Monday, 18 November 2024

My Definitive Guide to Understanding Evolution and Debunking Creationism Myths: A Full Resource for Evidence, Education, and Rebuttals

Over the years, I’ve dedicated significant effort to the field of biological evolution, clarifying the scientific facts and truths, while also defending it against the misconceptions and challenges posed by young earth creationists and other fundamentalist groups

To streamline access to my contributions, I've decided to create a comprehensive resource page that consolidates all the links to my articles and videos in one place—a thorough hub for evolution education and critical analysis of YEC arguments.

This will serve as a single, convenient source that I can share when needed, functioning as a portal to all my relevant material.

So, where to start? I’ll offer some suggestions for navigating this page, although if you prefer, feel free to move around at your leisure in any order you wish. Articles are in blue and Videos are in purple

For comprehensive coverage on the basics of the evolution and creation topic, both from a scientific perspective and a Biblical perspective, I’d start with this talk I gave:

An Evening With The PM #6: Creation & Evolution Talk + Q & A

Then you might wish to follow it up with this video:

Simple, But Irrefutable Evidence For Evolution

Then I think I’d recommend my eight part series It's Impossible To Love The Truth And Deny Evolution, which takes the reader on a comprehensive journey through the key elements of the creation/evolution topics: 

It's Impossible To Love The Truth And Deny Evolution 

It's Impossible To Love The Truth And Deny Evolution: Part II - Alleles & Genetic Algorithms 

It's Impossible To Love The Truth And Deny Evolution: Part III - Assigned DNA Codes 

It's Impossible To Love The Truth And Deny Evolution: Part IV - On Speciation 

It's Impossible To Love The Truth And Deny Evolution: Part V - How & Why We Evolved Two Sexes 

It's Impossible To Love The Truth And Deny Evolution: Part VI - The Origin Of Life 

It's Impossible To Love The Truth And Deny Evolution: Part VII - On Interpreting Scripture 

It's Impossible To Love The Truth And Deny Evolution: Final Part - How We Know It's A Tree Of Life, Not An Orchard

Then, it might be good to suggest some more niche or specialised articles on evolution:

My Favourite Metaphor For Evolution 

On The Evolution Of The Eye

On The Myth That You Can't See Evolution Happening 

We Did *Not* Evolve From Apes. We *Are* Apes, Silly! 

Next, a few articles on God’s creation may help appreciate His Divine handiwork: 

Creation was very good, but was it perfect? 

God's Genius in Evolution 

Understanding the nature of God’s creation 

Evolution helps us marvel in the extraordinary

The Mathematical Bias Theory Redux: Why There Probably ‘IS’ a God – in 20 Steps  

Then, here are a few deeper, philosophical articles on evolution: 

On Evolution & Random Walk 

Irrreducibly Complex Society, Biology & All That Mathematical Jazz 

A Fascinating Twist On The Theory Of Our Evolution 

God, Evolution, Genes, Morality, Altruism, Grace & Sacrifice 

What Would Happen If We Rewound Evolution?

Then, some general criticisms of creationism and of the denial of evolutionary theory: 

Going 12 Rounds With An Evolution-Denier 

Sunday Faith Series: The Fundamental Error Of 'Creation Science' 

The Base Rate Errors of Young Earth Creationism

Probing The Answers In Genesis Cult 

There's No Greater Abuse Of Knowledge In Christianity Than Young Earth Creationism 

Dodgy Belief Bandits: The Hawks, Pigeons and Sparrows 

Why Intelligent Design Fails As A Theory 

The Wrong Adam: Why Stories Are The Deepest Part Of The Text 

Putting creation myths up against real science 

The similarities of creationists and atheists

How Science Decodes The Past 

Exposing AIG's Ken Ham & Nathanial Jeanson: The Dangerous Cult of Lies 

Young Earth Creationists Deny Themselves The Most Astounding Evidence For God 

Why It's Absurd To Take Adam & Eve's Fall Literally 

Ask The PM: If You Were Forced To Defend Young Earth Creationism 

An Evening With The PM #17: Going Head To Head With A Creationist 

Last, but by no means least, here are some conversations I had that are worth exploring – in the first 2 videos, we hear from ex-YECs who’ve seen the light; and in the third video, I have an interesting discussion with Herman Mays, professor in genetics at Marshall University: 

An Evening With The PM #14: Former Young Earth Creationists Who've Seen The Light 

An Evening With The PM #15: Former Young Earth Creationists Who've Seen The Light  

An Evening With The PM #7: A Discussion With Dr. Herman Mays On Creationism

Edit to add: Here is a great resource from my friend Kristine Johnson, entitled Basics of Evolution, which is full of excellent material on a wide range of topics, with input from a wide range of good contributors. 


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