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" ?
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" ?