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To: Gumlegs
Dr. Thomas G Barnes---Physicist Take him, he’s yours. Wikipedia says, “Thomas G. Barnes is a creationist who posited that the magnetic field of the Earth was decaying at an exponential rate.” This is difficult to take seriously.

It gets worse:

A quick Google search indicates that while Barnes does have a Masters degree in physics, and is a retired professor, his doctorate is an Honorary ScD from his undergrad alma mater, a religious college:

Thomas Barnes, formerly affiliated with the Institute for Creation Research, is perhaps best known for the argument that the decay of the Earth's magnetic field is proof of its young age.

Barnes, who is an emeritus professor of physics at The University of Texas at El Paso, holds a legitimate M.S. degree in physics from Brown University. However, his Sc.D. degree from Hardin-Simmons University, a Christian school and his undergraduate alma mater (when it was known as Hardin-Simmons College), is merely honorary.

as documented by TalkOrigins.

No PhD, ergo no "doctor."

485 posted on 03/21/2007 9:30:57 AM PDT by longshadow (FReeper #405, entering his tenth year of ignoring nitwits, nutcases, and recycled newbies)
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To: longshadow
>Gasp!<

I certainly hope you're not guilty of dishonest scrutinization!

486 posted on 03/21/2007 11:51:01 AM PDT by Gumlegs
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To: longshadow

Well you can say what you want but the facts are the facts, and i can tell you one thing what darwin proposed called pangenes, now thats a no evidnce proposal, and someone like steven j gould who repeatedly admitted the same as darwin basicly did, no missing links, etc...etc... over ahundred years later, now thats what I call a no evidence arrogance!


492 posted on 03/21/2007 6:53:54 PM PDT by Wakeup Sleeper
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