Did Adam have a Tail? Ken Ham, Adam and Eve and a Tale of Tails
Ken Ham recently tweeted about a baby born with a "tail." I agree with his assessment that these are not cases of bony tails, homologous to tails in almost all vertebrate species, but then I wondered, can young-earth creationists be sure that Adam and Eve did not have true bony tails as adults? After all, Ken Ham wasn't there to see Adam and Eve … [Read More...]
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Review: The Manifold Beauty of Genesis One: A Multi-layered Approach
Who hasn’t read the book of Job more than once and each time come away with new questions and new insights? How many sermons have you heard on … [Continue reading...]
Where is Noah’s Flood in the Geological Column?
Young-earth creationists have a geological column problem that 50 years of research has yet to solve: where is the boundary between Flood deposits and … [Continue reading...]
Multituberculates and the YEC Flood/post-Flood Boundary Problem
Yes, multituberculates have something to say about the ongoing division among YECs about where to locate the Flood/post-Flood boundary in the … [Continue reading...]
Young-Earth Creationism in 2021- Part 4: Final Thoughts and New Creationism Resources
What is going on in young-earth creationism these days? In the previous three parts of this series on creationism in 2021 I hypothesized that there is … [Continue reading...]
The Next Generation Products of Ken Ham’s Young-Earth Apologetic
Two individuals I have never heard of* but have a YouTube channel, Standing for Truth, went on a 3 hour 45-minute live rant about my views of YEC … [Continue reading...]
Young-Earth Creationism in 2021: Defining Characteristics of The New Creationists
What is this New Creationism being preached by The New Creationists? What are its distinguishing characteristics? What I am identifying as The New … [Continue reading...]
Young-Earth Creationism in 2021: The Dawn of The New Creationist, Part 2
Pick up a copy of The New Answers Book Volumes 1-4 from the young-earth apologetics ministry Answers in Genesis and you could be forgiven for thinking … [Continue reading...]
Young-Earth Creationism in 2021: The Dawn of The New Creationists, Part 1
In 2017 the film documentary Is Genesis History? marked a significant moment in the history of creationism evangelism. A professional-quality … [Continue reading...]
Don’t be a Jerry! It’s time for us to resist the hand-washing edicts of the CDC
In the 1990s Americans were fed a weekly diet of propaganda from Hollywood in the form of a sitcom called Seinfeld. This seemingly innocuous show … [Continue reading...]
The False Hope of a Mature Creation
Strike up a conversation about the age of the earth with nearly any group of evangelicals and you are sure to get a lively discussion. There may be … [Continue reading...]
Social Media Reach of Young-Earth Creationist’ Organizations
There are many organizations that have built an apologetics ministry around a young-earth interpretation of Genesis. If you are familiar with … [Continue reading...]
My First Step into Social Media: Parasitic Plants and the Garden of Eden
My post-doctoral research from 1995 to 1999 included searching for, sequencing and characterizing genes of chloroplast genomes of holoparasitic plants … [Continue reading...]
Ham and Thomas get their Platypus Egg-Genes Scrambled
Reading and understanding original research publications can be difficult when the content is outside your field of expertise. Sometimes reading that … [Continue reading...]
Cheaters Prosper as Long as They are in Short Supply–MacArthur, Masks and Anti-vaxxers
In a community of pollinators there are bound to be some that skirt the usual mutualistic pact between flower and pollinator. As I wrote about in my … [Continue reading...]
Young-earth Apologist David Rives and a Tale of Ancient DNA Discovery
I follow a number of apologists who play secondary roles in the young-earth (literal-day) creation universe. These are individuals with ministries … [Continue reading...]
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The Liturgy of Creation: Reading Genesis 1 as a Festival Calendar Narrative
I own more than 400 books on the topic of origins, broadly speaking. That includes commentaries on the book of Genesis, works on the relationship of science and faith, young-earth creationist … .
An Ancient and Alien Forest Reconstructed: A Fossil Challenge for Young-earth Creationists
Fossils often provide us with only a fragmentary view of the distant past but sometimes collections of fossils record ancient and seemingly alien worlds in stunning clarity. In the past decade … .
On the Origin of Thorns: The Prelapsarian Acacia and the Good Creation
Thorns, prickles, spines and needles provide an effective means of protection for plants against many herbivores which would otherwise find them to be a source of nourishment. A common perception of … .
Ken Ham’s Ark Encounter to Usher in a Modern Day Reformation?
Ken Ham would have us believe that the modern reincarnation of the young-earth creationist movement, which he claims began only 55 years ago, is the real deal this time. Unlike previous attempts over … .
My Letter to the Host of a Local Creation Conference
For many pastors and their congregations, questions about the intersection of science and faith are difficult because of their unfamiliarity with the scientific evidence and the extensive theological … .
The Frequently Overlooked Geological Context of Hominid Fossils
The human fossil record is probably one of these least understood yet frequently discussed topics in the Christian … [Read More...]
William Buckland: Minister and Geologist Grappling with Fossil Feces, Deep Time and the Age of Reptiles
The Reverend William Buckland (1784-1856) was one of the last in a line of influential natural theologians following in … [Read More...]
A 60,000 Year Varve Record from Japan Refutes the Young-Earth Interpretation of Earth’s History
Do places on Earth exist where annual records have been stored for tens of thousands of years and can be accessed today? … [Read More...]
The Toba Super-Eruption: A Global Catastrophe that Young-Earth Creationists Ignore
Sudden catastrophic events are not unknown in earth’s history. Large craters are evidence of past cosmic impacts and … [Read More...]
The YDB Event: The Most Recent Global Catastrophe in Human History?
In 2013 a 50-foot meteor streaked across the Russian sky exploding 14 miles above the surface of the earth creating a … [Read More...]
Creationism and the Church
Review: The Manifold Beauty of Genesis One: A Multi-layered Approach
Who hasn’t read the book of Job more than once and each time come away with new questions and new insights? How … [Read More...]
Young-Earth Creationism in 2021- Part 4: Final Thoughts and New Creationism Resources
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Young-Earth Creationism in 2021: Defining Characteristics of The New Creationists
What is this New Creationism being preached by The New Creationists? What are its distinguishing characteristics? What … [Read More...]
Young-Earth Creationism in 2021: The Dawn of The New Creationist, Part 2
Pick up a copy of The New Answers Book Volumes 1-4 from the young-earth apologetics ministry Answers in Genesis and you … [Read More...]
Young-Earth Creationism in 2021: The Dawn of The New Creationists, Part 1
In 2017 the film documentary Is Genesis History? marked a significant moment in the history of creationism … [Read More...]
The False Hope of a Mature Creation
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Social Media Reach of Young-Earth Creationist’ Organizations
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My First Step into Social Media: Parasitic Plants and the Garden of Eden
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Nectar Robbing Bees, Natural Evil and the Image of God
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Young-earth Creationism and Biodiversity Loss: Mass Extinction, Disposable Planets and MacArthur
Young age creationists have responded to biodiversity loss (extinction) in a scattershot way in recent years. So my … [Read More...]
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