The subset of creationism (that is the movement opposed to the idea of darwinian evolution, believing life to be directly created by god) who also believe the earth was created recently (usually < 100,000 years ago).
Questions tagged [young-earth-creationism]
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In 2014, did nearly half of all Americans believe in Creationism?
A 2014 poll by Gallup seems to say that in the U.S., 42% believe Creationist view of human origins.
Is this really true? Are any of the claims from this study dubious?
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Did the Earth have so little oxygen that dinosaurs couldn't exist?
Noted Young-Earth Creationist Kent Hovind made a claim in a 2007 video that suggested that the idea of dinosaurs living on Earth millions of years ago was implauseable if the oxygen levels were the at the same level that exist today.
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Have paleontologists systematically ignored dinosaur DNA that does not match the evolutionary model?
A 2009 paper from Institute for Creation Research claims that the reason no DNA has been successfully extracted from dinosaur remains is because any results that don't fit the evolutionary model are suppressed:
Because evolutionary scientists are…
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Do radiometric dating labs throw out 8 of 10 specimens, and are the samples blinded?
I think that my question regarding KNM-ER 1470's and the change from previously believed "good dates" from methods other than the fossil record might be too broad. There is an aspect of the question that should be fairly easy to verify though. The…
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Did Nylon eating bacteria come about due to an increase in genetic information?
I found this video by a creationist who claims that the nylon eating ability of bacteria was not the result of an increase in genetic information. Does he actually have a point or is he wrong?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkNmfA09cGg
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Do marine invertebrates outnumber plants in the fossil record 19:1?
I found this claim in this Creationist YouTube video.
95% of all fossils are marine invertebrates.
Of the remaining 5%, 95% are algae and plant fossils.
95% of the remaining 0.25% are other invertebrates.
The remaining 0.0125% include all…
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Did granite form instantly?
Is it true that granite has formed in a matter of hours as described (and explained) in "Fingerprints of creation" by Robert Gentry (http://www.halos.com/).
The following simple analogy will show how these polonium microspheres — or halos —…
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Are new genes created through duplication?
In an creationist article, about molecular virologist, Dr Yingguang Liu, it says:
Evolutionists commonly invoke ‘duplication’ as a way to create brand new genes. A copying error can lead to an extra copy of a gene, which supposedly can then go on…
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Have scientists found 700,000-or-more visible annual ice layers?
For people who doubt radiometric dating, layer-counting may provide hard evidence for one or another minimum age of the earth. In its question-and-answer article on how the age of the earth is calculated, the website Biologos.org states:
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Is Carbon-14 found in all strata?
In a recent creationist video, he oh-so-subtly mentioned that there was the isotope carbon-14 (14C) not only in all layers of strata, but in equal amounts too, and that this was somehow proof of a world-wide flood. I have attempted to find a…
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