When I think of the desert country of southern Utah, I don’t picture a landscape shaped by tsunamis, hurricanes, and meteorite impacts. The Institute for Creation Research, for some reason, has invoked all of these and more in an attempt to show that the existence these arches only make sense if Earth is a young …
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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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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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Bozeman creation conference preview and expectations
AN OLD-EARTH CHRISTIAN AT A YOUNG-EARTH CONFERENCE This is the first in a series of articles about a young-Earth creationism (YEC) conference held in Bozeman, Montana in April, 2016. 1. This article – Bozeman creation conference preview and expectations 2. Does Genesis Really Matter? - Yes Genesis does matter, whether a Christian believes in a young Earth …
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Observations about commenting on young earth creationist Facebook pages
I'm not sure what gave me the urge, but I spent quite a bit of time in late November and early December commenting on young Earth creationist (YEC) Facebook pages. I limited myself to the Big Three: Answers in Genesis, the Institute for Creation Research, and Creation Ministries International. Here's what I learned: 1. Answers …
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Stuck in a tar pit
The June 2013 issue of Acts & Facts magazine from the Institute for Creation Research has a two-page article on the fossils of the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. "The La Brea Tar Pits Mystery" was written by Dr. John Morris, president of ICR, and Dr. Timothy Clarey, ICR's new staff geologist. The …
PCA 2013 General Assembly — The YECs get their turn
In 2012, two old-Earth Christian geologists gave a presentation at the General Assembly (annual meeting) of the Presbyterian Church in America. Gregg Davidson is a professor of geology at the University of Mississippi, and Ken Wolgemuth is an oil industry consultant, and their presentation was entitled "The PCA Creation Study Committee a Dozen Years Later: …
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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 …
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 …
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 3
This is the third 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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Nathaniel Jeanson of the Institute for Creation Research in Montana, part 1
This is the first 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 -- This page. The Relevance of Genesis (I was in complete agreement with Dr. Jeanson). The YEC version of the scientific …
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Young-Earth creationism and the intensity of volcanism
The June 2012 issue of the Institute for Creation Research's Acts & Facts magazine came to my mailbox this week, and the short article "Volcanoes of the Past" by John D. Morris caught my attention. The article argues that Noah's flood was a time of massive volcanic eruptions ("supervolcanoes"), and that volcanic activity on Earth is now …
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Creation Geology Society 2010 abstracts
The leading young-Earth creationist geologists (the Creation Geology Society) met in Georgia this summer, and they have released abstracts of the following thirteen talks. Submarine Liquefied Sediment Gravity Currents: Understanding the Mechanics of the Major Sediment Transportation and Deposition Agent during the Global Flood (S.A. Austin, Institute for Creation Research) Persistence of Dolomite in the …
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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Earth’s Catastrophic Past?
I'm almost done with part six of my "Six bad answers from Answers in Genesis" series, in which I analyze Andrew Snelling's Six main geologic evidences for the Genesis Flood. "Flood geology" as taught by organizations such as Answers in Genesis and the Intitute for Creation Research doesn't work geologically, isn't necessary Biblically, and serves …
