Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism

Aron Ra

• Publisher: Pitchstone Publishing
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN: 9781634310796
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Religion & Science
• Index: Biological Sciences

Religious fundamentalists and biblical literalists present any number of arguments that attempt to disprove evolution. Those with a sympathetic ear often fail to critically examine these creationist claims, leading to an ill-informed public and, perhaps more troubling, ill-advised public policy. As Aron Ra makes clear, however, every single argument deployed by creationists in their attacks on evolution is founded on fundamental scientific, religious, and historical falsehoods–all of them. Among their most popular claims is that evolution is a religion, that there are no transitional species, that there are no beneficial mutations, and that supposedly sacred scripture is the infallible word of God. Yet, as the evidence and data plainly show, each of these claims is demonstrably and unequivocally false. There is simply no truth to creationism whatsoever, and the entire enterprise rests on a foundation of falsehoods. This book explains and exposes the worst of these lies, and should be read by all who honestly care about following the evidence no matter where it might lead in pursuit of the truth.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• The 1st Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: “Evolution = Atheism”
• The 2nd Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: Sacred Scriptures Are the “Word of God”
• The 3rd Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: Human Interpretation is “Absolute Truth”
• The 4th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: “Belief is Knowledge”
• The 5th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: “Evolutionism” Part I: “Evolution is the Religion of Atheism”
• The 6th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism “Evolutionism” Part II: “Evolution Must Explain the Origin of Life, the Universe, and Everything”
• The 7th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: “Evolution is Random”
• The 8th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: “There Are No Beneficial Mutations”
• The 9th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: “No Transitional Species Have Ever Been Found”
• The 10th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: “The Evolutionary ‘tree of Life’ is Not Implied in Biology or the Fossil Record”
• The 11th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism “Macroevolution Has Never Been Observed”
• The 12th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: Creation “Science”
• The 13th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: “Evolution is a Fraud”
• The 14th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: “Creation is Evident”
• The 15th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: “Evolution is a Theory, Not a Fact”
• About the Author