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Anatomy of a Successful Shop
Some operators would argue that the pro shop is a pain in their assets. And, yes, the pro shop can cause headaches. Operators with pro shops have the responsibility of placing all the orders. They face the risk of potential theft problems. And they hear complaints from members looking for apparel in a size or color that isn't in stock.
Still, despite this, I say a pro shop is a necessary service for your members. Furthermore, a pro shop adds to your revenues, and increases your name recognition through apparel sales.
Three years ago, when we opened Results, the Gym in Washington D.C., our pro shop was the typical afterthought, offering a standard Fruit of the Loom T-shirt with our logo for $12, a similar pair of basic shorts for $15. We also offered one style of workout gloves and a few other odds and ends.
Realizing that our inventory and selection were definitely limited, we were open to member requests and would try to sell almost anything a member asked for. Now, three years later, our pro shop generates more than $60,000 a year in apparel sales and offers just about anything a member may need.
Getting creative with your inventory can be financially rewarding. We started offering things people requested - things you wouldn't normally associate with a pro shop. Day-to-day items such as socks, batteries, razors and locks really made our shop a place that members could rely on.
After realizing that the shop was a source of convenience to the members, we started getting creative. Our inventory expanded to CDs, books, gym bags, fanny packs, and lots of styles of clothes. The easiest way to learn what your members will buy is to listen to their requests.
To get these creative items, you must create alliances with local stores so you can buy these products in bulk. True, you may not be able to price these items as low as regular stores, but the convenience you offer will play an active role in the sales.
In addition to getting creative with products, you should get creative with your marketing. This can increase awareness of the shop. Hold "One Day Sales" and "Sidewalk Sales." Why? Some people have blinders on as they go through their typical daily routine. By putting the pro shop in a different place, "One Day Sales" and "Sidewalk Sales" can get these people's attention.
Another creative marketing idea is to print limited edition shirts and shorts, and have your staff wear these clothes on the floor. Limited edition clothing could include a different type of tank top, a pair of shorts that isn't the same color as the shorts you normally sell or even a shirt with a saying on the back that doesn't appear on anything else you sell.
A limited edition is usually cut off at 200 to 250 pieces and fetches twice what you would charge normally for a similar product. Let members know that these products are limited, and they'll go faster than Beanie Babies.
You can also get creative by giving new members a coupon good for 25 percent off their first purchase in the pro shop. Let them purchase as much as they want with that coupon.
There are two ways to increase your apparel sales. Offer the clothes at a very low price or offer really cool clothes, such as Calvin Klein ribbed tank tops. We do both! We offer one style of tank top made by Anvil for $12. We offer another style tank top made by Calvin Klein for $20. Both have our name and logo printed on the front and both sell.
Don't limit your logo to apparel. Put it on gym bags, fanny packs and water bottles. That way, when you sell these products, you make money and get some free advertising. Getting your name out on the street increases name recognition, which leads to greater success.
While a screen printer can handle apparel, you'll need a separate printer to put logos on those other items I mentioned. I've found that you can get these other items just by looking for companies in airline magazines. Then you can print your logo on just about anything and watch your sales take off.
Mission Statement
What's the master plan for a pro shop? Results, the Gym lives by this mission statement:
The pro shop should provide a service, and increase revenue and name recognition.
Doug Jefferies recommends that you spend some money on a good video camera and monitor system to protect your pro shop. Keep the security monitor very visible - such as at eye level near the check-in counter, so people see it when they enter the club. That way you'll keep your products - and profits - safe from theft.


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I wasn't sure how having "non-genealogists" as keynote speakers would work at a genealogy convention, but all of the presentations have been fantastic. Their connection to the genealogical community is emotional and extraordinary. You can watch these Keynotes online at RootsTech.org. Please take the time to do so. Back to the greeting by Shipley Munson. The first speaker is Todd Hansen of the Story Trek, a BYU TV production. The connection with stories is obvious. If you haven't seen the show, you can watch it on BYUTV.org. The core of the Story Trek is families. To make it on the show you need a story. You can do the same thing with a pencil and piece of paper.
Aren't we all in the same business? Aren't we all doing the same things? The Keynote speakers highlighted this fact. If we record a story or upload a photograph, that is family history and in my view, genealogy. We all need this attitude. We need to inclusive and not exclusive. RootsTech 2014 has highlighted that fact better than any previous conference in the past. Let's carry the RootsTech 2014 experience with us a guide. We will all be changed by our experience here in Salt Lake City, Utah this week. Some more than others, but we will all be changed.
His message is that we are all part of the story. All of us have a really good story to tell. We are all brought together by an amazing series of events. He cannot tell all the stories. We need to tell all the stories. Move towards the goal of becoming a reporter and curator. Part of us is part of everyone else. Well, it occurs to me that I am part of the story also. I guess it is time to get back to the story. How can I get more time to write more?
Spokesman for Ancestry.com, I need to get his name, talks about new developments in DNA and its future. He introduces Stephanie Nielson. She has been a part of our life for a long time. She lived in Mesa and we knew her through friends. She was involved in a horrendous airplane crash and was terrifically burned over 80% of her body. Her family took over and helped with her children and other family affairs. If you do not know this story, you need to make it part of your life. I cannot do justice to Stephanie's own narrative. You can read the NieNie Dialogues. Can you tell your story through a blog? See Stephanie's book, Nielson,
Stephanie, and Amy Ferguson Hackworth. Heaven Is Here: An Incredible Story of Hope, Triumph, and Everyday Joy. New York: Voice/Hyperion, 2012.
I am not sure how RootsTech 2015 can top these Keynote presentations or even equal them. Way to go RootsTech. Thanks for the wonderful experiences. We hope to see you again next year. Keep up the good work.
February 11 through the 14th, 2015. See you there next year.

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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
She made it!
13 comments:
- Sarah Hull said...
I LOVE regional center! Lots of awesome (and free) resources. Pray you get an awesome case worker... if not fire her and get a better one.
- July 13, 2010 at 8:29 PM
- jenn king said...
congrats ruth!!!!!!
- July 13, 2010 at 8:43 PM
- Beth said...
It's funny how I am your sister who is living this journey with you but I am always happy to see you added another post to your blog. Your pictures are amazing and your words are inspiring.
I love all of your pictures of our Davy girl...but this one is my favorite. GO TEAM DAVY! : )
- July 13, 2010 at 9:36 PM
- Larsen Party 24/7 said...
this picture is adorable! i love how she's stretching her little arms up and her outfit is amazing. that is hard to get that confirmation from the doctors, but closure is good, it's the wondering and guessing that drives me crazy. hope you have a good week!
- July 13, 2010 at 9:58 PM
- Our little family said...
I found your blog through CJane, and I just had to comment today. We have a special little girl who is severely delayed. She's 3 1/2, but developmentally about 1 year old. In the beginning, I really hoped and prayed that she would only be a couple months delayed, and would catch up by the time she was 1. Her first birthday came and went, and she couldn't even sit on her own. I was bitter and sad and angry, but I've learned to embrace our situation, and I'm no longer bitter and sad and angry. Sometimes I still have little twinges of sad, but I am definitely on Team Katie. So yes, it is okay to be a little sad, but know that her therapists will love her and you, and this is the best thing for her. I LOVED our therapists, and was so sad when she mvoed on to preschool and we no longer saw them. Enjoy the new stage of her life, let yourself be a little sad when the urge comes, then pick yourself up and continue the fight with your little angel.
- July 14, 2010 at 4:23 AM
- Georgia said...
As I read Beth's comment I actually laughed out loud because I look for a new post from you first thing every morning. While I don't get to see you as often as before, your posts make me still feel connected.
I am definitely TEAM DAVY!
Building those muscles little bird...build 'em!!!!
- July 14, 2010 at 7:46 AM
- gram said...
What a sweet baby! she's definitly going to be a winner, check out those georgeous eye and brows!! Thanks Trudy for helping me find Davy! you are beautiful!!!
- July 14, 2010 at 1:21 PM
- michelle said...
Hi. I have been visiting your blog for a little while and not commenting. But I had to comment to this one. You absolutely get to be sad. My niece had meningitis as a baby. We almost lost her. Happily she recovered but did lose the hearing in one ear. Everyone told my sister how lucky it was only the one ear. But my sister kept thinking how was that lucky? Of course then she realized how blessed we are to still have her-but you can't help but be a little sad. Thank you for sharing your story and your lovely daughter.
- July 14, 2010 at 5:19 PM
- Holladay Family said...
I've learned through my son's disabilities that you have to take it a day at a time. I used to worry about when he is older and if other kids woul laugh at him. I worried he couldn't do self care on his own. I worried about him strugglig with dating. I worried about him not being able to have his own biological children because the chance of his child being severely disabled is so high. But then, one day, not really sure when, I let go. I decided to be thrilled when he succeeded and cry with him when it was hard. I try to be his greatest cheerleader. I am always there to praise him for the simple things he can do. I know little Davy will surprise you. Her spirit is PERFECT. She understands love. She gets it. I promise you that when someone knows they are LOVED unconditionally they will thrive in their own way. I love the old saying, "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know wht you are going to get.". But you you ever really go wrong with chocolate? :)
- July 14, 2010 at 5:35 PM
- michelle said...
Thank you for your comment on my blog. I left out the most important part! My neice Libby is amazing, if you met her today you would never guess what she went through. Unless her mom is trying to get her to do something she doesn't want to-then her ear doesn't work! Kids are amazing!
- July 14, 2010 at 11:27 PM
- Stefanie said...
Ruthy! I love your blog. I just couldn't stop reading. I want to be on team Davy! She looks so sweet! I hope her and Audrey can be friends some day. I believe they are 13 days apart. Love you Ruthy!
- July 15, 2010 at 7:05 AM
- shellybellylarson said...
She's not delayed... just differently abled ! Thats how I have always viewed my son . Yay for the extra help & therapy !
davy will be A~ok ! ..and so will you ! ;)
- July 15, 2010 at 11:30 AM
- Jocelyn said...
I feel for you and what you are going thru. I had the similar feeling when my son got diagnosed with a disability. And then I realized he was here to bless me, help me be a better mom. Love your little Davy. She is adorable and such a blessing. There will be people that come into your life that will bless you and you in turn will be able to bless others.
- July 15, 2010 at 9:15 PM


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There's a sweet way Sara Bareilles sings about her breakup on her new album. She's soft on the honeyed, piano pop gems that make up "The Blessed Unrest," her voice is solid and her lyrics are strong.
On "Hercules," Bareilles is tough, singing passionate lines like: "This is my darkest hour, a long road has led me out here, but I only need turn around to face the light, and decide flight or fight." She's ready to fight for love on the tender "1000 Times," where she proclaims "'cause I would die to make you mine, you bleed me dry each and every time." And on the upbeat "Little Black Dress," she's cute and bouncy, though she sings "they don't need to see me crying."
Bareilles knows how to craft a great song. She doesn't rely on hooks to grab you in; it's her lyrics – and that rich tone in her voice she lets out near the song's end. "Manhattan" is a slow classic and "Satellite Call" is layered with sounds and vocals, coming off like a Coldplay and OneRepublic mashup.
While Bareilles is getting over love on the 12-track set, she isn't down and out the entire time: "I Choose You," a beautiful song about falling in love, could make anyone's irritating day better. And on the lead single, "Brave," she's encouraging a friend to come out of the closet: "Say what you wanna say, and let the words fall out, honestly I want to see you be brave."
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Maybe she got a bad tan and said fuck it, I'm making it my costume.
If it's politically incorrect to dress up in black face, would it still be politically incorrect to dress up as Al Jolson performing as Jack Robin performing in blackface?Or what if you wore an all-black bodysuit with a face painted on it? Actually that would just be terrifying. Let's get a flash-mob to do it.
So our Toronto Mayor basically did a "I don't confirm or deny -- but I apologize" to smoking crack.I totally want a GTA* game based on the GTA**.* Grand Theft Auto** Greater Toronto Area (for all Australians and other aliens who don't know)
Is he mayor of all of GTA or does each city have their own?
He's honestly matching up with Mayor Quimby's level of incompetence and scandal for their position


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Snow is busting town budgets, eating up school calendar
As school districts and public works departments brace for more winter weather, both snow removal budgets and school calendars across the region were already feeling the strain of 11 storms Tuesday.
Norwich Public Works Director Barry Ellison said the cost of this week's storms hasn't been tallied yet, but by the end of January, he was already worried about the accounts that handle snow removal costs - namely overtime, fuel and salt.
By the end of the month, the department had used 1,950 tons of its 2,300-ton salt supply and spent 80 percent of its $140,000 overtime budget - a cost that may cut into funding for spring projects.
In Montville and New London, the snow budget has not yet run out, but Montville Public Works Director Don Bourdeau and New London Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio said another round of storms could change that.
And elsewhere, funds have long since been expended.
Waterford's Department of Public Works has already purchased more road salt than it had budgeted for. And in Ledyard, Public Works Director Steve Masalin said snow removal costs have exceeded the $212,000 budget by $30,000 - not counting the overtime today's storm will incur, or the additional salt that an anticipated weekend storm would call for.
As public works director for the town since 1996, Masalin said he can recall a few record-breaking years in terms of snow accumulation and the ensuing costs. Just five years ago, the town overspent its snow budget by 73 percent.
Though this winter hasn't seen a lot of inches, he said, the repeated winter weather events have required a lot of "attention and salt."
Masalin said the Finance Committee will meet this week to discuss how to address the deficit.
But money isn't the only concern. Preston First Selectman Robert Congdon said the engine blew on one of the town's six plow trucks this week, leaving the town short-handed for today's storm. Congdon doubted he could rent or borrow a replacement in time.
"We're getting in trouble real fast," Congdon said. "And it's taking a toll on the equipment."
Finizio said New London has recently lost two plows to engine failure - one that is more than 20 years old and out of commission for good, and one 1996 model that is repairable but not in time for this week's snow.
Snow days adding up
Students may be celebrating a snow day today, but they may be paying for it come June.
As of Tuesday afternoon, most superintendents had not yet made a call about whether to close school today. Stonington Superintendent Van Riley described it as "questionable," and other districts said they were waiting for updated weather reports.
But they were sure of one thing: Too many missed school days will mean make-up days at the end of the year, pushing the end of school for many districts back to mid-June.
Several districts have already seen between three and six snow days. For many, a cancellation today would make five snow days - meaning an extra week of school.
"Looking back over the past years, it does seem like (the number of cancellations) is higher than average for winter," said Salem Superintendent Joseph Onofrio.
State statute prohibits extending the school year beyond June 30, so if it snows enough, districts could dock other vacation time, possibly cutting into students' spring breaks.
In Preston, the Tuesday after President's Day was used as a make-up day for snow so often that it was eliminated from the school calendar as a vacation day.
"Two years ago, I just gave up," said Preston Superintendent John Welch.
But for most superintendents, spring break will be off-limits.
"We're not anywhere near that," said Riley, whose district has had six snow days so far this school year.
"Unless it got crazy -I mean, really crazy - I don't think we'd take from April," Onofrio said.
The effect is less pronounced in New London schools, which Superintendent Nicholas Fischer said have had just three days off compared with the four to six cancellations for inland districts.
One reason for that disparity is that districts south of Interstate 95 often experience different weather from those north of it, he said.
New London also has fewer closings because more than 90 percent of the students ride the bus and many rely on school to stay warm and get enough to eat - factors the superintendent weighs in his decision.
Districts don't always make up every snow day, so there's no guarantee as to what each Board of Education will decide. Last year, said Onofrio, the Salem Board of Education approved a 180-day school year rather than the usual 182-day year, allowing kids to get to summer camp and vacations in time.
And at Norwich Free Academy, despite four weather-related closings so far, there are "no plans at present to make any adjustments to the school calendar," said school spokesman Geoff Serra.
Staff writer Claire Bessette contributed to this report.
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2007 News Releases > August 2007 > Armes challenges students to focus on today
Armes challenges students to focus on today
PLAINVIEW – Students, faculty and staff of Wayland Baptist University gathered for convocation chapel Wednesday morning in Wayland's Harral Memorial Auditorium. Wayland President Dr. Paul Armes offered his first-of-the-year address, challenging students to remember the past and think about the future, but to focus on today.
"What should we think about as a university family as we move through this year?" he asked.
Dr. Armes touched on major moments in Wayland's history, including Dr. I.E. Gates' charge as the first president of Wayland to grow a school that was little more than a dormitory and a hole in the ground when he took over. He mentioned the tough times during the great depression when the faculty and staff agreed to work for no pay if necessary in order to keep Wayland's doors open, and the struggle in the 1980s to pull the university out of financial distress. While these were important moments in Wayland's history, Dr. Armes said one shouldn't focus too much on the past.
"The past is important, but it's not wise to be captivated by it," he said.
Dr. Armes then turned to the future and explained to the student body the goals of the upcoming capital campaign through which the school hopes to raise enough money to reconstruct the Flores bible building, adding a missions center, renovate Harral Auditorium, expand the fine arts facility, improve technology tools for the classrooms and build endowment through which more students will be able to attend school. He stressed the importance of the thinking about the future, but not to the point that one becomes overwhelmed by it.
Instead, he said, people should focus on the moment. Dr. Armes said each day is a gift from God and if one lives in the moment, "all the grace you need will be provided to you." He challenged students to use each day wisely and to immerse themselves in their classes. But more importantly, "care for one another."
"Be kind and Christlike in your concern and interest for others," he said.
Dr. Armes challenged students to seek out new people and form new relationship, and to be open to the blessing that God has to offer, focusing on Christ in each facet of life.
"There are so many gifts God wants to give you during your time at this school. Use the gift of this day," he said. "It is given to you from the hand of God. Live for Christ every minute of every day."


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Since matriculating students are given priority, non-credit students are admitted to courses on a space-available basis, usually only days before classes begin. In addition, all students must be committed students with basic skills and should be able to keep up with the coursework and add to the general classroom experience of all students.
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Cost of tuition for non-credit status is $650 per course and must be paid in full before the class begins. All regular college refund policies apply to non-credit courses.
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non-existence of hiv? (AIDS DENIALISM, 2010)
Dear Doctor Robert Frascino,
I am hiv positive since 2004 and am doing just fine. No coinfections, mild side effects (fatigue mostly), no oportunistic infections, cd 4 cell count of 714, viral load undetected since the i begun taking antiretrovirals. i am taking tenofovir, 3tc and efavirenz and have gained weight recently ... By the other hand, i have been reading some informations about de non existence of the hiv virus, nor aids along some internet sites. Whats your opinion about this information? I know it can sound like bullshit but i would like to know your opinion especially knowing that theres is a big drug industry behind the scene... Thank you!
The nonexistence of HIV/AIDS??? WOWZA. Hang on, I need to call my buddy Magic Johnson to tell him he's really not HIV infected. But wait a minute, how can I explain the over-25,000,000 folks who have died as as result of a condition that doesn't exist?
Dude, you stated the nonexistence theory sounds like bullshit and that's exactly what it is. What you've been reading is called "AIDS Denialism" and I've discussed it many times in this forum. I'll reprint below a small sample of what you can find in the archives. Have a look.
Dr. Bob
AIDS: The Biggest Controversy of the Century... what???? (AIDS DENIALISM, 2010) Jun 19, 2010
Dr. Bob, May I start off by saying you are one incredibly attractive Italian, and I must say it is quite a shame you are gay... if you weren't, I might be making a trip over there to sweep you off your feet. Unfortunately for both of us, I am only 22, and I am female... but you're still nice to look at. :)
Anyway, I came across this article thing while researching HIV online. WHAT is this??? What are your thoughts and opinions? Are HIV tests really just a hoax? Please read this and enlighten me to the truth! This was so astounding to me. I want to be up to date with everything, and no one better to ask than the expert.
Thanks, Dr. Bob!
Here is the link: http://www.whale.to/b/rappoport1.html
Response from Dr. Frascino
Controversy of the century???? Hardly!!!! Actually, what you came across is pure poppycock. It's AIDS denialism propaganda. I've discussed this topic numerous times. See below for a small excerpt of what's in the archives. If you want the truth about HIV/AIDS, check out AIDStruth.org.
As for sweeping me off my feet, well "it is quite a shame" you're straight, female and only 22! But thanks for the compliment!
Dr. Bob
Aids Dissident (AIDS DENIALISM, 2010) May 11, 2010
I am currently undergoing tests for HIV post exposure. I am also trying to start a non for profit organization. To keep a long story short the graphic designer I am using to create logo is also gay and has told me there there is no reason to test for HIV. I said he doesn't know anything and he wrote me this via facebook. Well I know less about any of this stuff than him and it had me feeling kind of confused could you explain the following statment to me and is it true or false.
BTW, thank you for the excellent work you do.
Immune health is a very complex topic and it took me years and years of research to understand the science behind HIV and to understand immune health in general. In order for the orthodoxy hypothesis to work the following parts have to be explained: A part about what the term 'AIDS" really means (and really doesn't mean). A part about what the "HIV" tests are really detecting (which would have to include what proteins were used in their design and how those proteins were ever proven to be associated with a novel pathogen you call "HIV"). A part about the original scientific prove of "HIV's" existence (isolation/purification). A part about how it was proven that being antibody-positive equaled being infected. A part about how counting CD4+ T-cells in the peripheral blood of "HIV-positive" people is not a predictor of health. A part about the so-called "Long Term Non-Progressors" (which is a pseudo-scientific label for those who test antibody-positive yet do not succumb to the expected opportunistic infections). A part about the sub-category of LTNPs who achieve this superhuman feat without taking any anti-HIV medications. A part about the drugs themselves and how they cause "AIDS" (but instead of calling it AIDS they call it Immune Reconstitution Syndrome). A part about the media and how the New York Times deleted the word "probable" from the pronouncement that the "probable cause of AIDS has been found" and the very next morning ran the headline "The cause of AIDS has been found." And a part about how everyone repeated this lie, and repeated this lie, over and over until it became.....fact. Is this an opinion? Hardly. Am I passionate about this topic? You bet! Are you part of the solution or have you already accepted "HIV" on blind faith?
Response from Dr. Frascino
Your graphic designer may be great at creating logos, but when it comes to HIV/AIDS he's totally whacked. AIDS denialists (a more accurate term than dissidents) are a shrinking group of deluded individuals who refuse to believe scientific fact or even common sense. I've discussed this terribly misguided movement a number of times over the years. (See the archives.) There is a sound scientific answer to all of their often repeated questions. They just refuse to accept reality.
Check out www.AIDSTruth.org for the scientific proof that debunks the denialist's mythology. I'll also reprint below a small sample of what you can find in the archives of this forum.
Knowledge is power. Enlighten your graphic designer if you are able. You just might save his life.
Dr. Bob
no true scientific proof that hiv exists - see website (AIDS DENIALISM, 2010) Mar 13, 2010
hey, I know you have adressed this topic multiple times, however it would be good to know whether it is a lie that hiv has never been seen under EM as is stated in this article about how the virus through rna pcr is detected and in testing antibodies to the virus. Here is the website, so that you can research it. Please let us know what you think, as it indicates that proper scientific method is not used regarding isolating HIV but rather indicates that certain proteins that are common among various other mycoplasmas, fungus, etc produce the same test results. Many places it also states that people who have run down immune systems due to numerous std's are much more likely to get HIV which could indicate that merely a busy immune system needing to deal with too many things at a time causes immune failure. If a virus was never truly visualized, then where is the scientific proof, as opposed to severly convincing circumstantial evidence. There would be no model to proove a theory of overburdoned immune system as the combinations would proove prohibitive to scientific investigation, so is it possible that the scientists bended the rules a bit to allow circumstantial evidence to become fact. This is not to say that there is not a virus, but this article states that there was never concrete proof, only mathmatical evidence. here is the article http://www.virusmyth.com/aids/hiv/eppretoria.htm and this article as well although not as scientifically written http://www.fearoftheinvisible.com/hivtest
Response from Dr. Frascino
See below. I've already addressed this Web site and the topic of AIDS denialism extensively. Don't be fooled by the nonsense and pseudoscience of that Web site or the rapidly dwindling number of AIDS denialists who support these repeatedly disproven theories. It's all pure poppycock!
Dr. Bob
AN ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC IN THE U.S. Aug 13, 2009
what are your thoughts and opinions on this article? http://www.virusmyth.com/aids/hiv/pptalk.htm
Response from Dr. Frascino
The Web site you reference is an "AIDS Denialist" Web site. I have discussed this dwindling idiotic fringe group many times before in this forum. (Check the archives.) The article you reference is from 1994, ancient history in the world of HIV/AIDS. It's also complete balderdash! Check out the science that debunks these illogical farfetched claims at www.AIDSTruth.org.
I'll reprint below a post from the archives that addresses AIDS Denialism.
Dr. Bob
Prove that HIV causes AIDS Jan 16, 2009
There is a lot of talk on here about Duesberg and the Perth Group. You say that their so called 'dangerous' beliefs have been disputed time and time again yet this is not true. Many of the questions asked by some of these 'denialists' have never been answered satisfactorily. To this day there is still no convincing scientific evidence to prove that HIV leads to AIDS. The test itself should be abolished. How do you explain the growing number of people who have tested positive and then reversed their status back to negative? How do you explain that an HIV positive persons cd4 count gets higher and the viral load is undetectable after being positive for 15 years on NO medication? Is it not true that there are over 60 conditions that can give you a false positive on an HIV test? There are a significant number of cases of people who tested positive after recently having a flu vaccine and then 6 months later their test is negative. How do you explain this? Is it not true that so far there are over 60,000 cases of AIDS patients who died in the 80's but were never tested for HIV? Is it not also true that the results are 'interpreted'according to whether you belong in a risk group or not? Is it not also true that you can test positve for HIV in Africa where only two coloured bands on the WB are required for a positive result yet if that same person was to come to Australia, they would test negative because 4 bands are required for a positive result? How come if you ask your doctor to prove that a positive result is proof of HIV itself that they can provide no such proof? It's not just Duesberg and the Perth Group who deny the HIV=AIDS myth - the number of credible doctors, scientists and run of the mill citizens who dispute this theory is growing! The truth will set you free!
Response from Dr. Frascino
Detailed scientific answers to each and every one of your questions (many of which have been recycled for years by the dwindling number of people who refuse to believe science or common sense) are available at www.AIDSTruth.org. Check it out! You have much to learn. The one thing you and I definitely agree on is your last statement: "The truth will set you free."
I will make a few comments about AIDS denialism in general for our readers who may not know the history of this misguided cult. In the early years of the epidemic, a few scientists postulated that HIV infection may not be the cause of AIDS. They suggested a number of other potential explanations, such as AZT causing AIDS in developed nations and malnutrition causing AIDS in the developing world. These scientists argued that "Koch's postulates" have not been fulfilled and suggested that antiretroviral therapy rather than being life sustaining was actually killing people. (Koch's postulates are a series of four distinct criteria that need to be fulfilled to conclusively prove that a germ, microbe or organism is the cause of a specific disease.)
The AIDS denialists hypothesis was far fetched when it was proposed in the 80s and today we know it is complete lunacy. Koch's postulates have been fulfilled many times over. We now have solid scientific evidence of how HIV infects human cells, damages the immune system and results in AIDS. The life-sustaining effects of antiretroviral drugs have also been absolutely established by countless clinical trials and large epidemiological observational studies. The death rate from AIDS plummeted by 50% the year after HAART was introduced!!! It's hard to argue with facts such as these.
The AIDS denialists are a dwindling cult. Many have either died prematurely while some have come to their senses and started therapy. These feckless whack-jobs would be nothing more than amusing if it weren't for the influence they have exerted on some gullible individuals. They have encouraged some very scared folks into believing their myths and even affected the health policy of South Africa, which resulted in tremendous human tragedy.
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health have calculated that the South African government's refusal to provide antiretroviral drugs (because Mbeki, their president, was influenced by AIDS denialists) resulted in 330,000 lives being prematurely snuffed out by the virus between 2000 and 2005!
Dr. Bob


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Book Two: Scientists of Faith 1/2
No matter how obstinate materialists and atheists may be, a single truth remains evident: God created all forms of life and systems that make up the topics of science. Therefore, it is certain that science and religion are reconcilable, so long as they are practiced honestly and sensibly. A mark of this apparent agreement is the "scientists of faith", of past and present, who have all made significant contributions to humanity.
A scientist, who practices science, makes new discoveries, and works to unravel the mysteries of the universe, is actually an individual investigating the artistry of God in-depth, trying to detect the details therein. That is why religion and science are an inseparable unit. A scientist is one who makes evident God's infinite power and the artistry and uniqueness in His creation. For this reason, scientists, contrary to popular belief, can perceive the existence and unity of God most immediately, as they are the ones immersed in the study of the objects of God's creation.
Not surprisingly, there are a great number of scientists who have made important contributions to science by using the free-thought and broad-mindedness provided them through religion. These individuals not only demonstrated that science and religion are fully compatible, but also served science and humanity in the greatest way. Noted scientists such as Newton, Kepler, Leonardo da Vinci, and Einstein, who were the pioneers of science, believed, as a result of their observations and research, that the universe was created and ordered by God and is governed under His control. Moreover, it was men of faith who founded the principles upon which science is based, and thus, religion played a critical role in its advent.
The outlook on the cosmos of Isaac Newton, considered the greatest scientist of all times, is implicit in these following words:
This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being. This Being governs all things... as Lord over all, and on account of His dominion. He is wont to be called Lord God, Universal Ruler.78
It is a known fact that Kepler's scientific achievements sprang from his religious faith. Arno Penzias, 1978 winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, and co-discoverer of cosmic background radiation, had this to say about Kepler:
That really goes back to the triumph, not of Copernicus, but really the triumph of Kepler. That's because, after all, the notion of epicycles and so forth goes back to days when scientists were swapping opinions. All this went along until we had a true believer and this was Kepler. …He really believed in God the Lawgiver. …And he said there's got to be something simpler and more powerful. Now he was lucky or maybe there was something deeper, but Kepler's faith was rewarded with his laws of nature. And so from that day on, it's been an awful struggle, but over long centuries, we find that very simple laws of nature actually do apply. And so that expectation is still with scientists. And it comes essentially from Kepler, and Kepler got it out of his belief…79
In this part of the book, we will cover the scientists of faith, from the past to the present, who founded and developed modern science, as well as their contributions to science. All the scientists included in this part believed that the cosmos and all forms of life were created by God. Francis Bacon's words portray the regard of a scientist of faith for all created beings:
For as all works do shew forth the power and skill of the workman,… so it is of the works of God; which do shew the omnipotency and wisdom of the maker.80
In His verses, God states that one of the ways to acquire the ability to think about creation, to fear God, to recognize creation as due to Him, and to grasp His omnipotence and omniscience is "having knowledge":
The metaphor of those who take protectors besides God is that of a spider which builds itself a house; but no house is flimsier than a spider's house, if they only knew. God knows what you call upon besides Himself. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise. Such metaphors – We devise them for mankind; but only those with knowledge understand them. God created the heavens and the earth with truth. There is certainly a Sign in that for the believers. (Surat al-'Ankabut: 41-44)
Among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and earth and the variety of your languages and colors. There are certainly Signs in that for those who know. (Surat ar-Rum: 22)
God bears witness that there is no deity but Him, as do the angels and the people of knowledge, upholding justice. There is no deity but Him, the Almighty, the All-Wise. (Surat Al 'Imran: 18)
But those of them who are firmly rooted in knowledge, and the believers, believe in what has been sent down to you and what was sent down before you: those who keep up prayer (salat) and pay the welfare tax (zakat), and believe in God and the Last Day – We will pay such people an immense wage. (Surat an-Nisa': 162)
Scientists of Faith Who Lived in the Past
Roger Bacon (1220-1292)
"The grace of faith illuminates greatly."81
Called Doctor Mirabiles (Wonderful Doctor) by his contemporaries, Roger Bacon was a British scientist and theologian who laid great emphasis on the experimental method, and put an end to many archaic customs practiced in the science of his time. Bacon foresaw a number of technological breakthroughs that were to come hundreds of years later, which were hard to even fathom at the time. Steamboats, trains, cars, planes, cranes, and suspension bridges are only some of the innovations he anticipated in the 13th century.
Bacon, who, back in the 13th century, anticipated numerous technological innovations, said "Then this science as regards the commonwealth of believers is useful, as we saw in its special knowledge of the future, present, and past."
In a letter to a friend, Bacon wrote:
First, by the figurations of art there be made instruments of navigation without men to row them, as great ships to brooke the sea, only with one man to steer them, and they shall sail far more swiftly than if they were full of men; also chariots that shall move with unspeakable force without any living creature to stir them.82
Believing that light was created by God to enable man to see, Bacon conducted observations in this field. He defined the magnifying characteristic of optic lenses and their places of usage. He was the first to note that the light emitted by stars does not reach the Earth simultaneously. Finally, Bacon maintained that the Earth was not flat but round, some 200 years prior to Christopher Columbus, and that India could be reached by sailing west from Europe.
Believing that the conclusions he arrived at in his observations were useful to men of faith, Bacon said:
Francis Bacon
Then this science as regards the commonwealth of believers is useful, as we saw in its special knowledge of the future, present, and past.83
Bacon, as a scientist, argued that science did not conflict with religion, but rather could serve as an important tool to help convince unbelievers. He stated that "this science is of the greatest advantage in persuading men to accept the faith."84
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
Bacon, reputed scientist, and one of the founders of the scientific method, is known to have been a devout believer in God. He stated in Novum Organum that natural philosophy (science) is "after the word of God, the surest remedy against superstition, and the most approved support of faith."85
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
Galileo Galilei is the first person to have used the telescope to observe the sky. Galileo maintained that the Earth is round, and was the first to detect the dark regions, craters, and hills of the Moon. Galileo, famous for his immense contribution to science, believed that the senses, the ability to talk and intelligence, were granted to people by God, and that they ought to be exercised in the best way possible. He maintained that it was all too obvious that Nature was designed by God. He said that nature was simply another book written by God, and contended that the truths of science and the truths of faith cannot impugn one another since God is the author of all truth.86
Galileo Galilei
The inside cover of Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, which he completed in 1629.
Galileo maintained that the Earth is round, and was the first to detect the dark regions, craters, and hills of the Moon. Bottom: Two of Galileo's first telescopes in the Museum of Science, Florence. The other picture shows the convex lens of the telescope.
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)
Johannes Kepler
Since we astronomers are priests of the highest God in regard to the book of nature, it befits us to be thoughtful, not of the glory of our minds, but rather, above all else, of the glory of God.87
Kepler, the founder of modern astronomy, discovered the elliptical movement of the planets, established a formula for relating a planet's orbital period to its mean distance from the sun, and completed astronomical tables that allow calculations of planetary positions for any time in the past or future.
As a scientist, Kepler also believed that the universe was created by a Creator. When he was asked why he practiced science, he said "I had the intention of becoming a theologian... but now I see how God is, by my endeavors, also glorified in astronomy, for 'heavens declare the glory of God'".88
The life of Kepler, who believed that God's glory was manifested in everything He created, is an example to how successful and broad-thinking a scientist who admits that there is a divine purpose in nature can be. "Who gave white bears and white wolves to the snowy regions of the North, and a food for the bears the whale, and for the wolves, birds' eggs?" asked Kepler and then replied: "Great is our Lord and great His virtue and of his wisdom there is no number: praise Him, ye heavens, praise Him, ye sun, moon, and planets, use every sense for perceiving, every tongue for declaring your Creator. Praise Him, ye celestial Harmonies, praise Him, ye judges of the Harmonies uncovered: and thou my soul, praise the Lord thy Creator, as long as I shall be: for out of Him and through Him and in Him are all things, both the sensible and the intelligible; for both whose whereof we are utterly ignorant and those which we know are the least part of them; because there is still more beyond. To him be praise, honor, and glory, world without end."89
Johannes Baptista von Helmont (1579-1644)
Founder of pneumatic chemistry and chemical physiology, Helmont invented the thermometer and barometer. Walter Pagels, who wrote a book on the religious aspects of van Helmont's science, stated that he drew inspiration from his religious beliefs in his researches.90
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Contributing to the greatest innovation in geometry since the time of the Ancient Greeks, Pascal was a distinguished scientist, who made significant discoveries from early on in his life. Besides his contribution to mathematics, Pascal was also responsible for monumental discoveries in physics. He made a number of studies in atmospheric and fluid mechanics, and proved that atmospheric pressure varies according to altitude.
An eminent figure in the history of science, Pascal was also a deeply spiritual man. He referred to the eternal power of God when he said that God is the Creator of everything from mathematics to the order of the elements.91
Many scientists noted for their discoveries were also known for their faith in God. Helmont, who invented the thermometer and barometer, and Pascal, right, were two such scientists.
John Ray (1627-1705)
John Ray
Reputed British botanist, John Ray, was a man of faith. He felt that if man were placed on earth to mirror back to God the glory of all His works, then he ought to take notice of every created thing. In his early years, spurred on by this outlook, Ray engaged himself in scientific research. He was the great authority of his day in both botany and zoology. He wrote a well-received book, The Wisdom of God in Creation. In this book, in which Ray introduced thousands of plants, insect, bird, fish species, and the like, he reported that nature reveals the existence of a Creator. God's works of creation, he said, were "the works created by God at first, and by Him conserved to this day in the same state and condition in which they were first made."92
Ray, who made a considerable contribution to botany, always stressed that science and religion intersect in many ways. His attitude is best understood by his words: "There is for a free man no occupation more worth and delightful than to contemplate the beauteous works of nature and honor the infinite wisdom and goodness of God."93
John Ray
Robert Boyle (1627-1691)
Robert Boyle
Regarded as the father of modern chemistry, Boyle made a number of revolutionary scientific discoveries. He established the relationship between changes in the pressure applied to air and the volume air occupies, which became known today as "Boyle's law of gasses". His other inventions included a kind of litmus paper and a primitive refrigerator. He demonstrated that water expanded when it froze. The modern definition of "element" was given by him, and he contributed to the theory of atomism, arguing that if air is compressible there must be void between its particles.
While responsible for such great scientific discoveries, Boyle was a devout believer in God. He believed there to be an intelligent design in nature, which was created by an all-powerful Creator. Boyle taught in his lectures and writings that science and belief in God should stand side by side. In a lecture, he was to have said: "Remember to give glory to the one who authored nature… Use knowledge to bring good to mankind."94
Elsewhere, he commented that the perfection in living things explicitly reveals God's existence:
The excellent contrivance of that great system of the world, and especially the curious fabric of the bodies of animals and the uses of their sensories and other parts, have been made the great motives that in all ages and nations induced philosophers to acknowledge a Deity as the author of these admirable structures.95
Antonie von Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723)
It was Leeuwenhoek who discovered bacteria. Leeuwenhoek learned to grind his own magnifying lenses to examine cloth. Intrigued by what he saw, he began producing other magnifiers – and became the first man to see and describe bacteria through a microscope.
>His goal to refute the idea of spontaneous generation without a Creator led him to conduct important scientific studies. To this purpose, he studied the nutrient systems of plants and animals, he examined spermatozoa, the transportation of nutrients in plants, and the structure and function of various parts of plants. Blood cells also became subjects of his investigations. He was the first to study capillaries and actually see blood cells passing through them. Before Leeuwenhoek, no one understood that muscles were made of fibers.96
A. Leeuwenhoek's microscope by which he observed bacteria.
1. Bacteria types
2. Bacteria types
3. Blood Cells
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Isaac Newton's drawing showing the passage of light from a small opening through a lens, and then through two prisms that separate light into colors.
Principia Mathematica
Considered the greatest scientist who ever lived, Newton was both a mathematician and a physicist. His greatest contribution to science was his discovery of the law of universal gravitation. He added the concept of mass to the relation between force and acceleration; introduced the law of action and reaction, and put forward the thesis that a moving object will continue moving in straight line at a constant speed unless acted on by a force. Newton's laws of motion remained applicable for four centuries, from simplest engineering calculations to the most complex technological projects. Newton's contributions were not limited to gravity, but also extended to the fields of mechanics and optics. Discovering the seven colors of light, Newton thus laid the ground for a new discipline, namely optics.
In addition to his groundbreaking discoveries, Newton wrote critical essays refuting atheism and defending Creation. He supported the idea that "creation is the only scientific explanation". Newton believed that the mechanic universe, a gigantic clock working non-stop, in his analogy, could only be the work of an all-powerful and all-wise Creator.
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
Behind Newton's discoveries, which changed the course of the world, was his desire to come closer to God. Newton investigated the objects of God's creation to know Him better. To this end, he devoted himself to studies with great energy. Newton communicated the reason underlying his zeal for scientific endeavor with the following words, in his famous work Principia Mathematica:
...He (God) is eternal and infinite, omnipotent and omniscient; that is, his duration reaches from eternity to eternity; his presence from infinity to infinity; he governs all things, and knows all things that are or can be done. He is …eternal and infinite; …he endures and is present. He endures forever, and is everywhere present; and, by existing always and everywhere, he constitutes duration and space... We know him only by his most wise and excellent contrivances of things... [W]e reverence and adore him as his servants…97
The above picture shows Newton separating light into a spectrum of colors with the use of a prism.
John Flamsteed
John Flamsteed (1646-1719)
John Flamsteed
He was the founder of the famous Greenwich observatory and the first astronomer royal of England. Flamsteed, who, after innumerable observations, produced the first great star map of the telescopic age, was also a devout clergyman.
John Woodward (1665-1728)
Woodward was one of the great founding fathers of the science of geology. One of Woodward's valuable contributions was the establishment of an important paleontological museum at Cambridge, and the geology branch there.
Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Linnaeus, a scientist of great piety, conducted very important studies in botany. He proved that plants reproduce sexually, and introduced to science the notion of "biological taxonomy".
Jean Deluc (1727-1817)
Deluc was a Swiss physicist who coined the term "geology". He and his father developed the modern mercury thermometer and the hygrometer. He is known for his belief in creation, and for his challenge to the idea that the universe and life came about by coincidence.
Sir William Herschel (1738-1822)
Herschel was one of the most accomplished astronomers of the 18th century. Herschel, who constructed the most advanced reflecting telescopes of his day, and cataloged and studied the nebulae and galaxies as never before, was a scientist of faith. It was Herschel who said "The undevout astronomer must be mad", remarking that it is astounding that a scientist studying astronomy, and bearing witness to the perfect order in the universe, could not believe in God.98
Sir William Herschel continued his observations with the telescopes he devised, supported by the grants he received from King George III.
William Paley (1743-1805)
Paley was a scientist who believed in creation. His work Natural Theology was one of the best-selling books of his time. Paley felt that "if works of art are products of man, then living things must be the product of a being far superior to man". According to Paley, the fact that all living things are equipped with all kinds of features they need to survive in their habitat is a "mark of contrivance, in proof of design, and of a designing Creator."99
George Cuvier (1769-1832)
Cuvier was one of the greatest anatomists and paleontologists. He is considered to be the founder of the science of comparative anatomy, and one of the chief architects of paleontology as a separate scientific discipline. He was a firm creationist, even participating in important creation/evolution debates.100
Humphrey Davy (1778-1829)
Known as a man of faith, Davy was one of the great chemists of his day, and the man under whom Faraday served as apprentice. He was the first to isolate many important chemical elements, to develop the motion theory of heat, to invent the safety lamp, and to demonstrate that diamonds are carbon, along with many other pivotal contributions.
Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873)
Adam Sedgwick
One of England's leading 19th century geologists, Sedgwick, is especially famous for identifying and naming the major rock systems known as Cambrian and Devonian. He was also a clergyman, and although he was a friend of Charles Darwin, he always opposed his evolutionary ideas.101
Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday (1791-1867)
Universally acknowledged as one of the greatest physicists of all time, Faraday was especially gifted with developing the new sciences of electricity and magnetism. He also made key contributions in the field of chemistry.
Faraday was a scientist who believed in the existence of a Creator, and that science and religion are in harmony. Because one God created the world, he believed, all of nature must be interconnected as a single whole. Based on this idea, he concluded that electricity and magnetism must be interlinked.102
Samuel Morse (1791-1872)
Morse was a remarkable scientist known for his invention of the telegraph. He also built the first camera in America.
Morse believed in the existence of a Creator who created everything for a certain cause. He felt that the material world and the spiritual world work in harmony. Just four years before he died, Morse wrote: "The nearer I approach to the end of my pilgrimage, the grandeur and sublimity of God's remedy for fallen man are more appreciated and the future is illumined with hope and joy."103
If we see, when we enter a cave, impressive, masterful pictures on its walls, we then conclude that "there must have been an intelligent agent here before us, who evidently produced these many works". Though we may never see this intelligent agent, we know of his existence from his artifacts.
Joseph Henry (1797-1878)
The great American physicist and devout scientist, Joseph Henry, was a professor at Princeton University. Henry, who invented the electromagnetic motor and the galvanometer, had made it a regular habit to stop to worship God, and then to pray for divine guidance, at every important juncture of an experiment, in all his experimentation.104
Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz (1807-1873)
Agassiz, widely recognized as the greatest American biologist, was an inveterate opponent of evolutionism.
Agassiz saw the divine plan of God everywhere in nature, and could not reconcile himself to a theory that did not acknowledge design. As he wrote, in his Essay on Classification:
The combination in time and space of all these thoughtful conceptions exhibits not only thought, it shows also premeditation, power, wisdom, greatness, prescience, omniscience, providence. In one word, all these facts in their natural connection proclaim aloud the One God, whom man may know, adore, and love.105
James Prescott Joule (1818-1889)
James Prescott Joule
Besides his discovery of the first law of thermodynamics, Joule also showed how to calculate the heat produced by an electric current moving through a wire, and was the first to calculate the velocity of a gas molecule. His greatest discovery was the value of the constant known as the "mechanical equivalent of heat". This discovery led to the formulation of the law of conservation of energy, the most basic and universal of all scientific laws.
Joule, as the discoverer of these important scientific laws, was a scientist who believed that he could come closer to God as he came to know the laws of nature. His belief urged him to proceed with further investigations. He was one of the 717 scientists who signed a manifesto against Darwin in 1864. He expressed his beliefs about science in these terms:
After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power and goodness as evidenced by his handiwork. It is evident that an acquaintance with natural laws means no less than an acquaintanceship with the mind of God therein expressed.106
George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903)
George Stokes was a great British physicist and mathematician, who made major contributions in a number of fields. He expanded the knowledge of gravitational discrepancies, astrophysics, chemistry, sonic problems, and heat. He showed that unlike glass, quartz is transparent to ultraviolet radiation. With Lord Kelvin, he was one of the first to appreciate the electro-thermodynamic explorations of James Joule. Stokes showed that X-rays were also part of Maxwell's electromagnetic spectrum. For a time, Stokes was president of the Victoria Institute of London, and an active member of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.
>He was a scientist who investigated nature with a belief in the Creator, and he wrote specifically emphasizing his belief in God. In one of his works, he said that "the laws of nature are carried out in accordance with his will, he who willed them may will their suspension"107
Rudolph Virchow (1821-1902)
Virchow's main scientific contributions were in the field of medicine. He is considered the father of modern pathology and of the study of cellular diseases. He was the first to describe leukemia, and was active in anthropological and archeological research. Virchow was one of the most renowned scientists to strongly oppose the evolutionary teachings of Darwin and Haeckel. He also entered actively into politics and fought vigorously against allowing evolutionist teaching in the schools of Germany.108
Gregory Mendel (1822-1884)
Gregory Mendel derived the laws of inheritance from his experiments on garden peas. Mendel, also a monk, put Darwin's theory of evolution into a quandary with his discovery.
With his discovery of the three laws of genetics, Mendel went down in history as the person who founded the principles of inheritance. Mendel's principles of inheritance have turned out to be the most compelling proofs exposing the fallacy of the theory of evolution.
Having refuted the theory of evolution with his discovery of the principles of inheritance, Mendel further believed that God had created the world, and that blind chance could not be responsible for the outcome.109
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)
Louis Pasteur
Pasteur is one of the greatest figures in the history of science and medicine, chiefly because of his establishment of the germ theory of disease, and his strong opposition to the theory of evolution. He was the first to explain the organic basis and control of fermentation, and as his research led him further and further into bacteriology, he isolated a number of disease-producing organisms, and developed vaccines to combat them – notably the dreaded diseases of rabies, diphtheria, anthrax, and others – as well as the processes of pasteurization and sterilization.
Pasteur, who was a firm believer in God, was the object of fierce opposition because of his resistance to Darwin's theory of evolution. He was a defender of the compatibility of science and religion, which he would often emphasize in his writings. As he put it:
The more I know, the more does my faith approach that of the Breton peasant (i.e., the faith which is serene, complete, unquestioning)110
Little science takes you away from God but more of it takes you to Him.111
William Thompson (Lord Kelvin) (1824-1907)
William Thompson (Lord Kelvin)
Lord Kelvin is recognized as the leading physicist of his time, and is also known for his strong faith in God. He is held in high regard in the scientific community for his contributions to physics and mathematics, as well as his practical inventions. He developed a successful method to liquefy hydrogen and helium. He established the scale of absolute temperatures, so that such temperatures are today measured as so many "degrees Kelvin". He established thermodynamics as a formal scientific discipline, and formulated its first and second laws in precise terminology.
He openly espoused his faith in God in his works. He said:
Do not be afraid to be free thinkers. If you think strongly enough, you will be forced by science to the belief in God.112
With regard to the origin of life, science… positively affirms creative power.113
J. J. Thomson (1856-1940)
In 1897, J. J. Thomson discovered the electron. He was a professor of physics at Cambridge University. Thomson, who was a devoutly religious man, made this statement in Nature, drawing attention to the fact that the conclusions reached by science point to the existence of God:
In the distance tower still higher [scientific] peaks which will yield to those who ascend them still wider prospects and deepen the feeling whose truth is emphasized by every advance in science, that great are the works of the Lord.114
Sir William Huggins (1824-1910)
According to the Doppler effect, the spectrum of light waves change in direct proportion to a galaxy's distance to the Earth. This picture shows this change. Sir Huggins, who was the first to identify the Doppler effect, was a scientist who believed in God.
Huggins was well known both as a scientist of faith and as a brilliant astronomer. He was the first to demonstrate that stars were comprised mostly of hydrogen, along with smaller amounts of the same elements existing on Earth. He was also the first to identify the Doppler effect (that the light of stars shift from red to blue as they move away from each other) in astronomy, which led to the idea of the expanding universe.
Joseph Clerk Maxwell
Joseph Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)
Maxwell lived a short, but uniquely productive life. Recognized as the father of modern physics, Maxwell demonstrated the unity of light and electricity, bringing light, electricity, and magnetism together under one set of equations. Einstein relied on Maxwell's equations to formulate the theory of relativity.
Albert Einstein called Maxwell's achievement "the most profound and most fruitful that physics has experienced since the time of Newton." He was strongly opposed to evolution, and was able to develop a thorough mathematical refutation of the famous "nebular hypothesis" of the French atheist LaPlace. He also wrote an incisive refutation of the evolutionary philosophies of Herbert Spencer, the great advocate of Darwinism. In a letter he mused that the scientist of faith has an obligation to conduct such work as will benefit religion.115
John Strutt (1842-1919)
John Strutt pursued studies on the motions of electromagnetic waves, making noteworthy contributions in optics, sonics, and gas dynamics. He was the co-discoverer of argon and the rare gases. He was also well known as a devout believer. As a prefix to his published papers he wrote: "The works of the Lord are great".116
George Washington Carver (1865-1943)
George Washington Carver
Agriculture became a very important discipline beginning from the turn of the 19th century. Carver was a noted agricultural researcher who made a number of critical discoveries.
Carver was known for his belief in God, to which he almost always referred to in his speeches and interviews. As he told a reporter for the Atlanta Journal who questioned him about the permanency of the clay paints he had developed: "All I do is prepare what God has made, for uses to which man can put it. It is God's ."117
Sir James Jeans (1877-1946)
Prominent physicist Sir James Jeans believed that the universe was created by a Creator of infinite Wisdom. Some of the statements in which he elaborated his views are:
We discover that the Universe shows evidence of a designing or controlling Power that has something in common with our own minds.118
A scientific study of the universe has suggested a conclusion which may be summed up . . In the statement that the universe appears to have been designed by a pure mathematician.119
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Albert Einstein, who is one of the most important scientists of the last century, was also known for his faith in God. He did not hesitate to defend that science could not exist without religion. As he put it:
I cannot conceive of a genuine scientist without that profound faith. The situation may be expressed by an image: science without religion is lame.120
Einstein was convinced that the universe was too perfectly designed to have come into being by chance, and that it was created by a Creator with Superior Wisdom.
Albert Einstein was one of the greatest scientists in history. Einstein is also known for his faith in God as well as his important discoveries.
For Einstein, who often referred to his belief in God in his writings, wonder at the natural order in the universe was very important. In one of his writings he mentioned, "In every true searcher of Nature there is a kind of religious reverence".121
Elsewhere, he wrote:
Everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe – a spirit vastly superior to that of man... In this way the pursuit of science leads to a religious feeling of a special sort...122
Georges Lemaitre (1894-1966)
Lematre, seen with Einstein, was a religious scientist who propounded the Big Bang theory that points to the creation of the universe.
Georges Lemaître propounded the Big Bang theory that points to the creation of the universe. He thought that the universe has a distinct beginning, will have an end, and that the recognition of this fact plays a critical role in helping many people to believe in God. Lemaître, who was also a priest, believed that science and religion would lead to the same truth.123
Sir Alister Hardy (1896-1985)
Hardy was the founder of modern ocean science. The Templeton Foundation, which each year recognizes a scientist for his or her contribution to progress in religion, honored Sir Alister Hardy in 1985, for empirical studies that for the first time scientifically investigated religious experiences.
Wernher von Braun (1912-1977)
Wernher von Braun was one of the world's top scientists. He was a leading German rocket engineer, and developed the famed V-2 rocket during World War II.
Dr. Braun, a firm believer, is seen here with the former US President John F. Kennedy. Dr. Braun said he found it difficult to understand that a scientist could not acknowledge the presence of God.
Dr. Braun, a former director of NASA, was also a scientist with a strong faith. In the foreword to an anthology on creation and design in nature, he offered this testimony:
Manned space flight is an amazing achievement, but it has opened for mankind thus far only a tiny door for viewing the awesome reaches of space. An outlook through this peephole at the vast mysteries of the universe should only confirm our belief in the certainty of its Creator. I find it as difficult to understand a scientist who does not acknowledge the presence of a superior rationality behind the existence of the universe as it is to comprehend a theologian who would deny the advances of science.124
In May of 1974, Wernher von Braun, in a published article, stated:
One cannot be exposed to the law and order of the universe without concluding that there must be design and purpose behind it all... The better we understand the intricacies of the universe and all it harbors, the more reason we have found to marvel at the inherent design upon which it is based... To be forced to believe only one conclusion - that everything in the universe happened by chance - would violate the very objectivity of science itself... What random process could produce the brains of a man or the system of the human eye?...125
Wernher von Braun (arm bandaged) was a leading German rocket engineer. He developed the V-2 rocket in World War II seen in the picture above. Dr. Braun was one of the leading scientists of his day.
Max Planck (1858-1947)
Max Planck
Reputed German physicist, Max Planck, discovered a physical constant known by his name. A physics professor at the University of Berlin in the 1900s, Planck maintained that the form of radiation could be likened to the image formed by a raindrop on a windowpane, rather than water constantly flowing in a river. Until Planck, scientists used to think that light followed a wave motion. Planck, who discovered that each light particle is an energy pack, referred to each pack a "photon". The concept of photon marked a turning point in the history of physics. Light not only traveled through the air in the form of waves like sound, but also moved as particles.
Responsible for these groundbreaking discoveries, Planck believed in an "all-powerful intelligence which governs the universe."126
Max Planck said that the Creator of the order in the universe is God and elaborated on his belief in God with these words:
Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: Ye must have faith. It is a quality which the scientist cannot dispense with.127
Charles Coulson (1910-1974)
Coulson, for many years a professor of mathematics at Oxford University, often mentioned his faith in God, his wish to get closer to God, his pleadings to God, and his belief that the purpose of his life was to get closer to God.128
Other Scientists of Faith from the Past
Every one of these scientists, whose names are listed in this section, who have made significant contributions to science, believed in Creation. These scientists are a clear example that believing in Creation does not conflict with science, and that, on the contrary, religion actually encourages science.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Art, Engineering, Architecture
Georgius Agricola (1494-1555)
John Wilkins (1614-1672)
Astronomy and mechanics
Walter Charleton (1619-1707)
President of Royal College of Physicians
Isaac Barrow (1630-1677)
Professor of Mathematics
Nicolas Steno (1631-1686)
Thomas Burnet (1635-1715)
Increase Mather (1639-1723)
Nehemiah Grew (1641-1712)
William Whiston (1667-1752)
Physics, Geology
John Hutchinson (1674-1737)
Johathan Edwards (1703-1758)
Physics, Meteorology
Richard Kirwan (1733-1812)
Timothy Dwight (1752-1817)
James Parkinson (1755-1824)
William Kirby (1759-1850
Entomology (the study of insects)
Benjamin Barton (1766-1815)
Botany, zoology
John Dalton (1766-1844)
The founder of the modern atomic theory
Charles Bell (1774-1842)
John Kidd (1775-1851)
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855)
Geometry, Geology, Magnetism, Astronomy
>Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864)
Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869)
William Buckland (1784-1856)
William Prout (1785-1850)
Edward Hitchcock (1793-1864)
William Whewell (1794-1866)
Astronomy and Physics
Richard Owen (1804-1892)
Zoology, Paleontology
Matthew Maury (1806-1873)
Oceanography, Hydrography
Henry Rogers (1808-1866)
James Glaisher (1809-1903)
Philip H. Gosse (1810-1888)
Ornithology (the study of birds), Zoology
Sir Henry Rawlinson(1810-1895)
John Ambrose Fleming(1849-1945)
Sir Joseph Henry Gilbert(1817-1901)
Agricultural chemistry
Thomas Anderson (1819-1874)
Charles P. Smyth (1819-1900)
John W. Dawson (1820-1899)
Henri Fabre (1823-1915)
Bernhard Riemann (1826-1866)
Joseph Lister (1827-1912)
John Bell Pettigrew (1834-1908)
Anatomy, Physiology
Balfour Stewart (1828-1887)
Ionospheric electricity
P.G.Tait (1831-1901)
Physics, Mathematics
Edward William Morley(1838-1923)
Nobel Laureate in physics
Sir William Abney (1843-1920)
Alexander MacAlister(1844-1919)
A. H. Sayce (1845-1933)
James Dana (1813-1895)
George Romanes (1848-1894)
Biology and Physiology
William Mitchell Ramsay (1851-1939)
William Ramsay (1852-1916)
Howard A.Kelly (1858-1943)
Douglas Dewar (1875-1957)
Paul Lemoine (1878-1940)
Charles Stine (1882-1954)
Organic chemistry
A. Rendle Short (1885-1955)
L. Merson Davies (1890-1960)
Geology, Paleontology
Sir Cecil P. G. Wakeley (1892-1979)
78. Principia, Newton, 2nd edition; J. De Vries, Essentials of Physical Science, B. Eerdmans Pub.Co., Grand Rapids, SD, 1958, p.15
79. http://www.ldolphin.org/bum bulis/
80. http://www.ldolphin.org/bum bulis/
81. Dan Graves, Scientists of Faith, Kregel Resources, 1996, p. 26
82. "Great Aviation Quotes," http://www.skygod.com/quotes/predictions.html
83. Michael Bumbulis, Christianity and The Birth of Science, http://www.ldolphin.org/bumbulis
84. First Book of Francis Bacon of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning Divine and Human
85. http://www.christianity.co.nz/ science4.htm
86. http://home.columbus.rr.com/ sciences/enlightened_belief_ history.htm
87. Henry M. Morris, Men of Science Men of God, Master Books, 1992, p.13
88. Johannes Kepler, quoted in: J.H. Tiner, Johannes Kepler-Giant of Faith and Science (Milford, Michigan: Mott Media, 1977), p. 197
89. Harmonice Mundi (Harmonies of the World), Johannes Kepler Gesammelte Werke, Munich, 1937, v. 6, p. 363
90. Dan Graves, Scientists of Faith, Kregel Resources, 1996, p. 51
91. Dan Graves, Scientists of Faith, Kregel Resources, 1996, p. 57
92. Henry M. Morris, Men of Science Men of God, Master Books, 1992, p.18
93. Dan Graves, Scientists of Faith, Kregel Resources, 1996, p. 66
94. Dan Graves, Scientists of Faith, Kregel Resources, 1996, p. 63
95. John Marks Templeton, Evidence of Purpose - Scientists Discover the Creator, Continuum, New York 1994, p.50
96. Dan Graves, Scientists of Faith, Kregel Resources, 1996, p. 70
97. Sir Isaac Newton, Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, Translated by Andrew Motte, Revised by Florian Cajore, Great Books of the Western World 34, Robert Maynard Hutchins, Editor in chief, William Benton, Chicago, 1952:273-74
98. Henry M. Morris, Men of Science Men of God, Master Books, 1992, p.31
99. William Paley, Natural Theology; or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity Collected from the Appearances of Nature [Edinburgh, 1816], chapter 5, section 5, p.61
100. Henry M. Morris, Men of Science Men of God, Master Books, 1992, pp.38-39
101. Henry M. Morris, Men of Science Men of God, Master Books, 1992, p.53
102. Dan Graves, Scientists of Faith, Kregel Resources, 1996, p. 111
103. Henry M. Morris, Men of Science Men of God, Master Books, 1992, p.47
104. Henry M. Morris, Men of Science Men of God, Master Books, 1992, p.49
105. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/ history/agassiz.html
106. Dan Graves, Scientists of Faith, Kregel Resources, 1996, p. 133
107. www.leaderu.com/offices/ schaefer/docs/scientists.html
108. Henry M. Morris, Men of Science Men of God, Master Books, 1992, p.59
109. Dan Graves, Scientists of Faith, Kregel Resources, 1996, p. 143
110. http://www.archimedesfoundation. org/quotes.html
111. Jean Guitton, Dieu et La Science: Vers Le Métaréalisme, Paris: Grasset, 1991, p. 5
112. www.leaderu.com/offices/ schaefer/docs/scientists.html
113. Henry M. Morris, Men of Science Men of God, Master Books, 1992, p.66
114. www.leaderu.com/offices/ schaefer/docs/scientists.html
115. Dan Graves, Scientists of Faith, Kregel Resources, 1996, p. 153
116. Henry M. Morris, Men of Science Men of God, Master Books, 1992, p.79
117. Gene Adair, George Washington Carver, pp. 82, 83
118. Sir James Jeans, in his Rede Lecture at Cambridge, reported in the Times, London, November 5, 1930
119. Sir James Jeans, The Mysterious Universe, New York: Macmillan Co., 1932/ Cambridge, England: University Press, 1932, p. 140.
120. Science, Philosophy and Religion, A Symposium, published by the Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion in Their Relation to the Democratic Way of Life, Inc., New York, 1941
121. Quoted in Moszkowski, Conversations with Einstein, p. 46
122. Letter to a child who asked if scientists pray, January 24, 1936; Einstein Archive 42-601
123. Dan Graves, Scientists of Faith, Kregel Resources, 1996, p. 159
124. Henry M. Morris, Men of Science Men of God, Master Books, 1992, p.85
125. Dennis R. Petersen, Unlocking the Mysteries of Creation, Creation Resource Foundation: El Dorado, California, 1990, p. 63
126. "God and Science," Jacques Maritain Center, http://www.nd.edu/Departments/Maritain/jm2404.htm
127. Max Planck, Where Is Science Going?, Allen & Unwin, 1933, p.214
128. Charles Coulson, Science and Christian Belief, p. 72


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Here's a pop quiz: Who is Cindy Sherman?
Her picture should be on a postage stamp. The picture would be one she had taken herself.
See that photograph next to the headline? It's one of only nine known photographs of me. I like it like that. Why do I need photographs of myself? They have one in obits, Jennifer has one that was taken before my face turned into a pickle, and the DMV took one that permits me to drive and to board an airplane.
Sufficient, but out of touch with everyone else.
Cindy Sherman (born 1954) studied photography at Buffalo State College. Does that help? I could spend the rest of the column praising her and listing her contributions to modern and contemporary art.
Sherman is credited with the "selfie." Not by anyone else yet. Just by me.
If you really wanted to get tight about it, Albrecht Dürer was just as responsible, and so was Rembrandt van Rijn. They both documented themselves in countless self-portraits long before there were Nikons and Hasselblads. And camera phones.
Architect Frank Gehry said artists need to find a niche. He found his, and Sherman found hers when she was an undergraduate at Buffalo State. I have tried and tried to find one, but time is running out, and I've conceded (mostly). But I am forever in awe of those — especially my contemporaries — who found theirs.
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You can cheat in art. You can appeal to our most fundamental fascinations, without really contributing anything that is truly nutritive: i.e., those interminable "Star Wars" films.
Sherman started taking photographs of herself when she was an undergraduate, and she hasn't stopped yet.
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Bonus Content The Mexico Market Christieson's trade mission photos While Christieson is excited about the countries his group visited—Taiwan, South Korea and China—he also points to other markets with growing dairy demand. With their burgeoning economies, Mexico, Southeast Asia and the Middle East increasingly seek dairy products in their diets. Traditional markets like Japan also remain strong. "Japan is one of the world's largest cheese markets," he says. "The U.S. is doing well in picking up share from Australia and New Zealand. The Chinese cheese market is small compared to Japan—maybe one-tenth its size—but in 10 to 15 years, it will probably be of equal size." Joining Christieson on the trip were six California cheese processors who produce for the bakery sector. "They were blown away by the amount of interest in and demand for their products in each of the markets we visited," he says. "We had more than 250 one-on-one meetings between the trade mission group and buyers during those two weeks." Even as demand surges for whey and milk powder, there's still plenty of growth in overseas demand for added-value products such as cheese. "Cheese exports have grown 18% every year for the past five years," Christieson says. Mozzarella remains the leader in U.S. cheese exports. Cream cheese holds the No. 2 spot, with demand in the Asian bakery sector growing 20% a year. "U.S. sales of cream cheese are growing very fast," Christieson says. "The U.S. has a great advantage because our cream cheese is whiter, with a better and more consistent flavor, than what New Zealand and Australia produce." By the end of the trade mission's first day, one California cream cheese manufacturer had learned what packaging modifications his company had to adopt to supply that market. 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