Alan Hayward

	The divine comedy; Creationism
	Running gags
	Biblical literalism; Young/Old Earth; Intelligent design; Creation scientists;
	Jokes aside
	Evolution; Grand Canyon; History of the Earth; Radiometric dating;
	Blooper reel
	American Scientific Affiliation; Conservation of Information in Search - Measuring the Cost of Success; Darwin, Then and Now, The Most Amazing Story in the History of Science; Engineers and woo; v - t - e

Alan Hayward (1923–2008) was a British engineer, physicist and old earth creationist writer. He is known for his research on fluid density and flowmeters; he wrote a textbook on the subject. Hayward was a Christadelphian and a non-Trinitarian. He accepted an old earth and was critical of young earth creationism. However, his arguments against evolution have been dismissed by the scientific community.

Progressive creationism

Hayward endorsed a form of progressive creationism. In his book God Is; A Scientist Shows Why It Makes Sense to Believe in God (1978) he proposed the hypothesis of "successive creation" that “God has been at work ever since the universe began, performing a great number of creative acts at intervals” (pp. 197-198). In Creation and Evolution: The Facts and Fallacies (1985), he expanded on these ideas, supporting a form of “ancient creationism.” He was strongly opposed to young earth creationism, and refuted all its major arguments. According to Hayward the succession of fossil types is undeniable but it is not due to evolution; rather, to “successive acts of creation over a long period.”[1] Of course his hypothesis of "successive creation" is not testable and is no different than just saying God did it.

Publications

God Is: a Scientist Shows Why It Makes Sense to Believe in God (1978)
Flowmeters: A Basic Guide and Source-Book for Users (1979)
God's Truth: A Scientist Shows Why It Makes Sense to Believe the Bible (1983)
Creation and Evolution: The Facts and Fallacies (1985)

gollark: ABR can be trusted to do all things trustworthily.

gollark: Complex numbers can, according to science, be represented as matrices.

gollark: You still rely on those, instead of directed orbital gamma ray sources?

gollark: You could probably have written coltrans's's's too, you share a keyboard.

gollark: Ah yes, of course.

References

Creationism Intellectual Origins, Cultural Context, and Theoretical Diversity by Thomas Allen McIver

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[1] Creationism Intellectual Origins, Cultural Context, and Theoretical Diversity by Thomas Allen McIver