Creation Scientists

Scientists and Other Researchers at Answers in Genesis

Modern Creation Scientists
Historical Creation Scientists

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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Articles About Creation Scientists

  • 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.

  • 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.”

  • 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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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.

  • 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
    George S. Hawke, Meteorology
    Jan. 1, 2001 from In Six Days

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

  • 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
    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
    Creation Question
    Dec. 1, 1997, pp. 37–38

    Do creation scientists publish in secular journals?

  • 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
    Professor of Genetics Says 'No!' to Evolution
    June 1, 1995, pp. 46–48

    I often contribute chapters on genetics. I know of no biological data relevant to tree genetics that would require evolutionary explanations.

  • 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?

  • Magazine Article
    Genesis Means What It Says: Basil (AD 329–379)
    Sept. 1, 1994, pp. 23–24

    Basil countered various heresies in his writings, including the allegorizing Genesis and all manner of strange interpretations of the rest of Scripture.

  • Magazine Article
    A Surgeon Looks at Creation
    June 1, 1992, pp. 46–49

    Dr. Warwick Glover is a general surgeon working in Melbourne, Australia. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

  • Magazine Article
    Joseph Lister: Father of Modern Surgery
    March 1, 1992, pp. 48–51

    Joseph Lister, the father of modern surgery, was also a commited Christian.

  • Magazine Article
    The Wright Brothers
    Sept. 1, 1991, pp. 24–27

    The Wright brothers used intelligence, experience, and ingenuity to design their aircraft. From studying God’s creation in the form of bird-flight, they were helped to develop their own creation.

  • Magazine Article
    The Man Who Got Me Hunting Down Evolution!
    Dec. 1, 1990, pp. 39–40

    David C C. Watson’s best-selling book has helped thousands see why a literal acceptance of Genesis makes the most sense. But what influenced David Watson to accept Genesis as literal?

  • Magazine Article
    Luther on Evolution
    Feb. 1, 1984, pp. 18–21

    When Luther looked at the text of Genesis concerning creation, he marvelled at Moses’ use of simple words and was troubled by the way many commentators and writers had confused the clear scripture.

  • Magazine Article
    Famous Creation Scientists
    Oct. 1, 1982, pp. 13–17

    In 1969, John, you were awarded the M.B.E. by the Queen for the major part you played in the development of a biological solution to the cactus problem.

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