Index to Creationist Claims

CA - Philosophy and Theology

• CA000 : Ethics
  • CA001 : Evolution is the foundation of an immoral worldview.
    • CA001.1 : Crime rates etc. have increased since evolution began to be taught.
  • CA002 : Survival of the fittest implies might makes right.
    • CA002.1 : Evolution leads to social Darwinism.
    • CA002.2 : Marx admired and corresponded with Darwin.
  • CA005 : Evolution is racist.
    • CA005.1 : Darwin himself was racist.
    • CA005.2 : Darwin's work refers to “preservation of favoured races”.
    • CA005.3 : T. H. Huxley was racist.
  • CA006 : Evolution encourages eugenics.
    • CA006.1 : Hitler based his views on Darwinism.
    • CA006.2 : Stalin's policies were influenced by Darwin.
  • CA008 : Evolution encourages promiscuity and lust.
  • CA009 : Evolution teaches that we are animals and to behave as such.
  • CA010 : Homosexuality receives approval from evolutionists.
  • CA012 : Evolutionists are intellectual snobs.
  • CA040 : Fairness demands evolution and creation be given equal time.
  • CA041 : Teach the controversy.
    • CA041.1 : Federal law (Santorum Amendment) supports teaching alternatives.
  • CA042 : Biology can reasonably be taught without evolution.
  • CA045 : Inherit the Wind is false propaganda.
• CA100-CA499 : Epistemology
  • CA100 : Foundation of Knowledge
    • CA100 : Argument from incredulity
      • CA100.1 : Evolution leaves lots of things unexplained.
    • CA110 : Argument from Authority
      • CA110 : Evolution will soon be widely rejected.
      • CA111 : Many current scientists reject evolution.
        • CA111.1 : Over 300 scientists express skepticism of Darwinism.
      • CA112 : Many scientists find problems with evolution.
      • CA113 : Quote mining
        • CA113.1 : Darwin on evolution of the eye.
      • CA114 : Many famous scientists were creationists.
        • CA114.1 : Lord Kelvin was a creationist.
        • CA114.2 : Linnaeus was a creationist.
        • CA114.4 : Babbage was a creationist.
        • CA114.10 : Fabre was a creationist.
        • CA114.22 : Louis Pasteur was a creationist.
        • CA114.28 : Steno was a creationist.
        • CA115.1 : Design arguments converted atheist Antony Flew to theism.
      • CA118 : Your arguments do not count because you are not qualified.
    • CA120 : An evolved mind is fallible, its conclusions untrustworthy.
    • CA130 : Ad hominem
      • CA131 : Darwin suffered from psychoneurosis.
  • CA200 : Theory of Science
    • CA201 : Evolution is only a theory.
    • CA202 : Evolution has not been proved.
    • CA210 : Evolution does not make predictions.
    • CA211 : Evolution can not be falsified.
      • CA211.1 : Karl Popper said Darwinism is not testable.
    • CA212 : Evolution is ambiguously defined.
    • CA215 : Evolution is a useless theory.
    • CA220 : Evolution can not be replicated.
    • CA221 : Were you there?
    • CA230 : Interpreting evidence is not the same as observation.
      • CA230.1 : Evolutionists interpret evidence on the basis of their preconceptions.
    • CA240 : Ockham's Razor says the simplest explanation (creation) is preferred.
    • CA250 : Scientific findings are always changing.
  • CA300-CA499 : Scientific Method
    • CA301 : Science is naturalistic.
      • CA301.1 : Naturalistic science will miss a supernatural explanation.
    • CA310 : Scientists find what they expect to find.
    • CA320 : Scientists are pressured not to challenge established dogma.
      • CA320.1 : Mims was fired because he was a creationist.
      • CA320.2 : Damadian was denied a Nobel prize because he was a creationist.
      • CA320.3 : Darwinists had Dembski removed from his position at Baylor.
    • CA321 : Scientists are motivated to support naturalism and reject creationism.
      • CA321.1 : 'Scientists' conclusions are motivated by money.
    • CA325 : Creationists are prevented from publishing in science journals.
    • CA340 : Evolutionists do not accept debate challenges.
      • CA341 : Evolutionists have not met Hovind's challenge to prove evolution.
      • CA342 : Evolutionists do not accept Walt Brown's debate challenge.
      • CA343 : Evolutionists refuse Mastropaolo's “Life Science Prize” challenge.
    • CA350 : No gradual biochemical evolution models have been published.
  • CA500 : “Survival of the fittest” is a tautology.
  • CA510 : Creationism and evolution are the only 2 models.
    • CA510.1 : Problems with evolution are evidence for creation.
  • CA520 : The Origin of Species does not address speciation.
• CA600 : Theology
  • CA601 : Evolution requires naturalism.
    • CA601.1 : Evolution's materialism or naturalism denies a role for God.
  • CA602 : Evolution is atheistic.
    • CA602.1 : Darwin made it easy to become an intellectually fulfilled atheist.
    • CA602.2 : Scientists aim to make God unnecessary.
  • CA603 : Naturalistic evolution rules out all but a Deist god.
  • CA610 : Evolution is a religion.
  • CA611 : Evolutionary theory has become sacrosanct.
  • CA612 : Evolution requires as much faith as creationism.
  • CA620 : If man comes from random causes, life has no purpose or meaning.
  • CA622 : Without a literal Fall, there is no need for Jesus and redemption.
  • CA630 : Animals are not moral, aesthetic, idealistic, or religious.
  • CA640 : Do you want to be descended from a monkey?
  • CA650 : Death and suffering before humanity implies an unmerciful God.
    • CA651 : God would have pronounced death and suffering “very good.”
    • CA652 : Christ's death was unjust if physical death was not the penalty for sin.
  • CA660 : Pope's statement about evolution was mistranslated.
  • CA662 : It is not true that the church used to teach a flat earth.

CB - Biology

• CB0 : Abiogenesis
  • CB000 : Pasteur proved life only comes from life (law of biogenesis).
  • CB010 : The odds of life forming are incredibly small.
    • CB010.1 : Even the simplest life is incredibly complex.
    • CB010.2 : First cells could not come together by chance.
  • CB015 : DNA needs proteins to form; proteins need DNA.
  • CB020 : Why is new life not still being generated today?
  • CB025 : Not all amino acids needed for life have been formed experimentally.
  • CB026 : Abiogenesis experiments produce toxins, such as cyanide and formaldehyde.
  • CB030 : Early molecules would have decayed.
    • CB030.1 : Early molecules would have been destroyed by ultraviolet light.
  • CB035 : Miller's experiments had an invalid assumption of the type of atmosphere.
    • CB035.1 : Earth's early atmosphere had abundant oxygen.
    • CB035.2 : Earth's early atmosphere had no reducing gases.
    • CB035.3 : Amino acids are not generated from just CO2, nitrogen, and water.
  • CB040 : Life uses only left-handed amino acids.
  • CB050 : Abiogenesis is speculative without evidence.
  • CB090 : Evolution is baseless without a theory of abiogenesis.
• CB100 : Genetics
  • CB100 : Mutations are rare.
  • CB101 : Most mutations are harmful.
    • CB101.1 : Mutations are accidents; things do not get built by accident.
    • CB101.2 : Mutations do not produce new features.
  • CB102 : Mutations do not add information.
    • CB102.1 : Dawkins could not give an example of increasing information.
  • CB110 : Microevolution selects only existing variation.
  • CB120 : Genetic load from mutations would make populations unviable.
  • CB121 : The cost of natural selection is prohibitive (Haldane's dilemma).
  • CB130 : “Junk” DNA is not really junk.
  • CB141 : Chromosome counts differ greatly and unsystematically between species.
  • CB144 : Human and chimp genomes differ by more than one percent.
  • CB150 : Functional genetic sequences are too rare to evolve from one to another.
  • CB180 : The genetic code is a language.
• CB200 : Molecular Biology
  • CB200 : Some systems are irreducibly complex.
    • CB200.1 : Bacterial flagella are irreducibly complex.
      • CB200.1.1 : The flagellum has 30 or so unique (non-homologous) proteins.
    • CB200.2 : Blood clotting is irreducibly complex.
    • CB200.3 : Protein transport within a cell is irreducibly complex.
    • CB200.4 : The immune system is irreducibly complex.
    • CB200.5 : The metabolic pathway for AMP synthesis is too complex to have evolved.
  • CB211 : An antigen receptor protein structure is same in camels and sharks.
• CB300 : Physiology and Anatomy
  • CB300 : Complex organs couldn't have evolved.
    • CB301 : The eye is too complex to have evolved.
    • CB302 : The ear is too complex to have evolved.
    • CB303 : The brain is too complex to have evolved.
    • CB310 : The bombardier beetle is too complex to have evolved.
      • CB310.1 : Bombardier beetle chemicals would explode if mixed without an inhibitor.
    • CB311 : Butterfly metamorphosis is too complex to have evolved.
      • CB311.1 : Evolution can't explain butterfly evolving from caterpillar.
    • CB325 : The giraffe neck could not evolve without a special circulatory system.
    • CB326 : The woodpecker tongue could not have evolved.
    • CB340 : Organs and organ systems would have been useless until all parts were in place.
    • CB341 : Snake venom and hollow fangs could not have evolved simultaneously.
  • CB350 : Sex cannot have evolved.
  • CB360 : Vestigial organs may have functions.
    • CB360.1 : The human appendix is functional, not vestigial.
  • CB361 : Vestigial organs are just evidence of decay, not evolution.
    • CB361.1 : Presently useless vestigial organs once had function.
  • CB365 : Spinal treatments based on evolutionary theory fail.
  • CB370 : Endorphins at death indicate a beneficent creator, not evolution.
  • CB381 : Men have fewer ribs than women.
• CB400 : Behavior and Cognition
  • CB400 : Evolution cannot explain consciousness.
    • CB400.1 : Evolution does not explain human intelligence.
  • CB401 : Instincts are too complex to have evolved.
  • CB402 : Evolution does not explain language ability.
  • CB403 : Evolution does not explain homosexuality.
  • CB411 : Evolution does not explain morals, especially altruism.
  • CB420 : Evolution does not explain art.
  • CB421 : Evolution does not explain music.
  • CB430 : Evolution does not explain personality and emotions.
  • CB440 : Evolution does not explain religion.
• CB500 : Botany
  • CB501 : Dendrochronology is suspect because two or more rings can grow per year.
  • CB510 : Evolution cannot explain photosynthesis.
• CB600 : Ecology and Population Biology
  • CB601 : The traditional peppered moth story is no longer supportable.
    • CB601.1 : Peppered moths do not rest on tree trunks, and pictures of them there were faked.
    • CB601.2 : Peppered moths occur in uncamouflaged colors in many areas.
      • CB601.2.1 : Dark moths never completely replaced light ones in Manchester.
      • CB601.2.2 : In several areas dark moths were more common than expected.
      • CB601.2.3 : Dark moths increased in s. Britain after pollution control began.
      • CB601.2.4 : In places, light moths increased before lichens reappeared.
      • CB601.2.5 : Light moths increased before trees got lighter.
    • CB601.3 : Direct mutagenesis better explains peppered moth variation.
    • CB601.4 : An increased recapture rate suggests fraud in Kettlewell's data.
  • CB610 : The first individual of a new species would not find a mate.
  • CB620 : Human population growth indicates a young earth.
  • CB621 : Humanity was traced back to an African Eve.
    • CB621.1 : Mitochondrial Eve lived only 6500 years ago.
  • CB630 : Mutually dependent species could not have evolved.
• CB700 : Developmental Biology
  • CB701 : Haeckel falsified his embryo pictures.
    • CB701.1 : Recapitulation theory is not supported.
  • CB704 : Human embryos do not have gill slits.
  • CB710 : Genes with major effects on development are conserved across phyla.
  • CB731 : Finger development disproves birds descended from dinosaurs.
  • CB732 : Finger development differs greatly between human and frog.
  • CB751 : Bilateral symmetry is improbable under evolution.
• CB800 : Systematics
  • CB801 : Science cannot define “species”.
  • CB805 : Evolution predicts a continuum of organisms, not discrete kinds.
  • CB810 : Homology cannot be evidence of ancestry if it is defined thus.
  • CB811 : Homologous structures are not produced by homologous genes.
  • CB821 : Phylogenetic analyses are inconsistent.
  • CB822 : Evolution's tree-like pattern is discredited.
• CB900 : Evolution
  • CB901 : Macroevolution has never been observed.
    • CB901.1 : Range of variation is limited within kinds.
    • CB901.2 : No new phyla, classes, or orders have appeared.
    • CB901.3 : Darwin's finches show only microevolution.
  • CB902 : Microevolution is distinct from macroevolution.
    • CB902.1 : There are barriers to large change.
    • CB902.2 : Small changes do not imply large changes.
  • CB904 : No entirely new features have evolved.
  • CB910 : No new species have been observed.
    • CB910.1 : Fruit fly experiments produce only fruit flies.
    • CB910.2 : Peppered moths remained the same species.
  • CB920 : No new body parts have evolved.
  • CB921 : New structures would be useless until fully developed.
    • CB921.1 : What use is half an eye?
    • CB921.2 : What use is half a wing?
  • CB922 : No two-celled life exists intermediate between one- and multicelled.
  • CB925 : We do not see creatures in various stages of completion.
  • CB926 : Preadaptation implies that organs evolved before they were needed.
  • CB928 : Why are beneficial traits not evolved more often?
    • CB928.1 : If intelligence is adaptive, other apes should have evolved it.
    • CB928.2 : Humans have stopped evolving.
  • CB929 : Evolution does not explain our using one tenth of our brain.
  • CB930 : Some fossil species are still living.
    • CB930.1 : The cœlacanth, thought extinct for ages, is still living.
    • CB930.2 : A plesiosaur was found by a Japanese trawler.
    • CB930.3 : Dinosaurs may still be alive in the Congo.
    • CB930.4 : A pterodactyl was found alive in Jurassic limestone.
  • CB932 : Some modern species are apparently degenerate, not higher forms.
  • CB940 : Pure chance cannot create new structures.
    • CB940.1 : Odds of many successive beneficial mutations are minuscule.
  • CB941 : How do things know how to evolve?
  • CB950 : Overspecialization with no adaptive value sometimes occurs.
  • CB951 : Long-term trends (orthogenesis) do not fit evolutionary theory.
  • CB952 : The evolution of specialized diets would not be adaptive.
  • CB990 : Proposed evolution scenarios are just-so stories.

CC - Paleontology

• CC0 : Physical Anthropology
  • CC000-CC049 : Questionable fossils
    • CC000 : Specific hominid fossils were hoaxed
      • CC001 : Piltdown man was a hoax.
        • CC001.1 : Piltdown man was the subject of 500 doctoral dissertations.
      • CC002 : Nebraska man was a hoax.
      • CC003 : Lucy's knee was found far from the rest of the skeleton.
      • CC004 : Ten Peking Man skeletons were suppressed.
    • CC020 : Specific hominid fossils were misidentified
      • CC021 : “Orce Man” was a donkey skull.
    • CC030 : All human fossils would fit on a billiard table.
    • CC040 : Anthropologists disagree.
      • CC041 : Homo habilis is an invalid taxon.
  • CC050 : All hominid fossils are fully human or fully ape.
    • CC051 : Neanderthal was based on a disfigured human.
      • CC051.1 : Neanderthals were humans with rickets.
    • CC052 : Laetoli footprints were human.
    • CC054 : KP 271 (a fossil humerus) was human.
    • CC061 : French scientists called Peking Man “monkey-like”.
    • CC080 : Australopithecus was fully ape, closer to chimp.
  • CC100 : Human fossils are out of place.
    • CC101 : Human footprints have been found with dinosaur tracks at Paluxy.
    • CC102 : Sandal footprints have been found associated with trilobites.
    • CC110 : Moab man was found in Cretaceous sandstone.
    • CC111 : Malachite man was found in Cretaceous sandstone.
    • CC112 : Castenedolo, Olmo, and Calaveras skulls were found in Pliocene strata.
    • CC120 : Baugh found a fossilized finger from the Cretaceous.
    • CC130 : A petrified hammer was found in Cretaceous rocks.
    • CC131 : An iron pot was found encased in Carboniferous coal.
  • CC150 : Other Anthropology
    • CC150 : If we are descended from apes, why are there still apes around?
• CC200 : Transitional fossils
  • CC200 : Transitional fossils are lacking.
    • CC200.1 : There should be billions of transitional fossils.
  • CC201 : We should see smooth change through the fossil record, not gaps.
    • CC201.1 : Punctuated equilibrium was ad hoc to justify gaps.
  • CC202 : Transitional fossils do not show direct ancestry.
  • CC210 : Specific examples of non-transition
    • CC211 : There are gaps between invertebrates and vertebrates.
    • CC212 : There are gaps between fish and amphibians.
    • CC213 : There are gaps between amphibians and reptiles.
    • CC214 : There are gaps between reptiles and birds.
      • CC214.1 : Archaeopteryx was probably not an ancestor of modern birds.
        • CC214.1.1 : Archaeopteryx is fully bird
      • CC214.2 : Duck-billed dinosaur find disproves its bird ancestry.
    • CC215 : There are gaps between reptiles and mammals.
    • CC216.1 : There are gaps between land mammals and whales.
    • CC216.2 : Horse fossils do not show evolution.
    • CC220 : Arthropods arose suddenly.
      • CC220.1 : There are no fossil ancestors of insects.
    • CC250 : There are no fossil ancestors of plants.
      • CC251 : Progymnosperms are imaginary evolutionary ancestors.
• CC300 : Fossil Record
  • CC300 : The Cambrian explosion shows all kinds of life appearing suddenly.
    • CC301 : Cambrian explosion contradicts evolutionary “tree” pattern.
  • CC310 : Dating of fossils
    • CC310 : Fossils are dated from strata; strata are dated from fossils.
  • CC330 : Polystrate fossils
    • CC331 : Polystrate fossils indicate massive sudden deposition.
    • CC332 : Yellowstone's Specimen Creek fossil forests were evidently transported.
      • CC332.1 : Specimen Creek fossil trees grew at the same time.
      • CC332.2 : Orientations show Specimen Creek fossil trees were transported.
    • CC335 : A fossil whale was found vertically through several strata.
  • CC340 : Many fossils are out of place.
    • CC341 : Recent pollen has been found in old rocks.
  • CC350 : Some fossils are faked.
    • CC351 : Archaeopteryx is a fake.
    • CC352 : Archaeoraptor was a fake.
  • CC360 : Taphonomy
    • CC360 : No new fossils are being formed.
    • CC361 : Fossils can form quickly.
      • CC361.1 : Coal and oil can form quickly.
      • CC361.2 : Mammoths that were quickly frozen have been found.
      • CC361.3 : Contorted positions of fossil animals indicate rapid burial.
    • CC362 : Large collections of fossils indicate catastrophism.
    • CC363 : Fossilization requires sudden burial.
    • CC364 : Sea fossils have been found on mountaintops.
    • CC365 : Footprints in the Coconino Sandstone appear to have been made underwater.
      • CC365.1 : Coconino Sandstone was deposited underwater.
    • CC371 : Evidence of blood in a Tyrannosaurus bone indicates recent burial.
      • CC371.1 : Soft tissues from a Tyrannosaurus bone indicate recent burial.
    • CC373 : Jurassic shells from mud springs are remarkably preserved.
    • CC381 : There are too few Stone-Age remains for a long history of humanity.
• CC400 : Methodology
  • CC401 : Paleontologists reconstruct an entire animal from a single bone.

CD - Geology

• CD0 : Geochronology
  • CD000 : Radiometric dating makes false assumptions
    • CD001 : Radiometric dating falsely assumes rocks are closed systems.
    • CD002 : Radiometric dating falsely assumes initial conditions are known.
    • CD004 : Cosmic rays and free neutrinos affect U and Ar decay rates.
  • CD010 : Radiometric dating gives unreliable results.
    • CD011 : Carbon dating gives inaccurate results.
      • CD011.1 : Variable C-14/C-12 ratio invalidates C-14 dating.
      • CD011.2 : Vollosovitch and Dima mammoths yielded inconsistent C-14 dates.
      • CD011.3 : Living snails were C-14 dated at 2,300 and 27,000 years old.
      • CD011.4 : A freshly killed seal was C-14 dated at 1,300 years old.
      • CD011.5 : Triassic wood from Australia was dated at 33,000 years old.
      • CD011.6 : Ancient coal and oil are C-14 dated as only 50,000 years old.
    • CD012 : U-Th dating gives inaccurate results for modern volcanic rocks.
    • CD013 : K-Ar dating gives inaccurate results for modern volcanic rocks.
      • CD013.1 : K-Ar dates of 1986 dacite from Mount St. Helens are very old.
    • CD014 : Isochron dating gives unreliable results.
      • CD014.1 : Isochron date of young Grand Canyon lava is excessively old.
    • CD015 : Zircons retain too much helium for an old earth.
    • CD016 : The U-Th-Pb method, properly corrected for neutron capture, gives recent dates.
  • CD020 : Consistency of radiometric dating comes from selective reporting.
  • CD031 : KBS Tuff shows the flaws of radiometric dating.
• CD100 : Geological Column
  • CD101 : Entire geological column does not exist.
  • CD102 : The geological column is sometimes out of order.
    • CD102.1 : Out-of-order strata occur at the Lewis Overthrust.
  • CD103 : The geologic column is based on the assumption of evolution.
  • CD110 : Meteor craters are never found in deeper strata.
  • CD111 : Meteorites are never found in deeper strata.
• CD200 : Sedimentation
  • CD200 : Uniformitarian assumption is untenable.
  • CD202 : Sandstone and shale layers are too extensive for normal deposition.
  • CD203 : Limestone and dolomite layers are too extensive for normal deposition.
  • CD210 : The mouth of the Colorado River does not have enough sediment for the Grand Canyon.
  • CD211 : Mississippi delta could have formed in 5,000 years.
  • CD220 : There is not enough sediment in the ocean for an old earth.
    • CD220.1 : Much more sediment is deposited than removed by subduction.
  • CD221 : Oceans do not have enough dissolved minerals for an old earth.
    • CD221.1 : Sodium accumulates in oceans too fast for an old earth.
  • CD222 : Juvenile water is added to oceans too fast for an old earth.
  • CD230 : Natural gas escapes too fast to allow for long ages.
  • CD231 : High pressures in oil fields would have bled off if earth were old.
  • CD232 : Oil seepage would have drained offshore reservoirs in 20,000 years.
  • CD240 : Experiments show that strata can violate principles of superposition.
  • CD241 : Varves can form in less than a year.
  • CD250 : Stalactites can grow very rapidly.
• CD300 : Evaporation
  • CD301 : Evaporites could form without evaporation.
  • CD302 : Evaporites are too thick.
  • CD303 : Evaporites contain no organic matter.
• CD400 : Glaciation
  • CD410 : World War II airplanes are now beneath thousands of “annual” ice layers.
• CD500 : Mountain Building
  • CD501 : On an old earth, mountains would have eroded by now.
  • CD502 : Volcanic mountains are built too fast for an old earth.
  • CD510 : Folded rocks must have been soft when folded.
• CD600 : Erosion
  • CD610 : The erosion rate of Niagara Falls' rim indicates a young earth.
  • CD620 : Average soil depth is consistent with a young earth.
• CD700 : Geophysics and Plate Tectonics
  • CD701 : The earth's magnetic field is decaying, indicating a young earth.
    • CD701.1 : Cowling's theorem disproves dynamo theory of earth's magnetic field.
  • CD740 : The theory of plate tectonics is wrong.
    • CD741 : Midocean magnetic anomalies are not reversals.
  • CD750 : Plate tectonics occurred catastrophically and has since slowed.
• CD800 : Climate Change
  • CD821 : Sahara Desert is expanding.

CE - Astronomy and Cosmology

• CE000 : Earth
  • CE001 : There is not enough helium in the atmosphere for an old earth.
  • CE010 : NASA scientists found a day missing.
  • CE011 : Earth's rotation is slowing, indicating a young earth.
    • CE011.1 : The frequency of leap seconds indicates a young earth.
  • CE020 : An old earth would be covered by 182 feet of meteoric dust.
• CE100 : Moon
  • CE101 : There is not enough moon dust for an old universe.
  • CE110 : The moon is receding at a rate too fast for an old universe.
  • CE130 : Lunar moonquakes, lava flows, and gas emissions indicates the moon's youth.
• CE200 : Planets and Solar System
  • CE210 : Venus's high temperature and atmosphere should have eroded its surface features.
  • CE230 : Io's great volcanic activity indicates a young age.
  • CE231 : Jupiter and Saturn are cooling too rapidly to be old.
  • CE240 : Saturn's rings are unstable.
  • CE260 : Three planets and several moons revolve backwards.
    • CE260.1 : Retrograde motion of planets disproves the big bang.
  • CE261 : Comets would not have lasted in an old universe.
    • CE261.1 : Oort cloud and Kuiper belt are ad hoc fantasies of astronomers.
  • CE280 : Solar wind should have cleared the inner solar system of microparticles.
  • CE281 : The Poynting-Robertson effect would remove space dust in an old solar system.
• CE300 : Sun and Stars
  • CE301 : The lack of solar neutrinos indicates that the stellar model is wrong.
  • CE302 : The sun has most of the mass but little angular momentum of the solar system.
  • CE310 : A shrinking sun indicates a young sun.
    • CE310.1 : Helmholtz's contraction theory says the sun is young.
  • CE311 : The faint young sun paradox contradicts an old earth.
  • CE351 : Sirius was a red star 2,000 years ago and is a white dwarf now.
  • CE380 : Galaxies should lose their spiral shape over millions of years.
• CE400 : Cosmology
  • CE401 : There are too few supernova remnants for an old universe.
  • CE410 : Physical constants are only assumed constant.
    • CE411 : The speed of light has changed.
      • CE411.1 : Physicists found that the speed of light was once faster.
    • CE412 : Gravitational time dilation made distant clocks run faster.
  • CE420 : The big bang theory is wrong.
  • CE421 : The cosmos has an axis, contrary to big bang models.
  • CE425 : Red shift comes from light aging, not expansion of the universe.
  • CE440 : Where did space, time, energy, and laws of physics come from?
  • CE441 : Explosions such as the big bang do not produce order or information.

CF - Physics and Mathematics

• CF000 : Second Law of Thermodynamics and Information Theory
  • CF001 : The second law of thermodynamics prohibits evolution.
    • CF001.1 : Systems left to themselves invariably tend toward disorder.
    • CF001.2 : The second law of thermodynamics, and the trend to disorder, is universal.
    • CF001.3 : Instructions are necessary to produce order.
    • CF001.4 : The second law is about organized complexity, not entropy.
    • CF001.5 : Evolution needs an energy conversion mechanism to utilize energy.
  • CF002 : Complexity does not come from simplicity.
    • CF002.1 : Tornadoes in junkyards do not build things.
  • CF003 : How could information, such as in DNA, assemble itself?
  • CF005 : 2nd law of thermodynamics applies to information theory.
  • CF010 : Cybernetic simulations show that Darwinian processes do not produce order.
  • CF011 : Evolutionary algorithms smuggle in design in the fitness function.
    • CF011.1 : The outcome of Dawkins's WEASEL program was prespecified.
    • CF011.2 : NFL theorems prove that evolutionary algorithms do not beat blind search.
• CF100 : First Law of Thermodynamics
  • CF101 : The universe's energy cannot come from nothing.
• CF200 : Radiometric Decay
  • CF201 : Polonium haloes indicate a young earth.
  • CF210 : Radiometric dating falsely assumes that rates are constant.
  • CF220 : Short-lived isotopes Th-230 and U-236 exist on the moon.

CG - Miscellaneous Anti-Evolution

• CG000 : History
  • CG001 : Darwin recanted on his deathbed.
  • CG010 : The oldest living thing is younger than 4,900 years.
  • CG020 : All languages and religions could develop in 3,000 years.
  • CG030 : Oldest structures, such as pyramids, are already very complex.
  • CG040 : Written history is too short.
  • CG041 : Agriculture is too recent.
• CG100 : Linguistics
  • CG101 : Chinese glyph for “ark” is literally “8 mouths”.
  • CG110 : The first known languages are highly complex.
  • CG111 : Why are languages getting less complex?
• CG200 : Folklore
  • CG201 : There are flood myths from all over the world.
  • CG202.1 : The Miao flood myth is very like the story of Noah.
  • CG202.2 : The Chinese Hihking flood myth is very like the story of Noah.
  • CG211 : Tablet from Nippur (Iraq) authenticates priority of biblical flood description.

CH - Biblical Creationism

• CH000 : Biblical Creationism Generally
  • CH001 : Creationism has explanatory power.
  • CH010 : Creationism, being Bible-based, is good.
    • CH010.1 : Learning creationism stimulates mental health, joy, and morals.
  • CH030 : God is all-good.
  • CH050 : Genesis is foundational to the Bible.
  • CH055 : Noncreationist Christians are compromisers.
• CH100 : Biblical Accuracy
  • CH100 : The Bible says it; I believe it; that settles it.
    • CH100.1 : Science must be interpreted in light of scripture.
  • CH101 : The Bible is inerrant.
    • CH101.1 : If part of the Bible is wrong, none of it can be trusted.
  • CH102 : The Bible is literal.
    • CH102.1 : Genesis must be literal; it is straightforward narrative.
    • CH102.2 : Genesis must be literal; later writers refer to it as fact.
      • CH102.2.1 : Jesus refers to creation and flood as though they were literal.
    • CH102.5 : God's promise of no more floods fails if Noah's flood was local.
  • CH103 : Bible claims inspiration.
  • CH110 : Prophecies prove the accuracy of the Bible.
  • CH120 : The Bible must be accurate because archaeology supports it.
  • CH130 : The Bible's accuracy on other scientific points shows overall accuracy.
    • CH131 : The Bible says that the earth is round.
    • CH132 : The Bible says that the earth is unsupported.
    • CH133 : The Bible got the water cycle right.
    • CH134 : Records say civilization was man's original state.
    • CH135 : The Bible specifies good medical and hygienic practices.
      • CH135.1 : The Bible specifies the best time for circumcision.
      • CH135.2 : Moses reveals that blood is the essence of life.
  • CH180 : The Bible is unique in other ways.
    • CH181 : The Bible is popular.
    • CH182 : The Bible is influential.
    • CH183 : The Bible is target of persecution.
    • CH184 : The Bible is intellectually honest.
  • CH190 : The Bible is harmonious throughout.
• CH200-CH799 : Young Earth Creationism
  • CH200 : Age of the Universe
    • CH200 : The universe is 6,000-10,000 years old.
    • CH210 : The earth is 6,000-10,000 years old.
    • CH220 : The universe was created with apparent age.
  • CH300 : Death and the Fall
    • CH301 : There was no death or decay before the Fall.
    • CH310 : The pre-Flood vapor canopy would have made the world Edenic.
    • CH311 : The pre-Flood vapor canopy would have extended human lifetimes.
    • CH320 : Life is deteriorating.
      • CH321 : Parasites are degenerations of free-living species.
    • CH350 : Created Kinds
      • CH350 : Organisms come in discrete kinds.
      • CH370 : The stars and galaxies are unchanging.
    • CH400-CH599 : Flood
      • CH400 : Source of Flood
        • CH401 : Flood from vapor canopy.
        • CH410 : Flood from comet.
        • CH420 : Hydroplate theory.
        • CH430 : Runaway subduction.
      • CH500 : The Ark
        • CH500 : Noah's ark has been found.
          • CH501 : We can expect to find Noah's ark on Mount Ararat.
          • CH502.1 : Noah's ark may have been photographed on Ararat in 1949.
          • CH502.2 : ERTS satellite photographed Noah's ark in 1973.
          • CH503 : Noah's ark has been found near Dogubayazit, Turkey.
            • CH503.1 : Anchor stones of Noah's ark have been found.
            • CH503.2 : The Turkish government officially recognized the site of Noah's ark.
          • CH504.1 : James Bryce found a 4-foot timber high on Ararat.
          • CH504.2 : Navarra retrieved hand-hewn wood from high on Ararat.
          • CH504.3 : Hardwicke Knight found soft wood timbers on Ararat.
          • CH505.1 : Yearam guided three vile scientists to Noah's ark in 1916.
          • CH505.2 : An 1883 Turkish expedition found Noah's ark.
          • CH505.3 : Prince Nouri of Baghdad found the ark in 1887.
          • CH505.4 : Hagopian visited the ark with his uncle around 1908.
          • CH505.5 : Russian aviator Roskovitsky photographed the ark.
          • CH505.6 : Resit, a Kurdish farmer, found the ark in 1948.
          • CH505.7 : Local Kurds led Ed Davis to the ark in 1943.
          • CH505.8 : Ed Behling was led to the ark in 1973.
        • CH508 : Chinese treasure ships show Noah's ark was feasible.
        • CH510-CH529 : Animals on the Ark
          • CH511 : Insects survived on floating vegetation mats.
          • CH512 : All kinds could fit.
            • CH512.1 : Juveniles of large animals were taken aboard.
            • CH512.2 : The average land animal is the size of a sheep.
          • CH513 : Animals hibernated on the ark.
          • CH514 : The crew could feed and care for the animals.
            • CH514.1 : Many animals do not require fresh or live food.
          • CH520 : Pre-Flood animals lived in a uniform climate.
          • CH521 : Animals' exacting needs could have evolved after the Flood.
        • CH540-CH599 : Effects of the Flood
          • CH541 : Aquatic organisms could have survived the Flood.
          • CH542 : Plants could have survived the Flood.
          • CH550 : The geologic column was deposited by the Flood.
          • CH560 : Fossils were deposited by the Flood.
            • CH561 : Fossil order was determined by the Flood.
              • CH561.1 : Fossils are sorted by ecological zonation.
              • CH561.2 : Fossils are sorted hydrologically.
              • CH561.3 : Fossils are sorted by the ability to escape.
              • CH561.4 : Fossils are sorted by a combination of these factors.
            • CH570 : High mountains were raised during the Flood.
            • CH580 : The Flood shaped the earth's surface in other ways.
            • CH581 : The Grand Canyon was carved by retreating Flood waters.
              • CH581.1 : Rapid erosion on Mount St. Helens shows Grand Canyon could form suddenly.
            • CH590 : The Flood caused an ice age.
    • CH700 : Miscellaneous Young Earth Creationism
      • CH710 : Man and dinosaurs coexisted.
        • CH710.1 : Ica stones show that humans and dinosaurs coexisted.
        • CH710.2 : Dinosaur figurines from Acambaro show a human-dinosaur association.
        • CH711 : Behemoth, from the book of Job, was a dinosaur.
          • CH711.1 : Leviathan, from the book of Job, was a dinosaur.
        • CH712 : Dragons were dinosaurs.
          • CH712.1 : Some dinosaurs breathed fire.
• CH800 : Day-Age Creationism
  • CH801 : Genesis 1 got the order of events right.
• CH900 : Geocentrism
  • CH901 : Bible says the sun goes around the earth.
  • CH910 : Relativity shows geocentrism is true.

CI - Intelligent Design

• CI000 : ID as Science
  • CI001 : Intelligent design theory is scientific.
    • CI001.1 : Intelligent design theory is not religious.
    • CI001.2 : Intelligent design is not creationism.
    • CI001.3 : Intelligent design is mainstream.
    • CI001.4 : Intelligent design has been published in peer-reviewed journals.
  • CI002 : Intelligent design has explanatory power.
  • CI009 : Evidence for design disproves evolutionary mechanisms.
  • CI010 : There is a law of conservation of information.
• CI100-CI199 : Detecting Design
  • CI100 : Design is detectable.
    • CI100.1 : Look; is design not obvious?
  • CI101 : Complexity indicates design.
  • CI102 : Irreducible complexity indicates design.
  • CI110 : Complex specified information indicates design.
  • CI111 : Dembski's filter can detect design.
    • CI111.1 : Specified information criterion produces no false positives.
    • CI111.2 : Specified complexity characterizes what intelligent agents do.
  • CI113 : Genetic algorithms require a designer to specify desired outcome.
  • CI120 : Purpose indicates design.
  • CI130 : Functional integration indicates design.
    • CI131 : Every machine's origin, where determinable, is by intelligent agency.
  • CI141 : Similarities in DNA and anatomy are due to common design.
    • CI141.1 : Similar structures for similar functions, different for different.
  • CI190 : SETI researchers expect that they can detect design.
  • CI191 : Archaeologists and forensic scientists can detect design.
• CI200 : First Cause.
  • CI200 : There must have been a first cause.
• CI300 : Anthropic Principle.
  • CI301 : The cosmos is fine-tuned to permit human life.
  • CI302 : The cosmos is fine-tuned to permit scientific discovery.
• CI400 : Meta-arguments
  • CI401 : The methodology of science rules out even considering design.
  • CI402 : Evolutionists have blinded themselves to seeing design.
  • CI410 : Design requires a designer.

CJ - Other Creationism

• CJ000 : Vedic Creationism
  • CJ001 : Mankind has existed essentially unchanged for billions of years.
• CJ200-CJ499 : Native North American Creationism
  • CJ300 : Creationism from individual tribes
    • CJ311 : The 9,400-year-old Kennewick Man was an Umatilla ancestor.
• CJ500-CJ699 : Islamic Creationism
  • CJ500 : Qur'an Accuracy
    • CJ530 : The Qur'an's accuracy on scientific points shows overall accuracy.
      • CJ531 : The Qur'an speaks of an expanding universe.
      • CJ533 : The Qur'an describes human embryology accurately.