Remnants of a Shallow Sea: A Visit to Monument Rocks in Kansas
In remote eastern Kansas, groups of rock pillars stand like a natural Stonehenge over the grassy plains. One such group of these pillars south of Oakley is named Monument Rocks. Returning from our Wyoming and Colorado adventure, we stopped overnight in Scott City, Kansas just south of this interesting rock formation. The following morning we made … [Read More...]
Recent Articles
The Origin of the YEC Hyper-Speciation Model of Biological Diversity
Young earth creationists (YECs) are the most vocal skeptics of evolutionary theory, however, they recognize organisms do change over time. But how … [Continue reading...]
A Vivid Demonstration of Bacteria Adapting to Antibiotics via Mutations and Selection
The fact that bacteria are able to develop resistance to antibiotics has been a textbook example of evolutionary processes in action. Mutations and … [Continue reading...]
My Trip to the Ark Encounter: Some Pictures and Reflections
Just 10 days after the grand opening of the Ark Encounter on July 7th, I traveled down to Kentucky to pay a visit to Ken Ham's latest evangelistic … [Continue reading...]
Ark Encounter Common Ancestors: The Increasing Inclusiveness of Biblical Kinds
Just how many animals where on Noah's Ark according to 6-day creationists? That answer has varied considerably over the past century. With the … [Continue reading...]
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? Ice-cores and tree rings can … [Continue reading...]
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 the footsteps of John Ray (late 1600s) and William Paley … [Read More...]
Juvenile Dinosaurs Found Huddling in a Nest: A Local or Global Catastrophe?
We live in a new golden age of fossil discoveries. It seems that every week a new and dramatic fossil find is revealed. This fossil renaissance can be attributed to the opening … [Read More...]
The YDB Event: The Most Recent Global Catastrophe in Human History?
Remember the meteor that exploded over Russia earlier this year? A 50 foot diameter object exploded 14 miles above the surface of the earth and created a shock wave that injured … [Read More...]
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 church. I have neither the expertise nor the desire to attempt … [Read More...]
The Toba Super-Eruption: The Global Catastrophe that Creationists Ignore
Sudden catastrophic events are not unknown in Earth’s history. Large craters are evidence of past cosmic impacts. Widespread layers of volcanic ash are a testimony of massive … [Read More...]
A Creation Museum Speaker Asks: Do Animals Evolve?
What does it mean to evolve? What is natural selection? Where did the genetic variation come from … [Read More...]
The Ark Encounter: Depicting a Real Flood with Unrealistic Images
Guests at the Ark Encounter will observe many descriptions and artistic impressions of what happened … [Read More...]
The Young-Earth Hyper-evolution Hypothesis: A Collection of Critiques
Ken Ham’s Ark Encounter presents it visitors with exhibits with odd-looking creatures and explains … [Read More...]
Ken Ham’s Ark Encounter Opens to a Flood of Press but Fewer Visitors than Anticipated
Ken Ham posts a picture and comment almost daily on Twitter about the thousands or of visitors that … [Read More...]
Squeezing the Lost Grand Canyon of Egypt into the Young Earth Paradigm: An impossible* Task
In Egypt the Nile River Valley conceals a massive canyon that once was as deep and wide as the Grand … [Read More...]
Creationism and the Church
The Origin of the YEC Hyper-Speciation Model of Biological Diversity
Young earth creationists (YECs) are the most vocal skeptics of evolutionary theory, however, they recognize organisms do … [Read More...]
The Ark Encounter: Depicting a Real Flood with Unrealistic Images
Guests at the Ark Encounter will observe many descriptions and artistic impressions of what happened before, during and … [Read More...]
Ken Ham’s Ark Encounter Opens to a Flood of Press but Fewer Visitors than Anticipated
Ken Ham posts a picture and comment almost daily on Twitter about the thousands or of visitors that are flocking to the … [Read More...]
Blocked from Facebook – ICR Removes Another Form of Peer-Review
I am now blocked from commenting on the Facebook page of the Institute of Creation Research (ICR). This was … [Read More...]
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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? Ice-cores and tree rings can preserve long records of yearly events but some … .
Dodging Darwin: How Ken Ham’s Ark Encounter is Slowly Embracing Evolution
Please welcome David MacMillan* as a guest author today on Naturalis Historia.** As the strict young-earth creationists at Answers in Genesis work to complete their Ark Encounter "theme park," … .
Bones of Contention II: Ape, Human or Fraud? Young Earth Creationists Respond to the Dinaledi Chamber Fossil Discovery
The largest collection of hominin bones ever found in Africa is causing massive waves in the anthropological world and beyond. When it was first announced, I wrote about how I thought some creationist … .
Bones of Contention: How Will Creationists Respond To A Huge New Hominid Fossil Find?
Where no animal except a lost owl and rodent has ever found themselves, through skinny passages that I could not fit through, laying on or just under fine sediments, the partially fossilized bones of … .
Reflections on a Young Earth Creationist’ Approach to Scientific Apologetics
A few weeks ago I was a scheduled to present several lectures as part of a course offered by Veritas Theological Seminary in Santa Ana, California. The course title was Scientific Apologetics: The … .
Natural History Notes
Wisdom from the Past
Testing Book-smarts with Observation: John Ray (1735) on the Value of Knowledge Creation
Should professors at Universities be active participants in generating and testing ideas or should they be content to be teachers of what is already known? Most higher educational institutions, such … .
John Ray on Flood Geology in 1695: Words that Still Apply Today
Modern young-earth creationism has deep roots. The essential elements of flood geology were established in the 1600s though much of what passed as flood geology at that time might be difficult to … .
NH Notes: John Ray on the Purpose of Creation in “The Wisdom of God”
The Englishman and natural historian John Ray is best known for his book, The Wisdom of God. Like many other books of the 18th century, he continually revised and reissued his book until the time of … .
NH Notes: The Scientific Enterprise and Paradise Gained
I’m sitting in the Boston Airport on my way to a conference at Gordon College but I have enough time for a natural history note while I wait for a colleague to arrive. On my flight from Ohio I read … .
Isaac Newton on the Mosaic Account of Creation
In Cotton Mather’s Biblical commentary Biblia Americana Mather spends considerable time discussing the issues raised by science especially geology with respect to the Mosaic account of Genesis. I … .
