In an effort to pretend they are doing science, creation "scientists" have conjured up the "science" of baraminology. This is simply a fraudulent attempt to fool people into thinking created "kinds" have some scientific basis.
A major article in their attempt is "Baraminology—Classification of Created Organisms," by Wayne Frair, which appeared in the
Creation Research Society Quarterly Journal, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 82-91 (2000), which has been retitled and posted online as
What are the Genesis kinds?: Baraminologyclassification of created organisms.
And what is this "baraminology" based on?
Guidelines
In accomplishing the goal of separating parts of polybaramins, partitioning apobaramins, building monobaramins and characterizing holobaramins, a taxonomist needs guidelines for deciding what belongs to a particular monobaraminic branch. These standards will vary depending upon the groups being considered, but general guidelines which have been utilized include:
1. Scripture claims (used in baraminology but not in discontinuity systematics). This has priority over all other considerations. For example humans are a separate holobaramin because they separately were created (Genesis 1 and 2). ...
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You can read the 'baraminology" article yourself at the above link (if you have a high tolerance for nonsense), or an evisceration of it at the following link:
A Look at Creation "Science" -- Part II
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