We will watch a video lecture by Dr. Leonard Brand, previously broadcast live on February 14, 2024, from Logosresearchassociates.org/livestream. The lecture is titled, TAPHONOMY, THE FOSSIL RECORD, AND CLUES ABOUT THE END OF THE FLOOD.
About our Speaker: Leonard R. Brand, Ph.D. is a former department chair and professor of biology and paleontology in the Department of Earth and Biological Sciences at Loma Linda University. He received his PhD at Cornell University in 1970 and has been on the LLU faculty since then. He has published more than 40 scientific research papers and numerous articles in church publications and has authored three books. His strongest long-term interest has been developing a Bible-centered approach to the integration of faith and science. Primary academic pursuits: Research has been in paleontology, especially taphonomy, the study of how organisms become fossils and the factors that affect their preservation or lack of preservation; teaching courses in Philosophy of Science and Origins, Vertebrate Paleontology, and Mammalogy. Other classes previously taught include Animal Behavior, Taphonomy, Ichnology, Rocky Mountain Field Geology, and Dinosaur Biology and Fossil Record.
May 4, 2024
Russ Humphreys, Ph.D (Nuclear Physics) will give* a ZOOM presentation titled "CAUSE OF LARGE POST-FLOOD JUMP IN 14C" ( from his home in Tennessee).(To preview this presentation, see Cause of Large Post-Flood Jump in 14C by D Russell Humphreys at digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/icc_proceedings/vol9/iss1/16/).
About our speaker: (The following text was taken from the Creation Ministries International website) Dr Humphreys was born on 2 February 1942 in Wyandotte, Michigan, U.S.A., and was raised in a scientifically aware but non–Christian household. Not surprisingly, Russell himself always had a love for science, and in 1959, he was one of the 40 winners of the Westinghouse National Science Talent Search.
He received a B.S. degree in physics at Duke University, 1959–1963. After this, he moved to Louisiana State University (LSU) to study postgraduate physics. In 1969, while doing his dissertation research for LSU in the mountains of Colorado, he committed his life to Christ. In 1972, he was awarded a Ph.D. in physics, on cosmic rays and ultrahigh energy nucleon–nucleon interactions, by which time he was a fully convinced creationist due to both the biblical and scientific evidence. For the next 6 years he worked in the High Voltage Laboratory of General Electric Company, designing and inventing equipment and researching high–voltage phenomena. While there, he received a U.S. patent and one of Industrial Research Magazine’s IR–100 awards.
Dr Humphreys has been married since 1963, and they have three children.
Research Beginning in 1979 he worked for Sandia National Laboratories (New Mexico) in nuclear physics, geophysics, pulsed-power research, and theoretical atomic and nuclear physics. In 1985, he began working with Sandia’s ‘Particle Beam Fusion Project’, and was co-inventor of special laser-triggered ‘Rimfire’ high-voltage switches, now coming into wider use.
The last decade at Sandia saw greater emphasis on theoretical nuclear physics and radiation hydrodynamics in an effort to help produce the world’s first lab–scale thermonuclear fusion. Besides gaining two other U.S. patents, Dr Humphreys has been given two awards from Sandia, including an Award for Excellence for contributions to light ion–fusion target theory.
Overall, Dr Humphreys’ research has been very wide-ranging:
Designed and theoretically analyzed thermonuclear fusion targets using radiation hydrodynamic codes.
Designed key high-voltage parts of Sandia’s 100-Terawatt Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator II and conducted fusion power experiments on it. Same designs are in use today on Sandia’s Z machine.
Research on low-temperature solids and studies on superconductors.
Nuclear weapons projects, including stockpile engineering for W87 firing set.
Helped design new inkjet printer component and shared patent on it.
Developed high repetition-rate neutron tube driver and gamma-ray spectrometer for borehole logging applications. Patent on high-voltage power supply for it.
Patents on wide-bandwidth electric field sensor and high-voltage neutron tube supply.
Designed lightning current waveform recorder which won IR-100 Award.
Studied electric fields and ion currents under ultrahigh voltage DC transmission lines.
Theoretical studies of relativistic velocity dependence of nuclear forces.
Creationist work full-time Dr Humphreys retired from Sandia in 2001 to work full-time for the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) where he was appointed an Associate Professor of Physics. In this time, he operated mainly from his home office in Albuquerque, NM, USA, while still continuing to write for Journal of Creation (formerly TJ) and assisting several other creationist organizations with questions and information concerning physics, astronomy and cosmology.
In August 2008 he resigned from ICR to work for Creation Ministries International (USA) while continuing to be mostly located in New Mexico, continuing his research, plus writing and speaking ministry.
Dr Humphreys has been a longtime member of the Creation Research Society and is on its Board of Directors.
Education B.S., Duke University, Durham, NC, 1963 Ph.D., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1972
Honors/Awards/Associations Creation Science Fellowship of New Mexico, board member and past President Two of Industrial Research Magazine’s IR-100 awards Award for Excellence for contributions to light ion-fusion target theory Adjunct professor of the Institute for Creation Research in San Diego Board member of the Creation Research Society Member, American Geophysical Union Dr. Humphreys is also a Logos Research Associate. from his home in Tennessee.
About our speaker: (The following text was taken from the Creation Ministries International website) Dr Humphreys was born on 2 February 1942 in Wyandotte, Michigan, U.S.A., and was raised in a scientifically aware but non–Christian household. Not surprisingly, Russell himself always had a love for science, and in 1959, he was one of the 40 winners of the Westinghouse National Science Talent Search.
He received a B.S. degree in physics at Duke University, 1959–1963. After this, he moved to Louisiana State University (LSU) to study postgraduate physics. In 1969, while doing his dissertation research for LSU in the mountains of Colorado, he committed his life to Christ. In 1972, he was awarded a Ph.D. in physics, on cosmic rays and ultrahigh energy nucleon–nucleon interactions, by which time he was a fully convinced creationist due to both the biblical and scientific evidence. For the next 6 years he worked in the High Voltage Laboratory of General Electric Company, designing and inventing equipment and researching high–voltage phenomena. While there, he received a U.S. patent and one of Industrial Research Magazine’s IR–100 awards.
Dr Humphreys has been married since 1963, and they have three children.
Research Beginning in 1979 he worked for Sandia National Laboratories (New Mexico) in nuclear physics, geophysics, pulsed-power research, and theoretical atomic and nuclear physics. In 1985, he began working with Sandia’s ‘Particle Beam Fusion Project’, and was co-inventor of special laser-triggered ‘Rimfire’ high-voltage switches, now coming into wider use.
The last decade at Sandia saw greater emphasis on theoretical nuclear physics and radiation hydrodynamics in an effort to help produce the world’s first lab–scale thermonuclear fusion. Besides gaining two other U.S. patents, Dr Humphreys has been given two awards from Sandia, including an Award for Excellence for contributions to light ion–fusion target theory.
Overall, Dr Humphreys’ research has been very wide-ranging:
Designed and theoretically analyzed thermonuclear fusion targets using radiation hydrodynamic codes.
Designed key high-voltage parts of Sandia’s 100-Terawatt Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator II and conducted fusion power experiments on it. Same designs are in use today on Sandia’s Z machine.
Research on low-temperature solids and studies on superconductors.
Nuclear weapons projects, including stockpile engineering for W87 firing set.
Helped design new inkjet printer component and shared patent on it.
Developed high repetition-rate neutron tube driver and gamma-ray spectrometer for borehole logging applications. Patent on high-voltage power supply for it.
Patents on wide-bandwidth electric field sensor and high-voltage neutron tube supply.
Designed lightning current waveform recorder which won IR-100 Award.
Studied electric fields and ion currents under ultrahigh voltage DC transmission lines.
Theoretical studies of relativistic velocity dependence of nuclear forces.
Creationist work full-time Dr Humphreys retired from Sandia in 2001 to work full-time for the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) where he was appointed an Associate Professor of Physics. In this time, he operated mainly from his home office in Albuquerque, NM, USA, while still continuing to write for Journal of Creation (formerly TJ) and assisting several other creationist organizations with questions and information concerning physics, astronomy and cosmology.
In August 2008 he resigned from ICR to work for Creation Ministries International (USA) while continuing to be mostly located in New Mexico, continuing his research, plus writing and speaking ministry.
Dr Humphreys has been a longtime member of the Creation Research Society and is on its Board of Directors.
Education B.S., Duke University, Durham, NC, 1963 Ph.D., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1972
Honors/Awards/Associations Creation Science Fellowship of New Mexico, board member and past President Two of Industrial Research Magazine’s IR-100 awards Award for Excellence for contributions to light ion-fusion target theory Adjunct professor of the Institute for Creation Research in San Diego Board member of the Creation Research Society Member, American Geophysical Union Dr. Humphreys is also a Logos Research Associate.
JUNE 1, 2024
We will show* the first of eight episodes of the DVD series, EVOLUTION: THE GRAND EXPERIMENT Episode One is titled, "The Quest of an Answer." (Run time 58:30)
Based on the popular book series, "Evolution: The Grand Experiment" by Dr. Carl Werner
"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 break down." - Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
Darwin's book on evolution admitted that "intermediate links" were "perhaps the most obvious and serious objection to the theory" of evolution. Darwin recognized that the fossils collected by scientists prior to 1859 did not correspond with his theoroy of evolution, but he predicted that his theory would be confirmed as more and more fossils were found. One hundred and fifty years later, Evolution: The Grand Experiment critically examines the viability of Darwin's theory. Filmed over 12 years on three continents and seven countries including many active dig sites, museums and universities.
A document that challenges your views and demands a verdict!
June 15, 2024
(Program to be determined)
july 6, 2024
We will show* the second of eight episodes of the DVD series, EVOLUTION: THE GRAND EXPERIMENT Episode Two (Run time 53 min)
Based on the popular book series, "Evolution: The Grand Experiment" by Dr. Carl Werner
Did dinosaurs live with modern plants (apple trees, sassafras trees, roses, and rhododendrons) and modern animals (ducks, dogs, opossums, and humans) thousand of years ago, as the story of creation suggests? Or did dinosaurs olive at a remote time, millions of years ago, with other extinct, strange, and unusual animals, as the theory of evolution suggests?
Dr. Carl Werner traveled 160,000 miles to find the answer, visiting 10 dinosaur dig sites and 60 natural history museums. To his surprise, he found examples of all of the major plant divisions and all of the major animal phyla groups living today, fossilized alongside the dinosaurs.
The begges discover Dr. Werner made was that some of the most important fossils were not displayed in any of the museums he visited. Have natural history museums withheld these critical fossils from their public displays, fossils that would place the theory of evolution in jeopardy?
This DVD has the feel of a PBS documentary, with British narrator Andres Williams, and contains spectacular underwater footage of Dr. Werner diving at the Great Barrior Reef in Australia and the coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea, plus footage from dinosaur dig sites in Europe and North America.
Filmed over 13 years on three continents and eight countries including many active dinosaur dig sites, museums and universities.
July 20, 2024
(Program to be determined)
august 3, 2024
We will show* the third of eight episodes of the DVD series, EVOLUTION: THE GRAND EXPERIMENT
Episode Three, UNTOLD STORIES OF HUMAN EVOLUTION (Run time 50+ min)
Based on the popular book series, "Evolution: The Grand Experiment" by Dr. Carl Werner
august 17, 2024
(Program to be determined)
September 7, 2024
We will show* the fourth of eight episodes of the DVD series, EVOLUTION: THE GRAND EXPERIMENT
Episode Four, NINE CATEGORIES OF OVERTURNED APE-MEN (Run time 50+ min)
Based on the popular book series, "Evolution: The Grand Experiment" by Dr. Carl Werner
September 21, 2024
(Program to be determined)
OCTOBER 5, 2024
We will show* the fifth of eight episodes of the DVD series, EVOLUTION: THE GRAND EXPERIMENT
Episode Five, HUMAN EVOLUTION FRAUD IN AMERICA (Run time 50 +min)
Based on the popular book series, "Evolution: The Grand Experiment" by Dr. Carl Werner
October 19, 2024
(Program to be determined)
november 2, 2024
We will show* the sixth of eight episodes of the DVD series, EVOLUTION: THE GRAND EXPERIMENT
Episode Six, HUMAN EVOLUTION FRAUD IN AFRICA (Run time 50+ min)
Based on the popular book series, "Evolution: The Grand Experiment" by Dr. Carl Werner
November 16, 2024
(Program to be determined)
December 7 & 21
Calvary Chapel Central Orange County honors the Lord's birth with a flurry of special events throughout the month of December. To accommodate the church's extra busy schedule during the Month of Christmas, the Creation Science Fellowship does meet in December.
January 4, 2025
We will show* the seventh of eight episodes of the DVD series, EVOLUTION: THE GRAND EXPERIMENT
Episode Seven, HUMAN EVOLUTION FRAUD IN EUROPE (Run time 50+ min)
Based on the popular book series, "Evolution: The Grand Experiment" by Dr. Carl Werner
January 18, 2025
(Program to be determined)
February 1, 2025
We will show* the eighth of eight episodes of the DVD series, EVOLUTION: THE GRAND EXPERIMENT
Episode Eight, SCIENTISTS HIDING FOSSILS AND APE-MAN TOOLS (Run time 50+ min)
Based on the popular book series, "Evolution: The Grand Experiment" by Dr. Carl Werner
February 15, 2025
(Program to be determined)
John R. Baumgardner, Ph.D. Geophysics and Space Physics, will * give a presentation, titled RATE REVISITED: C-14 EVIDENCE THAT THE EARTH IS YOUNG
Carbon-14, with a half-life of only 5,730 years, is generally applied only to carbon-containing samples at or near the Earth’s surface. It rarely is applied to samples from deeper within the Earth’s since in most cases other radioisotope methods, which use isotopes with long half-lives and are suitable only for igneous rocks, give ages of millions to billions of years. An issue for C-14 dating is the small relative abundance of C-14 relative to C-12 in today’s atmosphere, of only about one C-14 atom for every 1.2 trillion non-radioactive C-12 atoms. This makes it impossible with the best technology today to measure C-14 levels beyond about 17.5 half-lives, or 100,000 years of C-14 decay. When accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) technology was introduced in the 1980’s, it was expected that the dating limit would be extended from 50,000 years to nearly 100,000 years. It was shocking when researchers discovered that essentially all carbon-bearing samples they tested, even from deep in the rock record, consistently gave C-14 ages significantly less than 100,000 years. The RATE team confirmed this result with ten coal samples from Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic settings. They also demonstrated that diamonds likewise display C-14 levels well above the C-14 measurement threshold. They showed that a recent episode of rapid nuclear decay readily accounts for this unexpected radiocarbon throughout the rock record. Episodes of extremely high rates of nuclear decay, as documented by the RATE team, imply that (1) dates provided by standard radioisotope methods are in error by large factors and (2) the true age of the Earth is only a few thousands of years instead of billions. This talk will also summarize many of the examples of excellent soft tissue preservation in fossils that support the reality of the Genesis Flood as well as a young age for the earth.
date to be determined
John C. Sanford, Ph.D. will speak *on a topic to be determined. About our speaker: (The following biography is borrowed and modified from www.amazon.com/Genetic-Entropy-John-C-Sanford/dp/0981631606.) Dr. John Sanford was a Cornell University Professor for more than 30 years. He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin in the area of plant breeding and plant genetics. While a professor at Cornell, John trained graduate students and conducted genetic research at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, NY.
At Cornell, John bred new crop varieties using conventional breeding and then became heavily involved in the newly-emerging field of plant genetic engineering. John has published over 100 scientific publications and has been granted several dozen patents. His most significant scientific contributions during the first half of his career involved three inventions: the biolistic ("gene gun") process, pathogen-derived resistance, and genetic immunization. A large fraction of the transgenic crops (in terms of numbers and acreage) grown in the world today were genetically engineered using the gene gun technology developed by John and his collaborators. This work came from John's heartfelt desire to end world hunger. Today, the Smithsonian Institute displays Dr. Sanford's gene gun prototype. John also started two biotech enterprises derived from his research, Biolistics, Inc., and Sanford Scientific, Inc.
John organized a collaboration with Drs. John R. Baumgardner, Wesley H. Brewer, Paul Gibson, and Walter J. ReMine in to develop "Mendel's Accountant," an advanced numerical simulation program for modeling genetic change over time. MENDEL is a genetic accounting program that allows realistic numerical simulation of the mutation/selection process over time. It is available for free download at http://mendelsaccount.sourceforge.net/.
With the proceeds of his successes as an inventor, John retired early, but continued to hold a position at Cornell (Courtesy Associate Professor), where he organized the 2011 symposium, BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION - NEW PERSPECTIVES. He then co-edited the symposium's 563 page Proceedings. Later, he authored a highly compressed synopsis with commentary on each of the symposium's 24 papers. John started a small non-profit organization, Feed My Sheep Foundation (FMS), and co-founded Logos Research Associates, a fellowship of scholars and scientists dedicated to the proposition that "Good science affirms Scripture." Through FMS and LogosRA, John has organized and conducted research in the areas of theoretical genetics and bioinformatics, and in geology. He has authored and co-authored three additional books: Genetic Entropy, Contested Bones, and The Sexual Holocaust.
DATE TO BE DETERMINED
Joseph Kezele, MD, will give* a LIVE, IN-PERSON presentation titled, BRAINS AND BRAWN The human brain’s capabilities of optimization, computational power, processing speed, energy efficiency, memory capacity, memory storage, multidimensional processing, biophoton communication and where we play and laugh are presented. This is followed by the different types of muscle, the longest, smallest, largest, strongest, fastest, slowest, and most powerful muscles, how human and chimp facial muscles differ, how muscle serves as a sensory organ, and how the mechanism of muscle contraction works.
*Subject to James 4:13-15 - " . . . For ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that."
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