Here it is again: Yes, Brian Thomas is today using a similar study, which (apparently) shows that the “Universe’s Matter Is Too Clumpy“. Amusingly, the study’s primary author’s name is Shaun Thomas, which is going to make this rather difficult… Brian Thomas says: [Shaun] Thomas and his colleagues used data from the Sloan Digital Sky [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Universe’
27 Jun
More Galaxies – DpSU
Another astronomy/cosmology related DpSU today. Apparently, “‘Wildly Unexpected’ Galaxies Defy Simple Naturalistic Explanations“. I see problems already…
12 Jun
3D Sky Map and the Latest in DpSU’s
I would hope that you are all aware of the recent (ish) map from the 2MASS Redshift Survey. If not, take a look: According to Brian Thomas, ‘Science’ Writer at the ICR, this map “Shows Big Bang Even More Unlikely“. This article is a borderline Type AE (see the Terminology page) in that Mr Thomas [...]
4 Jun
The Earth Was Uniquely Created
I reckon I can swallow this category whole. It’s not really much, and I’ve covered much of it before. Article I: Earth Was Created For Life “It has been suggested that this page be merged into Earth Was Created in a Wonderful Location” (actually, if this was on wikipedia it wouldn’t last long for other [...]
4 Jun
Elements Are Dependable across the Universe
….and this is “evidence for creation” how? Arguably this is just evidence for the reliability of scientific methods of dating the universe. The ICR gave up on c-decay as an explanation for the starlight problem some time ago, hence their current rejection of the possibility of everyday changes in physical laws. Basically, this is just [...]
31 May
Available Energy Decreases Over Time
Another quick one. The reason? I almost agree with it. This is the part that I agree with, more or less: There is less available energy today then there was yesterday. The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that the entropy of an isolated system, such as the universe, that is not in equilibrium will tend to [...]
31 May
More Turtles on the Menu, Folks!
According to the Law of Conservation of Energy, and now the ICR, Energy Cannot Naturally Be Created Or Destroyed. You’ll note that they differ from the usual phrase by the word ‘Naturally’. The author contends that the universe contains energy, and energy cannot be created, therefore God (or in this case, “our supernatural Creator”). This [...]
31 May
The Universe Was Created Recently, ish
Many clock-like processes operating in the solar system and beyond indicate that the universe is young. For example, spiral galaxies should not exist if they are billions of years old. The stars near their centers rotate around the galactic cores faster than stars at the perimeters. If a cosmology based on long ages is correct, [...]
28 May
The Universe Was Created Powerfully – Or, You Can’t Get Something From Nothing
Turtles, anyone? So the premise of this article is twofold. You need a lot of ‘power’ to start a universe The universe is fine tuned for life You know, the usual. The argument from fine tuning has already been done to death, so I shan’t cover it here. As for the power argument, here’s the [...]
24 May
The Universe Has a Centre (apparently)
I shall begin with their existing “Evidence for Creation”. I’ll skip “Evidence for God” and “Truth”, as I’m not interested in that kind of argument (it should be evident that the ICR, unlike the Discovery Institute, make no attempt to hide their fundamental reliance on scripture) and I’ll leave “from Nature” for later. First and [...]
