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We can start with anti-nuclear-power activists and continue through young-Earth creationists
Difference in Deference, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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We can start with anti-nuclear-power activists and continue through young-Earth creationists, astrologers, people who think that quantum mechanics means that refusing to perceive something means it doesn't exist ...
Difference in Deference, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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As a young-Earth fundamentalist Christian, I spent a huge amount of time trying to figure out if science has been thrown off track by anti-Christian bias, or if the Bible is being misinterpreted.
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The developers of Ark Encounter have close ties to a Christian ministry called Answers in Genesis, which promotes "young-earth" creationism — the belief that the account of creation provided in Genesis is scientifically accurate and that the Earth is only 6,000 years old.
Rebuilding Noah's Ark, Tax-Free Wilfred M. McClay 2010
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The evidence from biology is "compatible" with young-earth creationism - as long as you are willing to posit a creator who arbitrarily makes organisms created independently appear as though they are related, and creates rocks with ratios of radioactive isotopes to decay products that "mislead" scientists into thinking the Earth is much older than 6,000 years.
Is There Evidence For Mythicism? James F. McGrath 2010
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And no surprise that's very similar to the way any evidence is compatible with young-earth creationism, provided you're willing to posit a Creator who arbitrarily makes living things that look like they have common ancestry, and create the universe with just the right ratio of radioactive substances to their decay products so that geologists will be 'misled' into concluding that the Earth is much more than 6,000 years old.
Not All Atheists Are Mythicists James F. McGrath 2010
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Maddox was a young-Earth creationist, a Bible-literalist who believed the Earth was just 6,000 years old.
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(Thus it is telling that the foremost young-Earth creationist magazine is called Answers, as opposed to Free Inquiry).
Stuart Whatley: Washington Post Validates Played-Out Sophistry 2009
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And in this same way, accepted science has invalidated the salient claims of young-Earth creationism.
Stuart Whatley: Washington Post Validates Played-Out Sophistry 2009
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It is perfectly transparent what she wanted: to wedge open the door to allow the teaching of young-Earth creationism in the classroom, using the standard “strengths and weaknesses” creationist propaganda tactic.
How Old Is The Universe? Just Ask The Texas School Board | Impact Lab 2009
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