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''Early'' Origin for Bat Echolocation

ICR.org, 11/16/23, “An ‘Early’ Origin for Modern Echolocation in Bats” [Excerpts]: As flying mammals, bats continue to amaze zoologists with their incredible abilities. But their origin continues to be an enigma for conventional biologists because the creatures appear in the fossil record complete, fully formed as bats without evolutionary precursors.

In 2006, evolutionist Karen Sears said, “The earliest known bats appear in the fossil record…[about] 50 million years ago, and they appear suddenly and already possessing the anatomical hallmarks of powered flight.” Gunnell and Simmons made a similar comment in their work in the Journal of Mammalian Evolution.

Just a few years ago it was stated that early bats couldn’t echolocate, which is the ability to send out high frequency pulses of sound through the nose and mouth while simultaneously listening for the echo to “see” and navigate the environment. 

“There are some differences between the oldest bats and their modern relatives. Based upon the ear anatomy of the better-preserved specimens, for example, scientists know that the first bats couldn’t echolocate.”

Three years later, however, four evolutionists described “a new, three-dimensionally preserved fossil bat [Vielasia sigei] recovered from 50-million-year-old limestone cave sediments” in France. They reported the fossils are well-preserved with “the oldest uncrushed skull of a bat yet known.” Finding the preserved skull is significant because at “50-million years old,” it “supports an early origin for modern echolocation.”

So contrary to what Smithsonian Magazine stated in 2020, it looks like bats were equipped with modern echolocation from the start—as predicted by creationists.

God created bats as bats, complete with echolocation, just thousands of years ago. Like other creatures, they are able to move in and fill ecological and physical niches such as caves.

Bats in all their complexity make a clear case for creation.

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Hamas Documents Show Targeted Schools and Youth Center 

NbcNews.com, 10/13/23, “‘Top secret’ Hamas documents show that terrorists intentionally targeted elementary schools and a youth center” [Excerpts]: Documents exclusively obtained by NBC News show that Hamas created detailed plans to target elementary schools and a youth center in the Israeli kibbutz of Kfar Sa’ad, to “kill as many people as possible,” seize hostages and quickly move them into the Gaza Strip.

The attack plans, which are labeled “top secret” in Arabic, appear to be orders for two highly trained Hamas units to surround and infiltrate villages and target places where civilians, including children, gather. Israeli authorities are still determining the death toll in Kfar Sa’ad.

The documents were found on the bodies of Hamas terrorists by Israeli first responders and shared with NBC News.

Another page labeled “Top Secret Maneuver” describes a plan for a Hamas unit to secure the east side of Kfar Sa’ad while a second unit controls the west. It says “kill as many as possible” and “capture hostages.” Other orders include surrounding a dining hall and holding hostages in it.

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Young People Regret Their “Gender Transitions”

LifeSiteNews.com, 10/27/23, “Thousands of young people regret their ‘gender transitions,’ and their stories are gut-wrenching” [Excerpts]: Over the past several years, the mainstream press has been working overtime to debunk the testimonies of “de-transitioners”—the men and women, most of them very young, who underwent various transgender “treatments” such as puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and “sex change” surgeries. Those of you who read this blog regularly will have read many of their stories; there are now so many de-transitioners speaking out that an entire genre of dissident documentaries has sprung up featuring their stories.

These stories are important—they emphasize the human cost of the so-called “gender-affirming care” constantly pushed by the press, who insist that “sex change” surgeries for minors are a human right. Chloe Cole, who shared her own heartbreaking story of de-transition with Jordan Peterson some time ago and frequently testifies in favor of bans on transgender procedures, recently shared a comment [online]... “There is no going back now and I’m so scared it’s going to feel like that forever. I was too young, I messed up....”

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