I keep hearing about recognized scientists who support creationism; who are they?

Question

I've seen a few names, and on looking them up they are not actually recognised scientists with peer reviewed work, or often without accreditted degrees etc, Dr Kent Hovind amongst others.
Who are these "top scientists" that support creationism. Names please.
Thank you

so far it looks as if they don't exist, I had my suspicions.
Is Sasquatch a creation scientist, I wonder.

Booth.
I looked at your links briefly, but don't want to wade thru to find the names you mention are there. That's what I asked for, specific names.

Thank you eye loveJesus, it will take me a while to go through your list, and there's no way I can check them all out, but thanks for going to the trouble of supplying it.
I think there's more mechanisms in evolution than we know yet, but I don't see the room for a creator that is similar in any way whatsoever to a human being, as God is alledged to be.
Christians start with the premise that there is a God who made everything, which is the antithesis of science, so as one answer said, creation scientist is an oxymoron

Paul S.
Thanks for making that point, it wasn't explicit in my question, as it should have been; scientists whose work is directly addressed to creationism, or whose findings directly endorse it.
Not biochemists who think "isn't that molecular genetic sequence unexpected/beautiful-it must be God's work".

Answer 1

""But they're not REAL scientists!"
Yes, they are. "

But they're still wrong.

Let's see here...how many of them are doing "creation science". None, of course.

It's probably safe to say that there is not a single scientist in the world working on "creation science". Where are the creation scientists doing studies of how a "god" could have created a universe out of nothing? Where are the theories of how saying "let there be..." can cause something to exist? Where are the researchers working to locate "god"?

On top of that, if your read the Answers in Genesis biography of "Edward A. Boudreaux", you discover that Boudreaux repeats the same tired lies about evolution that the uninformed creationists rely on. Specifically, he says a bunch of scientific-sounding stuff, then writes

"These few examples contain clear evidence of complex design imparting tailor-made functions. Such characteristics defy the probability that any random evolutionary process could account for such unique specificity in design".

Oops.

If he turned this in as a paper in my class, he'd get a solid "F". He may know something about chemistry, but he doesn't make any better case for creationism than does the most ignorant grade-school child posting obnoxious nonsense to the internet. He's not critiquing evolution, he's critiquing the creationists' strawman version of evolution. On top of that, as I've already suggested, there's not even a whiff of creation science in his writing - nothing but this strawman attack.

Why do you suppose that is?

Science is not about credentials. If a person with a Ph.D. in chemistry lies about evolution, he's just as wrong as he'd be if he didn't have that Ph.D.

Any bets on the other "creation scientists"? I'll bet every single one of them is as thin on science as this guy turned out to be.

Answer 2

There are few "recognized" because as soon as they let out they are creationists they are cast out of the club.
This is one example I could give you many more.
If you want a list PHD scientists I can give you that, in fact Answers in Genesis has many on staff.

In the case of Richard Sternberg, a Smithsonian research associate and former managing editor of the independent journal called the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, it meant being cast out of the prestigious Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Shortly after publishing the article “The Origin of Biological Information and the Higher Taxonomic Categories,” senior scientists at the Smithsonian Institution lashed out at Sternberg, calling him a “shoddy scientist” and a “closet Bible thumper,” according to a Washington Post article (August 19).

In August 2004, news agencies around the world reported on the controversy as Sternberg came under intense scrutiny and even persecution for publishing the article written by Stephen Meyer, a Discovery Institute fellow.

“I was singled out for harassment and threats on the basis that they think I’m a creationist,” Sternberg said in a Washington Times article (February 14, 2005).

Answer 3

I have never blow this horn but I do know of one. Dr. Charles McCombs is a Ph.D. Organic Chemist trained in the methods of scientific investigation, and a scientist who has 20 chemical patents. I don't have contacts in these fields. Oh there is one more I know, a heart surgeon Tomas Edwards. But really all I know about him is that he is a board certified cardiologist with a HCA hospitals... Jim

Answer 4

To be fair, scientists try to strive toward understanding the measurable reality of the universe. But many of them are atheists or at the very least evolutionists, and thus they already have prejudice toward supporting the views they already believe are true. It is not necessarily egocentricity that drives them, but it may well be blinders to the possibility that evolution may not carry all the answers science is looking for.

Answer 5

Kent Hovid is so smart he is in Jail hahahah for fraud! One of the Smartest Scientists Francis Collins is a Christian, but he doesn't believe in Creationism, He believes in Evolution and the Big bang, All caused by the God of Christianity of course but at least he is smart enough to recognize the truth when he see's it...for the most part. BTW he is the head of the Human Genome Project.

Answer 6

How about someone who received their Ph.D. in immunology from the University of London, who has written more than 50 peer-reviewed papers, and who has contributed nine chapters to various science textbooks? Would that count?
I just described Dr. Geoff Barnard. His biography can be found here:
http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/bios/g_barnard.asp

How about someone who received his Ph.D. in chemistry from the highly revered Tulane University?
His name is Edward A. Boudreaux. His biography can be found here:
http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/Area/isd/boudreaux.asp

I've just been looking through the list found on answersingenesis.com. Yes, I know they're biased sites. However, it doesn't make the lists any less valid.
http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/bios/
http://www.bcseweb.org.uk/index.php/Main/CreationistScientists

"But they're not REAL scientists!"

Yes, they are.

Answer 7

Possibly ther could be a scientist of something other than natural or formal science like social science, political science or computer science who still supports creationism.

Answer 8

The ones with a degree from Jim Jones University.

Answer 9

Dr. Lying Madeupington.
Professor I.B. Fictional.
And noted religious scholar, the late Jerry Falwell.

Answer 10

Dr. Imad Itallup and Dr. Tall King-Outmaass