Another Evolutionary "Revision"

Ryan Cox • December 5, 2023

Another Evolutionary "Revision"

As has often been reported throughout this ministry’s history, evolutionists regularly have to revise their mythology because of new discoveries or scientific breakthroughs. Conversely, no new discovery or scientific breakthrough has ever required a revision but rather confirmation of God’s flawless record – the Bible. Case in point, the evolutionary tale of mammals has just received another revision.


The standard mythos states that “…the end of the Cretaceous brought the eradication of dinosaurs on land and of large swimming reptiles in marine environments.”¹ Indeed, as a matter of faith, most evolutionists believe only those creatures went extinct from their apocalypse 66 million years ago while all other creatures survived [Figure 1].² As the University of California, Berkley admits, “There has been no settlement to the issue so far, and no clear one is foreseeable… The main problem… is the issue of the selectivity of the mass extinction… some organisms were wiped out, while others were unaffected.”³ Their asteroid sure was a picky one, killing only dinosaurs and large marine reptiles.



However, this allows in their story for the rise of mammals. As Encyclopedia Britannica explains:

"The Cenozoic witnessed a rapid diversification of life-forms in the ecological niches left vacant by this great terminal Cretaceous extinction (or K–T extinction). In particular, mammals, which had existed for more than 100 million years before the advent of the Cenozoic Era, experienced substantial evolutionary radiation."⁴

Until then, mammals had remained quite small and limited in their evolutionary development for over 100 million years.⁵ But once those pesky dinosaurs were gone, mammals exploded in size, covering the planet!


But wouldn’t you know it, a new discovery published by Scientific Reports in July messed up that whole story. As the authors stated, “Mesozoic mammals are commonly depicted as having lived in the shadows of their larger dinosaurian contemporaries… It was not until after the end-Cretaceous extinction of the non-avian⁶ dinosaurs that mammals grew to large body sizes and regularly preyed on the available avifauna.”⁷ Unfortunately for the evolutionary faithful, this too must now be revised:

“Here we report a new fossil find… showing a gobiconodontid mammal⁸ and psittacosaurid dinosaur⁹ locked in mortal combat [Figure 2] …this new fossil convincingly demonstrates that mammals could pose a threat even to near fully-grown dinosaurs.”¹⁰


The fact is the fossil record never needs a revision for the evolutionary story because the fossil record is a refutation of the evolutionary story. Discovery after discovery forces another modification or alteration by the evolution apologists, yet the historical record laid out in God’s Word, including the global flood and resulting fossil record, remains perfect, never needing any revisions. True science ALWAYS confirms “Thy Word is truth” (John 17:17).




  1. Berggren, William A. “Cenozoic Era”, Encyclopedia Britannica. 20 October 2023. <https://www.britannica.com/science/Cenozoic-Era>.
  2. Alpha, Tau R., et al. “Chicxulub impact event”. U.S. Geological Survey: Menlo Park, CA. 7 July 1997, p. 7. <https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/atoms/files/Chicxulub%20impact%20event.pdf>.
  3. Smith, Dave. “What Killed The Dinosaurs?”. DinoBuzz. updated: 28 September 2005. <https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/extinctheory.html>.
  4. Berggren, William A. “Cenozoic Era”, Encyclopedia Britannica. 20 October 2023. <https://www.britannica.com/science/Cenozoic-Era>.
  5. Cummings, Mike. “Fossils reveal mammals mingled in Age of Dinosaurs”, YaleNews. 2 November 2020. <https://news.yale.edu/2020/11/02/fossils-reveal-mammals-mingled-age-dinosaurs>.
  6. The latest teaching declares certain dinosaurs turned warm-blooded, grew feathers, survived the asteroid, and then turned into birds. To read how sad this attempt is to find just one of their “missing links”, consult our article series “Believing in Feather Tales”: <https://www.creationtruth.com/believing-in-feather-tales-part1-1>.
  7. Han, G., et al. “An extraordinary fossil captures the struggle for existence during the Mesozoic". Scientific Reports 13, 11221. 18 July 2023. <https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-37545-8#citeas>.
  8. Badger-like mammal the size of a large dog.
  9. Similar to a Triceratops, but with no horns.
  10. Ibid.

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October 2, 2025
Ichthyosaur pic

Flooded Marine Reptile

By Matt Miles • October 2, 2025
The Flood during Noah’s day was a devastating judgement against the sin and wickedness of the time. Most people focus on what the Lord did as He saved the eight people and animals on the Ark. Yet while they were being saved, the Flood destroyed the earth and left behind some remarkable things. Geology around the globe shows water burial of plants and animals. Many of the animal remains show signs of drowning and then burial. One particular reptile that shows this is the Ichthyosaurus. From what we can understand, water was her home for everything in life, even giving birth to live young. This well designed creature may even help us trust the Word of God when it comes to the history of the Flood. In our Mobile Museum of Earth History we exhibit a research replica of an ichthyosaur called Stenopterygius quadriscissus . She is from Holzmaden, Germany and is one example of hundreds that have been found in the area. The reason we can so confidently state this fossil is a “her,” when we rarely know for sure about fossil animals, is because she is pregnant. She has three babies present with her remains: one under her tail, one in or near the birth canal, and one still inside. Our fossil is in situ, which means the fossil remains in the rock matrix it was buried in. So, the presence of momma and babies are how they were buried and not articulated in some manner after excavation. This is important to show the rapid, watery burial that must have taken place to lock this scene in the fossil record. The Flood trapped organisms all over the world in different life positions. Sometimes the fossils left behind have shown eating, hunting, sleeping, swimming, nesting, or drowning. When it comes to ichthyosaurs around the planet, there is a significant number of females that seem to be pregnant. They have been found in the fossil record on at least four continents. A fair assumption would be that Ichthyosaurs had a certain time of year they mated and gave birth to young, much like sea turtles today that nest from late spring to late fall depending on the region around the world. So it should come as no surprise that we find pregnant ichthyosaurs all around the world as the Flood lasted an entire year. It would have buried the females that were pregnant near their location of habitat.  Evolutionists maintain that ichthyosaurs lived tens to hundreds of million years ago and each of the mothers found in the fossil record just died while giving birth. This is difficult to support in a millions magnitude time scale. That would mean every time a disaster happened, millions of years apart, the right conditions existed to quickly bury ichthyosaurs that just so happened to be pregnant. It just might take some “faith” to trust that “miracle” would happen over and over again through eons of time. Or you can have faith that the Word of God’s history is correct with a judgement of man’s sin bringing global devastation through the Flood during Noah’s 600th year of life. The Word of God is trustworthy, with even the fossil record showing us glimpses of historical evidence in support of our faith. I’m so thankful we don’t need blind faith to trust our salvation! Blessings.
Furnace

Our God Whom We Serve Is Able

By Ryan Cox • October 2, 2025
14 Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the gold image which I have set up? 15 …if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. And who is the god who will deliver you from my hands?” 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. 18 But if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.” Daniel 3:14-18 In the 6th century BC, three young men stood up for their faith in the one true God, for which someone attempted to kill them. Today, in the 21st century AD, one young man was gunned down for his faith in the one true God. And sadly, Charlie Kirk is not the only one. According to The Esther Project, martyrdom for the cause of Christ is commonplace around the world ( theestherproject.com/statistics ). On average: 322 Christians are killed monthly. 214 churches or Christian properties are destroyed monthly. 772 forms of violence (beatings, kidnappings, etc.) against Christians are committed monthly. 100,000 to 160,000 Christians are killed annually in the 21st century. 1.093 million Christians were martyred between 2000 and 2010. And more than 70 million Christians are believed to have been martyred since the 1st century, with more than half killed in the 20th century alone under communist and fascist governments. And how should Christians respond? Peter wrote, “ if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but glorify God in this name ” (I Peter 4:16). Jesus took this a step further; He told us, “ …love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you ” (Matthew 5:44). Now, as Shawn Grant, minister at Kissimmee Christian Church, FL, preached on the Sunday following the assassination, th at may not be what you want to hear right now, but that is what Jesus has told us we must do. Why? So the world will see the difference Jesus makes! The night of and the days after the assassination, businesses did not have to board up their stores. Police and soldiers did not have to be deployed. There were no riots, no property damages, no police spat upon – only tears, prayers, and a witness to the world that Jesus is the answer. So noticeable is this to the world, there were more international press requests for the Charlie Kirk memorial service than are requested for Super Bowls. Within seven days of his death, Kirk’s ministry Turning Point USA had received over 54,000 campus chapter requests. And most importantly, scores of videos of young people considering or even deciding to give their lives to Jesus have been posted to social media platforms. 
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