Answers Research Journal volume 8

The 2015 cover.

The divine comedy
Creationism

Running gags

* Biblical literalism
* Young/Old Earth
* Intelligent design
* Creation scientists

Jokes aside

* Creationism and social history
* Mitochondrial Eve
* List of transitional forms
* Bird evolution

Blooper reel

* Old Earth creationism
* Creation Week
* Thunderf00t debates Ray Comfort
* Galactocentricity

Evolutionism debunkers

* Carl Wieland
* Sheik Feiz Muhammad
* Roy Moore
* Mark Cahill

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Volume 8 of the Answers Research Journal ran through 2015.

## Contents

* 1 Volume 8 articles
* 1.1 Hume’s Guillotine and Evolutionary Ethics: Evaluating Attempts to Overcome the Naturalistic Fallacy
* 1.2 A Biblical Creationist Cosmogony
* 1.3 Intraformational Parabolic Recumbent Folds in the Coconino Sandstone (Permian) and Two Other Formations in Sedona, Arizona (USA)
* 1.4 A Reply to Bruce Gordon’s Biblical Critique of Young-Earth Creationism
* 1.5 Parasitology and Creation
* 1.6 Speculation on Redshift in a Created Universe
* 1.7 Determining Average Dinosaur Size Using the Most Recent Comprehensive Body Mass Data Set
* 1.8 Determination of the Radioisotope Decay Constants and Half-Lives: Rhenium-187 (187Re)
* 1.9 Natural Selection: Assessing the Role It Plays in our World
* 1.10 Information Processing Differences Between Archaea and Eukarya—Implications for Homologs and the Myth of Eukaryogenesis
* 1.11 Information Processing Differences Between Bacteria and Eukarya—Implications for the Myth of Eukaryogenesis
* 1.12 Can One Astronomically Date the Flood within the Hydroplate Model?
* 1.13 An Initial Estimation of the Numbers and Identification of Extant Non-Snake/Non-Amphisbaenian Lizard Kinds: Order Squamata
* 1.14 A Review of Hugh Ross’ Latest Book, Navigating Genesis
* 1.15 Physical Difficulties with Hugh Ross’ Local Flood Model
* 1.16 Cyclic Selection in HIV–1 Tropism: Microevolution That Is Going Nowhere
* 1.17 The Blurring Distinction between Asteroids and Comets
* 1.18 Radioisotope Dating of Meteorites: IV. The Primitive and Other Achondrites
* 1.19 How Long Did the Flood Last?
* 1.20 Is the “Sons of God” Passage in Genesis 6 Adapted Pagan Mythology?
* 1.21 Mitochondrial DNA Clocks Imply Linear Speciation Rates Within “Kinds”
* 1.22 Determination of the Radioisotope Decay Constants and Half-Lives: Samarium-147 (147Sm)
* 1.23 Mutations in the nef Gene make HIV-1 More Virulent
* 1.24 A Baraminic Study of the Blood Flukes of Family Schistosomatidae
* 1.25 Is HIV-1 Losing Fitness Due to Genetic Entropy?
* 1.26 Worldview Bias and the Origin of Hebrew Worship
* 1.27 The Lost World of Adam and Eve: A Response
* 1.28 A Young-Earth Creation Human Mitochondrial DNA “Clock”: Whole Mitochondrial Genome Mutation Rate Confirms D-Loop Results
* 1.29 Documented Anomaly in Recent Versions of the BLASTN Algorithm and a Complete Reanalysis of Chimpanzee and Human Genome-Wide DNA Similarity Using Nucmer and LASTZ
* 1.30 The Genesis and Emergence of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA): An Example of Evolution in Action?
* 1.31 Challenging the BioLogos Claim that a Vitellogenin (Egg-Laying) Pseudogene Exists in the Human Genome
* 1.32 Using Taxonomically Restricted Essential Genes to Determine Whether Two Organisms Can Belong to the Same Family Tree
* 1.33 Terrestrial Vertebrates Dissolved Near Flood Fountains
* 1.34 Radioisotope Dating of Meteorites: V. Isochron Ages of Groups of Meteorites
* 2 See also
* 3 External links
* 4 References

## Volume 8 articles[edit]

#### Hume’s Guillotine and Evolutionary Ethics: Evaluating Attempts to Overcome the Naturalistic Fallacy[edit]

Brenton H. Cook, Jan. 7, 2015

#### A Biblical Creationist Cosmogony[edit]

John G. Hartnett, Jan. 14, 2015

#### Intraformational Parabolic Recumbent Folds in the Coconino Sandstone (Permian) and Two Other Formations in Sedona, Arizona (USA)[edit]

John H. Whitmore, Guy Forsythe, and Paul Garner, Jan. 21, 2015

#### A Reply to Bruce Gordon’s Biblical Critique of Young-Earth Creationism[edit]

Ashby L. Camp, Jan. 28, 2015

#### Parasitology and Creation[edit]

Matthew E. Ingle, Feb. 4, 2015

#### Speculation on Redshift in a Created Universe[edit]

John G. Hartnett, Feb. 11, 2015

#### Determining Average Dinosaur Size Using the Most Recent Comprehensive Body Mass Data Set[edit]

Timothy L. Clarey and Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Feb. 18, 2015

#### Determination of the Radioisotope Decay Constants and Half-Lives: Rhenium-187 (187Re)[edit]

Andrew A. Snelling, Feb. 25, 2015

#### Natural Selection: Assessing the Role It Plays in our World[edit]

Jean Lightner, March 4, 2015

#### Information Processing Differences Between Archaea and Eukarya—Implications for Homologs and the Myth of Eukaryogenesis[edit]

Change Tan and Jeffrey P. Tomkins, March 18, 2015

#### Information Processing Differences Between Bacteria and Eukarya—Implications for the Myth of Eukaryogenesis[edit]

Change Tan and Jeffrey P. Tomkins, March 25, 2015

#### Can One Astronomically Date the Flood within the Hydroplate Model?[edit]

Danny R. Faulkner, April 1, 2015

#### An Initial Estimation of the Numbers and Identification of Extant Non-Snake/Non-Amphisbaenian Lizard Kinds: Order Squamata[edit]

Tom Hennigan, April 8, 2015

#### A Review of Hugh Ross’ Latest Book, Navigating Genesis[edit]

Danny R. Faulkner, April 15, 2015

#### Physical Difficulties with Hugh Ross’ Local Flood Model[edit]

Danny R. Faulkner, April 15, 2015

#### Cyclic Selection in HIV–1 Tropism: Microevolution That Is Going Nowhere[edit]

Yingguang Liu, April 22, 2015

#### The Blurring Distinction between Asteroids and Comets[edit]

Danny R. Faulkner, April 29, 2015

#### Radioisotope Dating of Meteorites: IV. The Primitive and Other Achondrites[edit]

Andrew A. Snelling, May 6, 2015

#### How Long Did the Flood Last?[edit]

Danny R. Faulkner, May 13, 2015

#### Is the “Sons of God” Passage in Genesis 6 Adapted Pagan Mythology?[edit]

Lee Anderson, Jr., May 20, 2015

#### Mitochondrial DNA Clocks Imply Linear Speciation Rates Within “Kinds”[edit]

Nathaniel T. Jeanson, June 3, 2015

#### Determination of the Radioisotope Decay Constants and Half-Lives: Samarium-147 (147Sm)[edit]

Andrew A. Snelling, June 10, 2015

#### Mutations in the nef Gene make HIV-1 More Virulent[edit]

Yingguang Liu, June 17, 2015

#### A Baraminic Study of the Blood Flukes of Family Schistosomatidae[edit]

Matthew E. Ingle and M. Aaron, June 24, 2015

#### Is HIV-1 Losing Fitness Due to Genetic Entropy?[edit]

Yingguang Liu, July 1, 2015

#### Worldview Bias and the Origin of Hebrew Worship[edit]

Scott Aniol, July 15, 2015

#### The Lost World of Adam and Eve: A Response[edit]

Steve Ham, July 29, 2015

#### A Young-Earth Creation Human Mitochondrial DNA “Clock”: Whole Mitochondrial Genome Mutation Rate Confirms D-Loop Results[edit]

Nathaniel T. Jeanson, Sept. 23, 2015

#### Documented Anomaly in Recent Versions of the BLASTN Algorithm and a Complete Reanalysis of Chimpanzee and Human Genome-Wide DNA Similarity Using Nucmer and LASTZ[edit]

Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Oct. 7, 2015

#### The Genesis and Emergence of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA): An Example of Evolution in Action?[edit]

Alan Gillen, Jason Conrad, and Michael Cargill, Oct. 14, 2015

#### Challenging the BioLogos Claim that a Vitellogenin (Egg-Laying) Pseudogene Exists in the Human Genome[edit]

Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Oct. 21, 2015

#### Using Taxonomically Restricted Essential Genes to Determine Whether Two Organisms Can Belong to the Same Family Tree[edit]

Change Tan, Nov. 4, 2015

#### Terrestrial Vertebrates Dissolved Near Flood Fountains[edit]

Harry Dickens and Andrew A. Snelling, Nov. 18, 2015

#### Radioisotope Dating of Meteorites: V. Isochron Ages of Groups of Meteorites[edit]

Andrew A. Snelling, Dec. 16, 2015

## See also[edit]

* Answers Research Journal
* Answers in Genesis

## External links[edit]

* ARJ Vol. 8

## References[edit]

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Articles about creationism

Types of creationism: |  Gap creationism • Day-age creationism • Old Earth creationism • Progressive creation • Hare Krishna creationism • Young Earth creationism • Intelligent design •
Evidence against a recent creation: |  Creationism and social history • Geomagnetism • Petrified forest • Radiometric dating • Carbon dating • Dendrochronology • Y-chromosomal Adam • Mitochondrial Eve • Starlight problem • Plate tectonics • Rotation of the Earth • Atmosphere of the Moon • Biogeography • K-Pg extinction event • Geologic timeline • Fossil • Transitional fossil • Fossil record • Lake Agassiz • List of transitional forms • Recent African Origin hypothesis • Punctuated equilibrium • Bird evolution • Geology • Grand Canyon • Evolution • Fossil fuel • Paleontology • History of the Earth • Evidence against a recent creation • Yellowstone • Diamond • Iron • Age of the Earth •
| Creationist claims: |  Geomagnetism • Do you want to be descended from a monkey? • Evolution and religion • Evolution and morality • C-decay • Peanut butter argument • Intelligent design and academic freedom • Science was wrong before • Science doesn't know everything • Catastrophic plate tectonics • Hydroplate theory • Lunar bukkake hypothesis • Creationist mathematics • Biblical literalism • Bumblebee argument • Orchidaceae • Irreducible complexity • Leap second • Wedge Strategy • Noah's Ark • 101 evidences for a young age of the Earth and the universe • Noah's Ark sightings • Evolution conspiracy • Recession of the Moon • Rotation of the Earth • Atmosphere of the Moon • Lunar dust • Lunar radioactivity • White hole cosmology • Firmament • Evolutionism • Haji Yearam • Galactocentricity • Hanzi of Genesis • Historical and operational science • Proof of the inconsistency of arithmetic • List of creationist claims • Global flood • De-evolution • Microevolution and macroevolution • In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood • Borel's Law • Dinosaur denialism • Baraminology •
| Global flood: |  Flood geology • Noah's Ark • Noah • Lunar bukkake hypothesis • Fossil sorting by the global flood • Hydroplate theory • Global flood • Grand Canyon • Noah (film) • Epic of Gilgamesh • Didit fallacy • God's Love • Noah's Ark sightings • Haji Yearam • Lake Agassiz • Parasites during the global flood • Life and the global flood • Global flood chronology • Yellowstone • Petrified forest • Baraminology •
Intelligent design creationism: |  Falsifiability of creationism • Irreducible complexity • Cdesign proponentsists • Intelligent design and academic freedom • Argument from design • The Wonders of Creation Reveal God's Glory • Biological Information: New Perspectives • Seeking God in Science: An Atheist Defends Intelligent Design • John A. Davison • Evolution Under the Microscope: A Scientific Critique of the Theory of Evolution • Rethinking Darwin: A Vedic Study of Darwinism and Intelligent Design • Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False • Providence Lost: A Critique of Darwinism • The Darwin Myth: The Life and Lies of Charles Darwin • The Mystery of Life's Origin: Reassessing Current Theories • The Origin of Human Nature: A Zen Buddhist Looks at Evolution • Thomas Nagel • Darwinism Under The Microscope: How Recent Scientific Evidence Points To Divine Design • The End of Darwinism • Ask Darwinists • Polonium halos • Explanatory Filter • Flowers of asexually-reproducing plants • Eye • Argument from fine tuning • Argument from beauty • Argument from first cause • Flagellum • Moody Institute of Science • Intelligent design • Laryngeal nerve • Suboptimal design • Adam and Evolution: A Scientific Critique of Neo-Darwinism • Expelled: Leader's Guide • Banana argument • Vault-Co •
| "Intelligent" alternatives: |  Intelligent falling • Scientific storkism • Pastafarianism • Scientific Geoterrapinism • Wedgie strategy •
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Creationists: |  Ben Stein • Barry Setterfield • Jonathan Sarfati • Ray Comfort • B.H. Shadduck • Kirk Cameron • Harun Yahya • Wendy Wright • Carl Wieland • John Ankerberg • Jack Cuozzo • William Jennings Bryan • Russ Miller • Lee Strobel • Brother Stair • Paul Nelson • James Nienhuis • Art Robinson • Alan O'Reilly • PPSIMMONS • Hank Hanegraaff • Charlie Wagner • Rush Limbaugh • Roy Spencer • Grover Norquist • Ann Coulter • Christopher Booker • Andrea Minichiello Williams • Tom Bethell • Chuck Baldwin • Rick Perry • Bradley Monton • Christopher Langan • Aimee Semple McPherson • Richard Kent • Ljiljana Čolić • Abuz Zubair • Scott Huse • Barry Arrington • Grant Jeffrey • Janet Porter • Alan Clifford • Kurt Wise • Kenneth McKilliam • Bradlee Dean • Hugh Ross • Geoffrey Simmons • James Le Fanu • Norman Nevin • Shaun Johnston • Issac Bourne • John C. Sanford • Fazale Rana • Benjamin Wiker • Hugh Dower • Lee Spetner • Mark Ludwig • Alan Hayward • Werner Gitt • William Fix • Maciej Giertych • John C. Landon • Barbara Cargill • Philip Snow • Ken Jopp • Frank Tipler • Richard William Nelson • Todd Friel • Bob Sorensen • Eugene Windchy • Berit Kjos • Glenn Beck • Robert McLuhan • George C. Deutsch • Ross McKitrick • Daniel Neiman • Ron Wyatt • Desmond Paul Allen • Jay Wile • Jack Chick • Ian Juby • Anthony Peake • Tim Ball • Sheik Feiz Muhammad • J. P. Holding • Michael Cremo • Chuck Norris • Steve Milloy • Rick Santorum • Christine O'Donnell • Larry Craig • Mike Bara • John Hawkins • Alan Keyes • Chris Carter • Ted Cruz • Bobby Jindal • James Ussher • Larry Pratt • Bob Dutko • Steve Fuller • Denyse O'Leary • Mike Huckabee • Babu G. Ranganathan • Ben Hobrink • Carl Baugh • Humans Are Free • Mary Lou Bruner • Educate-yourself.org • Andrew Schlafly • Ian Paisley • VenomFangX • Todd Akin • Paul Broun • James Manning • Shockofgod • Sye Ten Bruggencate • Brad Stine • Charlton Heston • Pat Toomey • Josh Axe • Ben Carson • William Dembski • Presents Of God Ministry • Jim Allister • Whale.to • Jonathan Otto • Becky Fischer • Roy Moore • David Wilcock • Jerry Falwell Sr. • Mark Dice • Ron Paul • Sam Brownback • Pat Buchanan • Don McLeroy • Marco Rubio • Michele Bachmann • Pat Robertson • John Hagee • Mary Fallin • The Vigilant Christian • Betsy DeVos • WND • Joseph Farah • Media Research Center • Theodore Beale • Encyclopedia of American Loons • Got Questions • R. L. Wysong • ProphecyFilm.com • Kent Hovind • Steven Anderson • Dennis Prager • Bernard d'Abrera • Mohammad Tawhidi • CJ Pearson • Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry • Eric Hovind • Cornelius Van Til • Frank Turek • Sarah Palin • William Lane Craig • Alex Jones (slovensky) • Charlie Kirk • Owen Benjamin • Steven Crowder • Rick Warren • Jerry Falwell Jr. • Ted Holden • Alex Jones • E. Calvin Beisner • Kate Tieje • Michael Denton • New Independent Fundamentalist Baptist Movement • Mark Cahill • Jim Inhofe • Gary Birdsong • R. J. Rushdoony • Pat Boone • The Washington Times • Canada Free Press • NewsBusters • Jimmy Swaggart • Miroljub Petrović • Marjorie Taylor Greene • Chuck Colson • Stephen E. Jones • Lew Rockwell • Tom Tancredo • John Kasich • Gary North • E. W. Jackson • Kevin Stitt • Steve Turley • Zachary K. Hubbard • Conservapedia • Mike Johnson • National Rifle Association • Butch Hartman • Joshua Feuerstein • Christopher Rufo • Peter Sweden • Alvin Plantinga • Tucker Carlson • Mission: America • American Thinker • Brandon Tatum • Nick Fuentes • Mike Pence • Zakir Naik • Glenn Morton •
| Fundie schools: |  Brigham Young University • Bryan College • Cedarville University • Patrick Henry College • Regent University • Patriot Bible University • Fundie school • The Master's University • Boston Baptist College • San Diego Christian College • Columbia Pacific University • Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools • Cornerstone University • Pensacola Christian College • Bob Jones University • Hyles-Anderson College • University of South Los Angeles • Cambridge Theological Seminary • Haven University • Liberty University • Louisiana Baptist University and Seminary • New Eden School of Natural Health • Georgia Central University • Andersonville Theological Seminary • Ambassador Baptist College • Hillsdale College • Illegal schools in the United Kingdom •
| Discovery Institute: |  Teach the controversy • Of Pandas and People • Wedge Strategy • Text of The Wedge Strategy • Explore Evolution • David Berlinski • Biologic Institute • Jonathan Wells • Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed • Michael Egnor • Douglas Axe • Academic Freedom Day • Casey Luskin • What is intelligent design? • Behe: The Edge of Evolution, Interview • Science and Human Origins • Wedgie strategy • Project Steve • BIO-Complexity • Texas Board of Education • Richard Weikart • Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District • Human exceptionalism • Darwin's Predictions • Stephen Meyer • Howard Ahmanson • Melvin Mulder • Lists of creationist scientists • Discovery Institute • Complex Specified Information • Michael Behe • Phillip Johnson • Joel Brind • Non-materialist neuroscience • Academic Freedom Act •
| Answers in Genesis: |  Answers in Genesis Dawkins interview controversy • Bodie Hodge • Andrew Snelling • Affirmations and Denials Essential to a Consistent Christian (Biblical) Worldview • Answers in Genesis/Creation Ministries International's Statement of Faith • Hanzi of Genesis • Atheists Outline Their Global Religious Agenda • 12 Arguments Evolutionists Should Avoid • Creation Ministries International • Lists of creationist scientists • Answers Research Journal • Ark Encounter • Jason Lisle • Answers in Genesis • Ken Ham • Creation Museum • Buddy Davis • Bill Nye debates Ken Ham • Ham Hightail • Cedarville University •
|  | Answers Research Journal: |  Answers Research Journal volume 2 • Answers Research Journal volume 3 • Answers Research Journal volume 5 • Answers Research Journal volume 1 • Answers Research Journal volume 6 • Answers Research Journal volume 4 • Answers Research Journal • Answers Research Journal volume 7 • Answers Research Journal volume 9 • Answers Research Journal volume 10 • Answers Research Journal volume 11 • Answers Research Journal volume 12 • Answers Research Journal volume 13 • Answers Research Journal volume 14 • Answers Research Journal Volume 15 •
| Institute for Creation Research: |  Nathaniel Jeanson • Jeffrey Tomkins • Lawrence Ford • Henry Morris • Brian Thomas • Duane Gish • RATE • Your Origins Matter • John Morris • Jerry Bergman • San Diego Christian College • Timothy LaHaye • Russell Humphreys • Lists of creationist scientists • Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools • Andrew Snelling • Alpha Omega Institute • Jason Lisle • Institute for Creation Research • Danny Faulkner • David DeWitt •