Creationist Scientists Disprove Evolution
“We just wanted to settle this once and for all,” explained Dr. Duane Gish of the Institute for Creation Research. “We assumed that there had to be a correlation between the fact that evolutionists didn’t understand what we were saying and the fact that we were right.” Gish (no relation to silent film legend, Lillian Gish) spoke to a group of peers at the First Assembly of God in Dayton, TN, where he unveiled an impressive display of audio-visual materials.
Demand For Falsification
According to Gish, a common theme in debates with evolutionists over the years has been their demand for falsification of creationist theories. “I must admit,” Gish said, “that we were quite perplexed about these people wanting us to falsify what we were arguing for. We told them that if they wanted to falsify it, go ahead and try. Why should we do their homework for them?”
But in a stunning development, researchers at the Institute decided to consult scientific journals. In the process, they learned that “falsification” means subjecting their theories to tests that can determine whether or not they are false.
“We were so used to that sort of equivocation from the evolutionists that we were surpised to discover that what they were asking for was reasonable,” Gish explained.
Battery of Tests
Upon the findings of the Gish committee, Dr. John Morris, president of the Institute (and no relation to Morris the Cat), immediately ordered a battery of tests, using standard guidelines from science philosopher Karl Popper. Popper had specified that a test, to be scientific, ought to be constructed in such a way that it can yield a result that contradicts the hypothesis of the tester and can be reproduced independently.
“We assembled a team comprised of scientists from around the globe with advanced degrees in everything from economics to criminal justice,” Morris said. “They put together a series of experiments that anyone can do. And in fact, our results have already been reproduced independently in laboratories all over the world.”
Incontrovertible Results
Dr. Gish made a presentation to the assembly, outlining each experiment in detail. “Our first test,” Gish said, “was to hold a magnifying glass over the scriptures to determine if they really said what we thought. If our theories were false, examination of the Bible ought to yield results different from what we expected.”
In a slide presentation, Gish showed increasing magnifications of biblical text. “You can try this experiment for yourself,” he told the attentive audience, “We’ve already seen it reproduced by many others.” Sure enough, with each click of the slide projector, images appeared with text substantially similar to previous text at a wide variety of magnifications.
In another test, Gish showed how Institute scientists submitted documents in Hebrew to United Nations linguists and to language experts in the Israeli government. “In every case,” Gish explained, “the results came back the same, or substantially the same. Every single expert concurred about what happened on each specific day of creation.” A jubilant Gish pointed out that, if they had been mistaken about the translation of the documents, there ought to have been at least one dissenting result.
Other tests included random distribution of verses to see whether they could be reassembled in their original order, translations into languages other than English to see whether the meaning of the text changed, and reading the scriptures from a mirror to determine whether they were contradicted by hidden messages.
“We kicked an awful lot of tires,” declared Gish. “In all, we conducted more than two dozen experiments, each under the demanding controls spelled out by Popper. The results? Incontrovertible. The scriptures were one hundred percent reliable. Evolution is false.”
Where To From Here?
After Gish’s presentation, Morris told the audience that the Institute expects to begin using the test data in debates with evolutionists immediately. “There’s no reason to hold back,” he explained, “now that we’re armed with this kind of ammunition.”
Present in the audience was Congressman Ed Bryant (Republican, 7th District, no relation to hysterical gay-rights opponent Anita Bryant). The congressman indicated that this announcement will surely weigh heavily in Congress’s agenda this fall. “It’s time we took the initiative nationally to make certain our children are exposed to these kinds of discoveries. Evolution should not be taught as a fact when it is clear that competing views are equally legitimate. After all,” the congressman explained, “evolution is only a theory.”
Before dismissing the assembly, Morris issued an open challenge to evolutionists everywhere. “Run our tests,” he announced, “If you get results different from ours, we will pay you $1,000,000 in cash.”
The challenge greatly impressed all those who were present. Charles Plainer, calling himself a concerned citizen, noted, “I reckon they must be right. My Bible says the same thing theirs does.” Claudia Pinkerton, local school superintendent, said, “I’m going to throw out our biology textbook tomorrow. I can’t believe I’ve been so stupid.”