Creationists in the US are relentless. They act as though their belief system is under constant persecution from scientists and the US government and believe their beliefs are on equal footing and should be brought into the public school classroom.

They spend a lot of money to influence politicians into voting against science and education reform if they fear it would hinder their ability to sneak creationism into our everyday lives.

And while making fun of creationists is almost a national pastime for science writers, they do make enough noise that sometimes they must be addressed.

Well recently they published a post called, Top Ten: Myths About Creationism and while I am probably not the only one to tackle these myths of theirs, I thought I would address all 10 of them since of course they are very dishonest when “debunking” their own myths.

10. Creationists Don’t Believe Species Change

Creationists have long been amazed by the diversity within each created kind (or baramin, roughly on the family level). We know that species do change—but only within the original kinds God created roughly 6,000 years ago.

So no, creationists don’t actually believe species change. They believe in their own idea that species change, but not in any actual scientific way. There is no such thing as “kinds” or “baramin” these are not scientific terms and only exist in the creationist world.

Kinds can only be likened to saying that one single species of rhino is a “kind” in creationist eyes, they believe 1 single type of rhino can “change” into different species of rhino, but stop there. They simply reject all known evidence that species can evolve into other species, meaning they can no longer mate and reproduce viable offspring.

So with this myth, they may believe a species can change, but they reject the actual science of how it happens.

9: Intelligent Design Is Creationism

Creationism begins with the belief that the Bible is God’s infallible Word to us. The Bible provides the framework by which we understand the world. Because the Bible teaches that there is a Creator and that the earth is young, creationists base all our research on this foundation. Conversely, the IDM holds that certain aspects of living things and the universe can best be explained by being the work of an intelligent designer. The identity of this creator and whether or not the Bible is true are non-factors. While creationists may agree with some aspects of intelligent design theory, those who do conflate IDM with creationism likely do not understand either.

What makes this myth so funny is that they argue if you think they are the same, you don’t understand either. I hear this often from intelligent design proponents that my criticism of their belief is ignorant because I don’t understand their claims.

When your claims are made up, there is nothing to understand about them. This should be made fairly clear. I don’t have to understand everything about alchemy to know it is total nonsense and that the answers are found in chemistry.

The same goes for both ID and creationism. Biology explains the diversity of life on the planet, I don’t need to understand your baseless mythology in full detail to reject it.

That being said, ID is just a fancier version of creationism trying to pretend they are not forced to posit a Christian God but simply a “designer” and was nothing more than an attempt to sneak creationism into the classroom. This is made obvious by the leaked Wedge Document that exposed ID for everything that it is.

ID and creationism are the same, one is just pretending to be something it is not in a pathetic attempt to fool people into thinking it is actual science.

8: The Bible Is Not a Science Textbook

The Bible isn’t a science textbook in the sense that it describes exactly how the laws of the universe function, but it does make a number of statements that touch upon scientific principles. And what it does touch on is factually accurate.

Because snakes and donkeys talk, the earth is flat, a star can fall from space into the ocean, dragons existed, unicorns existed, virgins give birth, people rise from the dead, a man can walk on water, another man can split a sea in half and walk through and well I think you get my point. Oh wait, Pi equals 3. Try making a wheel with that calculation.

The Bible is not a science textbook. Believing it makes you ignorant of what actual science is.

7: Creationists Have a Narrow/Literal View of the Bible

This is only partially true. Creationists believe that the Bible was written to be understood. And since we believe that God cannot lie and gave us the Bible to instruct us, we also assume that His Word is clear and accurate. In other words, there’s no reason to think that someone needs to “read into” what the words actually say.

But they want you to know they are free to ignore the stuff they simply don’t like, such as eating shellfish, wearing mixed fabrics, cutting their hair, eating figs, etc.

Yes, this one is “only” partially true, but only because Bible literalists are massive hypocrites.

6: Creation Has Been Disproven

We would say, instead, that evolution was disproven long before Charles Darwin came on the scene. How? The One who spoke everything into existence told us how He created—and it wasn’t over billions of years though natural processes.

I’m not kidding when I say the evidence they provide that Darwin is wrong and creationism is proven is that the Bible says so.

Ignore the mountain of evidence that provides all the proof you need that evolution happened and that a process guided it called natural selection and read the Bible. How do they know the Bible is true? Well, the Bible says so! What else do you need to know! Also, in your spare time, Google: Circular reasoning.

The truth is no creationist claim has even passed when the scientific method is applied, and most creationist claims cannot be tested because “magic” is not scientifically testable.

Creation cannot be proven because it relies on faith and if something cannot be proven, why bother believing it? Especially when there is a provable and testable hypothesis than can be tested, repeated and confirmed in its place.

5: Creationists Are Anti-Science

The truth is that many creationists love science because they love God. Exploring the universe means getting a glimpse into the amazing things God created. There are creation geologists, botantists [sic], astronomers, chemists, physicists, and more who all love the work they do.

Now I know a lot of Christians that do in fact love science, but I have never met a creationist that does. Though many claim they do, they only love the science they choose to accept. They love the Internet, their cell phone, flying in planes and modern medicine.

Yet creationists reject any science that challenges their beliefs, they refuse to accept any new paradigm before them if it does not align with scripture.

Creationists are anti-science and the only proof you need is the fact they actually hold the position that creationism is science.

4: There’s No Evidence for Creation

There’s proof for creation right where you are while reading this. Your seeing eyes, your understanding brain, the air around you, all testify to the ingenuity of our God.

“Your eyes are not evidence for creationism.” This is the equivalent to the argument that God exists by saying, “look around you.”

It is simply intellectually lazy. There is zero evidence for creationism. This “myth” is 100% true.

3: Creationists Deny the Laws of Nature

We like gravity just the way it is—thank you very much. And we are grateful for the laws of physics and chemistry that make life possible. In fact, we see the laws of nature as evidence of God’s sustaining hand in the universe. Those laws operate consistently because He is unchanging. What we do deny, however, is that common descent via evolution is a “law” or “fact.”

This is more cherry picking science from creationists. They love the science that they agree with, but simply reject the stuff they don’t like. Also, the fact they call evolution a “law” proves how little they even like science because they are unable to even understand the basic terminology used.

Evolution will never be a law, it will forever be a theory, and a theory is the highest achievement in science. Perhaps Ham should retake his science courses.

2: Creationists Ignore the Evidence for Evolution

Among the many charges leveled against creationists is the claim that we “cherry-pick” the data we like and ignore what we don’t. However, as mentioned earlier, the evidence is not the issue—it’s the conclusions that evolutionists make about that evidence.

No, they were right the first time, they cherry-pick and openly ignore every single piece of evidence for evolution. I mean; I wish I could be more detailed here, but the fact is creationists ignore evidence, plain and simple.

I can link to over 300,000 peer-reviewed articles in support of the theory of evolution. Answers in Genesis cannot link to 1 that supports creationism, well, besides the very “peer-reviewed” journal they own. Ignore that conflict of interest, though…

1: Creationists Want Creationism Taught in Public Schools and Evolution Out

While we can’t deny that some Christians would like to see Charles Darwin banished from academia, few creationist organizations are in that crowd. AiG would prefer, instead, that teachers have the freedom to present the creation view if they choose. We have no desire to force someone to teach what they don’t agree with. Many evolutionists have abused the court system in an effort to squelch debate and silence dissent; we have no desire to use the same tactics.

Creationists love the “teach the controversy” approach to education. Yet this whole argument ignores that there is no controversy.

The way Answers in Genesis pose this question is pretty dishonest, they want it to sound like it is one in the same and call it a myth because they don’t “want” evolution out, they only want creationism in. But the real problem is that they want creationism in and that is not a myth. They fight tooth and nail to change the laws to get this myth back into schools. They have been caught trying to manipulate textbook manufacturers to discredit evolution as well.

So there we have it. Creationists put forth 10 “myths” about creationism, but none of them are myths. Simply put, Answers in Genesis is trying to put a PR spin on their anti-science rhetoric to sound as though they are not the shady, manipulative organization that they are.

They are not conducting science, but conducting a ministry and have invented their own method of doing what they call science in an attempt to validate their claims.

This is why absolutely no scientific organization in the world takes creationism seriously. They have become nothing but a bunch of adults playing at the kids table and as long as they are not hurting others, the real adults let them play, but once they start to act out, they need to be reminded why they have been assigned to the kids table to begin with.