When we think about doubts over evolutionary science, we tend to think of the highly politicised views of
young Earth creationists in the US.
I learned much of this at Bryan College from Dr. Kurt Wise, one of the leading
young earth creationists in the country and a favorite professor among Bryan students.
A selection of statements on this blog by
young earth creationists in just the last few days: Nope..
I don't «poke fun» of people but I do challenge
Young Earth Creationists in matters of science.
Not exact matches
No, just over 40 % are
young earth creationists, based on their infantile beliefs
in the Easter Bunny, or some other fictional character.
I don't think Christians do themselves any favors by throwing their lot
in with «
Young Earth»
creationists like Kenneth Ham.
Young earth creationism is ludicrous and young earth creationists, most of whom live in the United States and are fundamentalist Christians, are the laughing stock of the thinking w
Young earth creationism is ludicrous and
young earth creationists, most of whom live in the United States and are fundamentalist Christians, are the laughing stock of the thinking w
young earth creationists, most of whom live
in the United States and are fundamentalist Christians, are the laughing stock of the thinking world.
An Australian geologist who got his credentials dating rocks billions of years old, still selling his services as a qualified geologist, but also employed as as a «
Creationist Assistant Professor of Geology» by the Institute for Creation Research
in the USA, where he supports a
young earth.
And yet you are a self - professed «
Young Earth Creationist» nutjob without an ounce of understanding
in science.
[6] Although many
young Earth creationists (YECs) are active
in the development of creation science, an endeavor that holds that the events as - sociated with supernatural creation can be evidenced and modeled through an interpretation of the scientific method, the consensus among scientists is that creation science is unscientific
in both conception and methodology.
As I've said many times before, I'm not particularly interested
in converting
young earth creationists into evolutionary
creationists.I believe that Christians should be able to fellowship together
in love and unity regardless of their various positions on the interpretation of Genesis Being neither an Old Testament scholar nor a scientist, I'll leave that debate up to the experts.
Answers
in genisis is a
young earth creationist website full of bs.
Mastropaolo belongs to the subset of
creationists known as
Young Earth creationists, who believe that
Earth and its inhabitants were created by God some several thousand years ago - an account of which is laid out
in the book of Genesis,
in the Bible's Old Testament.
Here
in the UK we have vocal atheists ridiculing Christian beliefs; but the beliefs they choose to ridicule are always the more extreme fundamentalist, 6 - day
young earth creationist types.
Young Earth Creationists say the weeklong account of God creating the earth and everything in it represents six 24 - hour periods (plus one day of rest) and date the age of the earth between 6,000 and 10,000 y
Earth Creationists say the weeklong account of God creating the
earth and everything in it represents six 24 - hour periods (plus one day of rest) and date the age of the earth between 6,000 and 10,000 y
earth and everything
in it represents six 24 - hour periods (plus one day of rest) and date the age of the
earth between 6,000 and 10,000 y
earth between 6,000 and 10,000 years.
Young earth creationists and «the new atheists» (Dawkins, Hitchens, etc.) actually have more
in common than one might think, for both groups have arrived at the conclusion that accepting an old
earth and evolutionary theory inevitably rules out the existence of God.
We all know that Washington and Jefferson were
young earth creationist Southern Baptists born again
in the glory of the Lord.
As you may know from my One Verse Podcast
in which I am currently working through Genesis 3, and my literal understanding of Genesis 1 - 3 ends up being quite different than the way
Young Earth Creationists understanding these opening chapters of the Bible.
Most
Young Earth Creationists (Creationists who believe the earth is less than 10,000 years old) believe that the Grand Canyon was formed by the waters of the flood as recorded in Genesis 6
Earth Creationists (
Creationists who believe the
earth is less than 10,000 years old) believe that the Grand Canyon was formed by the waters of the flood as recorded in Genesis 6
earth is less than 10,000 years old) believe that the Grand Canyon was formed by the waters of the flood as recorded
in Genesis 6 - 8.
Dr. Austin, the «scientist»
in question, is a
young earth creationist who went to the site with the stated purpose of finding «proof against evolution,» gathered material which was a mix of newly formed rock and ancient rock which had been ejected from the mountain, dated them with imprecise methods, and then skewed the results, as thousands of actual scientists have already reported.
This is no surprise, as that appears to be the standard advice to «
Young Earth Creationists» when they are challenged with questions about genesis — as
in don't believe believe anything outside the bible, all that you need to know is
in the bible.
Young Earth creationists, who believe the
Earth is about 6,000 years old, appeared to be out
in force
in the comments.
I became a
young -
earth creationist in my sophomore year of high school.
As
young earth creationists often do, he points to «gaps
in the fossil record» as a flaw
in evolutionary biology.
I read an exchange
in The Creation Research Society Quarterly between two
young -
earth creationists, Henry Morris and Robert Kofahl,
in which the latter argued that the Second Law of Thermodynamics must have existed
in Eden before the Fall because the animals and Adam had to break down the molecules
in the food they ate, and the necessary biochemical reactions would not occur without the Second Law of Thermodynamics being
in effect.
in which a
young earth creationist argues that «Reasonable evidence exists from the Scripture that heat did indeed flow before the Curse, which would imply a change
in entropy.»
After becoming a Christian, he reevaluated his evolutionary beliefs from training
in secular geology, and is now a
young -
earth creationist.
I admire Steven Newton's commitment to open debate with
young -
Earth creationists in his comment on their attendance at Geological Society...
About one
in six of the surveyed teachers espoused
young -
earth creationist views, and most of them taught their students those views.
Conservative columnist Jeff Jacoby puts forward a little thought experiment where he evaluates the chances of a long - deceased,
young -
Earth creationist, who happened to possess possibly the greatest scientific mind of all - time, getting employment as a professor
in a scientific discipline at a modern university.
In any case, I wouldn't care to see a
young earth creationist preacher «debate» an evolutionary biologist who was being patient enough and kind enough to offer free lectures to anyone who cared to listen.
Oh and if you like fantasy fiction and are interested
in ice cores, why not check out the Answers In Genesis (Young earth creationists) page on the subject; --RR
in ice cores, why not check out the Answers
In Genesis (Young earth creationists) page on the subject; --RR
In Genesis (
Young earth creationists) page on the subject; --RRB-
The denial movement and the
young Earth creationist movement have much
in common.
NCSE is pleased to announce the winners of the Friend of Darwin award for 2017: Edward J. Larson, the Pepperdine University historian and legal scholar who won a Pulitzer Prize for his 1997 book about the Scopes trial, Summer for the Gods; Richard E. Lenski, the Michigan State University evolutionary biologist famed for his E. coli Long - Term Experimental Evolution Project; and Daniel J. Phelps, a geologist and unrelenting critic of a
young -
earth creationist ministry headquartered
in his native Kentucky.