From: Argumentation and fallacies in creationist writings against evolutionary theory
Type | Portrayal or citation | Type | Science content | Source |
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Demonization | “One side of Darwin rarely discussed in popular and scientific literature was his powerful sadistic bent.” | YEC | No | Bergman [2005] |
”…the editors and defenders of Darwin have done a superb job in hiding Darwin’s clear racism…” | YEC | Yes | Brace [2006] | |
Disqualification | “…although evolutionists continue to demolish one another’s hypotheses, they fail to come to terms with the underlying problem of their fossil investigations—the materialist worldview.” | YEC | Yes | Doyle [2007] |
“Was Charles Darwin psychotic? A study of his mental health” | YEC | Yes | Bergman [2004] | |
“Anyone who has not studied inorganic chemistry and biochemistry at university level, should not take stand on the concept of chemical evolution, i.e., emergence of the first cell.” | YEC | Yes | Reinikainen [2013b] | |
Dishonesty | (Darwin was absent from a public debate) “…is there just a suspicion of cowardice tinged with guilt here?” | YEC | Yes | Brace [2006] |
Punctuated equilibrium models described as an ad hoc escape from lack of evidence on evolutionary theory. | ID/OEC | Yes | Johnson [1993], 44; Puolimatka [2009], 421; Puolimatka [2010], 381 | |
“…if evolutionists really believe what they say or if they are purposively trying to mislead. I suspect there are some of both.” | YEC | Yes | Morris [2013] | |
Gullibility | “…most evolutionists are evolutionists because they are victims of the wrong teaching of others.” | YEC | Yes | Morris [2013] |
Circumstantial ad hominem | “Most evolutionists… will freely admit that there are no ‘missing links’ although there have been several missing link hoaxes!” | YEC | Yes | Brace [2004] |
Naturalists are accused of discussing religion although they claim that religion should be left out of scientific discussions. | ID/OEC | Yes | Puolimatka [2009], 235–271 | |
Citations of evolutionary biologists allegedly affirming the lack of evidence for evolution. | ID/OEC | Yes | Davis and Kenyon [1998], 23; Puolimatka [2009], 419–422; Puolimatka [2010], 366–384 |