Science, Creation & the Bible
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The New Answers Book
Over 25 Questions on Creation/Evolution and the Bible
Ken Ham
General Editor


Here's the perfect book for answering the most-asked questions about Creation/Evolution and the book of Genesis. The chapter titles reveal the broad, thought-provoking range of questions that are dealt with.

Highly Recommended
 
Contents
1   Is There Really a God?
Ken Ham & Jason Lisle

2   Why Shouldn't Christians Accept Millions of Years?
Terry Mortensen

3   Couldn't God Have Used Evolution?
Ken Ham

4   Don't Creationists Deny the Laws of Nature?
Jason Lisle

5   What About the Gap & Ruin-Reconstruction Theories?
Ken Ham

6   Cain's Wife—Who Was She?
Ken Ham

7   Doesn't Carbon-14 Dating Disprove the Bible?
Mike Riddle

8   Could God Really Have Created Everything in Six Days?
Ken Ham

9   Does Radiometric Dating Prove the Earth is Old?
Mike Riddle

10   Was There Really a Noah's Ark & Flood?
Ken Ham & Tim Lovett

11   How Did Animals Spread All Over the World from Where the Ark Landed?
Paul F. Taylor

12   What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs?
Ken Ham

13   Why Don't We Find Human & Dinosaur Fossils Together?
Bodie Hodge

14   Can Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Explain Flood Geology?
Andrew A. Snelling
15   Don't Creationists Believe Some "Wacky" Things?
Bodie Hodge

16   Where Does the Ice Age Fit?
Michael Oard

17   Are There Really Different Races?
Ken Ham

18   Are ETs and UFOs Real?
Jason Lisle

19   Does Distant Starlight Prove the Universe is Old?
Jason Lisle

20   Did Jesus Say He Created in Six Literal Days?
Ken Ham

21   How Did Defense/Attack Structures Come About?
Andy McIntosh & Bodie Hodge

22   Is Natural Selection the Same Thing as Evolution?
Georgia Purdom

23   Hasn't Evolution Been Proven True?
A. J. Monty White

24   Did Dinosaurs Turn into Birds?
David Menton

25   Does Archaeology Support the Bible?
Clifford Wilson

26   Why Does God's Creation Include Death & Suffering?
Tommy Mitchell

27   How Can I Use This Information to Witness?
Ken Ham

Bonus:—How Can We Use Dinosaurs to Spread the Creation Gospel Message?
Buddy Davis

Glossary
Index
About the Authors
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Starlight and Time
D. Russell Humphreys, Ph.D.
Contemporary


Russ considers the question "How could we see the light from stars that are hundreds of light-years away if the universe was created only a few thousand years ago?" and offers a provocative solution… Modern physics (General Relativity) says that gravity can cause time to pass at a different rate for observers in one place compared to those in another. This effect would be especially pronounced in the region of a "black hole". Moreover, scientists tell us that the universe is expanding. This would imply that all the matter in the universe was once close enough together to form a "black hole". But, since the universe is expanding rather than contracting, it would really have been a black hole running in reverse. Scientists call this a "white hole". Russ says that, when the universe was just 1/50th of its present size, it would have formed a white hole. Surrounding every black (or white) hole is its "event horizon". For a normal (contracting) black hole, the gravitational forces are so intense that nothing inside the event horizon—not even light itself—is able to escape. That is why it is termed a "black" hole—light and matter can enter, but they can never escape. For a "white hole", the situation is reversed—light and matter can leave, but they cannot enter the event horizon. As matter is ejected from a "white hole", the radius of the event horizon decreases and eventually the "white hole" disappears altogether. Near the event horizon, the passage of time is distorted. Time passes more slowly for those near the event horizon than for those who are far away from it.Suppose an astronaut travels to the edge of a black hole's event horizon and then returns home. The trip might take only a few years for him, yet he could return to find that hundreds of years had passed while he was gone. Russ suggests that the earth is situated near the center of the universe, and that only a few days of the creation week had passed on earth when the contracting event horizon reached the earth. During the time when earth was near the event horizon, billions of years of galactic time could have transpired—with plenty of opportunity for stars and galaxies to form, for the universe to expand to its present size, and for light to travel the enormous distances to reach the earth. Russ' novel theory challenges an arbitrary assumption that scientists make, called the "cosmological principle". This assumption says that matter is uniformly distributed throughout the universe—that the universe has no edge and no center. In other words, there is no place in the universe where you have passed the "last star" and there is just emptiness beyond. The "cosmological principle" is essential to the "Big Bang Theory", but it is an arbitrary assumption. Russ has a Ph.D. in physics from Louisiana State University and worked as a physicist for Sandia National Laboratories. His theory has been reviewed by qualified peers, and he has successfully answered challenges posed by critics of his theory. The book is very readable, yet Russ has included Appendices for the more technically advanced reader.

Very Highly Recommended
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Dismantling the Big Bang
God's Universe Rediscovered
Alex Williams
Dr. John Hartnett


The authors accurately explain the technical issues of modern cosmology in layman's terms, revealing the numerous unproven ad hoc assumptions that underlie the Big Bang theory, and the many problems that plague the theory. They show that the Bible presents a cosmology that fits the evidence beautifully. Some of the issues discussed include: *Limitations of science *Science and faith *Human frailty and scientific objectivity *What does it mean to 'explain' something? *The anthropic principle *Intelligent design *Possible and impossible events *Quantum mechanics *The four fundamental forces *The six main events of the Big Bang model *Extrapolation back to a singularity is an unproven assumption *The laws of physics break down in a singularity *The origin of the Big Bang is unexplained and amounts to a miracle *The inflation stage—What caused it? What stopped it? *The Flat Universe Problem *The Horizon Problem *Problems with the Cosmological Constant *Net rotation of the universe disproves the Big Bang theory *The problem of forming stars and galaxies *The problem of forming heavy elements *Alternative explanations of the CMBR *Dark matter and dark energy *Relativistic time dilation *Alternative cosmologies

Very Highly Recommended!
 
Contents
Introduction

Chapter 1: From the Backyard to the Big Bang - A Brief History of Cosmology
Chapter 2: Science, World Views and Cosmological Models
Chapter 3: Tools for Explaining the Universe
Chapter 4: The Big-Bang Model
Chapter 5: Time Scales
Chapter 6: The Biblical Model
Chapter 7: The Scoreboard
Chapter 8: Future Trends in Cosmology
Epilogue: The Choice

Appendix A: Some Other Cosmological Models
Appendix B: Theological Issues
Appendix C: The Scoreboard Tables
Appendix D: An Open Letter to the Scientific Community

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Thousands Not Billions
Challenging an Icon of Evolution: Questioning the Age of the Earth
Don DeYoung
Contemporary


Dr. DeYoung discusses geological evidence that demonstrates a young age for the earth and exposes the commonly-assigned dates as unreliable and contradictory. He presents evidence of significant levels of Carbon-14 in coal and diamond deposits that are allegedly millions or billions of years old. He discusses the significance of pronounced Polonium radiohalos in granite rocks. He also explains how unexpectedly high levels of Helium in mineral samples is evidence for ages measured in thousands, rather than millions of years.

Very Highly Recommended
 
Contents
Preface
Introduction to RATE

1. A Brief History of Radiation Studies
2. Overview of Radioisotope Dating
3. Carbon-14 Dating
4. Helium Retention in Zircon Crystals
5. Radiohalos in Granite
6. Fission Tracks in Zircons
7. Discordant Radioisotope Dates
8. Radioisotope Dating Case Studies
9. Theories of Accelerated Nuclear Decay
10. A Proper Reading of Genesis 1:1-2:3
11. RATE Conclusions

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The Creation-Evolution Controversy
R. L. Wysong, DVM
Contemporary


Wysong's book is a classic. He cites overwhelming physical evidence and quotations from Evolutionist authors to prove the case for Creationism.Yet, he does it with a very respectful tone, and is careful to employ a balanced, objective approach in examining the two positions.

Highly recommended!
 
Contents
1.   The Controvery's Importance
2.   Can Laymen Question?
3.   Methodology
4.   Definitions
5.   Origin of Proteins
6.   Origin and Modification of DNA
7.   Biochemical Bias and Chemical Neo-Darwinism
8.   Reductionism
9.   Time
10.   Youth or Antiquity?
11.   Biogenesis
12.   Is Life Definable?
13.   Law of Mass Action
14.   Primitive Environment
15.   Biopoiesis Experiments
16.   Thermodynamics
17.   Fixity vs. Transformations
18.   Neo-Darwinism
19.   New-Darwinian Predictions
20.   Geologic Evidence
21.   Arguments from Similarity
22.   Rendering a Decision

Appendix
Bibliography
Index
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Darwin on Trial
Philip E. Johnson
Contemporary


Johnson is a law professor at the University of California-Berkeley. "So what does a law professor know about Evolution?" you ask. As much as anyone who does his homework on the subject! When you consider that lawers and judges make it their business to recognize faulty arguments, evasion and obfuscation, Johnson is eminently qualified to weigh the arguments of Evolutionist propagandists and sift out the essential issues. Johnson writes in a clear, engaging style, exposing one of the foremost deceptions of our day.

Highly recommended!
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Evolution: The Fossils Say No!
Duane Gish, Ph.D.
Contemporary


The fossil record is often touted as the great proof of Evolution. Yet, the fossil record does not contain the intermediate forms that Evolution asserts must have existed. Gish gives extensive documentation from Evolutionist writers to demonstrate that the fossil record contradicts many of the claims of Evolution, and that it supports the Biblical account of special creation and a worldwide flood.

Highly recommended!
 
Contents
Preface

I. Evolution—A Philosophy, Not a Science
II. The Creation and Evolution Models
III. Geologic Time and The Geologic Column
IV. The Fossil Record—From Microorganisms to Fish
V. The Fossil Record—From Fish to Mammals
VI. The Origin of Man
VII. The Fossils Say No

Subject Index
Author Index
Illustration Index

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The Genesis Flood
Henry Morris, Ph.D.
John C. Whitcomb


This is a classic, scholarly work documenting the physical evidence in support of the Bible's account of special creation and a subsequent worldwide flood. It also addresses the various common arguments against a universal flood.

A true classic!
 
Contents
Foreword
Introduction

Chapter 1. Basic Arguments for a Universal Flood
The Depth of the Flood
Twenty-one Weeks of "Prevailing"
Thirty-one Weeks of "Assuaging"
The Duration of the Flood
The Geology of the Flood
The Size of the Ark
The Need for an Ark
The Testimony of the Apostle Peter
The Total Destruction of a Widely-Distributed Human Race
The Total Destruction of Humanity
The Extensive Distribution of the Antediluvian Race
Summary and Conclusion

Chapter 2. Basic Arguments Against an Anthropologically Universal Flood
Introduction
Indians in America Before the Flood
The Babylonian Flood Account
The Presuppositions of Age Determination Methods
All Mankind Not Descended from Noah's Family
The Sons of Noah
The Table of Nations
The Bible and Racial Distribution
Anthropology and Racial Distribution
Summary and Conclusion

Chapter 3. Basic Non-Geological Arguments Against a Universal Flood
Universal Terms Used in a Limited Sense
Most Universal Terms Are to be Interpreted Literally
The Context Determines the Meaning
Universal Terms Are Literal in Genesis 6-9 Because of the Physical Phenomena
Noah and the Animals
Gathering the Animals to the Ark
The Capacity of the Ark
Caring for the Animals in the Ark
The "Natural-Supernatural" Philosophy of Miracles
Postdiluvian Animal Distribution
Three Major Views
Australian Marsupials
Rapid Animal Dispersion
Summary and Conclusion

Chapter 4. Uniformitarianism and the Flood: A Study of Attempted Harmonizations
Introduction
Cuvier's Catastrophism and the Diluvium Theory
Cuvier's Multiple Catastrophism
Buckland's Diluvium Theory
Lyell's Uniformitarianism and the Tranquil Theory
The Rise of Uniformitarianism
The Tranquil Theory
The Language of Scripture
The Imperiling of the Ark
The Olive Leaf
John Pye Smith and the Local Flood Theory
The Birth of the Theory
Sir Leonard Woolley and the "Flood Stratum" at Ur
The Local Flood Theory and Uniformitarian Geology
Summary and Conclusion

Chapter 5. Modern Geology and the Deluge
Introduction
Geological Implications of the Biblical Record
Tremendous Erosion from Rainfall
Clouds Not the Source of the Deluge Rains
Enlarged Ocean Basins
Volcanic and Seismic Upheavals
Unprecedented Seismic Activity
Ideal Conditions for Fossil Formation
Uniformitarianism Undermined by the Flood
Basic Harmony of the Field Data and the Biblical Inferences
Nature of Sedimentary Strata
More Water in the Present Oceans
Volcanism
Earth Movements
Fossilization
The Uniformitarian Interpretation of Geology
The Present: the Key to the Past
Organic Evolution
The Geologic Time-Table
Methods of Resolving Contradictions
The Inadequacy of Uniformity to Explain the Strata
Volcanism and Igneous Rocks
Earth Movements
Continental Ice Sheets
Phenomena of Sedimentation
Fossil Graveyards
Contradictions in the Uniformitarian System
Misplaced Fossils
Living Fossils
Formations out of Sequence
Summary

Chapter 6. A Scriptural Framework for Historical Geology
Introduction
The Scriptural Divisions of Geologic History
The Initial Creation Itself
The Work of the Six Days of Creation
The Antediluvian Period
The Deluge
The Modern Post-Deluge Period
The Beginning of Creation
The Origin of the Solar System
The Origin of the Universe
The Primeval Earth
The Scientific Basis of Creation
The First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics
The Unique Processes of Creation
The Entropy Principle and Evolution
The Geologic Work of Creation Week
The First Day
The Second Day
The Third Day
Creation of "Appearance of Age"
Modern Rejection of This Biblical Doctrine
The "Steady-State" Cosmology
The "Eternal Oscillation" Cosmology
Importance of the Doctrine of a "Grown Creation"
The World That Then Was
"Waters Above the Firmament"
No Rainfall Before the Flood
Little Volcanic or Tectonic Activity
Geologic Evidences of Antediluvian Climate
Universally Warm Climate
The Supposed Permian Glaciation
Explanations of Climatic Change
The "Greenhouse Effect"
The Antediluvian Vapor Blanket
Overflowed With Water
The Destructive Power of Modern River Floods
Destructive Power of Ocean Waves
Sedimentation and Fossilization During the Flood
Emergence of the Lands
New Atmospheric Movements
Isostatic Readjustments
The Order of the Strata
Tectonic Origin of Continental Blocks
Sequence of Stratified Beds
Early Burial of Marine Creatures
Hydrodynamic Selectivity of Moving Water
Higher Mobility of the Vertebrates
Burial of Land Animals and Plants
Formation of Coal Beds
The "Mesozoic" Strata and Dinosaurs
The Final Flood Deposits
Tertiary Stratigraphy
Mammals as Index Fossils
Uplifts of the Pliocene
Continuing Abnormal Conditions
Post-Deluge Geologic Activity
Freezing of Arctic Soils
Siberian Mammoth Beds
The Glacial Period
Onset of the Ice Age
Ice-Age Theories
The Flood and the Glacial Period
The Theory of Multiple Glaciation
The End of the Ice Age
Sudden Warming of the Climate
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
Residual Effects of the Deluge Period
Continuing Volcanic and Tectonic Disturbances
Enclosed Lake Basins and Raised Beaches
Raised River Terraces
Evidence of Former Lower Sea Levels
Summary and Conclusion

Chapter 7. Problems in Biblical Geology
Introduction
Methods and Results of Geochronology
The Lead Age Methods
Experimental Difficulties
Original Lead
Leaching
Lead Isotope Methods
Radiogenic Lead Contamination
Other Methods
Discordant Ages
The Rubidium Method
The Potassium Methods
The Significance of the Radioactivity Data
The Fact of a "Grown" Creation and "Apparent Age"
Variations in the Decay Rates
Supposed Invariability
The Decay Processes
Alpha-Decay and the Potential Barrier
External Energy Sources
Cosmic Radiation
The Van Allen Radiation Belt
Agreement of Ages from Different Methods
Creationi of Accordant "Apparent Ages"
Concordant Changes in Decay Rates
Pleochroic Halos
Supposed Correlation of Radioactivity and Stratigraphic Ages
Extent of Agreement
Cause of Apparent Limited Agreement
Astronomic Methods of Age Measurement
The Radiocarbon Dating of Recent Deposits
Assumptions in the Method
Carbon 14 and the Deluge
Antediluvian Radiocarbon Proportions
Postdiluvian Radiocarbon Proportions
Contradictions in Geochronology
Meteoric Dust
Meteorite Radioactivity
Tektites
Disintegration of Comets
Atmospheric Helium
Salt in the Sea
Juvenile Water
Crustal Accretion
Post-Deluge Chronology
Tree Rings
Origin of Postdiluvian Civilizations
Population Statistics
Antediluvian Longevity and Radiation
Efect of Canopy on Longevity
Somatic Effects of Radiation
Genetic Effects of Radiation
Decrease in Life-Span after Precipitation of Canopy
Formations Implying Slow Deposition
Deposition and Lithification
Coral Reefs
Deep-Sea Sediments
Evaporites
Cave Deposits
Buried Forests
Varved Deposits
Difficulties in Varve Interpretation
Green River Formation
Other Causes of Lamination
Origin of Oil and Mineral Deposits
Uniformitarianism and Petroleum Geology
Stratigraphic Occurrence of Oil
Formation of Petroleum Deposits
Rapid Formation of Petroleum Pools
Origin of Ore and Mineral Deposits
Modern Significance of the Genesis Flood
Bankruptcy of Uniformitarianism
Importance of the Question
Two Basic Philosophies
Theistic Evolution Rejected
Evolution, Communism and Humanism
Evolution and Education
Biblical Christianity and Evolutionary Philosophy
The Scientific Weakness of the Evolutionary Hypothesis
Strategic Role of Historical Geology
The Prophetic Testimony of Scripture


Appendix I.  Paleontology and the Edenic Curse
Introduction
Anthropology and the Fall
The Animal Kingdom and the Fall
The Bondage of Corruption
Adam's Dominion over Animals
Vegetarian Diet Before the Fall
The Edenic Curse and Structural Changes
The Plant Kingdom and the Fall
The Balance of Nature and the Harmonistic Theodicy
Summary and Conclusion

Appendix II. Genesis 11 and the Date of the Flood
Genesis 11 Need Not Be Interpreted as a Strict Chronology
The Numbers of Years Are Not Totalled
The Name and Years of Cainan do not appear in the Hebrew Text
Genesis 5 and 11 Are Perfectly Symmetrical in Form
Information Is Given Concerning Each Patriarch Which Is Irrelevant to a Strict Chronology
The Postdiluvian Patriarchs Could Not Have Been Contemporaries of Abraham
The Bible Implies a Great Antiquity for the Tower of Babel
The Messianic Links Were Seldom Firstborn Sons
The Term "Begat" Sometimes Refers to Ancestral Relationships
Genesis 11 Cannot Be Stretched Beyond Certain Limits
The Analogy of Biblical Chronology
The Dating of the Tower of Babel
The Patriarchs and the "Old Stone Age"
The Babylonian Flood Traditions
Conclusion

Index of Subjects
Index of Names
Index of Scripture
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The Logic of Scientific Discovery
Sir Karl R. Popper
Contemporary


This is a scholarly work on the philosophy of science. Popper deals with issues like 'What constitutes a valid hypothesis?' and 'What sort of physical evidence would it take to prove or disprove a hypothesis?' Popper was not a Creationist, but he is very clear and insightful in defining the scientific method... a true logician. Evolutionary theory does not measure up to Popper's definition of science, which must be both repeatable and falsifiable.

Highly recommended!
 
Contents
PART I
Introduction to the Logic of Science

Chapter I. A Survey of Some Fundamental Problems
1.   The Problem of Induction
2.   Elimination of Psychologism.
3.   Deductive Testing of Theories.
4.   The Problem of Demarcation.
5.   Experience as a Method.
6.   Falsifiability as a Criterion of Demarcation.
7.   The Problem of the 'Empirical Basis'.
8.   Scientific Objectivity and Subjective Conviction.

Chapter II. On the Problem of a Theory of a Scientific Method
9.   Why Methodological Decisions are Indispensable.
10.   The Naturalistic Approach to the Theory of Method.
11.   Methodological Rules as Conventions.



PART II
Some Structural Components of a Theory of Experience

Chapter III. Theories
12.   Causality, Explanation, and the Deduction of Predictions.
13.   Strict and Numerical Universality
14.   Universal Concepts and Individual Concepts.
15.   Strictly Universal and Existential Statements.
16.   Theoretical Systems.
17.   Some Possibilities of Interpreting a System of Axioms.
18.   Levels of Universality. The Modus Tollens.

Chapter IV. Falsifiability
19.   Some Conventionalist Objections.
20.   Methodological Rules.
21.   Logical Investigation of Falsifiability.
22.   Falsifiability and Falsification.
23.   Occurrences and Events.
24.   Falsifiability and Consistency.

Chapter V. The Problem of the Empirical Basis
25.   Perceptual Experiences as Empirical Basis: Psychologism.
26.   Concerning the So-Called 'Protocol Sentences'.
27.   The Objectivity of the Empirical Basis.
28.   Basic Statements.
29.   The Relativity of Basic Statements. Resolution of Fries' Trilemma.
30.   Theory and Experiment.

Chapter VI. Degrees of Testability
31.   A Programme and an Illustration.
32.   How are Classes of Potential Falsifiers to be Compared?
33.   Degrees of Falsifiability Compared by Means of the Subclass Relation
34.   The Structure of the Subclass Relation. Logical Probability.
35.   Empirical Content, Entailment, and Degrees of Falsifiability.
36.   Levels of Universality and Degrees of Precision.
37.   Logical Ranges. Notes on the Theory of Measurements.
38.   Degrees of Testability Compared by Reference to Dimensions.
39.   The Dimension of a Set of Curves.
40.   Two Ways of Reducing the Number of Dimensions of a Set of Curves.

Chapter VII. Simplicity
41.   Elimination of the Aesthetic and the Pragmatic Concepts of Simplicity.
42.   The Methodological Problem of Simplicity.
43.   Simplicity and Degree of Falsifiability.
44.   Geometric Shape and Functional Form.
45.   The Simplicity of Euclidean Geometry.
46.   Conventionalism and the Concept of Simplicity.
Chapter VIII. Probability
47.   The Problem of Interpreting Probability Statements.
48.   Subjective and Objective Interpretations.
49.   The Fundamental Problem of the Theory of Chance.
50.   The Frequency Theory of von Mises.
51.   Plan for a New Theory of Probability.
52.   Relative Frequency within a Finite Class.
53.   Selection, Independence, Insensitiveness, Irrelevance.
54.   Finite Sequences. Ordinal Selection and Neighbourhood Selection.
55.   n-Freedom in Finite Sequences.
56.   Sequences of Segments. The First Form of the Binomial Formula.
57.   Infinite Sequences. Hypothetical Estimates of Frequency.
58.   An Examination of the Axiom of Randomness.
59.   Chance-Like Sequences. Objective Probability.
60.   Bernoulii's Problem.
61.   The Law of Great Numbers (Bernoulii's Theorem).
62.   Bernoulii's Theorem and the Interpretation of Probability Statements.
63.   Bernoulii's Theorem and the Problem of Convergence.
64.   Elimination of the Axiom of Convergence. Solution of the 'The Fundamental Problem of the Theory of Chance'.
65.   The Problem of Decidability.
66.   The Logical Form of Probability Statements.
67.   A Probabilistic System of Speculative Metaphysics.
68.   Probability in Physics.
69.   Law and Chance.
70.   The Deducibility of Macro Laws from Micro Laws.
71.   Formally Singular Probability Statements.
72.   The Theory of Range.

Chapter IX. Some Observations on Quantum Theory
73.   Heisenberg's Programme and the Uncertainty of Relations.
74.   A Brief Outline of the Statistical Interpretation of Quantum Theory.
75.   A Statistical Re-Interpretation of the Uncertainty Formulae.
76.   An Attempt to Eliminate Metaphysical Elements by Inverting Heisenberg's Programme; with Applications.
77.   Decisive Experiments.
78.   Indeterminist Metaphysics.

Chapter X. Corroboration, or How a Theory Stands Up to Tests
79.   Concerning the So-Called Verification of Hypotheses.
80.   The Probability of a Hypothesis and the Probability of Events: Criticism of Probability Logic.
81.   Inductive Logic and Probability Logic.
82.   The Positive Theory of Corroboration: How a Hypothesis may 'Prove its Mettle'.
83.   Corroborability, Testability, and Logical Probability.
84.   Remarks Concerning the Use of the Concepts 'True' and 'Corroborated'.
85.   The Path of Science.



APPENDICES
i. Definition of the Dimension of a Theory.
ii.  The General Calculus of Frequency in Finite Classes.
iii. Derivation of the First Form of the Binomial Formula.
iv.  A Method of Constructing Models of Random Sequences.
v.  Examination of an Objection. The Two-Slit Experiment.
vi.  Concerning a Non-Predictive Procedure of Measuring.
vii.  Remarks Concerning an Imaginary Experiment.



NEW APPENDICES
*i.  Two Notes on Induction and Demarcation, 1933-1934.
*ii.  A note on Probability, 1938.
*iii.  On the Heuristic Use of the Classical Definition of Probability.
*iv.  The Formal Theory of Probability.
*v.  Derivations in the Formal Theory of Probability.
*vi.  On Objective Disorder or Randomness.
*vii.  Zero Probability and the Fine-Structure of Probability and of Content.
*viii.  Content, Simplicity and Dimension.
*ix.  Corroboration, the Weight of Evidence, and Statistical Tests.
*x.   Universals, Dispositions, and Natural or Physical Necessity.
*xi.  On the Use and Misuse of Imaginary Experiments, Especially in Quantum Theory.
*xii.  The Experiment of Einstein, Podolski and Rosen. A Letter from Albert Einstein, 1935.
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Biblical Cosmology and Modern Science
Henry Morris
Contemporary


Morris does a good job of refuting two of the theories that try to reconcile the Bible with an old-earth hypothesis ... the "Gap Theory"and the "Day-Age Theory." The book has other virtues as well.

 
Contents
Part I—The Griffith Thomas Lectures

Chapter I.  Biblical Creationism and Modern Science
The Four Cosmologies of Scripture
The Fact of Creation
Evolution and the Evidence
The Date of Creation

Chapter II.  Biblical Catastrophism and Modern Science
The Failure of Uniformitarianism
The Necessity of Catastrophism
Theories of Catastrophism
Biblical Catastrophism

Chapter III. Biblical Naturalism and Modern Science
Uniformity in the Present Cosmos
The Problem of Miracles
Cosmic Law and Natural Processes
Miracles of Providence
Miracles of Creation

Chapter IV.  Biblical Eschatology and Modern Science
The Promise of His Coming
The Millennium and the Antediluvian World
Geophysical Changes during the Tribulation
Restoration of Edenic Conditions in the New Earth
The Hell of Fire
Part II—Supplementary Studies

Chapter V.  The Chronology of Genesis 1-11 and Geologic Time
Attempted Modifications of the Bible Chronology
The Day-Age Theory
The Gap Theory
The Theological Impossibility of the Geologic Ages
Gaps in the Genealogies
The True Nature of the Scientific Evidence
Conclusion

Chapter VI.  World Population and Bible Chronology
World Growth of Population
Effects of Disease and Wars
Antediluvian Populations
Population Growth from Noah to Abraham
Totals Since the Beginning
Inhabitants of the New Jerusalem

Chapter VII.  Sedimentation and the Fossil Record: A Study in Hydraulic Engineering
Introduction
Role of Water in Geologic Interpretation
Uniformitarian versus Catastrophic Sedimentation
Sedimentation, Paleontology and Evolution
Inadequacy of Uniformitarianism
Mechanics of Sedimentation
The Necessity of Catastrophism
Evidence of a Single Depositional Epoch

Chapter VIII.  Thermodynamics and Theology
The Word in the World
The Universality of Thermodynamics
Supremacy of the Written Word
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The Twilight of Evolution
Henry Morris, Ph.D.
Contemporary


Morris looks at the influence of Evolution in society, the case against Evolution, the fossil evidence, the mechanism of sedimentation to produce rocks and fossils, the origin of Evolution as a theory, and its ultimate demise (i.e. as a viable scientific theory, and ultimately, when Christ returns).

 
Contents
Foreword

Chapter I—The Influence of Evolution
Chapter II—The Case Against Evolution
Chapter III—The Testimony of Geologic History
Chapter IV—Water and the Word
Chapter V—The Origin of Evolution
Chapter VI—The Death of Evolution

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Starlight, Time and the New Physics
John G. Hartnett, Ph.D.
2007


Dr. Hartnett built on the work of Israeli physicist, Moshe Carmeli, to develop a new cosmology—a modification of Einstein's theory of General Relativity—that explains the spiral structure of galaxies without needing to invoke exotic, hypothetical concepts like dark matter or dark energy. His new theory also explains how we can see distant starlight in a universe that is only 6000 years old by earth standards. Dr. Hartnett gives some helpful examples from history showing that when scientists make discoveries not predicted by their current theories, they try to add fudge factors to their theory or postulate the existence of some unknown entity to account for the anomalies, when in reality their theories needed to be replaced by a new theory that could properly account for, and predict, the new evidence. He suggests that this is what we are seeing today with the "Big Bang" theory and its recourse to "dark energy" and "exotic dark matter". He finishes the book with six technical appendices for readers who wish to examine the finer details of his theory.

Very Highly Recommended!
 
Contents
About the Author

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Starlight and time
Chapter 3: 'Dark matter'—today's 'fudge factor'
Chapter 4: Einstein and beyond
Chapter 5: Our Galaxy—at the center of the action
Chapter 6: Stretched out the heavens
Chapter 7: Why we see starlight in a 'young' universe

Glossary of Terms

App 1 The large scale structure of the universe does not need 'dark' matter or 'dark' energy.
App 2 The large scale structure of the universe tested against high red shift supernova measurements.
App 3 Spiral galaxy rotation curves explained without 'dark' matter.
App 4 A finite bounded universe with a unique centre.
App 5 The Galaxy at the center of concentric spherical shells of galaxies.
App 6 Light travel-time problem solved.

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The Genesis Account
A theological, historical and scientific commentary on Genesis 1-11
Jonathan Sarfati
2015


This classic commentary on Genesis 1–11 contains a thorough analysis of the text itself, and has a number of features that set it apart from many other Genesis commentaries: It defends the biblical creationist position: creation in six consecutive normal days, death resulting from Adam’s fall, and a globe-covering Flood, and confusion of languages at Babel, and in the process it explains how the rest of the Bible interprets Genesis in the above straightforward manner. While skillfully documenting how interpreters throughout Church history have taught the above, and that long-age death-before-sin views were a reaction to 19th-century uniformitarian geology, it also provides cutting-edge scientific support for the Genesis history. Importantly it demonstrates that all doctrines of Christianity begin in Genesis 1–11, and straightforwardly answers the commonest objections to a plain understanding of these crucial Genesis texts.

Very Highly Recommended!
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Evolution's Achilles Heels (video)
15 Ph.D. scientists explain evolution's fatal flaws--in areas claimed to be its greatest strengths
Don Batten
Robert Carter, Jonathan Sarfati, John Hartnett, et. al.


Visually stunning animations and dramatic footage help to show how the theory’s supposed strengths are, in fact, its fatal flaws—Evolution’s Achilles’ Heels. Like no other work that we are aware of, fifteen Ph.D. scientists colaborated to produce a coordinated, coherent, powerful argument. All of the contributors received their doctorates from similar secular universities as their evolutionary counterparts. Each is a specialist in a field relevant to the subject: Natural selection, origin of life, geology, genetics, radiometric dating, the fossil record, cosmology, and ethics. Evolution’s Achilles’ Heels directly demolishes the very pillars of the belief system that underpins our now-secular culture—evolutionary naturalism. It’s coupled with the Biblical command to reach the lost with the Bible’s Good News. In a nutshell, it’s a comprehensive outreach tool like no other. The fifteen Ph.D. scientists include Donald Batten, Robert Carter, David Catchpoole, John Hartnett, Mark Harwood, Jim Mason, Jonathan Sarfati, Emil Silvestru and Tasman Walker. Special Features: * Scientist biographies * Over 20 minutes of extended interviews * Subtitles in 16 languages: Afrikaans, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Very Highly Recommended!
 
Contents
1. Natural Selection
2. Genetics
3. The Origin of Life
4. The Fossil Record
5. The Geologic Column
6. Radiometric Dating
7. Cosmology
8. Ethical Implications
9. Bonus Footage
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Refuting Compromise (Updated and Expanded)
Jonathan Sarfati
2011


With his usual brilliant clarity, Jonathan Sarfati, author of the best-selling Refuting Evolution (Vols. 1 and 2) has produced a comprehensive and resounding refutation of the position of 'progressive creationist' Hugh Ross, whose views are causing massive confusion about science and the Bible. The most powerful and scientific defence of a straightforward view of Genesis creation ever written.

Very Highly Recommended!
 
Contents
1. The Authority of Scripture
2. The Days of Creation
3. The History of Interpretation of Genesis 1-11
4. The Order of Creation
5. The Big Bang and Astronomy
6. The Origin of Death and Suffering
7. The Created Kinds
8. The Global Flood and Noah's Ark
9. The History of Mankind
10. "Biblical" Old-Age Arguments
11. Science and the Young Earth
12. Refuting Old-Earth Arguments















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