In a bizarrely selective bout of skepticism, old Earth creationist Bruce Gordon published a critique of the young Earth model, in which he expresses that there is no way that god could create all the things he was claimed to have created on the sixth day in the span of 24 hours. This, in itself, is kinda hilarious, but this response by Answers in Genesis turns the entire thing into a laugh riot:
What we have here is a lengthy diatribe from a creationist source, replete with all the trimmings of an actual scientific report (including a pretty long reference list, which is adorable ) but with no actual demonstrable data present anywhere. It's like Baby's First Science Journal, but there are two important facts to take away:
1. This is what creationists think academic rigor is; literally just asserting things in an acceptable academic format.
2. Either young earth creationists, or AiG specifically, are super bitchy to anyone who doesn't toe their line, and apparently it's not just atheists that get that treatment; it only takes until the third paragraph for the author to start insulting not just Gordon himself, but old Earth creationists as a whole. They can't even keep their petty sniping out of their supposedly professional work.
Just remember, folks: this is the kind of shit that creationists want taught in classrooms alongside evolution. Mere assertions, tarted up to look sciencey.
Quote:Well, anyone can imagine it:
6:00 am God makes the animals.
6:01 am God takes counsel with Himself to make man.
6:02 am God makes Adam. Forming him of dust takes one minute.
6:05 am After talking with Adam for a minute or so, God starts to plant the Garden.
6:10 am The Garden is completed.
6:11 am God puts Adam in the Garden.
6:12 am God warns Adam about the forbidden tree.
6:13 am Adam has breakfast.
6:30 am God reveals His decision to make Eve.
6:31 am God brings the animals to Adam to name. They are brought by “kinds,” so not every specific species, let alone every individual, is brought. Let’s say that it takes Adam eight hours to name them all, male and female, with a half-hour lunch break. (This is probably far too long at the time.) This brings us to—
3:00 pm Adam takes a nap.
3:28 pm Adam wakes up and meets Eve.
3:29 pm God speaks to Adam and Eve (Genesis 1:28–30).
3:30 pm We still have two and a half hours to sunset.
What we have here is a lengthy diatribe from a creationist source, replete with all the trimmings of an actual scientific report (including a pretty long reference list, which is adorable ) but with no actual demonstrable data present anywhere. It's like Baby's First Science Journal, but there are two important facts to take away:
1. This is what creationists think academic rigor is; literally just asserting things in an acceptable academic format.
2. Either young earth creationists, or AiG specifically, are super bitchy to anyone who doesn't toe their line, and apparently it's not just atheists that get that treatment; it only takes until the third paragraph for the author to start insulting not just Gordon himself, but old Earth creationists as a whole. They can't even keep their petty sniping out of their supposedly professional work.
Just remember, folks: this is the kind of shit that creationists want taught in classrooms alongside evolution. Mere assertions, tarted up to look sciencey.
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