Today’s New Reason To Believe

Just-Right Timing of Oxygen on Early Earth.
Air date: 9-11-07
Jeff Zweerink, Hugh Ross, Kenneth Samples, and Joe Aguirre

• Discoveries:
  
  • Oxygen content sufficient for complex life appeared at optimal time.
    
    • Resources:
      
      • Lee R. Kump and Mark E. Barley, “Increased Subaerial Volcanism and the Rise of Atmospheric Oxygen 2.5 Billion Years Ago,” Nature 448 (August 30, 2007): 1033-36.
  • Timothy W. Lyons, “Oxygen’s Rise Reduced,” Nature 448 (August 30, 2007): 1005-06. New method to detect extraterrestrial life?.
    
    • Resources:
      • Zhiyong Suo et al., “Porphyrin as an Ideal Biomarker in the Search for Extraterrestrial Life,” Astrobiology 7 (November 4, 2007): 605-15.
      • Origins of Life.,by Fazale Rana and Hugh Ross
• *Philosophy/Theology segment:
  • Kenneth Samples explores why some people are inclined to believe in conspiracies in light of 9/11 observance.
    • Resources:
      • The History Channel, “9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction”
      • YouTube, “Loose Change”
      • Popular Mechanics, “Debunking the 9/11 Myths: Special Report”
      • A World of Difference, by Kenneth R. Samples
• E-mail questions:
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    • How do we understand the darkness Job speaks of in chapter 38?
  • Donald C. from Houston, TX:
    • Do we lose apologetic ground by lending credence to multiverse theory?
      • Resource:
        • The Creator and the Cosmos., 3rd ed., by Hugh Ross
  • Anonymous email:
    • Can Hugh provide the list of additional creation accounts he mentions besides Genesis 1 and 2?
      • Resources:
        • Creation as Science, by Hugh Ross (p. 54)
        • Scriptures related to Creation, by Hugh Ross, visit RTB’s Website
• Call-in questions:
  • Pat from Anchorage, AK:
    • He asks several questions about planet habitability around class M stars..
  • Roger from Portland, ME:
    • Several questions about multiverse theory and Ockham’s razor (ontological simplicity vs. conceptual simplicity).
      • Resource:
        • Philosophy of Religion, by William J. Wainwright

Microbes in Antarctic Ice
Air date: 8-28-07
Fazale Rana, Jeff Zweerink, and Joe Aguirre

• Discoveries
  • DNA fragments discovered in Antarctic ice have implications for life. Kay D. Bidle et al., “Fossil Genes and Microbes in the Oldest Ice on Earth,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104 (August 14, 2007): 13455-60.
  • Habitable planets around M-class stars not necessarily conducive to life
    • Jack J. Lissauer, “Planets Formed in Habitable Zones of M Dwarf Stars Probably Are Deficient in Volatiles,” Astrophysical Journal 660 (May 10, 2007): L149-52.
  • Introduction of Jacksonville, FL chapter members. See [RTB’s chapters webpage(http://www.reasons.org/chapters/index.shtml) for information on starting a chapter
  • Resources
    • Majesty of the Maker
    • The Creator and the Cosmos, 3rd ed., by Hugh Ross
• Call-in questions
  • Trey from San Diego, CA:
    • Does the anatomy of sea otters argue for evolution or creation?
  • Roger from Portland, ME:
    • Are some junk DNA elements evidence for evolution? Is there empirical evidence for inflation prior to our universe’s inflationary period?

Listen to show
Air date: 8-07-07
Dave Rogstad, Fuz Rana, and Kenneth Samples

• Discussion
  • Naturalism and scientific discovery
    • Resources:
      • The Creator and the Cosmos, 3rd ed., by Hugh Ross
      • Rare Earth, by Peter Ward and Donald Brownlee
      • Origins of Life, by Fazale Rana and Hugh Ross
      • Who Was Adam? by Fazale Rana and Hugh Ross
      • Without a Doubt, by Kenneth Richard Samples
      • A World of Difference, by Kenneth Richard Samples
• Call-in questions
  • Trace from San Diego, CA
    • What is prescriptive morality?
  • Jason from Pennsylvania:
    • How do I appropriately respond to young-earth beliefs in the church?
  • Dennis from Dallas, TX:
    • What is the relationship between gravitational fields and space energy density?
  • Roger from Portland, ME:
    • What are your thoughts about the concept of hell’s gradual evolution?
  • Randy from Raleigh NC:
    • What about the logic of an infinite amount of universes argument?