Greater Houston Creation Association
Creation News
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Acquiring and Distributing Knowledge Regarding God's Creation
Webinar and Meeting: May 5 at 7 pm
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What is Creation Science?
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Many conventional scientists would claim that the words “creation” and “science” are so mutually contradictory that they should never be use together! However, creationists that are highly trained in the sciences certainly are doing science when they analyze conventional theories, pointing out many serious inconsistencies between conventional science conclusions and observations of natures around us, and between experiments in the laboratory. It is very right to scientifically critique the weaknesses in any area of science and to seek better hypotheses and better experimental testing. But what is "science"?
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All will agree on the astounding progress of science over the last century.
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A century ago we had the mere beginnings of electronics, aviation, modern pharmacology, chemistry, and medicine, and the new sciences of relativity and quantum mechanics! Of course, there have been vast amounts of progress since then and it is truly astonishing. But what sorted the progress from the many failures? |
So, on May 5th the GHCA will take a serious look at what science is and what about it has enabled so much to be accomplished. We will also recognize areas where science is considerably more problematic.
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What is the role of assumptions? All new thoughts start with assumptions, new experiments always require some working assumptions, and these change as we make progress.
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Ultimately, in any areas of science our knowledge is incomplete so there are always some foundational level assumptions in play. We will discuss some interesting examples. Two of these go back to Einstein himself. |
What are paradigm shifts? When new discoveries force changes in our foundational assumptions, these lead to major changes in the direction of new developments and future opportunities that had never been recognized before.
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Also, what is the nature of “consensus science”? Where is it good or not good? Is it more science or cancel culture?
There is some very interesting information on the personal beliefs or worldview of scientists. They certainly do not all agree; they are not all atheists, for example.
Finally, in light of all the above we will compare and contrast five major positions held by creationist. We will learn to understand science a lot better. Further, we will see how to understand and interact with our brothers and sisters in the Lord with various creation positions.
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Come share the adventure with us on May 5 in person or online. Please invite some friends or church leaders. All are welcome to share their thoughts and questions and join the Questions and discussion.
Looking forward to seeing you all again, bring some friends as well.
Frank Mayo
President, GHCA
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GHCA meeting place:
- Reception Room of Houston's First at 7401 Katy Frwy, Houston TX 77024.
- Online via the webinar at link at the top of this page.
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Six national scale YEC organizations have grown up with a staff of PhD scientists in their leadership. These organizations include:
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Marine fossils dominate in all levels of rocks with fossils including those with land animals or other terrestrial fossils such as dinosaurs! |
Whitmore Coconino Research Team Free Access Publications:
For geologist and other technical people here are links to the most recent free access publications making strong case Coconino SS is deposition by water.
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Sincerely,
Frank Mayo, President
Greater Houston Creation Association
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Houston Science & Culture Network
Houston chapter of the Discovery Institute's division of Science and Culture.
Tour calls out false claims. See also the link to Tour's response to critics.
The Science & Faith Podcast by Dr. James Tour
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San Antonio:
The San Antonio Bible Based Science Association (SABBSA) usually meets the second Tuesday of each month, 7:00 p.m., at Faith Lutheran church just south of the corner of Thousand Oaks and Jones Maltsberger. More info is at www.sabbsa.org.
Dallas-Ft Worth:
The Metroplex Institute of Origin Science (MIOS) meets at the Dr. Pepper Starcenter, 12700 N. Stemmons Fwy, Farmers Branch, TX, usually at 7:30 pm on the first Tuesday of each month.
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Examples of Important YEC Scientific Evidences
Some major examples of physical evidence we point to include:
- Remains of original soft tissue still found in dinosaur bones. Along with that tissue is C-14 that would decay completely away in less than a hundred thousand years, a tiny fraction of the dinosaur fossil's supposed age.
- For many years geologists have found C-14 in fossil carbon throughout the fossil record. So, the entire fossil record is less than 100,000 years old.
- The origin of the information and molecular machinery in the first living self-reproducing cell remains a complete enigma for biologist and biochemists.
- In the origin of the universe, big bang theory is being recognized as a dead end by increasing numbers of secular scientists. The hypothesized inflation has nothing to start it, drive it forward, or stop it. Without inflation fatal flaws appear with the absence of predicted antimatter, magnetic monopoles, or any means for the whole universe to come to the same precise background temperature. Then the formation of the first stars is as enigmatic as the origin of the first biological cell. Dark matter and dark energy are as enigmatic as the galactic motions they are needed to explain.
At the root of all standard science are many assumptions that may be quite incorrect. At the top is that there is no God. Another is that present process can be used to explain everything in the past. When we look at a canyon we are taught to assume the river at the bottom cut the canyon. But perhaps tectonic events made the canyon and there is a river at the bottom because water always flows downhill. At the root of big bang theory is a pure assumption that has been named the "Cosmological Principle". Perhaps inaccuracies there are responsible for the big bang's multitude of problems.
There is more about the role of assumptions in science found on our website here. There are many more resources on young earth and young universe evidences here.
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