Specific Creationist Arguments

Dave E. Matson

1. It only takes one proof of a young earth to decide the issue.
2. The Sun is Shrinking!
3. Cosmic Dust Accumulation on the Moon and Earth
4. Comet Burnout
5. Meteorites, Fossil Craters and Geologic Strata
6. The Moon is Receding and it Could Only Have Been So Close
7. U-236 and Th-230, Both Short-Lived Isotopes, Are Still Around
8. Space Dust and the Poynting-Robertson Effect
9. Expanding Star Clusters
10. Saturn’s Rings are Unstable!
11. Jupiter and Saturn Still Give Off Heat
12. Is the Earth’s Magnetic Field Decaying Exponentially?
13. The Volume of Lava and the Earth’s Age
14. Mineral Influx Into the Oceans
15. The Amount of Helium in the Earth’s Atmosphere
16. The Continents Would Have Eroded Away!
17. Topsoil Only Takes a Few Thousand Years to Form
18. Niagara Falls is Less than 10,000 Years Old
19. Oil and Gas Wells are Under Incredible Pressure
20. The Mississippi River Delta
21. The Earth’s Rotation is Slowing Down!
22. The Ocean Basins Should Have a Thicker Layer of Sediment
23. Stalactites, Stalagmites, and Flowstones
24. The Sahara Desert
25. How Long Did it Take to Salt the Oceans?
26. Human Population Growth and a Young Earth
27. Is the Oldest Coral Reef Only 4200 Years Old?
28. The Oldest Tree is 4300 Years Old
29. The Oldest Historical Records are Only 6000 Years Old
30. The Dates in the Bible Add Up to 6000 Years
31. Many Creation Stories are Set in the Recent Past