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Fedex Fossil Claim by ICR

Mar 30

The Institute for Creation Research has published a claim based on a new fossil amphibian.  The fossil is merely a tool used by ICR to rehash some old claims for their young earth theory, claims which have already been disproven.  To read more, click here. [...more]

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The Institute for Creation Research has published a claim based on a new fossil amphibian.  The fossil is merely a tool used by ICR to rehash some old claims for their young earth theory, claims which have already been disproven.  To read more, click here.

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Fossil Octopi No Problem for an Old Earth

Apr 02

The claim that soft tissue could not be preserved with slow and gradual sedimentation has been an argument used often by young earth creationists.  It resurfaced again yesterday in the daily news feature about fossil octopi, at the Institute for Creation Research.  Click here to see the rebuttal. [...more]

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Tags: fossil, Institute for Creation Research, octopi, octopus, soft tissue

The claim that soft tissue could not be preserved with slow and gradual sedimentation has been an argument used often by young earth creationists.  It resurfaced again yesterday in the daily news feature about fossil octopi, at the Institute for Creation Research.  Click here to see the rebuttal.

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Beneath the Cross

Apr 01

What is beneath the cross?  Andrew Snelling of Answers in Genesis answers this correctly, in that there are layers of sedimentary rock containing many fossils.  Whereas he sees this as proof of a global flood, the scientific evidence says otherwise.  Click here to read this article. [...more]

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Tags: Andrew Snelling, answers in genesis, Answers Magazine, chalk, cross, fossil

What is beneath the cross?  Andrew Snelling of Answers in Genesis answers this correctly, in that there are layers of sedimentary rock containing many fossils.  Whereas he sees this as proof of a global flood, the scientific evidence says otherwise.  Click here to read this article.

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30 Year Secret?

Mar 31

One of the claims by Creation Science Evangelism is that a fossil mammoth site in Waco, Texas provides proof of a global flood.  When you examine the issue, it is clear that it could not have been caused by a worldwide flood as they presume.  To read the article, click here. Greg Neyman [...more]

Posted: under Creation Blog, Creation Science Evangelism.
Tags: creation science evangelism, flood, fossil, mammoth

One of the claims by Creation Science Evangelism is that a fossil mammoth site in Waco, Texas provides proof of a global flood.  When you examine the issue, it is clear that it could not have been caused by a worldwide flood as they presume.  To read the article, click here.

Greg Neyman

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Arctic Fossil Turtle

Mar 28

Does a fossil of a normally tropical turtle, found in the Arctic, damage the case for an old earth?  YEC author Brian Thomas of the Institute for Creation Research thinks so.  However, when you consider all the evidence, and not just half of it, there is no problem at all for old earth believers.  Click here to read [...] [...more]

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Tags: arctic, Brian Thomas, fossil, Institute for Creation Research, turtle

Does a fossil of a normally tropical turtle, found in the Arctic, damage the case for an old earth?  YEC author Brian Thomas of the Institute for Creation Research thinks so.  However, when you consider all the evidence, and not just half of it, there is no problem at all for old earth believers.  Click here to read this rebuttal.

Greg Neyman

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Fossil Graveyards

Mar 26

Answers Magazine’s second in a series of Flood evidences concerns fossil graveyards.  This rebuttal examines the validity of this claim by young earth author Andrew Snelling, and shows that omission of key information indicates the deceptive tactics that the author used in order to make his point.  The rebuttal to “The World’s a Graveyard” can [...] [...more]

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Tags: Andrew Snelling, Answers Magazine, fossil, graveyard

Answers Magazine’s second in a series of Flood evidences concerns fossil graveyards.  This rebuttal examines the validity of this claim by young earth author Andrew Snelling, and shows that omission of key information indicates the deceptive tactics that the author used in order to make his point.  The rebuttal to “The World’s a Graveyard” can be read here.

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High & Dry Sea Creatures

Mar 25

The latest rebuttal is for an Answers Magazine article from the January-March 2008 issue.  The title of the article was High & Dry Sea Creatures, and it was the first of a six part series of flood evidences.  The rebuttal can be found here.  The article claims that finding fossils high on mountaintops is proof [...] [...more]

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Tags: Andrew Snelling, Answers Magazine, fossil, mountain, sea

The latest rebuttal is for an Answers Magazine article from the January-March 2008 issue.  The title of the article was High & Dry Sea Creatures, and it was the first of a six part series of flood evidences.  The rebuttal can be found here.  The article claims that finding fossils high on mountaintops is proof of a global worldwide flood.  However, there is no scientific proof that the claims by the young earth author, Andrew Snelling, are true.

Greg Neyman

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Precambrian Fossil Footprints

Oct 23

I’ve just posted a response to an ICR argument concerning Precambrian fossil footprints, which ICR uses to discredit evolution.  When treated fairly and without emotion (which so many young earth arguments use), it does not discredit evolution at all…it merely makes it clearer.  For progressive creationists, there is no issue either, as it only means [...] [...more]

Posted: under Creation Blog, Institute for Creation Research.
Tags: footprints, fossil, precambrian

I’ve just posted a response to an ICR argument concerning Precambrian fossil footprints, which ICR uses to discredit evolution.  When treated fairly and without emotion (which so many young earth arguments use), it does not discredit evolution at all…it merely makes it clearer.  For progressive creationists, there is no issue either, as it only means an adjustment in the timeline of the creation of the organisms that made the prints.

Greg Neyman

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