God's Team: Coral and Algae Zooxanthellae

Science Fiction:
The earliest "corallines" known date from the Ordovician,[2][3] [the time between 488.3±1.7 to 443.7±1.5 million years ago] although modern forms radiated in the Cretaceous.[7] Stem group corallines are reported from the Ediacaran Doushantuo formation;[7] later stem-group forms include Arenigiphyllum, Petrophyton, Graticula, and Archaeolithophyllum. The corallines were thought to have evolved from within the Solenoporaceae,[16] a view that has been disputed.[17] Their fossil record matches their molecular history, and is complete and continuous.[1]

Real Science:
While a coral head appears to be a single organism, it is actually a group of many individual, yet genetically identical, polyps. The polyps are multicellular organisms. Polyps are usually a few millimeters in diameter, and are formed by a layer of outer epithelium and inner jellylike tissue known as the mesoglea. They are radially symmetrical with tentacles surrounding a central mouth, the only opening to the stomach or coelenteron, through which food is ingested and waste expelled.

The stomach closes at the base of the polyp, where the epithelium produces an exoskeleton called the basal plate or calicle (L. small cup). The calicle is formed by a thickened calcareous ring (annular thickening) with six supporting radial ridges (as shown below). These structures grow vertically and project into the base of the polyp. When a polyp is physically stressed, its tentacles contract into the calyx so that virtually no part is exposed above the skeletal platform. This protects the organism from predators and the elements.[6][7]

2 Peter 3:4 "And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as [they were] from the beginning of the creation."

Many people know that, despite its appearance, coral is actually a tiny animal. Even a small coral growth may be made up of billions of tiny animals, each living inside its limestone skeleton.

What many people don't know is that coral cannot live without the help of algae -- a plant. Thousands of one-celled algae live in the tiny stomach of each coral polyp. The polyp requires the waste products of the algae to complete its nutrition requirements and to get the calcium with which it builds reefs. In return, the polyp's stomach provides an ideal protected living place for the algae. Incidentally, the wonderful colors in living coral come from the algae in each polyp's stomach.

Evolutionists have said that it must take millions of years for the tiny polyps to build large coral reefs -- like the 2,000-kilometer-long Great Barrier Reef in Australia. The Great Barrier Reef, incidentally, is considered the largest structure ever built by living organisms. However, it has now been shown that coral polyps can double their own weight in just over 10 days! As a result, the claim of millions of years for the age of the Great Barrier Reef has been reduced by a factor of 40!

Many of the long-age figures claimed by evolutionists have had to be drastically revised downward as we have learned more about the creation. The resulting figures fit the Bible's account of history much more closely.

Prayer:
Father, I thank You that as our knowledge of Your creation grows, Your Word is being vindicated from the charges that it is in error. I pray that this would serve as a witness to bring more people to Jesus Christ. Amen.

Notes:
Langreth, R.N. 1990. "Bleached reefs." Science News, v. 138, Dec. 8. p. 364. Chen, I. 1990. "Great Barrier Reef: A youngster to the core." Science News, v. 138, Dec. 8. p.

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[TheScienceFoundation]

@EdjeBos No, it explains that the stalactites you're referring to which form quickly are completely different than calcium carbonate stalactites.

[TheScienceFoundation]

@EdjeBos Yeah and the talkorigins article explains why you're wrong.

[ceddan]

obscure argument concerning stalactites therefore the god of abraham. yep.

[ceddan]

@jeffblue101 ah hell, i've been trolled

[ceddan]

@jeffblue101 Really? What's wrong with creationwiki? The disparity between the two sources is ridiculous. You've done the equivalent of saying "That wikipedia article about Barack Obama is outdated. Here's a more recent article on conservapedia."

[jeffblue101]

@ceddan

whats wrong with creation wiki? did you even read the article?

[ceddan]

@jeffblue101 creationwiki(.)org? you have got to be joking.

[jeffblue101]

@TheScienceFoundation

talkorgins is outdated on this subject.

creationwiki(.)org/Stalactites­_can_grow_very_rapidly

[EdjeBos]

@TheScienceFoundation That fact alone isn´t evidence for evolution. In fact, the limitations on genetic variability due to the ingenious MECHANISM that protects the dna-code, are evidence against it.

For me the Hovind-theory gives a reasonable account for the mechanisms of the Flood. It explains the formation of the layers and strata. The entire evolution-theory is based upon a non-existing, completely fabricated geological timescale. It´s made up.

[TheScienceFoundation]

@EdjeBos No, they're facts based on facts. It's a fact that a bottleneck in a population reduces genetic variability, and it's a fact that we dont' find it across a significant number, let alone most species.

It's also a fact that detritus being sorted by water will settle according to their hydrodynamic principles, and it's a fact that we don't see that in the strata collectively.

[EdjeBos]

@Lenestia The potholer-vid and Don... (yawn-sigh) Assumptions based on assumptions. I like the cheetah-vid though. It gives a huge case for the sensitivity of the gene-code, which is a major problem for evolution.