15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense – Scientific American

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Credit Amy Watts CC-BY-SA

This article is over ten years old, but it is still apropos.  Creationists are still using the same empty arguments, and this article still neuters them.  I know I have repeatedly had to endure these quibbles, put forward with such fervent confidence every time, and it would be nice to simply be able to refer them to these answers.

Here are a few examples of their challenges:

Evolution is only a theory.
If humans descended from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?
Evolutionists cannot point to any transitional fossils.

Follow the link below to see them deflated.

On that note, why do creationists always ask questions like these?  They’re trying to replace a well-tested theory with something that they think is better.  Why aren’t they defending their candidate with science instead of always muddying the water with these specious arguments?

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Credit Lorenz Frolich – Public Domain

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Credit Mycota – Public Domain

Opponents of evolution want to make a place for creationism by tearing down real science, but their arguments don’t hold up

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Cirrus Vertebratus

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Cloud of the Day – Cirrus Vertebratus

Cirrus vertebratus gets its name from its appearance. It resembles a vertebral column, or a fish skeleton with ribs radiating away from the spine. It’s really only given a name of its own, rather than simply being an example of cirrus cloud, because of the fact that it kind of looks like something.

Credit Nicholas Brockbank

Credit Nicholas Brockbank

The alternating gaps and cloud are caused by undulating air, drying as it sinks and warms, and condensing into cloud where it rises and cools. Vertebratus does have one thing going for it that gives it some significance: it can reveal the location of the Jet Stream. And speaking of jets, their condensation trails can sometimes turn into cirrus vertebratus.

Credit Tim Middleton

Credit Tim Middleton

There’s no weather associated with vertebratus, but like any cirrus it can be a harbinger.

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The Faith Pyramid – The Reason Stick

The Faith Pyramid - Crispian Jago

The Faith Pyramid – Crispian Jago

I’ve referred to The Reason Stick before, and it has hit the spot again.

Believing in vile nonsense requires a bit of effort. Before you can believe in something utterly ridiculous and hateful, you need to first believe in something seemingly slightly less ridiculous and hateful. The best way to believe in something slightly less ridiculous is firstly to make it a cultural norm, so we stop questioning it, and secondly to make sure you start believing in it before you are capable of fully comprehending the ridiculousness of the belief.

The Reason Stick – The Faith Pyramid

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