This stupid argument attempts to prove or at least give evidence for creationism but it fails. It fails for two reasons.
1. It is an argument from authority fallacy. Just because "X" scientist accepts creationism or evolution doesn't mean creationism or evolution is right. Science is about evidence not authority.
2. Most of the scientists these creationists site list lived before the Origin of Species was published.
here is a list of scientists listed at two creationists websites.[1][2]
Louis Pasteur (1822 – 1895)
Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626)
Galileo Galilei (1564 – 1642)
Isaac Newton (1643 – 1727)
Robert Boyle (1627 – 1691)
James Clerk Maxwell (1831 – 1879)
Michael Faraday (1791 – 1867)
Gregor Mendel (1822 – 1884)
Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
Johann Kepler (1571 - 1630)
William Herschel (1728 - 1822)Matthew Maury (1806 - 1873)
John Woodward (1665-1728)
Nicholas Steno (1638 - 1686)
Carolus Linnaeus (1707 - 1778)
Lord Kelvin (1824 - 1907)
John Dalton (1766 - 1844)
Henry Rogers (1808 - 1866)
James Joule (1818 - 1889)
Samuel F.B. Morse (1792 -1872)
Sir Henry Rawlinson (1810 -1895)
George Stokes (1819-1903)
Dates found at Wikipedia.
Origin of Species was published in 1859, half the people on the list where not even alive at the time.
Removing the scientists who where not alive when Origin of Species was published.
James Clerk Maxwell (1831 – 1879)
Michael Faraday (1791 – 1867)
Gregor Mendel (1822 – 1884)
Matthew Maury (1806 - 1873)
Lord Kelvin (1824 - 1907)
Henry Rogers (1808 - 1866)
James Joule (1818 - 1889)
Samuel F.B. Morse (1792 -1872)
Sir Henry Rawlinson (1810 -1895)
George Stokes (1819-1903)
The theory of evolution is a biological theory and despite what many creationists think, it has nothing to do with other fields of science.
Removing non-biologists.
Louis Pasteur
Gregor Mendel
Well down to two, thats an 91% drop.
But were they creationists? Well Louis Pasteur accepted evolution [3] as for Gregor Mendel, I couldn't find anything on his views on evolution however the field he worked in (genetics (the science of heredity and variation in living organisms)) would later be integral to moderns biology and evidence for evolution.
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3. Talkorigind - Creationist
Claims - Louis Pasteur was a creationist.
Great post. Shows the deception used by fanatics to try to get their wacky ideas into the mainstream. Sorry to be a pedantic twat but there is a big whopper of a spelling mistake in your headline – “where”…?
“Where”? *bangs head on desk* how did I type that? How did I miss that?
Thank you.