Some Common Scientific Objections Answered

 

I saw the following meme in an atheist facebook group. I reproduced my answers under it.

//Biology disproves Adam and Eve//

Actually, recent work by Joshua Swamidass has forced even secular scientists in the relevant fields to admit that a historical Adam and Eve is not impossible. 

See Swamidass' new book, "The Genealogical Adam and Eve: The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry"

There are also many videos of Swamidass on youtube. For example:

Is Adam Historical? A Conversation with Two Scientists Joshua Swamidass and Fazale Rana

https://youtu.be/rQ3burs-mUo

//Cosmology disproves a six-day creation//

//Physics disproves a Young Earth//

I think the universe is as old as scientists say [approx. 13 billion years old]. I'm an old earth creationist [OEC] rather than a young earth creationist [YEC]. However, philosophically speaking, there's no way to disprove the the Omphalos hypothesis. In which case, it's still logically possible that six-day creation is true.

Omphalos hypothesis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphalos_hypothesis

//Genetics disproves intelligent design//

That's just false. See Stephen C. Meyer's book Signature in the Cell on the topic. I also recommend his two other books,  2. Darwin's Doubt, and 3. The Return of the God Hypothesis

//Geology disproves Noah's flood//

Not if the flood was local rather than global. I think it was local and there are plausible dates that have been offered for a local flood.

//Neurology disproves the soul//

That's false. See the InspiringPhilosophy's videos on the subject:

The Case for the Soul [4 videos]:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBsI_ay8K70&list=PL1mr9ZTZb3TX_4LthrdGqACsqIWKd2gs-

The Irreducible Mind [5 videos]:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOFGKhvWQ4M&list=PL1mr9ZTZb3TUjEbz4zD0i_rfGiyB4AGQa

//Anthropology proves gods are human ideas that can be traced back to the cultures that invented them.//

That commits that genetic fallacy. Just because you can identify the source of a belief doesn't mean you've proven that the belief is false. For example, John Doe could believe that the Earth is round because he believes the comic books he reads that say the earth is round. But comic books are not a reliable source of scientific information. Yet, just because you've identified that John Doe got his belief that the Earth is round from an unreliable source doesn't mean that the proposition believed is false.