I found So You Want to Be an Apologist, a good post giving advice for wannabe defenders of the faith. James Holding gives the following excellent advice, with short descriptions. Be a master of a few trades and not a jack of all trades. Acquire...
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More Testable Creationist Predictions
Young earth creationists propose that their model is in keeping with the following observances: The Earth’s Decaying Magnetic Field – In the 1970s, the creationist physics professor Dr Thomas Barnes noted that measurements since 1835 have shown that the field is decaying at 5% per...
36 Creationist Predictions
I’ve had a hard time finding detailed scientific predictions of Creationism online. But I’ve culled these from Walt Brown’s Center for Scientific Creationism. Most of these predictions are come out of his Hydroplate Theory, so they mostly have to do with the flood, the earth’s...
Evolution and Social Darwinism in Civil War Reconstruction

Today on Fresh Air, Terry Gross interviewed author and historian Eric Foner, who is promoting his new book Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction. He did not sound like he had a specific axe to grind (liberal or conservative), and his interview (audio...
Sciene Magazine’s Evolutionary Sound and Fury
One of the recent issues of Science Magazine touts "Evolution in Action" as its breakthrough of the year. However, as Casey Luskin at the Center for Science and Culture points out, the evidence that Science puts forth should really be named Microevolution in Action. He...
ID is Testable and Makes Predictions
The Discovery Institute has a nice post today entitled Intelligent Design is Empirically Testable and Makes Predictions. Go read it – here’s the intro… Among the many, many errors in Judge John Jones’ Dover vs. Kitzmiller opinion is the charge that intelligent design (ID) makes...
Is Creationism Testable?
One of the many canards used by evolutionists against creationism and ID is that they are not testable. And while the creation event is as untestable as macroevolution, the creationist model does present predictions that are testable. Here are a few: Life appeared early in...
Evolution and Religion: Not Compatible?
One of my favorite podcasts is from slate.com. While most of the Intelligent Design pieces are anti-ID and anti-creationism, the radio piece Evolution and Religion: Quit pretending they’re compatible is very interesting. The author discusses how evolution does contradict faith, and we see this in...