Scientific Creationism, Morris HM
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Morris, Henry M., 1974. Scientific Creationism, Master Books, Arkansas.
Contains the following arguments:
- Survival of the fittest is a tautology p. viii
- Creationism and evolution are the only 2 models pp. 3, 8-10
- Evolution requires as much faith as creationism p. 4
- Evolution can't be replicated p. 4
- Evolution hasn't been proved pp. 4-6
- Evolution can't be falsified pp. 6-7
- Organisms come in discrete kinds pp. 13, 216-218
- Stars and galaxies are unchanging pp. 13, 24-25
- Learning creationism stimulates mental health, joy, and morals p. 14
- There must have been a first cause pp. 19-20
- 2nd law of thermodynamics applies to information theory pp. 38-40
- 2nd law of thermodynamics prohibits evolution pp. 38-46
- Instructions are necessary to produce order pp. 43-45
- Why isn't new life still being generated today? p. 46
- DNA needs proteins to form; Proteins need DNA pp. 47-48
- Mutations don't produce new features p. 51
- Range of variation is limited within kinds pp 51-52, 87-88
- New structures would be useless until fully developed p. 53
- Mutations are rare p. 55
- Mutations are accidents; things don't get built by accident p. 55
- Most mutations are harmful pp. 55-57
- Mutations increase genetic load pp. 56-57
- First cells couldn't come together by chance pp. 59-69
- Pure chance can't create new structures pp. 59-69
- Similar structures for similar functions, different for different p. 70
- Evolution predicts a continuum of organisms, not discrete kinds pp. 70-71
- Vestigial organs may have functions pp. 75-76
- Vestigial organs are just evidence of decay, not evolution pp. 75-76
- Recapitulation theory is not supported pp. 76-77
- Transitional fossils are lacking pp. 78-90
- Cambrian explosion shows all kinds of life appearing suddenly pp. 80-81
- There are gaps between invertebrate-vertebrate p. 82
- There are gaps between fish-amphibian pp. 82-83
- There are gaps between amphibian-reptile p. 83
- Archaeopteryx is fully bird p. 85
- There are no fossil ancestors of insects p. 86
- There are no fossil ancestors of plants pp. 86-87
- Uniformitarian assumption is untenable pp. 91-100
- Fossils are dated from strata; strata are dated from fossils pp. 95-96, 136
- Sandstone & shale layers are too extensive for normal deposition pp. 102-103
- Limestone & dolomite layers are too extensive for normal deposition p. 104
- Evaporites are too thick p. 106
- Evaporites contain no organic matter p. 106
- Polystrate fossils indicate massive sudden deposition pp. 107-108
- Coal and oil can form quickly pp. 109-110
- Fossils sorted by ecological zonation pp. 118-120
- Fossils sorted by ability to escape p. 119
- Geological column is sometimes out of order p. 120
- Human footprints have been found with dinosaur tracks at Paluxy p. 122
- Vapor canopy pp. 124-125, 210-211
- The Flood caused an ice age pp. 126-127
- Radiometric dating falsely assumes rocks are closed systems p. 139
- Radiometric dating falsely assumes initial conditions are known p. 139
- Radiometric dating falsely assumes rates are constant p. 139
- Cosmic rays and free neutrinos affect U and Ar decay rates pp. 142-143, 146
- U-Th dating gives inaccurate results for modern volcanic rocks p. 143
- K-Ar dating gives inaccurate results for modern volcanic rocks pp. 146-147
- Not enough helium in the atmosphere for an old earth pp. 150-151
- An old earth would be covered by 182' of meteoric dust pp. 151-152
- Not enough moon dust for an old universe p. 152
- Oceans haven't enough dissolved minerals for an old earth pp. 153-155
- On an old earth, mountains would have eroded by now p. 155
- Not enough sediments in the ocean for an old earth pp. 155-156
- Volcanic mountains are built too fast for an old earth pp. 155-157
- Juvenile water is added to oceans too fast for an old earth p. 156
- Variable C14/C12 ratio invalidates C14 dating pp. 162-166
- Shrinking sun indicates a young sun p. 169
- Castenedolo, Olmo, and Calaveras skulls were found in Pliocene strata p. 177
- If man comes from random causes, life has no purpose or meaning p. 178
- Evolution is racist p. 179
- Evolution leads to social darwinism p. 179
- Dendrochronology is suspect because 2 or more rings can grow per year p. 193
- The oldest living thing is younger than 4900 years p. 193
- Animals are not moral, esthetic, idealistic, or religious p. 196
- Evolution is a religion pp. 196-200
- Fairness demands evolution and creation be given equal time pp. 197-198
- The universe was created with apparent age pp. 209-210
- Pre-flood vapor canopy would have made world Edenic pp. 210-211
- Pre-flood vapor canopy would have extended human lifetimes pp. 210-211
- There was no death or decay before the Fall p. 211
- Evolution is atheistic p. 215
- What use is half an eye?
