John Mackay, the Creation Guy, at St Johns Park Baptist Church 178 Humphries Rd St Johns Park, NSW, 2176 Sunday 1 March 202010:30 and 6pm. 10.30am In the Beginning was the Word! Bible Readings: Gen 1:1-5, John 1:1-5 6.00 pm Tough Topic – From Nice to Nasty The Real History of Creation is the Opposite […]
Posts by Diane Eager
Diane Eager
MONKEY PIG HYBRIDS? If God made pigs and monkeys unrelated, how can scientists use monkey genes in pigs?
Answer by Diane Eager This question refers to a series of experiments where scientists in China injected some monkey stem cells into pig embryos and implanted these embryos into sows. They implanted over 4,000 embryos. Eventually 10 piglets were born. Two piglets had monkey cells in some organs and tissues. The experiments were reported in […]
GENESIS 3 SERPENT: could it speak, was it changed, and why God did punish it and not Satan?
Answer by John Mackay and Diane Eager. These questions arose from a longer criticism of the events described in Genesis 3, especially the verbal temptation of Eve and God’s judgment on the serpent. The main issues raised were: The serpent is described as a wild animal, and according to today’s scientific classification system it was […]
CATTLE: Why did God invent cows when they give out gases that are so harmful to the environment?
Answer by John Mackay and Diane Eager The “harmful” gases being referred to are methane and carbon dioxide. Neither of these are dangerous to the environment – they are part of it. We also need to note that cows are a minor source of these gases in the overall ecosystems of the world. Both gases […]
HAIR: Did Jesus have long hair?
Answer by Peter Geyer and Diane Eager. Many people assume that Jesus had long hair. He’s the most painted person in Western art, and all the paintings depict Jesus with long hair. Hollywood has done the same. Often he’s portrayed as blonde with piercing blue eyes. But is that accurate? Unknown to most people is the […]
LIVING IN EDEN: Do we know how long Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden?
Answer by John Mackay and Diane Eager The short answer is that we are not specifically told in terms of days, months, or years, however, there are clues, which strongly indicate it wasn’t very long. The most obvious one is that Eve was not pregnant at the time they were sent out of the Garden. […]
KETURAH is called a concubine and a wife. When did Abraham marry her and when were her children born?
The original question was: Abraham had a concubine called Keturah and the Bible records he also married her. (1 Chronicles 1:32, Genesis 25:1-2) What is the time frame of these events and were Keturah’s children born before or after Sarah’s death? Answer by John Osgood and Diane Eager What is a concubine? In a polygamous […]
FLOOD FISH: If the rain for Noah’s Flood was fresh water, then how did saltwater fish survive?
Answer by John Mackay and Diane Eager There are two issues here: was the original water in the sea salty; and if so, how could salt water fish survive in freshwater? Flood Water The water in Noah’s Flood came from three main sources. The first was the water that had been created on day one […]
SNAKE VENOM: If God made everything good, why are snakes venomous?
Answer by Diane Eager We need to start by asking: What is venom? Venom is any harmful substance secreted by one animal and injected into another by biting or stinging. Now to ask: what is snake venom? It is a secretion from the salivary glands of snakes, which they use primarily for digesting things. The […]
POLEMIC? The early chapters of Genesis are a moral polemic against ancient pagan stories, so why do they have to be real history?
The original question was: My evangelical theological college teaches the early chapters of Genesis were written as a moral polemic against the multi-god, violent, and sexually immoral creation stories of the pagans, therefore we don’t need to regard Genesis 1-11 as real history. What do you think? Answer by Diane Eager and John Mackay To […]