AM is on The Neanderthals: An Evolutionary Link or Our Brothers?

A history of the Neanderthal claims as our primitive pre-human forbearers shows they are fully human and not primitive evolutionary ancestors. The history of Neanderthal from an ape man missing link in human evolution to just another people group is documented in detail using color photographs.

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The second seminar at 10:30 AM is on Are Human and Chimps 98% Similar?

A very common claim still occasionally employed to prove ape to human evolution is the claim that Chimp and Human DNA is 99 or 98 percent similar. In fact the similarity is no more 84 percent meaning that the difference is close to a half billion DNA differences. Dr. Bergman reviews the major evidence that exposes the 98% myth.

Speaker: Dr Jerry Bergman is an author, teacher and a speaker. He has taught biology, biochemistry, anatomy and genetics, psychology and other courses for over 40 years at the University of Toledo Medical College, Bowling Green State University, and other colleges.  His 9 degrees include a Doctorate from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. The 1,026 college credit hours he has earned is the equivalent to almost 20 master’s degrees. Bergman fits in the website The 10 Most Educated People on the Planet ahead of several others, and in the science area is number one.

His over 1,400 publications are in both scholarly and popular science journals.  Dr. Bergman’s work has been translated into 13 languages including French, German, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Polish, Czech, Chinese, Arabic and Swedish. His books, and books that include chapters that he authored, are in over 1,500 college libraries in 27 countries. Over 80,000 copies of the 43 books and monographs that he has authored or co-authored are in print.

Bergman has spoken over 2,000 times to college, university and church groups in America, Canada, Europe, the south Sea Islands, and Africa. His Past experience includes speaker and researcher for The Institute for Creation Research.

Bergman’s books and where to buy them can be found here.

Meeting Documents:

• Flyer
  
• Poster for complete schedule
• Announcement Slide

Dr. Jerry Bergman, creation research scientist, author and speaker, speaks at the Apologetics Forum meeting on Friday evening, April 22, 2022. He will be available to speak at churches, Christian Schools, Home School groups, and other venues within the Greater Seattle area during the weekend of  April 20-24, 2022.

Dr. Bergman’s complete schedule can be found here.

If you have an interest in having Jerry speak at your church,  school, home school group, or another venue, or know of someone who might have an interest, please call Heinz at 425-501-5075 or email him at heinz@osta.com. Dr. Bergman’s talks can be found here.

Become an apologetics leader in your church and community

This 5-day course is held at the Ridgecrest Christian Conference Center in Black Mountain, NC (near Asheville). The course is designed to equip Christians with 7 steps to become an effective creation speaker/teacher. The price of $450 includes the course workbook, 5 nights of lodging, and all meals.

Engineering Principles

In this Mini Conference on Engineering Principles, Dr. Rob Carter brings two seminars on Saturday morning from 9:00 AM until 12 noon.

1. Genetic Engineering
2. Amazing Engineering in Ancient Egypt

There will be an extended time for Q&A after the second seminar.

The first seminar at 9:00 AM is on Genetic Engineering.

The ability to change the DNA essentially any species raises challenges to the biblical worldview. Are humans allowed to monkey with God’s creation in this way? What if the changes are designed to improve or save human life? What if the changes would occur, or already have occurred, in nature? These are honest questions that need to be discussed openly. Yet, there are definite limits to what we are morally allowed to do. Specifically, the modification of human embryos is a very dangerous practice in that these techniques often induce abnormalities that the future adult human would have to suffer through. Also, a baby has no ability to give informed consent. Worse, the modern practice of genetic engineering often uses aborted fetuses or cell lines derived from aborted fetuses or leftover embryos from the fertility industry. This is a grave moral hazard. Despite the known problems, all aspects of genetic engineering should be not necessarily be outlawed, for there is a great potential benefit to humanity.

The second seminar at 10:30 AM is on Amazing Engineering in Ancient Egypt.

The ancient Egyptians may not have had the wheel, and they never mastered some as simple as the arch, but they build amazing things in their near-treeless world by becoming the masters of stone and sand. From exquisite stone vases carved from the hardest basalt to the Great Pyramid of Cheops, they were both artisans and engineers. This insular society had forgotten almost everything about the God of the Bible, yet they joined together to make long-lasting monuments to their greatness that still awe us today. How did they do these amazing things? The answers are ingenious.

Speaker: Dr Carter was converted to Christ at an early age, but did not know what to do with the theory of evolution. He always knew what he wanted to believe, but had no way to express what he was thinking and no evidence to support his views. In his freshman year of college, he was exposed to the information for creation for the first time and soon after adopted it as his modus operandi. He says he felt a tremendous joy when he realized his science and his religion were no longer at odds. This joy (and, he says, Creation magazine and the Journal of Creation) enabled him to get through the in-depth evolutionary training of his undergraduate and graduate programs with his faith intact.

He obtained a BS in Applied Biology from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1992. He then spent four years teaching high school biology, chemistry, physics and electronics before going to the University of Miami to obtain his PhD in Marine Biology. He successfully completed this program in 2003 with a dissertation on “Cnidarian Fluorescent Proteins.” While in Miami, he studied the genetics of pigmentation in corals and other invertebrates, designed and built an aquaculture facility for Caribbean corals, performed well over 500 SCUBA dives, many of them at night, and licensed a spin-off product of his research (a patented fluorescent protein) to a biotech company.

He is a senior scientist and speaker for CMI-USA in Atlanta, Georgia, where he is currently researching human genetics and other issues related to biblical creation.

Recordings of some of Dr. Carter’s presentations:

Videos Clips:

• Dr. Carter on The Alternative: Creation’s Competitive Edge.
• More clips: http://creation.com/creation-videos?page=10.

Meeting Documents:

• Flyer
• Poster for Carter’s Schedule, October 26-30
• Announcement Slider
• Watch video here

Dr. Rob Carter, research scientist, author and speaker at Creation Ministries International (CMI), will be in the Greater Seattle area during the weekend of  October 26-30, 2022:

• Carter’s complete schedule can be found here.

Further details on the CMI website [select Washington Region].

If you have an interest in having Rob speak at your church or another venue, or know of someone who might have an interest, please call Heinz at 425-501-5075 or email him at heinz@osta.com.

Earth: Designed For Life

In this Mini Conference Dr. Sherwin brings two seminars on the theme of Earth: Designed For Life on Saturday morning from 9:00 AM until 12 noon with a break after the first seminar, and extended Q&A after the second seminar:

1. Session 1: The Wonderful Oceans – Dr. Sherwin discusses the amazing variety of marine life found in venues from tidal pools all the way to crushing ocean depths over five miles down. He also talks about the critical connection between moon-induced tides and weather, and important paths or currents in the oceans mentioned in Scripture (Psalm 8). Finally, he addresses how the volume of water in the oceans relates to the Genesis Flood.
2. Session 2: Hummingbirds By Design – Of all the birds of God’s creation, the hummingbird might be the most remarkable. Everything about these creatures shouts design. Their little hearts can beat more than 1,000 times a minute, while their wings beat from 50 to 80 times a second. Its specialized interaction with plants, visual color range, complex vocalization, unique flight, and physiological capabilities are a testament to God’s design.
3. There will be an extended time for Q&A after the second seminar.

Speaker: Dr. Frank Sherwin received his bachelor’s degree in biology from Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado, in 1978. He attended graduate school at the University of Northern Colorado, where he studied under the late Gerald D. Schmidt, one of the foremost parasitologists in America. In 1985, Dr. Sherwin obtained a master’s degree in zoology. He published his research in the peer reviewed Journal of Parasitology. In 2021, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Pensacola Christian College. He contributes his scientific expertise to a variety of ICR’s publications on creation science and is one of ICR’s most sought-after speakers. He is the author of The Ocean Book and Guide to Animals, co-author of The Fossil Record: Unearthing Nature’s History of Life and The Human Body: An Intelligent Design, and a contributor to Guide to Creation Basics and Creation Basics & Beyond.

Message Documents:

• Flyer
• Poster with Dr. Sherwin’s schedule, September 20-24
• Announcement Slider

Lecture recordings at:

• Video recording of lecture on YouTube here.

Discovery of Design

In this Mini Conference Dr. DeYoung brings two seminars on the theme of Discovery of Design on Saturday morning from 9:00 AM until 12 noon with a break after the first seminar, and extended Q&A after the second seminar:

1. Session 1: Design in Nature and Biomimicry – Dr. DeYoung presents practical design ideas learned about nature, and how these ideas were applied to the design of velcro (e.g. feathers), and in medical tests (e.g. horseshoe crabs). Design examples are shown in flight, water life, land animals, people, and plants.
2. Session 2: The Moon, Our Nearest Neighbor in Space – Dr. DeYoung covers the important facts about earth’s moon, including: a) natural moon origin theories, b) evidences for the moon’s recent supernatural creation, and c) the moon’s importance for our survival and well-being.
3. Session 3: Extended Q&A.

Speaker: Dr. Don DeYoung is a creation scientist and educator specializing in astronomy and physics. He holds an emeritus science faculty position at Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana following a career in teaching and research. Don is a graduate of Michigan Tech (B.S., M.S.), Grace Seminary (M.Div.), and Iowa State University (PhD, physics). He has written 21 books on Bible-science topics including object lessons for kids.

Don is a Fellow and past president of the Creation Research Society with over 1700 members worldwide. He speaks and writes on a broad range of Bible-science topics and believes that the details of nature are a powerful testimony to the Creator’s care for us. Don is regarded as one of the Creation Pioneers.

Don and his wife Sally have three married daughters and ten grand and great-grandchildren. His activities include kayak-fishing and wilderness backpacking.

His books include Thousands not Billions (2005), Discovery of Design (2009), Astronomy and the Bible (2010), Our Created Moon (2010) and 77 Science Activities for Kids (2013)..

Message Documents:

• Flyer
• Poster with Dr. Sherwin’s schedule, October 18-22
• Announcement Slider

Lecture recordings at:

• Video recording on YouTube here.