At our age--Date Night?

Last night Lynn and I attended a premier showing at the Huntsville Space Center of the film "The Mysterious Islands." I'd been reading about this film for weeks and we were delighted to get a notice that it was to be shown in Huntsville last night. The theater was packed with what Lynn estimated to be 800 people. The Islands are no less than the Galapagos Island and the purpose was to retrace Charles Darwin's trip there in the 1830's. The film director is Doug Phillips of Vision Forum along with an entourage that included Dr. John Morris of ICR. The photography is beautiful as it shows the many unusual aspects of the Galapagos Islands, including the animals found only there such as the salt-spitting marine iguana, the blue-footed booby birds, and the very old tortoises.

Another most interesting feature was the conclusion of the film showing that both Robert FitzRoy, the admiral of the HMS Beagle, and Darwin, who is no stranger to any of you, spent five years together at the Galapagos Islands as naturalists, exploring these unusual islands. The conclusion for Darwin was that life originated by chance and for FitzRoy that God was the Creator. Both men had the same evidence, showing that our world view depends on our starting points and how we choose to look at evidence: man's opinion or the absolute authority of God's Word. The film can be purchased from AiG, ICR, VF and other sources. Incidentally, this week marks the 150th anniversary of the publishing of Darwin's book titled "The Origin of Species....,or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life." The last part of the title is usually omitted and you can easily guess why.