In the thread "Best approaches to deal w/ fundamentalism" Kelly is repeatedly urging us to read What is Creation Science. I was going to respond there, but think that thread is drifting and here is the place to talk CS and specifically this book. In
Message 70 Kelly writes:
This does not mean, however, that the "origin results" the evidence in the world.., cannot be observed and tested. That is, we can define two "models" of origins, and then make comparative predictions as to what our observations should find if evolution is true, and conversely, what we should find if creation is true. The model that enables us to do the best job of predicting things which we then find to be true on observation is the model most likely to be true, even though we cannot prove it to be true by actual scientific repetition.
This book is one that I either do not have or cannot find in my library so I have ordered a copy (with expedited shipping!) from Amazon. I will read it and either find a thread to discuss it in detail or maybe start one.
I have read several of Morris' other books, and am not expecting to be surprised. In Scientific Creationism he outlines a series of faux-scientific predictions of 'evolution' (he combines multiple physical and biological sciences under this umbrella) and creation, then shows the evidence and proudly crows that CS is the winner. The problem is that his predictions on all sides are nonsense and/or post hoc. I do not have the book handy, so am going off of memory here, but here is an example (you might want to buckle up, not responsible for damage due to ROFLMAO's here).
Morris claims that evolutionary theory should predict a continuum of elements on the periodic table, where we would see gradations between hydrogen and helium, helium and lithium, etc. "transitional" species between the all of the elements as one evolved into the next complex. Creation science, on the other hand, predicts that the elements should all neatly fit into categories that are discreet, even able to be organized into some form of table or something. Voila! Looks like the evidence supports CS!
I will read it with an open mind, but HM Morris hasn't surprised me yet.
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