PT Jan-67 - Herbert W. Armstrong Library and Archives
PT Jan-67 - Herbert W. Armstrong Library and Archives
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graveyards in their disastrous, feeble,<br />
futile efforts to fly!<br />
And if true - the fossil record<br />
would ABOUND with such evidence.<br />
You would see fossi l lizards with<br />
just a T INY H INT of a feather, g rowing<br />
from one elbow. You'd see dozens of<br />
other strange creatures, with feathers<br />
growing from thei r tails, their knees,<br />
<strong>and</strong> their heads. T here would be<br />
broken, sprained, bedraggled, watersoaked<br />
feathers ALL THROuGH the fossi<br />
l record - si nce evolution would have<br />
you believe the development from scales<br />
to feathers took MI LLiONS <strong>and</strong> M IL<br />
LIONS of years!<br />
But why not look at it in REVERSE?<br />
What if, as the first "feathers" made<br />
their appearance on li zards, they were<br />
UNWELCOME?<br />
H ow would YOU feel about a stupid<br />
feather growing from your tailbone?<br />
Probably - a little weird I Probably,<br />
you'd PLUCK IT OUT! (After aU, people<br />
shave <strong>and</strong> shave <strong>and</strong> shave-<strong>and</strong> still<br />
the hai r g rows back - <strong>and</strong> people burn,<br />
<strong>and</strong> electrocute, <strong>and</strong> shave, <strong>and</strong> pluck,<br />
<strong>and</strong> even remove whol e patches of skin,<br />
just to get rid of unsightly body hair.)<br />
How wou ld allY self-respecting,<br />
slithery li zard feel when he suddenly<br />
found FEAT IIERS on his forearms?<br />
Think of what kind of feathers they'd<br />
be, with him dragging them in <strong>and</strong><br />
out of holes in the rocks, over logs,<br />
into lakes <strong>and</strong> rivers, up thorn bushes,<br />
<strong>and</strong> across s<strong>and</strong>y deserts!<br />
He'd probably tear the things out<br />
with his teeth in sheer frustration!<br />
A greatly magnified artist's view of<br />
a feather! Each tiny member firmly<br />
inte rlocks with the other, making the<br />
feather one of the most powerfully<br />
built, yet lightest structures!<br />
© Arnbllnodor Colle9f1<br />
Tbe PLAIN TRUTH<br />
Then the evolutionary process<br />
(which has not been proved) would<br />
have been halted at this ridiculous<br />
"stage," <strong>and</strong> to this day, you would<br />
observe dejected lizards, pulling at<br />
broken "feathers," or trying to rub<br />
them off against brush <strong>and</strong> rocks.<br />
No - evolutionary thought just<br />
DOES NOT I·IAVE THE ANSWEH for the<br />
true origin of /l ight!<br />
T he fantasticall y complex, beautiful,<br />
inspiring species of birds around lIS,<br />
with their breathtak ing ability, their<br />
almost incredible migratory powers,<br />
<strong>and</strong> their SP.ECIALLY built bodies just<br />
CANNOT BE EXPLAINED by millions of<br />
tons of MISSING EVIDENCE!<br />
Vast DIFFERENCE Between<br />
Birds <strong>and</strong> Reptiles!<br />
Certainly, many creatures lay eggs.<br />
Crocodi les do. Birds do. But so do<br />
duck-billed platypuses, <strong>and</strong> so do insects.<br />
But here, the simi larities stop!<br />
The huge, powerfully bui lt, scaled<br />
<strong>and</strong> armor-plated reptiles, with their<br />
gigantic jaws, their meaty, bony, powerful<br />
tails, <strong>and</strong> their weathered, wrinkled,<br />
thick leather-like hides are about as<br />
FAR from being the "closest living rdati<br />
ves" to our birds as they can be!<br />
Think of it!<br />
Birds have tiny, fragile, porous<br />
AIn-F RAM E skeletal structures. They<br />
have air sacs through their bodies,<br />
which act as "extra lungs." They have<br />
a fa/lid heartbeat, with rapid metabolism.<br />
They have a myriad of different<br />
kinds of beaks, claws, wings, <strong>and</strong><br />
heads - each for a SET, SP ECIFIC <strong>and</strong><br />
very SPECIAL PURPOSE !<br />
Man wi [1 stop at nothing - no<br />
matter HOW preposterous it seemsin<br />
his attempt to explain the marvelous<br />
CREAT ION without a great <strong>and</strong> Wonderful<br />
CREATOR!<br />
One of the GREAT PROOFS OF GOD<br />
is DESIGN! Tt is FAR more logical to<br />
point to egg-laying, bony frames, <strong>and</strong><br />
various simi larities in characteristics in<br />
ALL creatures, as proof of ONE GREAT<br />
DESIGNER, who util ized ONE GREAT<br />
MASTER VLAN in H is Creation, than to<br />
say one "evolved" from the other !<br />
When you view a row of simi lar<br />
buildings, YOll observe they were de-<br />
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signed by the SAME ARCH ITECT - you<br />
don't reason the little ones "evolved"<br />
from the big ones.<br />
And when you see the similarities in<br />
"nature" YOLI arc seeing the SAME<br />
SELF-EVIDENT TRUTH! One GREAT AR<br />
CHITECT designed ALL LIFE - CREATED<br />
IT - PUT IT ON THIS EARTH FOR A<br />
GREAT PURPOSE!<br />
What a truly breathtaking study it<br />
would be if, throughout ornithology,<br />
the wondrous, warm, loving, <strong>and</strong> oftentimes<br />
HUMOROUS wisdom of GOD were<br />
taught to our children, in place of the<br />
empty suppositions of the no-God<br />
theories of today!<br />
Next month, we' ll see some of the<br />
positive MARVELS in the bird world <br />
<strong>and</strong> you'll be impired by them!<br />
~od<br />
from the Editor<br />
(Colltinued from page 2)<br />
chest. It is referring to man's NATURE<br />
- h is attitude, or spirit, or tendency<br />
of MIND. It is referring to his natural<br />
CHARA CTER!<br />
But HOW does God go about changing<br />
this deceitful, wicked NATUREthis<br />
"heart" - this attitude of MIND?<br />
WHAT is the Gospel Message for doing<br />
that - for giving "salvation"?<br />
Jesus began His Gospel Ministry<br />
<strong>and</strong> teaching, saying, "11le time is fulfilled,<br />
<strong>and</strong> the Kingdom of God is at<br />
h<strong>and</strong>: REPENT ye, <strong>and</strong> BELIEVE the<br />
Gospel" (Mark 1:l, 14-l5). Two conditions<br />
H e said WE must perform,<br />
REPENT, <strong>and</strong> BELIEVE!<br />
On the great day of Pentecost when<br />
Peter had received God's H oly Spirit,<br />
he explained the WAY of salvation:<br />
"REPENT, <strong>and</strong> be baptized everyone<br />
of YOll in the name of Jesus Christ for<br />
the remission of sins, <strong>and</strong> ye shall receive<br />
the gift of the Holy Spirit"<br />
(Acts 2:38).<br />
Again, same teaching: Two conditions<br />
- REPENT, <strong>and</strong> BE LI EVE, To "be<br />
baptized" is the outward ceremony of<br />
the inward BELIEVING. Example: The<br />
eunuch said to Philip, "See, here is<br />
water; what doth hinder me to be<br />
baptized? And Philip said, if thou