Giza Pyramid Old?

Dr. J, I have a question as to Dr. Girtwood's class. You said that they had to find trace of civilization before 4000 years ago, but if they quote some evolutionary sources, they could supposedly prove the Egyptian pyramids to be "10,000-12,000" years old. What was there take on this, or did the assignment mean ConTinuous chronology? Thanks! Noah in MD

Young-Earth or Old-Earth?

Dr. Jackson, You may remember me from when you visited our church. I had the brother with the tie, and we talked about MENSA. In either case, I was wondering what the truth is about the whole Old-Earth/New-Earth fiasco. Where do the old earthists get the extra years from? What about the archaeological evidence? I know several well-respected Christian men who argue both sdies, but the argument never seems too consistent. What is your opinion? Sincerely, Grant

Potassium-Argon radioactive dating

I was reading on wikipedia how K-Ar dating works and it all seemed very sound except for some of the preconditions listed:
All the following preconditions must be true for computed dates to be accepted as representing the true age of the rock. Great care is needed in collecting a sample for dating to avoid samples which have been contaminated by absorption of argon from the atmosphere. Contamination is suspected when the final results are untenable. Extraneous argon may be incorporated into a rock depending on conditions during cooling. Commonly, gases are not fully removed from magma at the time of crystallization, and so not all of the measured argon will have resulted from decay of 40K since the rock crystallized– such samples should be avoided. The Ar–Ar dating method was developed to measure the presence of extraneous argon.
The sample must have remained a closed system since it cooled enough to retain argon, neither admitting nor emitting either of the isotopes of interest. A deficiency of 40Ar in a sample of a known age can indicate a full or partial melt in the thermal history of the area.
Accuracy depends on the isotopic ratios included in the sample being normal, since 40K is usually not measured directly, but is assumed to be 0.0117% of the total potassium. Unless some other process is active at the time of cooling, this is a very good assumption for terrestrial samples.
Accuracy also requires that the nuclear decay rate be unaffected by external conditions such as temperature and pressure. Because of the energy scales involved, this is a very good assumption, though the 40K electron capture partial decay constant may be enhanced at ultrahigh pressure.
Thanks, Jesse at University of Maryland

Goats & Sheep DNA

Hi Dr. J,
My name is Larissa, and I go to the University of Maryland/graduated from Cross Lanes Christian in West Virginia. I'm not sure if you remember me or not, but the last time I heard you speak, you mentioned that one of the sacrificial animals on the ark (I believe it was goats) could be traced back to five or six original animals. I was wondering if you potentially have a source for this that I could look at. It's extremely interesting, but I have qualms about sharing this with others without being able to tell them where it came from. Thanks for your time! Keep spreading the truth.
Best, Larissa at U of MD

POINTS OF ORIGINS with Dr. Charles Jackson
Mitochondrial DNA from goat bones carbon14-dated at 7000 yrs old (fix C-14 error ? 4300 yrs) and DNA from living goats (10/06 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) proved that all goats today, are from five ancient females (mitoDNA only tracks females) ... and all sheep today, are from three or four females. Noah saved seven pairs of each "clean" species. Then right after the Flood, made sacrifices from each of the clean ones. The new data means ... he mighta killed two of the seven she-goats, and three or four of the seven ewes. Interesting! The similar number of DNA lines (goats & sheep) made Smithsonian evo's say, "this suggests sheep and goats moved together, as they do today." (Science News, 10/14/06, p245) Whaddya know -- evo-research even confirms the New Testament red-letter words of Jesus! How will they be helpin' us next !? Keep thinking. Dr J

4.5 billion year-old rock? not

POINTS OF ORIGINS with Dr. Jackson Creation Truth Foundation www.CreationTruth.com

http://news.yahoo.com/video/seattleking5-15751314/meteorite-found-along-ore-road-estimated-at-4-5-billion-years-old-20107174#video=20107193

This is just the evo-shenanigans that I have come to expect from my brainwashed colleagues in the Darwinist community. Just take a look at this video article. Nowhere did I see any mention of just how they "dated" this meteorite. It was found 11 years ago but—that's the only "date" we really know for sure about the thing. So why do they insist that it is 4.5 billion years old? Simple—since "everybody knows" the solar system is 4.5 bill yrs old—there's just no need to test the object. See how easy it is, when you choose presuppositions above data, logic, and evidence?? Keep thinking. DrJ

Harry Potter movies? (more than 3 minutes)

[our software had trouble with a longer video, so please forgive when my voice gets sloooow]

Dr. Jackson, How would going to see the new Harry Potter place [at Epcot Center at Disney World] comparewith seeing sci-fi movies? Sci-fi is fiction, so is Harry Potter. But in Harry Potter, they are going to school to learn to become wizards and witches, which are very real. Should we view Harry Potter as just fiction and go to see it anyway, or should we stay away from it? Thanks, Kay in TN

The following scripture passages are relevant to this question:

the whole chapter of Romans Four

First Corinthians 8 the whole chapter

First Corinthians 10:14-33

Please take each and every one of the verses in the passages, as essential to the whole part. Do take care not to take any of them out of context of the whole. Thank you. I did my best to answer what I considered to be a question totally fraught with grey-area potentials! I would ask reader/viewers to use forebearance and to take what I've said in the spirit in which I've said it. Amen. And thank you. DrJ

That all being said, now I will give some of my personal opinion. I personally would not set foot into that Harry Potter exhibit at Epcot Center. I personally would not read the books -- it would require far more "getting into it" than I would feel comfortable with doing. (If I were ministering to kids who have just come out of the occult, as the ministry given to me from God, then perhaps I would feel differently about reading the books.) Again -- personally -- I would advise others to draw at the very least -- these same two lines for themselves that I have drawn here, and most certainly adhere to them for their children. As for the movies or discussing them, I do have my own opinions, but do not feel that I can muster the Scriptures necessary to enforce these opinions to others. I do tell young audiences that in the Harry Potter stories, the kids think they have all this power ... but in the Christian life "all this Power has us." So, I have found a way to use this for general public audiences to see one of the contrasts between the supernatural life of Wiccans versus the supernatural life of Christians. I can also assure readers that there is no such thing as White Witches ... whether they call themselves that or not ... it's all Dark. Amen. And if you know anything about recent career twists of the young actor Daniel Radcliffe who played Harry, you'll see where it has led him -- pretty much to insanity, not unlike Michael Jackson, Tom Cruise, and Johnny Depp ... but then, that may be just my opinion again.

I have, however, read parts of "The Gospel of Judas." Many college students to whom I must minister have done so -- I need to know what that fool thing says (and it is laughably and stupidly and easily marked as anti-Biblical anti-truths). But -- I never did read "The DaVinci Code," but did read the forward where the author pointedly states that it is a work of fiction.

Below is the Points of Origins post, to which Kay was referring. I still think that Carl Wieland's review of the Avatar movie was extremely well-balanced, both condemning where the message was counter to Biblical Worldview thinking, and noting where there could be parallels to the Biblical mindset.

POINTS OF ORIGINS with Dr. Jackson Creation Truth Foundation www.CreationTruth. com
Is it okay for a Christian to like sci-fi movies—even though they usually favor evolution?I had one student ask me, "Dr. Jackson, how come you liked X-Men, since the theme is mutation and evolution?" My answer—"Everybody knows these films are science fiction. And that's the only best use I can think of for evolution—fiction!"
The link below is a just-excellent Christian review of the recent hit movie Avatar. It congratulates the movie-makers for their great special effects and storytelling ability—even pointing out some Biblical parallels in the storyline. But it also gives a very detailed description of all of the gobs Biblical Worldview pitfalls of this and many other media products. I got a lot out of reading the review—I hope you will, too. DrJ http://creation. com/avatar- movie-review