Phil Nicholls

Scientific creationists have done everything from taking quotes out of
context to bald-faced lying.  This is not ad hominiem, it is
documented fact.  These include:

     o  Claiming that no transitional fossils exists (they do).

     o  Claiming that the recent Cambrian explosion supports
        creationism since it shows that all "forms" of life present
        today appeared during that event.  They neglect to say that
        "forms" here means major PHYLA and that important groups
        ( mammals, angiosperms, etc) do not appear until much latter.

     o  Citing the pillow lavaflows in Hawaii to show that Potassium
        Argon dating doesn't work while failing to mention that the
        scientist knew it wouldn't work because the type of lava had
        excess amounts of Argon gas. (K/Ar dating assumes a slow
        cooling of lava.  Lava cooled quickly, such as pillow lavas,
        will not yield accurate results.  The scientists in question
        were testing to see just HOW inaccurate these materials are.

     o  Talking about the Palauxy river tracks years after they were
        shown not to be human tracks.

     o  Presenting false credentials and degrees on literature.

     o  Duane Gish's continued use of the bombardier beetle two years
        after his assumptions were show to be erroneous.

     o  Chronic misuse of quotes from Stephan Jay Gould, Colin
        Patterson and other well known evolutionary biologists.

We are not talking about science here.  Creation "scientists" don't do
science.  The are political lobbyists.  Their most effective members
are their legal staff.