Ice Age Movie Facts?

Charles Jackson • July 25, 2016

       Popular media is a powerful force on general audiences. But we all see that it does not always portray the truth accurately; especially not in matters of biblical importance. People often ask where the Ice Age fits into the biblical science timeline of history. That’s an important question, like many other timeline questions we get. The newest installment of the “Ice Age” cartoon movies now addresses the meteor impact theory for the extinction of the dinosaurs. Despite their dogmatic endorsement of  the evo-atheist humanist concepts, these movies do get at least one thumbs up from us creationists — for portraying dinosaurs and mammals living together at the same time (a fact that I’m sure most evolution-believers hate). But what about the Ice Age, and the meteor impact, and the dinosaur extinctions? How do they all relate to one another in the biblical worldview scientific time frame?

Evolutionist timeframes allow for many epochs of ice age. The biblical creation timeframe allows for only one (in the five centuries following the Flood). One evo-theory even provides for a total global glacier – even to the equator! – called the “snowball earth” theory. So, some evo’s might consider one of these ice ages to be at least a trigger to the dino-extinctions (seen by the rarity of any dino fossils in the sedimentary rock layers above the Triassic). Among the dozens of dino-extinction theories, only one has survived extinction in the evo scientific community – the Impact Theory – that an asteroid about four miles wide hit the earth about 65 million years ago and damaged the environment so globally that all of the dinosaurian era reptiles became immediately extinct. It doesn’t explain why all of the other reptiles (and mammals) living at that time went on through that time just fine. But the world’s paleontologists all “voted” on this about eight years ago. And so “that settles it” – an asteroid did it! This theory is presented as the proven truth, in this most recent “Ice Age” film. But is it the truth? And how can we know?

The Bible certainly agrees with the idea that a celestial body falling to the earth could wreak a terrible destruction (as with the future “star” Wormwood falling in Revelation). However, the closest thing to this happening in the past, might only be the thought of as having been some player in the events during the Flood of Noah.  It is certain that our solar system did at one time endure a great bombardment of asteroids.  We can see evidence of this on our earth’s surface, and much more so on the surfaces of the other rocky planets Mercury, Venus, Mars and even our own moon Luna.  Biblical worldview science plus secular science even agree that the Mars Flood (though we disagree on the timeframe of it) was most likely caused by an asteroid impact!

So maybe it’s not so tough to believe that an asteroid caused the Flood of Noah. But it is not consistent with good science nor with good biblical worldview, to say that an asteroid is to blame for the dino extinctions. ‘Just sayin’ … so you’ll know what to believe as truth … and what to just enjoy as an entertaining cartoon experience!

Yours in the Truth. Dr. Jackson

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Over the course of time a person can accumulate many things. Most of the stuff we collect is meaningless to most everyone else, but when a person collects books, they can be treasured for a lifetime and even beyond. In this age of digital media, physical books seem to be less important to many people. Digital books are searchable, and copy/paste functions make it easy to use those great quotes. Yet, there is still something great about a physical book, things you can’t get digitally: the turning of pages, the feel of it in your hand, and the “book” smell. For our founder Dr. Sharp, physical books could never be replaced by digital. While my collection of books is growing each year, it is dwarfed by Dr. Sharp’s collection. Over the years he collected thousands of titles for research and enjoyment. Through the course of his ministry he had to sell his book collection a couple of different times to support his family, only to start collecting again when he was able to do so. When Doc passed his office full of packed bookshelves to me and said he would clear the shelves, I laughed out loud at the prospect of having loads of empty bookshelves. So I urged him to instead leave his books for my, and anyone else’s, use. Little did I understand that the four bookcases in my office were only a fraction of his entire collection. A couple of years back when Doc moved from his house, it was decided that his book collection would be stored at the office. Our thought was to establish a library, yet none of us had time to plan, organize and catalog all 79 boxes of books. They sat piled in his office until last year when my daughter Megan joined our ministry. She has a love of books, both reading and writing. So we offered her the task of cataloging and establishing Doc’s library. Can you picture me, a bbq lover, being offered a table full of succulent smoked offerings - brisket, sausage, ribs, pulled pork, chicken, turkey and all sides? Yep, that was Megan’s response to the library. For over four months she cataloged and organized the entire collection. The Dr. G. Thomas Sharp Library was completed earlier this year in his old office space, with overflow into my office. The entire 2700+ volume agglomeration is digitally cataloged for searching and locating. As you might expect, there is an extensive collection of creation and evolution subject matter, yet the library is full of many different categories. It very much reflects Doc’s love of gaining knowledge and research. An extensive commentary collection and multiple Biblical reference sections are invaluable to our ministry. There is even a whole bookcase housing books that are over 100 years old. Our desire was not to just house books but to also make a place of honor and inspiration. One wall exhibits Doc’s many diplomas, and throughout the library we have placed personal memorabilia of the mission trips he took over the years. Come, grab a book, relax in the sitting area and allow Doc’s handwritten notes from the margins or post-it notes bring a smile to your face. For those who may be more ambitious, Doc's office chair resides at the credenza for anyone to sit and be inspired to study. This is a place to honor Doc’s life and love for books. We at CTF have already utilized this great resource for further study, and we are so thankful to Diane and their family for donating these books for continued Kingdom growth. Blessings.
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