tgamble

<a href="http://www.crank.net/religion.html" target="_blank">http://www.crank.net/religion.html</a>

Creation Science Evangelism 2001 Dec 29
... Scientific Creationism . religion ...
"... exists to support and proclaim the truth of God's Word, demonstrating the perfect harmony of the Biblical record with factual science and history. Additionally, CSE sets out to demonstrate the fallacies and deceptions of modern evolutionary thinking. The ministry of CSE has three main goals: To strengthen your faith in the word of God. We believe the Bible is the infallible, inspired word of the living God. If you are not saved, we want you to have a personal relationship with the creator, Jesus Christ. If you are saved, and you are not doing much for the Lord, we want to make you uncomfortable. There is war going on, we all need to get busy. God has a ministry for everyone."

No surprise there.

tgamble

The Origin of the Stars 2000 Jul 13
<a href="http://pathlights.com/ce_encyclopedia/02-star1.htm" target="_blank">http://pathlights.com/ce_encyclopedia/02-star1.htm</a>

... astronomy . Scientific Creationism ...
"52 reasons why stellar evolution is wrong. Stars could not possibly evolve from gas. Even if they could, it would be totally impossible for binaries and globular clusters to be accidentally set in place. Here you will find scientific facts. Evolutionary theory is a myth; creation science is correct. God created everything; the evidence clearly points to it."


The Earth Is Not Moving 2000 Mar 24
<a href="http://www.fixedearth.com/" target="_blank">http://www.fixedearth.com/</a>

... Scientific Creationism . astronomy . bizarre ...
"The belief that the Earth is rotating on an 'axis' and orbiting the sun is the granddaddy of all deceptions in the world today ... Read and know that: All of the precise calculations for the space program are baed on a non-moving Earth ... All of the precise calculations describing eclipses are based on a non-moving Earth ... Indeed, all calculations bearing on navigation, on satellite movements, on anythingstationary Earth ... Know also: That that the Bible teaches that the Earth is not moving and can not be moved ... That mathematics have been invented specifically to uphold Copernicanism. There is no real evidence that the Earth moves ... That the logic against a moving Earth is both abundant and overpowering ... That the exposure of this great lie will precipitate back to the Bible movement that will shake the world ..."

How could a crank of the day site possibly exclude good ol Jack Chick?

Chick Publications 2000 May 26
... religion . Scientific Creationism . bizarre ...
"Most Christians want to witness, but many never do. With Chick tracts, it's so easy you'll enjoy it ..."

Grizzly

Thanks for sharing that fixedearth.com link! I'm still laughing. Did you read about how the Big-Band Theory is really a Jewish conspiracy! <a href="http://www.fixedearth.com/athiest.html" target="_blank">Big Bang Jewish Conspriacy</a>. Whew, I learn something new everyday.

tgamble

amazing stuff on that page

"By 1830, British lawyer Sir Charles Lyell proposed his “geologic column” theory and the concept of “uniformitarianism” that went with it."

Here I was thinking that the geologic column was already mapped out by 1830....

ps418

Lyell didn't name any of the systems of the geologic column. The systems were proposed as follows:

Cambrian-Adam Sedgewick 1835
Ordovician-Charles Lapworth 1879
Silurian -Roderick Murchison 1835
Devonian -Murchison and Sedgewick 1840
Carboniferous -William Conybeare/William Phillips 1822
Permian -Murchison 1841
Triassic -Frederick von Alberti 1843
Jurassic -Alexander von Humboldt 1795
Cretaceous -d'Halloy 1882
Tertiary -Arduino 1760

Oh, and the "geologic column" obviously has no necessary connection with "uniformitarianism." In fact, most of the systems and their relative order were first recognized by people who believed in divine creation in one form or another.

tgamble

Well yes, but you know how it is with YECs and reality...

1760 eh? Quite a few years before Lyell. Since one of the periods was named by then I guess the GC must have been recognized as early as that time.

Grumpy

Kent Hovind has prided himself on the number of websites opposing his ideas. I think Crank.net is actually the best approach, since you can see his Dr. Dino site lumped together with other zany stuff (disproving Relativity, Atlantis, UFOs, etc.). If only he would cite URLs at his lectures.

I don't know why they just added Hovind this month; he's been in the Crank.net index since at least March. Some anti-Hovind sites are indexed too (as "anticrank").

Valentine Pontifex

The crank of the day also listed theJohn Templeton Foundation! While I certainly am not a person that shares its views, I don't think that it is fair or accurate to call it a crank organization.