Apr 22, 2017 | Age of the Earth, Creation Science, Creationism, Flood Geology, History, Noah's Flood, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger It is not enough for young Earth creationists to create an alt-science in which: the universe is 6000 years old (light years refer to distance, not time); a year-long global flood created the Grand Canyon and all of our geological strata; and...
Apr 19, 2017 | Age of the Earth, Answers in Genesis, Creation Science, Creationism, Evolution, Flood Geology, History, Noah's Flood, Science, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Hard to believe, but true. Young Earth creationism is even weirder than you thought. Most outsiders to young Earth creationism focus on the alt-science that asserts that the universe is 6000 years old, a global flood in 2348 BCE accounts for all...
Apr 11, 2017 | Age of the Earth, Answers in Genesis, Bible, Biblical Literalism, Creation Science, Creationism, Evolution, Historical Science, Ken Ham, Observational Science, Science, Young Earth Creationism |
by Susan Trollinger In our last post, we mentioned in passing that Ken Ham and AiG like to refer to Genesis as an “eye witness account” to the creation. Importantly, that is their trump card on evolution. Readers of this blog will remember that a key rhetorical move...
Sep 30, 2016 | Age of the Earth, Creationism, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Rodney Kennedy, Science, Young Earth Creationism |
by Rodney Kennedy This post features Dr. Rod Kennedy’s cousin Boudreaux. As Rod says, “Boudreaux is my imaginary interlocutor. His is from the bayou of Louisiana and possesses an earthy wisdom but also a brutal certainty about everything. He always says what he thinks...
Sep 9, 2016 | Age of the Earth, Answers in Genesis, Historical Science, Ken Ham, Mark Masthay, Observational Science, Science |
by Mark Masthay Rounding out our Putting Observational Science to the Test series, Dr. Mark Masthay, Associate Professor and former Chair of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Dayton, presents a series of posts in which he provides a case for how...