I've learned one thing this week: no matter how much evidence you give an atheist, it will NEVER be enough. They will either discredit the evidence, the person, or the education.
I felt it was only fair to my audience to make a list of creationist scientists in various fields of science that accept the Biblical account of creation.
Enjoy!
Introduction and disclaimer
Many historians (of many different religious persuasions—including atheistic) have shown that modern science started to flourish only in largely Christian Europe. These historians point out that the basis of modern science depends on the assumption that the universe was made by a rational creator. An orderly universe makes perfect sense only if it were made by an orderly Creator. But if there is no creator, or if Zeus and his gang were in charge, why should there be any order at all? So, not only is a strong Christian belief not an obstacle to science, such a belief was its very foundation. (See also a refutation of the argument Newton was a creationist only because there was no alternative?)
However, after the rise of old-age beliefs, some scientists caved in and ‘re-interpreted’ the Bible to fit them. For example, some claimed that the days in Genesis 1 were really ages, and that Noah’s Flood was one of many catastrophes. For proof that such ‘re-interpretations’ are fallacious, see Q&A Genesis and Noah’s Flood Covered the Whole Earth.
They may have meant well, but their faulty model was an easy target for Darwin. For example, Darwin pointed out that the fashionable theory—that each species had been independently created in their current location—made little sense of his observations that island species were often similar to those of the nearest continent. But his observations fit perfectly with the true biblical view that there was a global Flood, and animals migrated from Ararat to the islands via the neighbouring mainland.
This should be a lesson for those today who teach that Christians should compromise the plain meaning of the Bible to fit with ‘science’. Aside from placing fallible human opinion as an authority above the infallible Word of God, it just doesn’t work and paves the way for more departure from Scripture.
*As far as we know, the scientists of the past listed here believed in a literal Genesis unless otherwise stated. The ones who did not are nevertheless included in the list below, because of their general belief in the creator God of the Bible and opposition to evolution. But because the idea that the earth is ‘millions of years’ old has been disastrous in the long run, no present day ‘long-agers’ are included intentionally, because they should know better.
Scientists alive today* who accept the biblical account of creation
Note: Individuals on this list must possess a doctorate in a science-related field.
- Dr Paul Ackerman, Psychologist
- Dr E. Theo Agard, Medical Physics
- Dr James Allan, Geneticist
- Dr Steve Austin, Geologist
- Dr S.E. Aw, Biochemist
- Dr Thomas Barnes, Physicist
- Dr Geoff Barnard, Immunologist
- Dr Don Batten, Plant physiologist, tropical fruit expert
- Dr John Baumgardner, Electrical Engineering, Space Physicist, Geophysicist, expert in supercomputer modeling of plate tectonics
- Dr Jerry Bergman, Psychologist
- Dr Kimberly Berrine, Microbiology & Immunology
- Prof. Vladimir Betina, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Biology
- Dr Raymond G. Bohlin, Biologist
- Dr Andrew Bosanquet, Biology, Microbiology
- Edward A. Boudreaux, Theoretical Chemistry
- Dr David R. Boylan, Chemical Engineer
- Prof. Linn E. Carothers, Associate Professor of Statistics
- Dr Robert W. Carter, Zoology (Marine Biology and Genetics)
- Dr David Catchpoole, Plant Physiologist (read his testimony)
- Prof. Sung-Do Cha, Physics
- Dr Eugene F. Chaffin, Professor of Physics
- Dr Choong-Kuk Chang, Genetic Engineering
- Prof. Jeun-Sik Chang, Aeronautical Engineering
- Dr Donald Chittick, Physical Chemist
- Prof. Chung-Il Cho, Biology Education
- Dr John M. Cimbala, Mechanical Engineering
- Dr Harold Coffin, Palaeontologist
- Dr Bob Compton, DVM
- Dr Ken Cumming, Biologist
- Dr Jack W. Cuozzo, Dentist
- Dr William M. Curtis III, Th.D., Th.M., M.S., Aeronautics & Nuclear Physics
- Dr Malcolm Cutchins, Aerospace Engineering
- Dr Lionel Dahmer, Analytical Chemist
- Dr Raymond V. Damadian, M.D., Pioneer of magnetic resonance imaging
- Dr Chris Darnbrough, Biochemist
- Dr Nancy M. Darrall, Botany
- Dr Bryan Dawson, Mathematics
- Dr Douglas Dean, Biological Chemistry
- Prof. Stephen W. Deckard, Assistant Professor of Education
- Dr David A. DeWitt, Biology, Biochemistry, Neuroscience
- Dr Don DeYoung, Astronomy, atmospheric physics, M.Div
- Dr Geoff Downes, Creationist Plant Physiologist
- Dr Ted Driggers, Operations research
- Robert H. Eckel, Medical Research
- Dr André Eggen, Geneticist
- Prof. Dennis L. Englin, Professor of Geophysics
- Prof. Danny Faulkner, Astronomy
- Prof. Carl B. Fliermans, Professor of Biology
- Prof. Dwain L. Ford, Organic Chemistry
- Prof. Robert H. Franks, Associate Professor of Biology
- Dr Alan Galbraith, Watershed Science
- Dr Paul Giem, Medical Research
- Dr Maciej Giertych, Geneticist
- Dr Duane Gish, Biochemist
- Dr Werner Gitt, Information Scientist
- Dr D.B. Gower, Biochemistry
- Dr Dianne Grocott, Psychiatrist
- Dr Stephen Grocott, Industrial Chemist
- Dr Donald Hamann, Food Scientist
- Dr Barry Harker, Philosopher
- Dr Charles W. Harrison, Applied Physicist, Electromagnetics
- Dr John Hartnett, Physicist and Cosmologist
- Dr Mark Harwood, Satellite Communications
- Dr Joe Havel, Botanist, Silviculturist, Ecophysiologist
- Dr George Hawke, Environmental Scientist
- Dr Margaret Helder, Science Editor, Botanist
- Dr Harold R. Henry, Engineer
- Dr Jonathan Henry, Astronomy
- Dr Joseph Henson, Entomologist
- Dr Robert A. Herrmann, Professor of Mathematics, US Naval Academy
- Dr Andrew Hodge, Head of the Cardiothoracic Surgical Service
- Dr Kelly Hollowell, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacologist
- Dr Ed Holroyd, III, Atmospheric Science
- Dr Bob Hosken, Biochemistry
- Dr George F. Howe, Botany
- Dr Neil Huber, Physical Anthropologist
- Dr Russell Humphreys, Physicist
- Dr James A. Huggins, Professor and Chair, Department of Biology
- Evan Jamieson, Hydrometallurgy
- George T. Javor, Biochemistry
- Dr Pierre Jerlström, Creationist Molecular Biologist
- Dr Arthur Jones, Biology
- Dr Jonathan W. Jones, Plastic Surgeon
- Dr Raymond Jones, Agricultural Scientist
- Dr Felix Konotey-Ahulu, Physician, leading expert on sickle-cell anemia
- Prof. Leonid Korochkin, Molecular Biology
- Dr Valery Karpounin, Mathematical Sciences, Logics, Formal Logics
- Dr Dean Kenyon, Biologist
- Prof. Gi-Tai Kim, Biology
- Prof. Harriet Kim, Biochemistry
- Prof. Jong-Bai Kim, Biochemistry
- Prof. Jung-Han Kim, Biochemistry
- Prof. Jung-Wook Kim, Environmental Science
- Prof. Kyoung-Rai Kim, Analytical Chemistry
- Prof. Kyoung-Tai Kim, Genetic Engineering
- Prof. Young-Gil Kim, Materials Science
- Prof. Young In Kim, Engineering
- Dr John W. Klotz, Biologist
- Dr Vladimir F. Kondalenko, Cytology/Cell Pathology
- Dr Leonid Korochkin, M.D., Genetics, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology
- Dr John K.G. Kramer, Biochemistry
- Prof. Jin-Hyouk Kwon, Physics
- Prof. Myung-Sang Kwon, Immunology
- Dr John G. Leslie, biochemistry, molecular biology, medicine, biblical archaeology
- Prof. Lane P. Lester, Biologist, Genetics
- Dr Jason Lisle, Astrophysicist
- Dr Alan Love, Chemist
- Dr Ian Macreadie, molecular biologist and microbiologist:
- Dr John Marcus, Molecular Biologist
- Dr George Marshall, Eye Disease Researcher
- Dr Ralph Matthews, Radiation Chemist
- Dr John McEwan, Chemist
- Prof. Andy McIntosh, Combustion theory, aerodynamics
- Dr David Menton, Anatomist
- Dr Angela Meyer, Creationist Plant Physiologist
- Dr John Meyer, Physiologist
- Dr Albert Mills, Reproductive Physiologist, Embryologist
- Colin W. Mitchell, Geography
- Dr John N. Moore, Science Educator
- Dr John W. Moreland, Mechanical engineer and Dentist
- Dr Henry M. Morris, Hydrologist
- Dr John D. Morris, Geologist
- Dr Len Morris, Physiologist
- Dr Graeme Mortimer, Geologist
- Stanley A. Mumma, Architectural Engineering
- Prof. Hee-Choon No, Nuclear Engineering
- Dr Eric Norman, Biomedical researcher
- Dr David Oderberg, Philosopher
- Prof. John Oller, Linguistics
- Prof. Chris D. Osborne, Assistant Professor of Biology
- Dr John Osgood, Medical Practitioner
- Dr Charles Pallaghy, Botanist
- Dr Gary E. Parker, Biologist, Cognate in Geology (Paleontology)
- Dr David Pennington, Plastic Surgeon
- Prof. Richard Porter
- Dr Georgia Purdom, Molecular Genetics
- Dr Albert E. Pye, invertebrate zoology, biotechnology, biological control (1945–2012)
- Dr John Rankin, Cosmologist
- Dr A.S. Reece, M.D.
- Prof. J. Rendle-Short, Pediatrics
- Dr Jung-Goo Roe, Biology
- Dr David Rosevear, Chemist
- Dr Ariel A. Roth, Biology
- Dr John Sanford, Geneticist
- Dr Jonathan D. Sarfati, Physical chemist / spectroscopist
- Dr Joachim Scheven Palaeontologist:
- Dr Ian Scott, Educator
- Dr Saami Shaibani, Forensic physicist
- Dr Young-Gi Shim, Chemistry
- Prof. Hyun-Kil Shin, Food Science
- Dr Mikhail Shulgin, Physics
- Dr Emil Silvestru, Geologist/karstologist
- Dr Roger Simpson, Engineer
- Dr Harold Slusher, Geophysicist
- Dr E. Norbert Smith, Zoologist
- Dr Andrew Snelling, Geologist
- Prof. Man-Suk Song, Computer Science
- Dr Timothy G. Standish, Biology
- Prof. James Stark, Assistant Professor of Science Education
- Prof. Brian Stone, Engineer
- Dr Esther Su, Biochemistry
- Dr Charles Taylor, Linguistics
- Dr Stephen Taylor, Electrical Engineering
- Dr Ker C. Thomson, Geophysics
- Dr Michael Todhunter, Forest Genetics
- Dr Lyudmila Tonkonog, Chemistry/Biochemistry
- Dr Royal Truman, Organic Chemist:
- Dr Larry Vardiman, Atmospheric Science
- Prof. Walter Veith, Zoologist
- Dr Joachim Vetter, Biologist
- Dr Tas Walker, Mechanical Engineer and Geologist
- Dr Jeremy Walter, Mechanical Engineer
- Dr Keith Wanser, Physicist
- Dr Noel Weeks, Ancient Historian (also has B.Sc. in Zoology)
- Dr A.J. Monty White, Chemistry/Gas Kinetics
- Dr John Whitmore, Geologist/Paleontologist
- Dr Carl Wieland, Medical doctor
- Dr Lara Wieland, Medical doctor
- Dr Clifford Wilson, Psycholinguist and archaeologist (1923–2012)
- Dr Kurt Wise, Palaeontologist
- Dr Bryant Wood, Creationist Archaeologist
- Prof. Seoung-Hoon Yang, Physics
- Dr Thomas (Tong Y.) Yi, Ph.D., Creationist Aerospace & Mechanical Engineer
- Dr Ick-Dong Yoo, Genetics
- Dr Sung-Hee Yoon, Biology
- Dr Patrick Young, Chemist and Materials Scientist
- Prof. Keun Bae Yu, Geography
- Dr Henry Zuill, Biology
cientists of the past believed in a Creator
Note: These scientists are sorted by birth year.
Early
- Francis Bacon (1561–1626) Scientific method. However, see also
Culture Wars: - Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) (WOH) Physics, Astronomy (see also The Galileo ‘twist’ and The Galileo affair: history or heroic hagiography?
- Johann Kepler (1571–1630) (WOH) Scientific astronomy
- Athanasius Kircher (1601–1680) Inventor
- John Wilkins (1614–1672)
- Walter Charleton (1619–1707) President of the Royal College of Physicians
- Blaise Pascal (biography page) and article from Creation magazine (1623–1662) Hydrostatics; Barometer
- Sir William Petty (1623 –1687) Statistics; Scientific economics
- Robert Boyle (1627–1691) (WOH) Chemistry; Gas dynamics
- John Ray (1627–1705) Natural history
- Isaac Barrow (1630–1677) Professor of Mathematics
- Nicolas Steno (1631–1686) Stratigraphy
- Thomas Burnet (1635–1715) Geology
- Increase Mather (1639–1723) Astronomy
- Nehemiah Grew (1641–1712) Medical Doctor, Botany
The Age of Newton
- Isaac Newton (1642–1727) (WOH) Dynamics; Calculus; Gravitation law; Reflecting telescope; Spectrum of light (wrote more about the Bible than science, and emphatically affirmed a Creator. Some have accused him of Arianism, but it’s likely he held to a heterodox form of the Trinity—See Pfizenmaier, T.C., Was Isaac Newton an Arian? Journal of the History of Ideas68(1):57–80, 1997)
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz (1646–1716) Mathematician
- John Flamsteed (1646–1719) Greenwich Observatory Founder; Astronomy
- William Derham (1657–1735) Ecology
- Cotton Mather (1662–1727) Physician
- John Harris (1666–1719) Mathematician
- John Woodward (1665–1728) Paleontology
- William Whiston (1667–1752) Physics, Geology
- John Hutchinson (1674–1737) Paleontology
- Johathan Edwards (1703–1758) Physics, Meteorology
- Carolus Linneaus (1707–1778) Taxonomy; Biological classification system
- Jean Deluc (1727–1817) Geology
- Richard Kirwan (1733–1812) Mineralogy
- William Herschel (1738–1822) Galactic astronomy; Uranus (probably believed in an old-earth)
- James Parkinson (1755–1824) Physician (old-earth compromiser*)
- John Dalton (1766–1844) Atomic theory; Gas law
- John Kidd, M.D. (1775–1851) Chemical synthetics (old-earth compromiser*)
Just Before Darwin
- The 19th Century Scriptural Geologists, by Dr Terry Mortenson
- Timothy Dwight (1752–1817) Educator
- William Kirby (1759–1850) Entomologist
- Jedidiah Morse (1761–1826) Geographer
- Benjamin Barton (1766–1815) Botanist; Zoologist
- John Dalton (1766–1844) Father of the Modern Atomic Theory; Chemistry
- Georges Cuvier (1769–1832) Comparative anatomy, paleontology (old-earth compromiser*)
- Samuel Miller (1770–1840) Clergy
- Charles Bell (1774–1842) Anatomist
- John Kidd (1775–1851) Chemistry
- Humphrey Davy (1778–1829) Thermokinetics; Safety lamp
- Benjamin Silliman (1779–1864) Mineralogist (old-earth compromiser*)
- Peter Mark Roget (1779–1869) Physician; Physiologist
- Thomas Chalmers (1780–1847) Professor (old-earth compromiser*)
- David Brewster (1781–1868) Optical mineralogy, Kaleidoscope (probably believed in an old-earth)
- William Buckland (1784–1856) Geologist (old-earth compromiser*)
- William Prout (1785–1850) Food chemistry (probably believed in an old-earth)
- Adam Sedgwick (1785–1873) Geology (old-earth compromiser*)
- Michael Faraday (1791–1867) (WOH) Electro magnetics; Field theory, Generator
- Samuel F.B. Morse (1791–1872) Telegraph
- John Herschel (1792–1871) Astronomy (old-earth compromiser*)
- Edward Hitchcock (1793–1864) Geology (old-earth compromiser*)
- William Whewell (1794–1866) Anemometer (old-earth compromiser*)
- Joseph Henry (1797–1878) Electric motor; Galvanometer
Just After Darwin
- Richard Owen (1804–1892) Zoology; Paleontology (old-earth compromiser*)
- Matthew Maury (1806–1873) Oceanography, Hydrography (probably believed in an old-earth*)
- Louis Agassiz (1807–1873) Glaciology, Ichthyology (old-earth compromiser, polygenist*)
- Henry Rogers (1808–1866) Geology
- James Glaisher (1809–1903) Meteorology
- Philip H. Gosse (1810–1888) Ornithologist; Zoology
- Sir Henry Rawlinson (1810–1895) Archaeologist
- James Simpson (1811–1870) Gynecology, Anesthesiology
- James Dana (1813–1895) Geology (old-earth compromiser*)
- Sir Joseph Henry Gilbert (1817–1901) Agricultural Chemist
- James Joule (1818–1889) Thermodynamics
- Thomas Anderson (1819–1874) Chemist
- Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819–1900) Astronomy
- George Stokes (1819–1903) Fluid Mechanics
- John William Dawson (1820–1899) Geology (probably believed in an old-earth*)
- Rudolph Virchow (1821–1902) Pathology
- Gregor Mendel (1822–1884) (WOH) Genetics
- Louis Pasteur (1822–1895) (WOH) Bacteriology, Biochemistry; Sterilization; Immunization
- Henri Fabre (1823–1915) Entomology of living insects
- William Thompson, Lord Kelvin (1824–1907) Energetics; Absolute temperatures; Atlantic cable (believed in an older earth than the Bible indicates, but far younger than the evolutionists wanted*)
- William Huggins (1824–1910) Astral spectrometry
- Bernhard Riemann (1826–1866) Non-Euclidean geometries
- Joseph Lister (1827–1912) Antiseptic surgery
- Balfour Stewart (1828–1887) Ionospheric electricity
- James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) (WOH) Electrodynamics; Statistical thermodynamics
- P.G. Tait (1831–1901) Vector analysis
- John Bell Pettigrew (1834–1908) Anatomist; Physiologist
- John Strutt, Lord Rayleigh (1842–1919) Similitude; Model Analysis; Inert Gases
- Sir William Abney (1843–1920) Astronomy
- Alexander MacAlister (1844–1919) Anatomy
- A.H. Sayce (1845–1933) Archaeologist
- John Ambrose Fleming (1849–1945) Electronics; Electron tube; Thermionic valve
The Modern Period
- Dr Clifford Burdick, Geologist (1919–2005)
- George Washington Carver (1864–1943) Inventor
- L. Merson Davies (1890–1960) Geology; Paleontology
- Douglas Dewar (1875–1957) Ornithologist
- Howard A. Kelly (1858–1943) Gynecology
- Paul Lemoine (1878–1940) Geology
- Dr Frank Marsh, Biology (1899–1992)
- Dr John Mann, Agriculturist, biological control pioneer
- Edward H. Maunder (1851–1928) Astronomy
- William Mitchell Ramsay (1851–1939) Archaeologist
- William Ramsay (1852–1916) Isotopic chemistry, Element transmutation
- Charles Stine (1882–1954) Organic Chemist
- Dr Arthur Rendle-Short (1885–1955) Surgeon
- Sir Cecil P. G. Wakeley (1892–1979) Surgeon
- Dr Larry Butler, Biochemist
- Prof. Verna Wright, Rheumatologist (1928–1998)
- Arthur E. Wilder-Smith (1915–1995) Three science doctorates; a creation science pioneer
Please explore this amazing website for more information on these scientists.
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