What predictions does Creationism lead to?

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What are some examples of observations that creationism leads to? I am attempting to analyze creationism as a scientific theory, but I can't come up with any examples of predictions that creationism leads us to make.

Some example predictions of other theories are:
Newtonian Physics: If I release a ball in midair, it will fall to the ground.
Chemistry: If I heat a sample of water to 100 degrees, it will boil.
Electromagnetism: If I send an electron through a magnetic field it will curve.

Would the following be considered a hypothesis stemming from creationism?:
No species will emerge in the future that do not exist today.
@messenger: That's not a prediction, that's a tautology, and that's really where I'm having trouble. I can't think of any predictions creationism makes that aren't tautologies.
Ultimately I'm trying to show why creationism does or does not have the attribute of independent testability - that its predictions are able to be verified by tests that do not inherently require the theory to be true. I can't really do this without first coming up with some predictions to analyze.
@barry: would a more appropriate prediction then be "no species will exist in the future that is physically distinct from all species that exist today" ?
 
The only scientific prediction Creationism has attempted to make is that in the absence of evolution's slow accumulation of small changes, some biological systems will be found that are 'irreducibly complex' - and will have had to have arisen fully-formed.

Not a single one of the candidate structures thus far has turned out to be this way, however - flagella, clotting systems et al have been shown to have simpler precursors.
 
Well, maybe that we shall never see an irreducibly complex system emerge through natural selection, but that's already been refuted.

Edit: Never mind, not really a prediction, just a fallacious argument.
 
Your hypothesis is what I immediately thought of after reading your question so I say it sounds good.
 
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