Is Creation Science Really That Important? | The Creation Podcast: Episode 14 | The Institute for Creation Research

Is Creation Science Really That Important? | The Creation Podcast: Episode 14
TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2022

What is creation science, and why is it important? Why did an evolutionary scientist become a creationist? And how can you defend Christianity using science? Host Trey Bowling discusses these foundational questions with ICR Research Scientist and Paleobiochemist Dr. Brian Thomas in Episode 14 of The Creation Podcast.



            

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Recent research surprises those who study coral reefs, especially those who assume that they grow slowly.1,2 To the surprise of old-earth...
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