Sorry, that happens not to be the case. Check out their website! (excerpts below).
They are doing pure apologetics, the exact opposite of science.
Tenets of Scientific Creationism
- The physical universe of space, time, matter, and energy has not always existed, but was supernaturally created by a transcendent personal Creator who alone has existed from eternity.
- The phenomenon of biological life did not develop by natural processes from inanimate systems but was specially and supernaturally created by the Creator.
- Each of the major kinds of plants and animals was created functionally complete from the beginning and did not evolve from some other kind of organism. Changes in basic kinds since their first creation are limited to "horizontal" changes (variations) within the kinds, or "downward' changes (e.g., harmful mutations, extinctions).
- The first human beings did not evolve from an animal ancestry, but were specially created in fully human form from the start. Furthermore, the "spiritual" nature of man (self-image, moral consciousness, abstract reasoning, language, will, religious nature, etc.) is itself a supernaturally created entity distinct from mere biological life.
- The record of earth history, as preserved in the earth's crust, especially in the rocks and fossil deposits, is primarily a record of catastrophic intensities of natural processes, operating largely within uniform natural laws, rather than one of gradualism and relatively uniform process rates. There are many scientific evidences for a relatively recent creation of the earth and the universe, in addition to strong scientific evidence that most of the earth's fossiliferous sedimentary rocks were formed in an even more recent global hydraulic cataclysm.
- Processes today operate primarily within fixed natural laws and relatively uniform process rates, but since these were themselves originally created and are daily maintained by their Creator, there is always the possibility of miraculous intervention in these laws or processes by their Creator. Evidences for such intervention should be scrutinized critically, however, because there must be clear and adequate reason for any such action on the part of the Creator.
- The universe and life have somehow been impaired since the completion of creation, so that imperfections in structure, disease, aging, extinctions, and other such phenomena are the result of "negative" changes in properties and processes occurring in an originally-perfect created order.
- Since the universe and its primary components were created perfect for their purposes in the beginning by a competent and volitional Creator, and since the Creator does remain active in this now-decaying creation, there do exist ultimate purposes and meanings in the universe. Teleological considerations, therefore, are appropriate in scientific studies whenever they are consistent with the actual data of observation. Furthermore, it is reasonable to assume that the creation presently awaits the consummation of the Creator's purpose.
- Although people are finite and scientific data concerning origins are always circumstantial and incomplete, the human mind (if open to possibility of creation) is able to explore the manifestations of that Creator rationally, scientifically, and teleologically.
Doesn’t negate their research. As a matter of fact, if you spend time reading their website, you will realize that they have gone beyond basic research to prove their tenets.
Although people are finite and scientific data concerning origins are always circumstantial and incomplete, the human mind (if open to possibility of creation) is able to explore the manifestations of that Creator rationally, scientifically, and teleologically.
“rationally”, the ID boys need some help. Check on Godel’s Theorem - diabolically simple, even though the logical proof, I am told, runs some 70 pages. The simplest example is this sentence: This statement is false. The statement is a paradox - it’s true and false at the same time. Rational pursuits don’t handle paradox very well. Subatomic physics has much that is not rational either.
Can God create paradoxes and use them in biological systems? We demand logical coherence, and that has taken us far, but there may be another realm...
"I do know that the Institute for Creation Research is a legitimate research lab and school with many fully degreed and qualified scientist."
You [doc1019] seem to be making the mistake of believing that anything a person who claims to be a scientist or who has 'degrees' in a field does is science, independent of the methodology. This is nonsense.
I would like doc1019 to produce some of the 'research' ICR has produced that fits within any reasonable use of scientific methodology.
Processes today operate primarily within fixed natural laws and relatively uniform process rates, but since these were themselves originally created and are daily maintained by their Creator, there is always the possibility of miraculous intervention in these laws or processes by their Creator. Evidences for such intervention should be scrutinized critically, however, because there must be clear and adequate reason for any such action on the part of the Creator."
This single tenet removes all resemblance to science by removing any possibility of predictive tests, falsifiability, and replication of results.
Sorry, that happens not to be the case. Check out their website! (excerpts below). They are doing pure apologetics, the exact opposite of science.
Doesn’t negate their research. As a matter of fact, if you spend time reading their website, you will realize that they have gone beyond basic research to prove their tenets.
Coyoteman: Tough sell to those who think this way. To them, evolution is a political movement, not science. Which is a shame, for if only they understood the truth, they could also understand were we stand in the grand scheme of life.