Bad Badlands Science – A Review of an ICR Geology Article

Makoshika State Park near Glendive, Montana, has a semiarid climate with hot summers and very cold winters, but a long time ago it had the perfect climate for dinosaurs. Lots of dinosaurs. And then they died. Makoshika badlands. Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons Makoshika (emphasis on the KO syllable) is known for its …

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An ICR Video About “Did a Global Flood Really Happen? Here’s the Proof!”

Here's a video from the Institute for Creation Research, introduced by ICR with, "Did a Global Flood Really Happen? Here's the Proof!" Facebook Video — https://www.facebook.com/reel/879149367477349 TikTok — https://www.tiktok.com/@daystartv/video/7413878648874339615?_r=1&_t=ZP-8z953y7HFwk I know that Randy Guliuzza of the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) has good intentions. Like me, he believes the Bible is inerrant and authoritative, and …

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Book Review – Rethinking Radiometric Dating

Rethinking Radiometric Dating: Evidence for a Young Earth from a Nuclear Physicist by Vernon Cupps was published in 2019 and is part of the Institute for Creation Research’s “In-Depth Science” series of books. The book has 19 short chapters spread over 138 pages. Six of the chapters have only three pages of text, and none …

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Bozeman Creation Conference — Radiometric Dating

AN OLD-EARTH CHRISTIAN AT A YOUNG-EARTH CONFERENCE This is the third in a series of articles about a young-Earth creationism (YEC) conference held in Bozeman, Montana in April, 2016. 1. Bozeman creation conference preview and expectations 2. Does Genesis Really Matter? - Yes Genesis does matter, whether a Christian believes in a young Earth or an …

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Bozeman creation conference – Does Genesis Really Matter?

AN OLD-EARTH CHRISTIAN AT A YOUNG-EARTH CONFERENCE This is the second in a series of articles about a young-Earth creationism (YEC) conference held in Bozeman, Montana in April, 2016. 1. Bozeman creation conference preview and expectations 2. This article – Does Genesis Really Matter? - Yes Genesis does matter, whether a Christian believes in a young …

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Duane Gish of ICR dies at age 92

Dr. Duane Gish was one of the most prominent young-Earth creationists back in the 1970s and 1980s, especially popular among YECs for his tenacity in debates. According to the Institute for Creation Research (where Dr. Gish was vice president under Henry Morris) and Answers in Genesis, he died yesterday, March 5, 2013. Gish was also …

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My way or the highway — adultery edition

The age of the Earth is and should be a secondary doctrinal issue within Christianity. It is not up there with central Biblical teachings such as the Trinity, the deity of Christ, or justification by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. Nor is it up there with doctrines such as baptism, the Lord's …

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Nathaniel Jeanson of the Institute for Creation Research in Montana, part 4

This is the fourth post in a multi-part review of a young-Earth creationist (YEC) presentation given by Dr. Nathaniel Jeanson of the Institute for Creation Research in Billings, Montana in November 2012. Part 1-- The Relevance of Genesis (I was in complete agreement with Dr. Jeanson). The YEC version of the scientific method. Part 2-- …

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Nathaniel Jeanson of the Institute for Creation Research in Montana, part 2

This is the second post in a multi-part review of a young-Earth creationist (YEC) presentation given by Dr. Nathaniel Jeanson of the Institute for Creation Research in Billings, Montana in November 2012. Part 1 -- The Relevance of Genesis (I was in complete agreement with Dr. Jeanson). The YEC version of the scientific method. Part …

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Perhaps the oceans haven’t been created yet

Last year I published a blog post regarding young-Earth creationists' use of seawater composition to "prove" that Earth is nowhere near 4.5 billion years old (Aluminum and the 100-year old oceans). This argument is one that needs to be added to their growing "Arguments creationists should not use" page, but it continues to make the …

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