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This list of creationist claims contains statements ostensibly made to support creationism, but which nearly always attack evolution (assuming the only alternative is creationism), and their associated counter-arguments. They without exception contain logical fallacies and mistakes of fact.
General[edit]
Antiscience[edit]
Astronomy[edit]
- Against the starlight problem:
- Against the cratered surface of the moon:
- The addition of leap seconds and the slowing of the Earth's rotation necessitates a young Earth.
Biblical literalism[edit]
- Scientific theory/hypothesis/result X contradicts Holy Scripture;[1] therefore:
- (a) we reject scientific theory/hypothesis/result X (it "just doesn't make sense" - within the assumptions of the scriptural viewpoint). Or:
- (b) we find some small inconsistency in it, and go to option (a). Or:
- (c) we just ignore it.
Biology/Evolution[edit]
- Irreducible complexity requires an intelligent designer.
- The banana requires an intelligent designer.
Abiogenesis[edit]
Geology[edit]
- Geomagnetism:
- God put fake fossils in the ground for some reason.
- The presence of "polonium halos" proves a young Earth.
- Against the slow geological formation of the continents:
- Certain fossils appear in the "wrong" place in the geological record.
Global flood[edit]
- Against the impossibility of having enough water for the flood:
- Comets brought the water.
- The continents floated on the water until the Flood.
- Against caring for the animals in Noah's ark:
Intelligent design[edit]
Mathematics[edit]
- Against improbable things happen in evolution:
- X has a 1 in [BIG NUMBER] chance of ocurring.
- X is extremely unlikely. A probability of less than 10-50 is a probability of 0.
Morality/Consequences[edit]
- Acceptance of evolution prevents morality.
- If man arose by chance, life would have no purpose or meaning.
- Evolution says you are descended from a monkey. Do you want to be descended from a monkey?
Religion[edit]
Lists[edit]
- 101 evidences for a young age of the Earth and the universe
- 12 Arguments Evolutionists Should Avoid
- Ask Darwinists
- Scientific Facts in the Bible: 100 Reasons to Believe the Bible is Supernatural in Origin
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
A very comprehensive list of claims is compiled on talk.origins.
Notes[edit]
- ↑ And there exist voluminous texts of Holy Scripture (sometimes vague or self-contradictory or pre-scientific in their worldview, sometimes requiring contorted interpretation), against which to calibrate/correlate scientific theory/hypothesis/result X.
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