Can creationists make any real predictions? Or are they just preaching to the choir?

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Given the biblical accounts of Creation and the Flood, can we draw any conclusions about what we would expect in genetics? That depends on status of the species in question (e.g., ‘clean’ vs ‘unclean and ‘on the Ark’ vs ‘not on the Ark’), its population history, the amount of created diversity initially engineered into that species/kind, difference in mutation rates and DNA repair systems, and things like that. In the end, no, we cannot make many direct predictions, yet much of the genetic data and observations still point straight to the Bible. The biblical model is expansive enough to take in a range of observations.

Notes and links:

• Tallulah Gorge
• Orphan Brigade Park
• Jeanson N. 2015. Mitochondrial DNA clocks imply linear speciation rates within “kinds”. Answers Research Journal 8:273–304.
• Jeanson N. 2013. Recent, functionally diverse origin for mitochondrial genes from ~2700 metazoan species. Answers Research Journal 6:467–501.
• Carter R.  How to think (not what to think), Creation.com, 1 Nov 2016.
• Carter R. 2019. A successful decade for Mendel’s Accountant, J Creation 33(2):51–56.
• Carter R. Species were designed to change, part 3: the tangled web of (intrabaraminic) life, Creation.com, 12 Aug 2021.
• The Amazing Braided Baramin Concept is Intrinsic to Creation (Species were designed to change, part 4) on BiblicalGenetics.com.