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Posts made in C&E by those on the side of science are typically aimed at preventing the spread of misinformation that is passed off as valid. Since the post to which I am responding was in the Christian-only, creationist-only section (http://www.christianforums.com/t1596157), it's being...

The Argument: Halite, or common table salt, is not made up of sodium and/or chlorine like NaCl-ist scientists claim. NaCl-ist scientists, who are worshipped as gods as part of the liberal academic elite, like to claim that the salt we use for our food is made up of other materials: sodium and...

In college, after eating plenty of Ramen noodles, I decided I was going to teach myself how to cook. I thought I'd share some recipes that come to mind in this thread for others to enjoy because I've enjoyed some of the other contributions to this forum. Banana Split Creme Pie 1 Graham...

The intention of this thread is to serve as an addendum to previous threads on catastrophic meteorite impacts and their incompatibility with YECism. It's had to be repeated so often, so I thought this could be referenced instead of having to repeat ourselves every time someone claims meteorite...

Catastrophic plate tectonism is an explanation that has no supporting evidence, no explanation for the evidence that refutes it, and no viable mechanism. There are three general categories of fatal problems with CPT: (1) Mechanism (discussed previously: http://www.christianforums.com/t60449) (2)...

The recent issue over disclaimer stickers in Biology textbooks in Cobb County, Georgia public schools and the associated creationist replies on this board and in real life have characterized what creationism (C/ID) is all about: politics. Here are some examples of what I'm talking about: 1...

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html This is for anyone else who is interested in the recent mission to Saturn. The Huygens portion of the craft, which is set to collect data from Titan, was released a few days ago and will reach Titan's surface in mid-January. It will be...

Purpose: This archive endeavors to function as a handy reference to some of the most useful threads on the forum from 2002 to the present, whether you're a regular looking for quick references to past threads or a newbie looking at past discussions. Criteria: Inclusion of threads is based upon...

Before I start, a couple of things: (1) this is not to be a discussion of WHETHER creationists lie because it's already established that they regularly and shamelessly do and brief examples will be provided, (2) this is not to be a discussion about things creationists don't seem to understand...

Recently when asked to provide supporting evidence for a young earth, a copy and paste of some AiG claims, none of which actually serve as supporting evidence, was presented. Here is a refutation of claims relevant to the age of the earth. If anyone has anything to add, feel free, as well as...

The Collected Errors & Lies Of Kent Hovind Objective: Since the new creationist-only forum has started, one can see the beginnings of Hovind worship emerging there, and since the open forum is periodically bombarded with lists of Hovind claims, this thread can serve as an archive of previously...

Does a global flood have a basis in the geological sciences? This thread seeks to answer that question by asking creationists to define and/or defend the assertion of a global flooding event starting with the most basic points (bolded below). Creationists claim that science is not their...

5 Falsifications of a Young Earth 1. Radiometric Dating Creationists don't like to accept it, but that doesn't make it wrong. They claim that the assumptions under which the various radiometric dating methods are faulty, but yet are unable to demonstrate why that is while ignoring that some of...

This website is in mhess13's signature, and many of the claims are simply reproductions of Hovind's. So I thought I'd provide more examples for her, from the geological perspective of why young earth creationism is wrong and why neither Hovind nor this website are an accurate source of...

This is an elaboration on notto's previous thread on the Hawaiian Island Chain The Hawaiian Islands are an excellent example of plate tectonics including the relative uniformity of motion over time. The Pacific Plate moves over a stable hot spot, and it is the upwelling of molten material...

It seems as though every day on this forum the same empty statement is made that the evidence fits the Young Earth/global flood model of creationism without anything backing up the statement and even after it has been demonstrated to be a false model with respect to the geologic evidence. The...

A varve is "a sedimentary lamina or sequence of laminae deposited in a body of still water within one year's time; specifically a pair of layers seasonally deposited in a glacial lake. A glacial varve normally includes a lower 'summer' layer consisting of light-colored sand or silt, which grades...

Creationists tend to insist that modern humans, homo sapiens sapiens, are entirely unique in cultural characteristics, but what puzzles me is how they explain prehistoric peoples, in general, seeing as not all of them are anatomically modern yet they were still able to use fire and create...

This sequel to the other Grand Canyon thread neither stars an Italian-speaking Robert De Niro nor is directed by James Cameron ;). It might seem repetitious, but considering the other thread has become quite long and inundated with a cyclic discussion of laminations in unrelated situations...