Description
- by Henry M. Morris
- 284 page paperback
- High School - Adult
Scientific Creationism is the most widely used text and reference book on the scientific case for creation. Henry Morris' seminal work on the subject has been used as a supplementary text in public universities. It provides an in-depth examination of the research for creation and covers dating methods, geology, biology, and many other areas. This book presents one of the strongest defenses of biblical creationism. The comprehensive, yet easily understood, scientific material in the first seven chapters is supplemented by a final chapter which expounds the Biblical teachings on creation.
Source
Rebuttals to Talk.Origins
The Talk.Origins Archive contains an Index to Creationist Claims in which they respond to the following claims make by Henry Morris in this book (Scientific Creationism). The following articles are rebuttals to the assertions made by Talk.Origins.
- "Survival of the fittest" is a tautology p. viii
- Creationism and evolution are the only 2 models pp. 3, 8-10
- Evolution requires as much faith as creationism p. 4
- Evolution can't be replicated p. 4
- Evolution hasn't been proved pp. 4-6
- Evolution can't be falsified pp. 6-7
- Organisms come in discrete kinds pp. 13, 216-218
- Stars and galaxies are unchanging pp. 13, 24-25
- Learning creationism stimulates mental health, joy, and morals p. 14
- There must have been a first cause pp. 19-20
- 2nd law of thermodynamics applies to information theory pp. 38-40
- 2nd law of thermodynamics prohibits evolution pp. 38-46
- Instructions are necessary to produce order pp. 43-45
- Why isn't new life still being generated today? p. 46
- DNA needs proteins to form; Proteins need DNA pp. 47-48
- Mutations don't produce new features p. 51
- Range of variation is limited within kinds pp 51-52, 87-88
- New structures would be useless until fully developed p. 53
- Mutations are rare p. 55
- Mutations are accidents; things don't get built by accident p. 55
- Most mutations are harmful pp. 55-57
- Genetic load from mutations would make populations unviable pp. 56-57
- First cells couldn't come together by chance pp. 59-69
- Pure chance can't create new structures pp. 59-69
- Similar structures for similar functions, different for different p. 70
- Evolution predicts a continuum of organisms, not discrete kinds pp. 70-71
- Vestigial organs may have functions pp. 75-76
- Vestigial organs are just evidence of decay, not evolution pp. 75-76
- Recapitulation theory is not supported pp. 76-77
- Transitional fossils are lacking pp. 78-90
- Cambrian explosion shows all kinds of life appearing suddenly pp. 80-81
- There are gaps between invertebrates and vertebrates p. 82
- There are gaps between fish and amphibians pp. 82-83
- There are gaps between amphibians and reptiles p. 83
- Archaeopteryx is fully bird p. 85
- There are no fossil ancestors of insects p. 86
- There are no fossil ancestors of plants pp. 86-87
- Uniformitarian assumption is untenable pp. 91-100
- Fossils are dated from strata; strata are dated from fossils pp. 95-96, 136
- Sandstone & shale layers are too extensive for normal deposition pp. 102-103
- Limestone & dolomite layers are too extensive for normal deposition p. 104
- Evaporites could form without evaporation pp. 105-106.
- Evaporites are too thick p. 106
- Evaporites contain no organic matter p. 106
- Polystrate fossils indicate massive sudden deposition pp. 107-108
- Coal and oil can form quickly pp. 109-110
- Fossils sorted by ecological zonation pp. 118-120
- Fossils sorted by ability to escape p. 119
- Geological column is sometimes out of order p. 120
- Human footprints have been found with dinosaur tracks at Paluxy p. 122
- Flood from vapor canopy pp. 124-125, 210-211
- The Flood caused an ice age pp. 126-127
- Radiometric dating falsely assumes rocks are closed systems p. 139
- Radiometric dating falsely assumes initial conditions are known p. 139
- Radiometric dating falsely assumes rates are constant p. 139
- Cosmic rays and free neutrinos affect U and Ar decay rates pp. 142-143, 146
- U-Th dating gives inaccurate results for modern volcanic rocks p. 143
- K-Ar dating gives inaccurate results for modern volcanic rocks pp. 146-147
- Not enough helium in the atmosphere for an old earth pp. 150-151
- An old earth would be covered by 182' of meteoric dust pp. 151-152
- Not enough moon dust for an old universe p. 152
- Oceans haven't enough dissolved minerals for an old earth pp. 153-155
- On an old earth, mountains would have eroded by now p. 155
- Not enough sediments in the ocean for an old earth pp. 155-156
- Volcanic mountains are built too fast for an old earth pp. 155-157
- Juvenile water is added to oceans too fast for an old earth p. 156
- Variable C14/C12 ratio invalidates C14 dating pp. 162-166
- Shrinking sun indicates a young sun p. 169
- Castenedolo, Olmo, and Calaveras skulls were found in Pliocene strata p. 177
- If man comes from random causes, life has no purpose or meaning p. 178
- Evolution is racist p. 179
- Evolution leads to social darwinism p. 179
- Dendrochronology is suspect because 2 or more rings can grow per year p. 193
- The oldest living thing is younger than 4900 years p. 193
- Animals are not moral, aesthetic, idealistic, or religious p. 196
- Evolution is a religion pp. 196-200
- Fairness demands evolution and creation be given equal time pp. 197-198
- The universe was created with apparent age pp. 209-210
- Pre-flood vapor canopy would have made world Edenic pp. 210-211
- Pre-flood vapor canopy would have extended human lifetimes pp. 210-211
- There was no death or decay before the Fall p. 211
- Evolution is atheistic p. 215
- Genesis must be literal; later writers refer to it as fact pp. 244-247.
- Jesus refers to creation and flood as though they were literal p. 204,246,253-254.
