Re: great creationists of the past

Linnaeus accepted evolution within a genus, something that antievolution is
mixed on accepting.

I found an anecdotal account claiming that he was extremely punctual in both
attending and leaving church services, accompanied by his dog. Supposedly
he would get up and depart at noon regardless of the progress of the
sermon. If he was home sick, the dog would come and stay until noon.

I doubt most young earthers would approve of his numerous anatomical or
otherwise sexually suggestive names for organisms, though in part he simply
latinized vulgar names (i.e., both vernacular and off-color).

Steno's principles of geology are enough to show problems with a young
earth.

Before getting distracted by other things, da Vinci collected local fossils
and had some thoughts about how they could have gotten there.

Probably not all of the blame for such lists can go to Henry Morris, as I
have seen some additional names and variations. Part of the problem is the
false dichotomy adopted by much creation-evolution arguing. Any comment
possibly favorable to theism or unfavorable towards any aspect of evolution
can prove that someone/thing is a full-blown supporter of YEC, ID, or
whatever else; any comment in the other direction can prove the opposite. A
poster in the hallway purports to list discoveries made by science (lots of
stuff, some overlap with the list that prompted this thread) and discoveries
made by creation science (blank), so the tactic is not confined to YEC.

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Dr. David Campbell
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University of Alabama
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