Creation Scientists

Scientists at Answers in Genesis

• Dr. Danny Faulkner

  Astronomer, Speaker, Author, Researcher

• Bodie Hodge

  Speaker, Author, Researcher

• Dr. Nathaniel T. Jeanson

  Research Biologist, Speaker

• Dr. David Menton

  Biologist, Anatomist, Speaker, Author, Researcher

• Dr. Tommy Mitchell

  Medical Doctor, Speaker, Author

• Dr. Terry Mortenson

  Historian of Geology, Theologian, Speaker, Author, Researcher

• Dr. Georgia Purdom

  Molecular Geneticist, Speaker, Author, Researcher

• Dr. Andrew A. Snelling

  Geologist, Speaker, Author, Researcher, Editor-in-chief of Answers Research Journal

Can creationists be real scientists?

Many secular and atheist groups mock Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum for not being scientific. However, some of the most influential scientists past and present have been and are creationists (see below).

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• More Creation Scientist Profiles

Are you a creationist and a scientist?

Would you like to add your name to the list or be involved in our peer review process? If so, please review our scientist inclusion procedure and tell us about yourself (for those who have received a PhD or master’s degree).

Is there evidence of discrimination against creation scientists?

• Contemporary suppression of the theistic worldview
• Do creation scientists publish in secular journals?
• Do creationists publish in notable refereed journals?
• Bias in higher education
• Peer pressure and truth
• Revolutionary Atmospheric Invention by Victim of Anti-creationist Discrimination
• Science magazine refuses to hire creationist

Articles About Creation Scientists

• Magazine Department Article

  All Research Is Creation Research

  April 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine

  Interview with Biologist, Dr. Joe Francis

• Bill Nye Program (Unwittingly) Praises Creationist Research

  

  March 6, 2015

  If Bill Nye says belief in biblical creation undermines science, why did his TV program unwittingly praise the work of a creation scientist?

• Magazine Department Article

  Science for God’s Glory

  July 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine

  Dr. Raymond Damadian, the inventor of the MRI scanner, is a Christian and a young-earth creationist.

• Magazine Department Article

  The Dinosaur Guys

  

  July 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine

  A name like “Creation Research, Science Education Foundation (CRSEF)” may not capture much attention. But dinosaurs sure will.

• Magazine Department Article

  Change for the Better

  April 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine

  Tommy Mitchell is now a speaker for Answers in Genesis, but for years in medical practice, he knew Christ and still accepted evolution.

• Creationists Perform Good Research, Too!

  Oct. 22, 2013

  Our creation scientists on staff as well as the ones who work with our ministry from time to time are experts in their fields and are accomplished in secular and creation science circles.

• Magazine Department Article

  Picture This

  Aug. 18, 2013 from Answers Magazine

  Seeing how powerfully God displays His nature through His creation (Romans 1:20), Stew Turner decided to integrate his photographs into his creation ministry.

• Semi-Technical Book Chapter

  The Nature of the Debate

  Oct. 6, 2011 from The Great Turning Point

  We must consider why the scriptural geologists wrote on this subject, summarize the contemporary reactions to their writings, and then analyze the reasons for the reactions of their opponents.

• Book Chapter

  Can Creationists Be “Real” Scientists?

  May 13, 2010 from The New Answers Book 2

  Some evolutionists have stated that creationists cannot be real scientists.

• Not Ashamed to be a Creation Scientist

  March 22, 2010 from Answers Update

  As a Christian, I am thoroughly enthralled when exploring the world created by our Savior. As a scientist, I see so many mysteries yet to be solved.

• Creationist Receives PhD

  Jan. 1, 2010

  Read how one scientist received his PhD while being a creationist.

• Feedback Article

  Becoming a Creationist Geologist

  Aug. 14, 2009 from Feedback

  Can a Christian safely navigate the waters of a secular university to beome a geoligist? Dr. Andrew Snelling, AiG–US, offers encouragement and advice.

• Celebrating an Unsung Hero of Science

  Nov. 29, 2008

  2009 marks the anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest scientists of all time.

• Feedback Article

  From Old to Young

  Jan. 4, 2008 from Feedback

  Are there scientists who have converted from the old-earth view? Dr. Tommy Mitchell shows us one who has.

• Magazine Article

  From Boyhood Geology to Ph.D.

  

  Nov. 26, 2007 from Answers Magazine

  This article is based on a recent conversation between Ken Ham (president and CEO of Answers in Genesis) and Dr. Andrew Snelling.

• Sir Isaac Newton: Physicist, Mathematician, Bible Believer

  June 23, 2007

  A new exhibit in Jerusalem gives a glimpse of documents that highlight the “religious intensity of a man many consider history’s greatest scientist.”

• Interview with Andrew Snelling, Ph.D.

  

  Sept. 12, 2006

  Listen to Ken Ham as he interviews creationist geologist Dr. Andrew Snelling of the Institute for Creation Research.

• Testimony of a Professional Geologist

  Feb. 28, 2006

  After a life of learning, geologist Roger Sigler has concluded that when it comes to “origins,” the Scriptures should be searched first and foremost.

• No Choice!

  Sept. 1, 2005 from Answers Update

  Dr. Georgia Purdom gives her testimony about the path that led her to become a part of AiG.

• Can Creationists Be Scientists?

  April 1, 2005 from Answers Update

  Although evolutionists interpret the evidence in light of their belief in evolution, science works perfectly well without any connection to evolution.

• A Philly Story

  Feb. 8, 2005

  How would you like to fly in an airplane produced by chance random processes—no intelligence involved?

• Magazine Article

  Genesis at Ground Zero

  March 1, 2002, pp. 10–15

  Ken Ham interviews Ralph DiCosimo, a New York police officer with first-hand experience of the aftermath of the horrific happenings of 11 September 2001.

• So You Want to Be a “Creation Scientist”

  Jan. 24, 2002

  AiG receives numerous requests from students wanting to know how they can train to be “creation scientists.” We usually offer the following guidelines to these enquiring minds:

• Magazine Article

  Geniuses for Genesis

  Dec. 1, 2001, pp. 21–23

  This is an amazing family: four siblings who all entered university by the age of 14 or younger (one at the age of 10!).

• Magazine Article

  Great Creation Scientists: Nicolas Steno (1638–1686)

  Sept. 1, 2001, pp. 47–49

  Nicolaus Steno has been recognized as making some of the first 'truly great discoveries' in geology. His fundamental principles of geology are still routinely used to interpret sedimentary rock layer

• Book Chapter

  George S. Hawke, Meteorology

  Jan. 1, 2001 from In Six Days

  Examines naturalism based on three Scriptural tests to determine its validity.

• Book Chapter

  Jack Cuozzo, Orthodontics

  Jan. 1, 2001 from In Six Days

  I have found that the Bible is accurate when it describes time, and historical or scientific facts. This is why I believe in a literal six-day creation.

• Book Chapter

  Don B. DeYoung, Physics

  Jan. 1, 2001 from In Six Days

  My scientific belief in creation is largely based on two thermodynamic laws of nature.

• Book Chapter

  Ariel A. Roth, Biology

  Jan. 1, 2001 from In Six Days

  When I consider the great questions of origins from a broad perspective, the biblical model makes the most sense to me; it leaves fewer unanswered questions.

• Book Chapter

  John R. Rankin, Mathematical Physics

  Jan. 1, 2001 from In Six Days

  The creationist approach allows us to have an exceedingly intricate and beautiful world at the outset, ready for us to explore its wonders scientifically.

• Book Chapter

  Geoff Downes, Forestry Research

  Jan. 1, 2001 from In Six Days

  Even to be able to begin to have confidence in my ability to reason, I have to start with a revelation from the One who made me.

• Book Chapter

  Henry Zuill, Biology

  Jan. 1, 2001 from In Six Days

  Biodiversity does not specify a six-day creation, it is not that finely focused, but it strongly supports such a possibility.

• Book Chapter

  Arthur Jones, Biology

  Jan. 1, 2001 from In Six Days

  Many of the great scientists of the past were committed Christians and many of those were consciously exploring the implications of their Christian faith for science.

• Book Chapter

  Edmond W. Holroyd, Meteorology

  Jan. 1, 2001 from In Six Days

  If we have found the Bible to be truthful in what we can independently check, we have a reason to trust it when it talks repeatedly about origins.

• Book Chapter

  Paul Giem, Medical Research

  Jan. 1, 2001 from In Six Days

  I believe that if we do our homework carefully enough, and without succumbing to bias, we will find that the Book, including a literal 6-day creation, will stand.

• Book Chapter

  Stanley A. Mumma, Architectural Engineering

  Jan. 1, 2001 from In Six Days

  The reliability of the six literal 24-hour days creation model is important to me because no person whose mind works similar to mine would accept any of the Bible if the very first part were wrong.

• Magazine Article

  Half-born Christians?

  Dec. 1, 2000, pp. 14–16

  Dr John Whitcomb was co-author, with Dr Henry Morris, of the famous 1961 book The Genesis Flood, widely regarded as launching the creationist revolution of the late twentieth century.

• Magazine Article

  After Communism’s Collapse: Creation in the Crimea

  Sept. 1, 2000, pp. 24–27

  Sergei spoke of the vast cultural and philosophical differences between people in the former USSR and the West.

• Technical Research Paper

  The Galileo Affair: History or Heroic Hagiography?

  April 1, 2000, pp. 91–100

  Fifteen theses are advanced, with supporting evidence, to show that the Galileo affair cannot serve as an argument for any position on the relation of religion and science.

• Semi-Technical Research Paper

  Lord Kelvin Revisited on the Young Age of the Earth

  April 1, 1999, pp. 14–15

  A century ago, Lord Kelvin calculated an upper limit for the age of the Earth.

• Magazine Article

  Creationist Crimefighter

  June 1, 1998

  When I was interviewing Gary, I was fascinated by the thought of a Christian arresting people, and the like—so he asked me to spend a day with him.

• Do Creationists Publish in Notable Refereed Journals?

  April 15, 1998

  Niles Eldredge wrote that no author who published in the Creation Research Society Quarterly “has contributed a single article to any reputable scientific journal.”

• The Science Wall of Honor

  March 11, 1998

  Many prominent scientists of the 16th and 17th centuries were intellectually committed to the Scriptures and to Christ.

• Over 100 Scientists Who Believed in the Creator

  Feb. 18, 1998

  One of the most serious fallacies of modern thought is the widespread notion that Biblical Christianity is in conflict with true science.

• 21 Great Scientists who Believed The Bible

  Feb. 10, 1998

  There is a widespread, but erroneous, view today that real scientists do not accept the truth of the Bible.

• The Creationist Basis for Modern Science

  Jan. 24, 1998

  This article describes some of the founding scientists of the past and shows that they based their beliefs on biblical creation.

• Magazine Article

  Creation Question

  Dec. 1, 1997, pp. 37–38

  Do creation scientists publish in secular journals?

• Magazine Article

  The Magnificent Migrating Monarch

  Dec. 1, 1997, pp. 28–31

  This tiny, yet beautiful, insect can perform a migration flight of thousands of kilometres, navigating unerringly to reach a place it has never seen.

• Magazine Article

  An Eye for Creation

  Sept. 1, 1996, pp. 19–20

  An interview with eye-disease researcher Dr George Marshall, University of Glasgow, Scotland

• Magazine Article

  Evolution 'Unscientific'

  June 1, 1995, pp. 28–30

  Q:Dr Norman, what is the specific biomedical research area in which you have been labelled a groundbreaking pioneer?