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The Talk.Origins Archive web page titled Index to Creationist Claims, consists of a list of rebuttals to alleged creationist arguments against evolutionism. Much of the list was subsequently published in 2005 as The Counter-Creationism Handbook.

Some of these claims are regularly used by creationists, some are uncommon, and some are not used at all. Not all of the objections raised by Talk.Origins are incorrect, but it is important that creationists respond to this anti-creationism list.

This page links to responses from creationists to each of the "rebuttals" found on the Talk.Origin's website.

NOTE: When creating a page for this archive please use Template:Talk.Origins responses.

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Contents 1 CA: Philosophy and Theology 2 CB: Biology 3 CC: Paleontology 4 CD: Geology 5 CE: Astronomy and Cosmology 6 CF: Physics and Mathematics 7 CG: Miscellaneous Anti-Evolution 8 CH: Biblical Creationism 9 CI: Intelligent Design 10 CJ: Other Creationism

CA: Philosophy and Theology

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• CA000: Ethics
  • CA001. Evolution is the foundation of an immoral worldview.
    • CA001.1. Crime rates etc. have increased since evolution began to be taught.
  • CA002. Survival of the fittest implies might makes right.
    • CA002.1. Evolution leads to social Darwinism.
    • CA002.2. Marx admired and corresponded with Darwin.
  • CA005. Evolution is racist.
    • CA005.1. Darwin himself was racist.
    • CA005.2. Darwin's work refers to "preservation of favoured races".
    • CA005.3. T.H. Huxley was racist.
  • CA006. Evolution encourages eugenics.
    • CA006.1. Hitler based his views on Darwinism.
  • CA008. Evolution encourages promiscuity and lust.
  • CA009. Evolution teaches that we are animals and to behave as such.
  • CA010. Homosexuality receives approval from evolutionists.
  • CA012. Evolutionists are intellectual snobs.
  • CA040. Fairness demands evolution and creation be given equal time.
  • CA041. Teach the controversy.
    • CA041.1. Federal law (Santorum Amendment) supports teaching alternatives.
  • CA042. Biology can reasonably be taught without evolution.
  • CA045. Inherit the Wind is false propaganda.
  • (see also CH010: Creationism is good.)
• CA100-CA499: Epistemology
  • CA100: Foundation of Knowledge
    • CA100. Argument from incredulity
      • CA100.1. Evolution leaves lots of things unexplained.
    • CA110: Argument from Authority
      • CA110. Evolution will soon be widely rejected.
      • CA111. Many current scientists reject evolution.
        • CA111.1. Over 300 scientists express skepticism of Darwinism.
      • CA112. Many scientists find problems with evolution.
      • CA113. Quote-mining
        • CA113.1. Darwin on evolution of the eye.
      • CA114. Many famous scientists were creationists.
        • CA114.1. Lord Kelvin was a creationist.
        • CA114.2. Linnaeus was a creationist.
        • CA114.10. Fabre was a creationist.
        • CA114.22. Louis Pasteur was a creationist.
        • CA114.28. Steno was a creationist.
        • CA115.1. Design arguments converted atheist Anthony Flew to theism.
      • CA118. Your arguments don't count because you are not qualified.
    • CA120. An evolved mind is fallible, its conclusions untrustworthy.
    • CA131. Darwin suffered from psychoneurosis.
  • CA200: Theory of Science
    • CA201. Evolution is only a theory.
    • CA202. Evolution hasn't been proved.
    • CA210. Evolution doesn't make predictions.
    • CA211. Evolution can't be falsified.
      • CA211.1. Karl Popper said Darwinism is not testable.
    • CA212. Evolution is ambiguously defined.
    • CA215. Evolution is a useless theory.
    • CA220. Evolution can't be replicated.
    • CA221. Were you there?
    • CA230. Interpreting evidence is not the same as observation.
      • CA230.1. Evolutionists interpret evidence based on their preconceptions.
        • (see also CI402: Evolutionists refuse to see design.)
    • CA240. Ockham's Razor says simplest explanation (creation) is preferred.
    • CA250. Scientific findings are always changing.
  • CA300-CA499: Scientific Method
    • CA301. Science is naturalistic. (see also CA601: (Methodological naturalism)
      • CA301.1. Naturalistic science will miss a supernatural explanation.
        • (see also CI401: Science's method rules out design.)
    • CA310. Scientists find what they expect to find.
    • CA320. Scientists are pressured not to challenge established dogma.
      • CA320.1. Mims was fired because he was a creationist.
      • CA320.2. Damadian was denied a Nobel prize because he was a creationist.
    • CA321. Scientists are motivated to support naturalism and reject creationism.
      • CA321.1. Scientists' conclusions are motivated by money.
    • CA325. Creationists are prevented from publishing in science journals.
    • CA340. Evolutionists don't accept debate challenges.
      • CA341. Evolutionists haven't met Hovind's challenge to prove evolution.
      • CA342. Evolutionists don't accept Walt Brown's debate challenge.
      • CA343. Evolutionists refuse Mastropaolo's "Life Science Prize" challenge.
    • CA350. No gradual biochemical evolution models have been published.
  • CA500. "Survival of the fittest" is a tautology.
  • CA510. Creationism and evolution are the only 2 models.
    • CA510.1. Problems with evolution are evidence for creation.
  • CA520. The Origin of Species does not address speciation.
• CA600: Theology
  • (see also CH: Biblical Creationism)
  • CA601. Evolution requires naturalism.
    • CA601.1. Evolution's materialism or naturalism denies a role for God.
    • (see also CA301: Science is naturalistic.)
    • (see also CI401: Science's method rules out design.)
  • CA602. Evolution is atheistic.
    • CA602.1. Darwin made it easy to become an intellectually fulfilled atheist.
    • CA602.2. Scientists aim to make God unnecessary.
  • CA603. Naturalistic evolution rules out all but a Deist god.
  • CA610. Evolution is a religion.
  • CA611. Evolutionary theory has become sacrosanct.
  • CA612. Evolution requires as much faith as creationism.
  • CA620. If man comes from random causes, life has no purpose or meaning.
  • CA622. Without a literal Fall, there is no need for Jesus and redemption.
  • CA630. Animals are not moral, aesthetic, idealistic, or religious.
  • CA640. Do you want to be descended from a monkey?
  • CA650. Death and suffering before humanity implies an unmerciful God.
    • CA651. God would have pronounced death and suffering "very good".
    • CA652. Christ's death was unjust if physical death wasn't the penalty for sin.
  • CA660. Pope's statement about evolution was mistranslated.
  • CA662. It is not true that the church used to teach a flat earth.

CB: Biology

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• CB0: Abiogenesis
  • CB000. Pasteur proved life only comes from life (law of biogenesis).
  • CB010. The odds of life forming are incredibly small.
    • CB010.1. Even the simplest life is incredibly complex.
    • CB010.2. First cells couldn't come together by chance.
  • CB015. DNA needs proteins to form; Proteins need DNA.
  • CB020. Why isn't new life still being generated today?
  • CB025. Not all amino acids needed for life have been formed experimentally.
  • CB026. Abiogenesis experiments produce toxins such as cyanide and formaldehyde.
  • CB030. Early molecules would have decayed.
    • CB030.1. Early molecules would have been destroyed by UV light.
  • CB035. Miller's experiments had invalid assumption of type of atmosphere.
    • CB035.1. Earth's early atmosphere had abundant oxygen.
    • CB035.2. Earth's early atmosphere had no reducing gases.
    • CB035.3. Amino acids aren't generated from just CO2, nitrogen, and water.
  • CB040. Life uses only left-handed amino acids.
  • CB050. Abiogenesis is speculative, without evidence.
  • CB090. Evolution is baseless without a theory of abiogenesis.
• CB100: Genetics
  • CB100. Mutations are rare.
  • CB101. Most mutations are harmful.
    • CB101.1. Mutations are accidents; things don't get built by accident.
    • CB101.2. Mutations don't produce new features.
  • CB102. Mutations don't add information.
    • CB102.1. Dawkins could not give an example of increasing information.
  • CB110. Microevolution selects only existing variation.
  • CB120. Genetic load from mutations would make populations unviable.
  • CB121. Cost of natural selection is prohibitive (Haldane's dilemma).
  • CB130. "Junk" DNA is not really junk.
  • CB141. Chromosome counts differ greatly and unsystematically between species.
  • CB144. Human and chimp genomes differ by more than one percent.
  • CB150. Functional genetic sequences are too rare to have evolved from one another.
  • CB180. The genetic code is a language.
• CB200: Molecular Biology
  • CB200. Some systems are irreducibly complex.
    • CB200.1. Bacterial flagella are irreducibly complex.
      • CB200.1.1. The flagellum has 30 or so unique (non-homologous) proteins.
    • CB200.2. Blood clotting is irreducibly complex.
    • CB200.3. Protein transport within a cell is irreducibly complex.
    • CB200.4. Immune system is irreducibly complex.
    • CB200.5. Metabolic pathway for AMP synthesis is too complex to have evolved.
  • CB211. An antigen receptor protein structure is same in camels and sharks.
  • (see also CA350: No gradualistic biochemical models published.)
• CB300: Physiology and Anatomy
  • CB300. Complex organs couldn't have evolved.
    • CB301. The eye is too complex to have evolved.
      • (see also CB921.1: What use is half an eye?)
    • CB302. The ear is too complex to have evolved.
    • CB303. The brain is too complex to have evolved.
      • (see also CB400: Behavior and Cognition)
    • CB310. The bombardier beetle is too complex to have evolved.
      • CB310.1. Bombardier beetle chemicals would explode if mixed without an inhibitor.
    • CB311. Butterfly metamorphosis is too complex to have evolved.
      • CB311.1. Evolution can't explain butterfly evolving from caterpillar.
    • CB325. The giraffe neck couldn't evolve without a special circulatory system.
    • CB326. The woodpecker tongue couldn't have evolved.
    • CB340. Organs and organ systems would be useless until all parts are in place.
    • CB341. Snake venom and hollow fangs couldn't have evolved simultaneously.
  • CB350. Sex can't have evolved.
    • (see also CB610: no mate for 1st of a species.)
  • CB360. Vestigial organs may have functions.
    • CB360.1. The human appendix is functional, not vestigial.
    • (see also CB130: Junk DNA not really junk.)
  • CB361. Vestigial organs are just evidence of decay, not evolution.
    • CB361.1. Presently useless vestigial organs once had function.
  • CB365. Spinal treatments based on evolutionary theory fail.
  • CB370. Endorphins at death indicate a beneficent creator, not evolution.
  • CB381. Men have fewer ribs than women.
• CB400: Behavior and Cognition
  • CB400. Evolution can't explain consciousness.
    • CB400.1. Evolution doesn't explain human intelligence.
  • CB401. Instincts are too complex to have evolved.
  • CB402. Evolution doesn't explain language ability.
  • CB403. Evolution doesn't explain homosexuality.
  • CB411. Evolution doesn't explain morals.
  • CB420. Evolution doesn't explain art.
  • CB421. Evolution doesn't explain music.
  • CB430. Evolution doesn't explain personality and emotions.
  • CB440. Evolution doesn't explain religion.
• CB500: Botany
  • CB501. Dendrochronology is suspect because 2 or more rings can grow per year.
  • CB510. Evolution can't explain photosynthesis.
• CB600: Ecology and Population Biology
  • CB601. The traditional peppered moth story is no longer supportable.
    • CB601.1. Peppered moths don't rest on tree trunks, and pictures of them there were faked.
    • CB601.2. Peppered moths occur in uncamouflaged colors in many areas.
      • CB601.2.1. Dark moths never completely replaced light ones in Manchester.
      • CB601.2.2. In several areas dark moths were more common than expected.
      • CB601.2.3. Dark moths increased in s. Britain after pollution control began.
      • CB601.2.4. In places, light moths increased before lichens reappeared.
      • CB601.2.5. Light moths increased before trees got lighter.
    • CB601.3. Direct mutagenesis better explains peppered moth variation.
    • CB601.4. An increased recapture rate suggests fraud in Kettlewell's data.
    • (see also CB910.2: Peppered moths remain same species.)
  • CB610. The first individual of a new species wouldn't find a mate.
  • CB620. Human population growth indicates a young earth.
  • CB621. Humanity was traced back to an African Eve.
    • CB621.1. Mitochondrial Eve lived only 6500 years ago.
  • CB630. Mutually dependent species could not have evolved.
• CB700: Developmental Biology
  • CB701. Haeckel falsified his embryo pictures.
    • CB701.1. Recapitulation theory is not supported.
  • CB704. Human embryos don't have gill slits.
  • CB710. Genes with major effects on development are conserved across phyla.
  • CB731. Finger development disproves birds descended from dinosaurs.
  • CB732. Finger development differs greatly between human and frog.
  • CB751 Bilateral symmetry and evolution
• CB800: Systematics
  • CB801. Science can't define "species".
  • CB805. Evolution predicts a continuum of organisms, not discrete kinds.
    • (see also CC201: smooth continuum through the fossil record.)
  • CB810. Homology can't be evidence of ancestry if it is defined thus.
  • CB811 Homologous structures and genes.
  • CB821. Phylogenetic analyses are inconsistent.
  • CB822. Evolution from a single ancestor is discredited.
• CB900: Evolution
  • (see also CB102: Mutations don't add information.)
  • CB901. Macroevolution has never been observed.
    • CB901.1. Range of variation is limited within kinds.
    • CB901.2. No new phyla, classes, or orders have appeared.
    • CB901.3. Darwin's finches show only microevolution.
  • CB902. Microevolution is distinct from macroevolution.
    • CB902.1. There are barriers to large change.
    • CB902.2. Small changes do not imply large changes.
  • CB904. No entirely new features have evolved.
    • (see also CB101.2: mutations don't produce new features.)
  • CB910. No new species have been observed.
    • CB910.1. Fruit fly experiments produce only fruit flies.
    • CB910.2. Peppered moths remained the same species.
  • CB920. No new body parts have evolved.
  • CB921. New structures would be useless until fully developed.
    • (see also CB30: complex organs can't evolve.)
    • CB921.1. What use is half an eye?.
    • CB921.2. What use is half a wing?.
  • CB922. No 2-celled life exists intermediate between one- and multi-celled.
  • CB925. We don't see creatures in various stages of completion.
  • CB926. Preadaptation implies organs evolved before they were needed.
  • CB928. Why aren't beneficial traits evolved more often?.
    • CB928.1. If intelligence is adaptive, other apes should have evolved it.
    • CB928.2 Humans still evolving.
  • CB929. Evolution doesn't explain our using 1/10th of our brain.
  • CB930. Some fossil species are still living.
    • CB930.1. The coelacanth, thought extinct for ages, is still living.
    • CB930.2. A plesiosaur was found by a Japanese trawler.
    • CB930.3. Dinosaurs may still be alive in the Congo.
    • CB930.4. Pterodactyl in stone
  • CB932. Some modern species are apparently degenerate, not higher forms.
  • CB940. Pure chance can't create new structures.
    • CB940.1. Odds of many successive beneficial mutations are minuscule.
  • CB941. How do things know how to evolve?
  • CB950. Over-specialization with no adaptive value sometimes occurs.
  • CB951. Long-term trends (orthogenesis) don't fit evolutionary theory.
  • CB952. Overspecialized diets and evolution
  • CB990. Proposed evolution scenarios are just-so stories.

CC: Paleontology

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• CC0: Physical Anthropology
  • CC000-CC049: Questionable fossils
    • CC000: Specific hominid fossils were hoaxed
      • CC001. Piltdown man was a hoax.
        • CC001.1. Piltdown man was the subject of 500 doctoral dissertations.
      • CC002. Nebraska man was a hoax.
      • CC003. Lucy's knee was found far from the rest of the skeleton.
      • CC004. Ten Peking Man skeletons were suppressed.
    • CC020: Specific hominid fossils were misidentified
      • CC021. "Orce Man" was a donkey skull.
      • CC030. All human fossils would fit on a billiard table.
      • CC040. Anthropologists disagree.
      • CC041. Homo habilis is an invalid taxon.
  • CC050. All hominid fossils are fully human or fully ape.
  • CC051. Neandertal was based on a disfigured human.
    • CC051.1. Neandertals were humans with rickets.
  • CC052. Laetoli footprints were human.
  • CC054. KP 271 (a fossil humerus) was human.
  • CC061. French scientists called Peking Man "monkey-like".
  • CC080. Australopithecus was fully ape, closer to chimp.
  • CC100: Human fossils are out of place.
    • CC101. Human footprints have been found with dinosaur tracks at Paluxy.
    • CC102. Sandal footprints have been found associated with trilobites.
    • CC110. Moab man was found in Cretaceous sandstone.
    • CC111. Malachite man was found in Cretaceous sandstone.
    • CC112. Castenedolo, Olmo, and Calaveras skulls were found in Pliocene strata.
    • CC120. Baugh found a fossilized finger from the Cretaceous.
    • CC130. A petrified hammer was found in Cretaceous rocks.
    • CC131. Iron pot in coal.
  • CC150: Other Anthropology
    • CC150. If we're descended from apes, why are there still apes around?
• CC200: Transitional fossils
  • CC200. Transitional fossils are lacking.
    • CC200.1. There should be billions of transitional fossils.
  • CC201. We should see smooth change through the fossil record, not gaps.
    • CC201.1. Punctuated equilibrium was ad hoc to justify gaps.
    • (see also CB805: smooth continuum among living creatures.)
  • CC210: Specific examples of non-transition
    • CC211. There are gaps between invertebrates and vertebrates.
    • CC212. There are gaps between fish and amphibians.
    • CC213. There are gaps between amphibians and reptiles.
    • CC214. There are gaps between reptiles and birds.
      • CC214.1. Archaeopteryx was probably not an ancestor of modern birds.
        • CC214.1.1. Archaeopteryx is fully bird
      • CC214.2. Duck-billed dinosaur find disproves its bird ancestry.
    • CC215. There are gaps between reptiles and mammals.
    • CC216.1. There are gaps between land mammals and whales.
    • CC216.2. Horse fossils don't show evolution.
    • CC220. Arthropods arose suddenly.
      • CC220.1. There are no fossil ancestors of insects.
    • CC250. There are no fossil ancestors of plants.
      • CC251. Progymnosperms are imaginary evolutionary ancestors.
• CC300: Fossil Record
  • CC300. Cambrian explosion shows all kinds of life appearing suddenly.
    • CC301. Cambrian explosion contradicts evolutionary "tree" pattern.
  • CC310: Dating of fossils
    • (see also CD0: Geochronology)
    • CC310. Fossils are dated from strata; strata are dated from fossils.
      • (see also CD103: Geologic column assumes evolution.)
  • CC330: Polystrate fossils
    • CC331. Polystrate fossils indicate massive sudden deposition.
    • CC332. Yellowstone's Specimen Creek fossil forests were evidently transported.
      • C332.1. Specimen Creek fossil trees grew at the same time.
      • CC332.2. Orientations show Specimen Creek fossil trees were transported.
    • CC335. A fossil whale was found vertically through several strata.
  • CC340. Many fossils are out of place.
    • (see also CC100: Human fossils out of place)
    • CC341. Recent pollen has been found in old rocks.
  • CC350: Some fossils are faked.
    • (see also CC000: Hominid fossils were hoaxed)
    • CC351. Archaeopteryx is a fake.
    • CC352. Archaeoraptor was a fake.
  • CC360: Taphonomy
    • CC36. No new fossils are being formed.
    • CC361. Fossils can form quickly.
      • CC361.1. Coal and oil can form quickly.
      • CC361.2. Mammoths have been found quickly frozen.
      • CC361.3. Contorted positions of fossil animals indicate rapid burial.
    • CC362. Large collections of fossils indicate catastrophism.
    • CC363. Fossilization requires sudden burial.
    • CC364. Sea fossils have been found on mountaintops.
    • CC365. Footprints in Coconino sandstone appear to have been made underwater.
      • CC365.1. Coconino sandstone was deposited underwater.
    • CC371. Evidence of blood in a Tyrannosaurus bone indicates recent burial.
      • CC371.1 Tyrannosaurus tissues from bone.
    • CC373 Pristine ammonite and bivalve fossils.
    • CC381 Quantity of Stone-Age skeletons.
• CC400: Methodology
  • CC401. Paleontologists reconstruct an entire animal from a single bone.

CD: Geology

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• CD0: Geochronology
  • (see also CD241: Varves can form quickly.)
  • CD000: Radiometric dating makes false assumptions
    • CD001. Radiometric dating falsely assumes rocks are closed systems.
    • CD002. Radiometric dating falsely assumes initial conditions are known.
    • CD004. Cosmic rays and free neutrinos affect U and Ar decay rates.
    • (see also CF200: Radiometric dating)
  • CD010. Radiometric dating gives unreliable results.
    • CD011. Carbon dating gives inaccurate results.
      • CD011.1. Variable C14/C12 ratio invalidates C14 dating.
      • CD011.2. Vollosovitch and Dima mammoths yielded inconsistent C14 dates.
      • CD011.3. Living snails were C14 dated at 2,300 and 27,000 years old.
      • CD011.4. A freshly killed seal was C14 dated at 1300 years old.
      • CD011.5. Triassic wood from Australia was dated at 33K years old.
      • CD011.6. Ancient coal and oil are C14 dated as only 50,000 years old.
    • CD012. U-Th dating gives inaccurate results for modern volcanic rocks.
    • CD013. K-Ar dating gives inaccurate results for modern volcanic rocks.
      • CD013.1. K-Ar dates of 1986 dacite from Mount St. Helens are very old.
    • CD014. Isochron dating gives unreliable results.
      • CD014.1. Isochron date of young Grand Canyon lava is excessively old.
    • CD015. Zircons retain too much helium for an old earth.
  • CD020. Consistency of radiometric dating comes from selective reporting.
  • CD031. KBS Tuff shows the flaws of radiometric dating.
• CD100: Geological Column
  • (see also CH540: Flood effects)
  • CD101. Entire geological column doesn't exist.
  • CD102. Geological column is sometimes out of order.
    • CD102.1. Out-of-order strata occur at the Lewis Overthrust.
  • CD103. Geologic column is based on the assumption of evolution.
    • (see also CC310: Circular dating of fossils and strata.)
  • CD110. Meteor craters are never found in deeper strata.
  • CD111. Meteorites are never found in deeper strata.
• CD200: Sedimentation
  • (see also CH540: Flood effects)
  • CD200. Uniformitarian assumption is untenable.
  • CD202. Sandstone & shale layers are too extensive for normal deposition.
  • CD203. Limestone & dolomite layers are too extensive for normal deposition.
  • CD210. Mouth of Colorado River doesn't have enough sediment for Grand Canyon.
  • CD211. Mississippi delta could have formed in 5000 years.
  • CD220. Not enough sediments in the ocean for an old earth.
    • CD220.1. Much more sediment is deposited than removed by subduction.
  • CD221. Oceans haven't enough dissolved minerals for an old earth.
    • CD221.1. Amount of dissolved sodium in oceans
  • CD222. Juvenile water is added to oceans too fast for an old earth.
  • CD230. Natural gas escapes too fast to allow for long ages.
  • CD231. High pressures in oil fields would have bled off if earth were old.
  • CD232. Oil seepage would have drained offshore reservoirs in 20,000 years.
  • CD240. Experiments show that strata can violate principles of superposition.
  • CD241. Varves can form in less than a year.
  • CD250. Stalactites can grow very rapidly.
  • (see also CC365.1: Coconino sandstone deposited underwater.)
• CD300: Evaporation
  • CD301. Evaporites could form without evaporation.
  • CD302. Evaporites are too thick.
  • CD303. Evaporites contain no organic matter.
• CD400: Glaciation
  • CD410. WWII airplanes are now beneath thousands of "annual" ice layers.
• CD500: Mountain Building
  • CD501. On an old earth, mountains would have eroded by now.
  • CD502. Volcanic mountains are built too fast for an old earth.
  • CD510. Folded rocks must have been soft when folded.
• CD600: Erosion
  • (see also CH540: Flood effects)
  • CD610. Erosion rate of Niagara Falls' rim indicates young earth.
  • CD620. Average soil depth is consistent with young earth.
• CD700: Geophysics & Plate tectonics
  • CD701. Earth's magnetic field is decaying, indicating a young earth.
    • CD701.1. Cowling's theorem disproves dynamo theory of earth's magnetic field.
  • CD740. The theory of plate tectonics is wrong.
    • CD741. Mid-ocean magnetic anomalies are not reversals.
  • CD750. Plate tectonics occurred catastrophically and has since slowed.
• CD800: Climate Change
  • CD821. Sahara Desert is expanding.

CE: Astronomy and Cosmology

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• CE000: Earth
  • CE001. Not enough helium in the atmosphere for an old earth.
  • CE010. NASA scientists found a day missing.
  • CE011. Earth's rotation is slowing, indicating a young earth.
    • CE011.1. The frequency of leap seconds indicates a young earth.
  • CE020. An old earth would be covered by 182' of meteoric dust.
• CE100: Moon
  • CE101. Not enough moon dust for an old universe.
  • CE110. Moon is receding at a rate too fast for an old universe.
  • CE130. Lunar moonquakes, lava flows, and gas emissions indicates its youth.
  • (see also CF220: Short-lived U-326, Th-230 found on moon.)
• CE200: Planets and Solar System
  • CE210. Venus' high temp and atmosphere should have eroded its surface features.
  • CF220. Short-lived U-326, Th-230 found on moon.
  • CE230. Io's great volcanic activity indicates a young age.
  • CE231. Jupiter and Saturn are cooling too rapidly to be old.
  • CE240. Saturn's rings are unstable.
  • CE260. Three planets and several moons revolve backwards.
    • CE260.1. Retrograde motion of planets disproves the big bang.
  • CE261. Comets wouldn't have lasted in an old universe.
    • CE261.1. Oort cloud and Kuiper belt are ad-hoc fantasies of astronomers.
  • CE280. Solar wind should have cleared inner solar system of microparticles.
  • CE281. Poynting-Robertson effect would remove space dust in an old solar system.
• CE300: Sun & Stars
  • CE301. Lack of solar neutrinos indicates stellar model is wrong.
  • CE302. Sun has most of mass but little angular momentum of solar system.
  • CE310. Shrinking sun indicates a young sun.
    • CE310.1. Helmholtz's contraction theory says the sun is young.
  • CE311. The faint young sun paradox contradicts an old earth.
  • CE351. Sirius was a red star 2000 years ago and is a white dwarf now.
  • CE380. Galaxies should lose their spiral shape over millions of years.
• CE400: Cosmology
  • (see also CI300: Anthropic principle)
  • CE401. There are too few supernova remnants for an old universe.
  • CE410. Physical constants are only assumed constant.
    • CE411. Speed of light has changed.
      • CE411.1. Physicists found that the speed of light was once faster.
    • CE412. Gravitational time dilation made distant clocks run faster.
    • (see also CF210: Radiometric dating assumes constant rates.)
  • CE420. Big bang theory is wrong.
  • CE421. Cosmos has an axis, contrary to big bang models.
  • CE425. Red shift comes from light aging, not expansion of the universe.
  • CE440. Where did space, time, energy, and laws of physics come from?
  • CE441. Explosions such as the big bang don't produce order or information.

CF: Physics and Mathematics

• (see also CE400: Cosmology)
• CF000: 2nd Law of Thermodynamics and Information Theory
  • (see also CB102: Mutations don't add information)
  • (see also CE441: Explosions such as the big bang don't produce order or information)
  • CF001. 2nd law of thermodynamics prohibits evolution
    • CF001.1. Systems left to themselves invariably tend towards disorder
    • CF001.2. The 2nd law, and the trend to disorder, is universal
    • CF001.3. Instructions are necessary to produce order
    • CF001.4. The 2nd law is about organized complexity, not entropy
    • CF001.5. Evolution needs an energy conversion mechanism to utilize energy
  • CF002. Complexity doesn't come from simplicity
    • CF002.1. Tornadoes in junkyards don't build things
  • CF003. How could information, such as in DNA, assemble itself?
  • CF005. 2nd law of thermodynamics applies to information theory
  • CF010. Cybernetic simulations show Darwinian processes don't produce order
  • CF011. Evolutionary algorithms smuggle in design in the fitness function
    • CF011.1. The outcome of Dawkins' WEASEL program was prespecified
    • CF011.2. NFL theorems prove evolutionary algorithms don't beat blind search
• CF100: 1st Law of Thermodynamics
  • CF101. The universe's energy can't come from nothing
  • (see also CE440: Origin of everything; CI200: First cause)
• CF200: Radiometric Decay
  • (see also CD000: Radiometric dating)
  • CF201. Polonium haloes indicate a young earth
  • CF210. Radiometric dating falsely assumes rates are constant
    • (see also CE410: Physical constants only assumed constant.)
  • CF220. Short-lived isotopes Th-230 and U-236 exist on the moon

CG: Miscellaneous Anti-Evolution

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• CG000: History
  • CG001. Darwin recanted on his deathbed
  • CG010. The oldest living thing is younger than 4900 years
  • CG020. 3000 years is time enough for all languages, religions to develop
    • (see also CB620: Population growth.)
  • CG030. Oldest structures, such as pyramids, are already very complex

• CG100: Linguistics
  • CG101. Chinese glyph for "ark" is literally "8 mouths"
  • CG110. First known languages are highly complex
  • CG111. Why are languages getting less complex?

• CG200: Folklore
  • CG201. There are flood myths from all over the world

CH: Biblical Creationism

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• CH000: Biblical Creationism Generally
  • CH001. Creationism has explanatory power
  • CH010. Creationism, being Bible-based, is good
    • CH010.1. Learning creationism stimulates mental health, joy, and morals
  • CH030. God is all-good
    • (see also CA650: Death before humanity implies unmerciful God.)
  • CH050. Genesis is foundational to the Bible
  • CH055. Non-creationist Christians are compromisers

• CH100: Biblical Accuracy
  • CH100. The Bible says it, I believe it, that settles it
    • CH100.1. Science must be interpreted in light of scripture
  • CH101. The Bible is inerrant
    • CH101.1. If part of the Bible is wrong, none of it can be trusted
  • CH102. The Bible is literal
    • CH102.1. Genesis must be literal; it is straightforward narrative
    • CH102.2. Genesis must be literal; later writers refer to it as fact
      • CH102.2.1. Jesus refers to creation and flood as though they were literal
  • CH103. Bible claims inspiration
  • CH110. Prophecies prove the accuracy of the Bible
  • CH120. The Bible must be accurate because archaeology supports it
  • CH130. Bible's accuracy on other scientific points shows overall accuracy
    • CH131. Bible says the earth is round
    • CH132. Bible says the earth is unsupported
    • CH133. Bible got water cycle right
    • CH134. Records say civilization was man's original state
    • CH135. Bible specifies good medical and hygienic practices
      • CH135.1. Bible specifies best time for circumcision
      • CH135.2. Moses reveals that blood is the essence of life
    • (see also CB621: Humanity traced to an African Eve.)
  • CH180: Bible is unique in other ways.
    • CH181. Bible is popular
    • CH182. Bible is influential
    • CH183. Bible is target of persecution
    • CH184. Bible is intellectually honest
  • CH190. Bible is harmonious throughout
• CH200-CH799: Young Earth Creationism
  • CH200: Age of the Universe
    • CH200. The universe is 6000-10000 years old
    • CH210. The earth is 6000-10000 years old
    • CH220. The universe was created with apparent age
  • CH300: Death and the Fall
    • CH301. There was no death or decay before the Fall
    • CH310. Pre-flood vapor canopy would have made world Edenic
    • CH311. Pre-flood vapor canopy would have extended human lifetimes
    • CH320. Life is deteriorating
      • CH321. Parasites are degenerations of free-living species
  • CH350: Kinds
    • CH350. Organisms come in discrete kinds
    • CH370. Stars and galaxies are unchanging
  • CH400-CH599: Flood
    • CH400: Source of Flood
      • CH401. Flood from vapor canopy
      • CH410. Flood from comet
      • CH420. Hydroplate theory
      • CH430. Runaway subduction
    • CH500: The Ark
      • CH500. Noah's Ark has been found
        • CH501. We can expect to find Noah's Ark on Mt. Ararat
        • CH502.1. Noah's Ark may have been photographed on Ararat in 1949
        • CH502.2. ERTS satellite photographed Noah's Ark in 1973
        • CH503. Noah's Ark has been found near Dogubayazit, Turkey
          • CH503.1. Anchor stones of Noah's Ark have been found
          • CH503.2. The Turkish government officially recognized the site of Noah's Ark
        • CH504.1. James Bryce found a 4-foot timber high on Ararat
        • CH504.2. Navarra retrieved hand-hewn wood from high on Ararat
        • CH504.3. Hardwicke Knight found soft wood timbers on Ararat
        • CH505.1. Yearam guided 3 vile scientists to Noah's Ark in 1916
        • CH505.2. An 1883 Turkish expedition found Noah's Ark
        • CH505.3. Prince Nouri of Baghdad found the Ark in 1887
        • CH505.4. Hagopian visited the Ark with his uncle around 1908
        • CH505.5. Russian aviator Roskovitsky photographed the Ark
        • CH505.6. Resit, a Kurdish farmer, found the Ark in 1948
        • CH505.7. Local Kurds led Ed Davis to the Ark in 1943
        • CH505.8. Ed Behling was led to the Ark in 1973
      • CH508. Chinese treasure ships show Noah's Ark was feasible
      • CH510-CH529: Animals on the Ark
        • CH511. Insects survived on floating vegetation mats
        • CH512. All kinds could fit
          • CH512.1. Juveniles of large animals were taken aboard
          • CH512.2. Average land animal is the size of a sheep
        • CH513. Animals hibernated on the Ark
        • CH514. Crew could feed and care for animals
          • CH514.1. Many animals don't require fresh or live food
        • CH520. Pre-Flood animals lived in a uniform climate
        • CH521. Animals' exacting needs could have evolved after the flood
      • CH540-CH599: Effects of the Flood
        • CH541. Aquatic organisms could have survived the Flood
        • CH542. Plants could have survived the Flood
        • CH550. Geologic column was deposited by the Flood
          • (see also CC364: Seashells on mountains.)
        • CH560: Fossils were deposited by the Flood.
          • CH561: Fossil order was determined by the Flood.
            • CH561.1. Fossils sorted by ecological zonation
            • CH561.2. Fossils sorted hydrologically
            • CH561.3. Fossils sorted by ability to escape
            • CH561.4. Fossils sorted by a combination of these factors
          • (see also CC361: Fossils form quickly.)
        • CH570. High mountains were raised during the Flood
        • CH580. The Flood shaped the earth's surface in other ways
        • CH581. Grand Canyon was carved by retreating Flood waters
          • CH581.1. Rapid erosion on Mt. St. Helens shows Grand Canyon could form suddenly
        • CH590. The Flood caused an ice age
  • CH700: Miscellaneous Young Earth Creationism
    • CH710. Man and dinosaurs coexisted.
      • (see also CC100: Human fossils out of place)
      • (see also CB930.3: Dinosaurs may be in the Congo.)
      • CH710.1. Ica stones show humans and dinosaurs coexisted.
      • CH710.2. Dinosaur figurines from Acambaro show human/dino association.
      • CH711. Behemoth, from the book of Job, was a dinosaur.
        • CH711.1. Leviathan, from the book of Job, was a dinosaur.
      • CH712. Dragons were dinosaurs.
        • CH712.1. Some dinosaurs breathed fire.
• CH800: Day-Age Creationism
  • CH801. Genesis 1 got the order of events right.
• CH900: Geocentrism
  • CH901. Bible says the sun goes around the earth.
  • CH910. Relativity shows geocentrism is true.

CI: Intelligent Design

• (see also CH000: Creationism Generally)
• (see also CF000: 2nd Law of Thermodynamics and Information Theory)
• CI000: ID as Science
  • CI001. Intelligent design theory is scientific.
    • CI001.1. Intelligent design theory is not religious.
    • CI001.2. Intelligent design is not creationism.
    • CI001.3. Intelligent design is mainstream.
    • CI001.4. Intelligent design has been published in peer-reviewed journals.
    • (see also CA041.1: Santorum Amendment.)
  • CI002. Intelligent design has explanatory power.
  • CI009. Evidence for design disproves evolutionary mechanisms.
  • CI010. There is a law of conservation of information.
  • (see also CF011: Design from ev. algorithms comes from fitness function.)
• CI100-CI199: Detecting Design
  • (see also CA100: Argument from incredulity.)
  • CI100. Design is detectable.
    • CI100.1. Look; isn't design obvious?
  • CI101. Complexity indicates design.
  • CI102. Irreducible complexity indicates design.
  • CI110. Complex specified information indicates design.
  • CI111. Dembski's filter can detect design.
    • CI111.1. Specified information criterion produces no false positives.
    • CI111.2. Specified complexity characterizes what intelligent agents do.
  • CI113. Genetic algorithms require a designer to specify desired outcome.
    • (see also CF011: Design from ev. algorithms comes from fitness function.)
  • CI120. Purpose indicates design.
  • CI130. Functional integration indicates design.
  • CI141. Similarities in DNA and anatomy are due to common design.
    • CI141.1. Similar structures for similar functions, different for different.
  • CI190. SETI researchers expect they can detect design.
  • CI191. Archaeologists and forensic scientists can detect design.
• CI200: First Cause.
  • CI200. There must have been a first cause.
• CI300: Anthropic Principle.
  • CI301. Cosmos is fine-tuned to permit human life.
  • CI302. Cosmos is fine-tuned to permit scientific discovery.
• CI400: Meta-arguments
  • CI401. The methodology of science rules out even considering design.
    • (see also CA301.1: Science rules out supernatural explanations.)
  • CI402. Evolutionists have blinded themselves to seeing design.
    • (see also CA230.1: Evolutionists interpret per their preconceptions.)
  • CI410. Design requires a designer.

CJ: Other Creationism

• CJ000: Vedic Creationism
  • CJ001. Mankind has existed essentially unchanged for billions of years.

• CJ200-CJ499: Native North American Creationism
  • CJ300: Creationism from individual tribes
    • CJ311. 9400-year-old Kennewick Man was an Umatilla ancestor.

• CJ500-CJ699: Islamic Creationism
  • CJ500: Qur'an Accuracy
    • CJ530. Qur'an's accuracy on scientific points shows overall accuracy.
      • CJ531. Qur'an speaks of an expanding universe.
      • CJ533. Qur'an describes human embryology accurately.

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