In the interest of centralizing all my posts about creationism and creationists in one location, I’ve copied my piece Creationists and Y Chromosomes from Pandas Thumb to the section of Larry’s bogus claims of 2010.
Larry the Creationist claimed that humans and chimp genomes are only 70 percent similar after reading a real piece of crap from the ICR that intentionally distorted a paper published in the letters section of Nature.
The really interesting part about this incident, ICR publishing an intentional distortion of real research, and Larry then picking it up and now believing something completely untrue, is how perfectly it demonstrates the way the ICR willfully misleads its gullible followers and actually spreads ignorance and misinformation among the public.
I feel very confident saying that the distortion on ICR’s part is intentional because they are simply far too familiar with the literature and too capable of basic reading comprehension to read the original paper and honestly believe the conclusion of the paper is what they claim: that the paper stakes a position that human and chimp genomes are only 70 percent similar.
No, what’s at work here is far more insidious. They intentionally distort the research, and then circulate the distortion to bolster their follower’s confidence in creationism, knowing full well the 70 percent claim is bogus. Is their own confidence in creationism so shaky they are compelled to distort legitimate, published research to keep their flock in line?
I urge you to read my post Creationists and Y Chromosomes, follow the links to the ICR post and the original paper and then decide for yourself if the ICR is being honest.