In this Episode Matthew will address statements made in an episode promoting Young Earth Creationism, see link 1. The podcast is Macrophage Strategy and the host, Ben, did appear on Still Unbelievable! in episode 86, see link 2. Ben does make reference to some specific scientific ideas in his episode, and in each case there will be links, so please do make use of them when doing your own checking. The bottom line is this, Ben's points are understandable but fatally flawed and display how fundamentalist mindsets harm our ability to think critically. Young earth creationism makes terrible assumptions about our world and this is why the four reasons Ben presents are very bad reasons to be a YEC.

1) original episode

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/macrophagestrategy/episodes/Ep--2---Four-Reasons-to-be-YEC-e1h0o2u

2) Ben on Still Unbelievable!

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/still-unbelievable/episodes/Episode-86---In-conversation-with-A-Young-Earth-Creationist-e1sdcp8

3) Archimedes destroyed the Roman fleet at the siege of Syracuse

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0143-0807/13/6/004/meta

https://www.historynet.com/the-siege-of-syracuse-a-roman-general-vs-a-greek-genius/

4) Kim dynasty myths

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/top-10-myths-north-koreans-are-told-about-leader-kim-jong-un/HW4M2UQJJWWJ4GCECDHGEHJ33I/

5) Contradictions in Resurrection and Ascension

https://www.learnreligions.com/jesus-resurrection-and-ascension-contradictions-250145

6) Two books

https://scriptureandscience.museumofthebible.org/gods-two-books

7) Hermeneutics

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hermeneutics/

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/understanding-hermeneutics/introduction-what-is-hermeneutics/FB1290B7101F13F9EED6DE7F4A15B5EC

https://academic.oup.com/book/740/chapter-abstract/135397603?redirectedFrom=fulltext

https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780190221911/obo-9780190221911-0125.xml

8) Understanding context and intention

https://philosophy.institute/epistemology/introduction-hermeneutics-art-interpretation/#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20central%20tenets%20of%20hermeneutics%20is,broader%20circumstances%20in%20which%20a%20text%20was%20created.

9) Eisegesis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisegesis

10) Context of Genesis 1

https://bible.org/seriespage/1-analysis-and-synthesis-genesis

https://www.publicchristianity.org/the-purpose-of-genesis-1-an-historical-approach/

11) Standard model and Special Relativity

https://atomparticles.com/why-is-the-standard-model-incompatible-with-general-relativity/

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsta.2015.0260

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