The other day I listened to a young earth creationist debate on “Unbelievable”. I was not impressed by the representative of young earth creationism. Not only did he challenge his Christian interlocutor by suggesting he had a sinful reading of Genesis, but he engaged in an old young earth creationist tactic called the “Gish Gallop” […]
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The Top Five Reasons I didn’t like the Young Earth Creationist on “Unbelievable”
This past week “Unbelievable” with Justin Brierley featured a young earth creationist named John Mackay in debate with theistic evolutionist Keith Fox. Professor Fox was congenial and no doubt is well informed on his topic of genetics. But he was not a great debater. And it became clear very quickly that Mr. Mackay was well […]
On Ape-Men and Grand Illusions
Last week when I was at a conference in Atlanta I attended a session featuring a dialogue between geneticist Darrel Falk of Biologos (an evangelical organization which promotes theistic evolution) and Nathaniel Jeanson of Answers in Genesis (the premiere young earth creationist organization). It was a significant event insofar as this is one of the […]
Why I don’t take young earth creationism seriously (even though I do take young earth creationists seriously)
A little while ago I posted a podcast with young earth creationist Terry Mortenson. Since then I have had a respectful exchange with Dr. Mortenson via email. At one point Dr. Mortenson asked me whether I have read any recent young earth creationist literature. I thought it might be worthwhile to post my response here: […]
57. Terry Mortenson on Creationism
When I was in high school I gave my science teacher a copy of Paul Ackerman’s book It’s a Young World After All. The book aimed to show that evolution was false and the earth was a mere six to ten thousand years old. My science teacher politely received the gift and then, for all I […]
Ronald E. Osborn against the idea of a global flood
Last week I reviewed Ronald E. Osborn’s book Death Before the Fall. Given the relatively eclectic nature of the book, I was unable to interact with some themes and interesting ideas that appear in the book. So I am going to be writing a few supplementary posts highlighting some of those additional aspects of the […]
Young earth creationism and really old living things
When I grew up in a conservative evangelical (Pentecostal) church young earth creationism was the only game in town. With a blush I remember arguing the view to incredulous friends in high school and handing off a copy of It’s a Young World After All to my polite science teacher. In the early 1990s I […]
Conservative Christians and cryptozoology
Most often when you hear about trolls these days the reference is to those people who lurk on the internet and post comments on blogs simply to make trouble and obscure important issues. But what about those other trollls? The kind that inhabit the deep German forests of the Brothers Grimm, hiding under bridges and […]
