Dr Kevin R. Henke exposes John Woodmorappe's fraudulent attacks on radiometric dating and reveals other creationist misrepresentations
Dr Kevin R. Henke
Dr. Kevin R. Henke has a Ph.D in geology from the University of North Dakota (i.e., South Canada).
He is now with the University of Kentucky, USA.
If you have questions about any of the essays on this page you can email the author at krhenk2@pop.uky.edu
Because the results of 40Ar-39Ar, K-Ar and other radiometric dating methods refute their antiquated Biblical interpretations, young-Earth creationists (YECs) are desperate to undermine the reliability of these methods. YEC John Woodmorappe (a pseudonym) is infamous for scouring hundreds of scientific references to find quotations that he believes dispute the accuracy of radiometric dating. However, when his quotations and references are viewed in context, they usually fail to support his claims and often refute them. Woodmorappe and his allies utterly fail to realize that misquoting large QUANTITIES of references does NOT produce QUALITY arguments. Bigger is not necessarily better.
Woodmorappe's 1999 book, The Mythology [sic!] of Modern Dating Methods, is no exception to his ability to thoroughly misrepresent the scientific literature.
--Dr Kevin R. Henke
Hiding the Numbers to Defame Radiometric Dating
A Few Examples of the Many Misused References in Woodmorappe (1999)
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How Can
Woodmorappe Sell Us a Bill of Goods if He
Doesn't Know the Costs?
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Woodmorappe's Shell Game:
Refuted with Literature from his Creationist Allies
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Chopping a
Title Hides the Truth
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Woodmorappe's
Belittling Distortions of the Lu-Hf Method
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Important Statements on Radiometric Dating in Woodmorappe's References that He Doesn't Want You to See
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More
Classic Misquotations in Woodmorappe (1999)
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Woodmorappe Can't
Read Rb-Sr Diagrams
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How Serious are
Errors in Ar40-Ar39 Dates and How Good are
Their Monitoring Standards?
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Woodmorappe's
Shotgun Attack on 40Ar-39Ar Dating:
Many Misses and Few Hits
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Woodmorappe's
Subjective Creationism and
Not So Subjective Radiometric Dating
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Not So
Subjective Ar-Ar Spectra and Not so Objective Biblical Interpretations
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Woodmorappe
Has NOTHING Good to Say about
Radiometric Dating
The Absurd Newspeak of
Woodmorappe's 'Creation Science'
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Lead Isotope Dates and the Age of the
Earth
Woodmorappe
Quotes Comrades Skobelin, Sharapov and Bugayov
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A Young-Earth Creationist
Fieldtrip: An Example of Cultic Religious
Indoctrination and NOT Learning
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Kevin R. Henke
Blind Leading the Blind: Austin, Snelling and Swenson Misinterpret Dalrymple's K-Ar
Dating of Historical Volcanics
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Young-Earth
Creationist 'Dating' of a Mt. St. Helens Dacite:
The Failure of Austin and Swenson to Recognize Obviously
Ancient Minerals
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Rats in RATE's
"Research"
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More Rats in RATE:
Putting Biblical Dogmatism and the
Expectations of Sponsors Above Legitimate Science
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"RATE" Leaders Abandon Geologic Fantasies and Admit that Extensive Radioactive Decay has Occurred
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It'll Take a Miracle to Save their "Science"
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A Review of Young Earth Creationist M.J. Oard's "Flood
Geology"
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Ager's Opinion
of Young-Earth Creationists
No Evidence of Recent
Volcanism on the Moon
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Recent Impacts on the
Moon?
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If All Elephants and Other
Proboscideans are "One Kind", Why Can't All Primates be "One Kind"?
Dr. Kevin R. Henke
"Answers" in Genesis'
Inconsistencies in Endorsing Myths
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There's Nothing New in
the Sun
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Actualism Versus Outdated Young-Earth Creationist Views of Niagara Falls
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How Many Mammoth Remains Exist?
Radically Conflicting
"Answers" from "Answers" In Genesis
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Berthault's
"Stratigraphy": Rediscovering What Geologists Already Know
and Strawperson
Misrepresentations of Modern Applications of Steno's Principles
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Guy Berthault's response to Kevin Henke's essay above
Some Questions for Dr. Berthault
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Kevin R. Henke
If
Dr. Berthault is Not a Creationist, Why Do His Supporters Say Otherwise?
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Young-Earth Creationist Distortions of the Paleoenvironments of the
Clarkia Fossil Beds, Idaho, USA
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Subjectivity and No Definitive Answers in the Bible
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Ken Ham's
Misconceptions about Opals
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Young
Earth Creationists' Hypocrisy on Discrimination
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Snelling's Doublethink
Seeps into the Young-Earth Creationist Literature
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The Origin of Iodine-129: By Physics or Fantasies?
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Kevin R. Henke
Sarfati's Inconsistent
Views on Photon Transmissions between Stars
and in the Sun's Interior
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Kevin R. Henke
Young-Earth Creationist Helium Diffusion "Dates"
(off site)
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Fallacies Based on Bad Assumptions and Questionable
Data
More Nonsense on "TRUE.ORIGINS":
Jonathan Sarfati's Support Of Flood Geology (off
site)
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Kevin Henke
discusses some of the problems in Sarfati's response
and provides additional reasons why "Flood geology" is bogus
Another Study Undermines
Woodmorappe's Crapshoot
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Kevin R. Henke
Controversies Related to the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction Provide
No Comfort to Young-Earth Creationists
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Creationist Mumbo Jumbo at Dinosaur National Monument
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Burdick's Pollen: Just Something to Sneeze At
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