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Chapter 18: Other Problems in the Field of Biology

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Did you take Biology in school? It is a study of living things….a study of God’s creation. While it is all
amazing, there are some things that God created that boggle the mind. Today, we will look at some of
God’s creations that clearly reveal that they were CREATED by an amazing Designer and could not have
evolved over millions of years.

Objectives…

1. The student should be able to describe the bombardier beetle to glean an understanding of how this
beetle protects itself.

2. The student should be able to explain through God’s creation that there is no way some systems
could have slowly evolved.

3. Evolutionists say only hard tissue (bones, teeth, etc.) can be fossilized or preserved. The student
should be able to identify the fossil remains of an octopus and how that demonstrates the cataclysmic
flood.

The Lesson ...

Other Problems in the field of Biology

The tiny bombardier beetle could not possibly have evolved. His defense mechanism is amazingly
complicated and could only have been created with all the parts working together perfectly. From twin'
exhaust tubes' at his tail, this beetle fires into the face of his enemy's boiling-hot, noxious gases with a
loud pop.

How can this be? German chemist Dr. Hermann Schildknecht discovered that the beetle mixes two
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chemicals (hydrogen peroxide and hydroquinone), usually forming a dirty, ugly mixture. The well-
designed beetle uses a special 'inhibitor' chemical to keep the mixture from reacting. How then can the
explosion instantaneously occur when needed?

Dr. Schildknecht discovered that in the beetle's specially designed
combustion tubes are two enzymes called catalase and peroxidase,
making chemical reactions go millions of times faster. These chemicals
catalyze the extremely rapid decomposition of hydrogen peroxide into
water and oxygen and the oxidation of hydroquinone into quinone,

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