Dr. John Baumgardner
John Baumgardner was working on a PhD in electrical engineering when he discovered the reality of Jesus in a dramatic way through a group Bible study of the Gospel of John.
Latest Articles by Dr. John Baumgardner
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Technical In-Depth ArticleHelium Diffusion Rates Support Accelerated Nuclear DecayMay 4, 2016 from Answers in Depth
A significant fraction of the earth’s radioactive elements, particularly uranium and thorium, appear to be in the granitic rock of the upper continental crust.
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Technical In-Depth ArticleRadioisotopes and the Age of the EarthMarch 9, 2011 from Answers in Depth
This article summarizes the purpose, history, and intermediate findings of the RATE project five years into an eight-year effort.
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Technical In-Depth ArticleMeasurable 14C in Fossilized Organic Materials: Confirming the Young Earth Creation-Flood ModelFeb. 9, 2011 from Answers in Depth
An astonishing discovery made over the past 20 years is that, almost without exception, organic samples from every portion of the Phanerozoic record show detectable amounts of 14C!
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Technical In-Depth ArticleCatastrophic Plate Tectonics: A Global Flood Model of Earth HistoryOct. 27, 2010 from Answers in Depth
Because of the enormous explanatory and predictive success of the plate tectonics model, we feel that at least some portion of plate tectonics theory should be incorporated into the creation model.
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Technical Research PaperCatastrophic Plate Tectonics: the Geophysical Context of the Genesis FloodApril 1, 2002, pp. 58–63
Any serious model for the Genesis Flood must account for the massive tectonic changes evident in the geological record since the point in that record where metazoan fossils first appear.
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Technical Research PaperA Constructive Quest for TruthApril 1, 2002, pp. 78–81
When one examines Michael Oard’s own alternative explanations for the tectonic features of the Earth, it should be plain he is not concerned with serious alternatives to the paradigm he is attacking.
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Technical Research PaperDoes the Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Model Assume Too Much Uniformitarianism?April 1, 2002, pp. 73–77
Baumgardner’s model is elegant, but contains many problems. The most serious seems to be assuming plate tectonics has been proven and too much uniformitarianism.
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Technical Research PaperDealing Carefully with the DataApril 1, 2002, pp. 68–72
Michael Oard’s first contribution in this forum lays out a valid criticism of uniformitarian plate tectonics—namely the quantity and character of the sediments in the deep ocean trenches.
Education
- PhD, Geophysics and Space Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1983
- MS, Geophysics and Space Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1981
- MS, Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1970
- BS, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, 1968
Personal Information
John Baumgardner was working on a PhD in electrical engineering when he discovered the reality of Jesus in a dramatic way through a group Bible study of the Gospel of John. After a four-year tour of duty at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory, where he was engaged in gas dynamic laser research, he joined the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ. Observing the deliberate use of evolution to assault and destroy the faith of Christian college students, Dr Baumgardner began to develop and present classroom lectures and evening forums to expose evolution's false claims.
Upon realizing that Noah’s Flood involved a planetary-scale tectonic catastrophe, he left Campus Crusade to begin a PhD program in geophysics at UCLA in order to obtain the expertise and credentials to address the problem of the mechanism of the Genesis Flood at a professional scientific level. His PhD thesis research involved the development of a 3-D spherical-shell finite-element model for the earth’s mantle, a program now known as TERRA.
Upon completing his PhD in geophysics and space physics, he accepted a position as a staff scientist in the Theoretical Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he has continued his research in planetary mantle dynamics, including the potential for catastrophic mantle overturn. He has presented papers describing this mechanism for the Genesis Flood, now known as “catastrophic plate tectonics,” at three International Conferences on Creationism held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Baumgardner’s current technical work at Los Alamos includes development of a new global ocean model for investigating climate change. He is also currently a member of the Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth (RATE) committee and an adjunct faculty member of the Institute for Creation Research.
Publications
Interviews
- An Interview with Dr John Baumgardner (The Lookout, February 8, 1998)
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