Tastes Like Human

Some creationists reckon that the whole history of everything has lasted for no longer than six thousand biblical years, from "without form and void" through this Thursday.

Answers in Genesis is one of the leading groups that support that view of things. And, local angle here -- they are building a museum near Cincinnati. So I visited the website, and was immediately surprised by the claim that scientific facts are not at odds with the old testament. This intrigued me, so I hoped to discover detailed biblical rebuttals to concepts like carbon-dating and the redshift.

Ersatz science is an underappreciated artform. But predictably the explanation devolved into bible quotes and straw man nonsense.

Science is often out of whack with culture, but that doesn't mean it can't coexist with faith. The bible, the Talmud, and the Koran are not books about physics or biology. Conversely, reductionist arguments that explain humans and the universe as atoms and cells have been found to queerly lacking by scientists.

In related news that will surely disturb creationists (but maybe reassure the French) we are genetically 60% similar to chickens.

Some original linkage credit to Cincinnati Blog and Walk In Brain.