Creationism vs. Evolution | New Creationists and Their Discredited Arguments

Michael Ruse is professor of philosophy and zoology at Canada’s University of Guelph. The author of Taking Darwin Seriously and But Is It Science?, he participated in a debate on creationism and evolution on “Firing Line” in December 1997.

Summary: A new school of creationism has arisen from the ashes of the old. Its proponents offer the same arguments as before with one major difference, namely, reliance upon science to support the biblical argument of a six-day creation and a six thousand-year-old earth. Despite the new...

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