Richard Porter
Prof. Richard Porter was formerly Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Aberdeen and has been involved (as a member of the Council of Reference) of Truth in Science. He is retired but you can find out all about him at Answers in Genesis at http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v25/i1/upright.asp.
That is the very same Answers in Genesis going round the UK telling all in sundry that UFOs, manned by demons who teach the theory of evolution, are busy abducting people. The one and the same organisation that believes dinosaurs roamed the British countryside in Tudor times.
The very same Answers in Genesis claims that “the contributions of modern creationists to scientific research are well-kept secrets by the modern media and scientific establishment” but can’t back this up with facts.
Let us ask the reader; where is the evidence that modern media, such as the Internet, are organised to hold this information back? The creationists are all over the place on the Internet. Where do you think we get the information for this article from? What about the 11 religious TV channels in the UK? The numerous televangelicals in the USA?
Think again about the “scientific establishment”. AiG explicitly states that Porter has had paper after paper published by the “scientific establishment”. The very same establishment that gave him his professorship, alongside Stuart Burgess and Andy McIntosh, the very same establishment that appointed him Director of Education and Training for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh from 1995–97 - as stated by Answers in Genesis who also say that he has “published over 120 papers in peer-reviewed journals (50% on spinal disorders), mostly as senior author. He is the author of five textbooks and over 30 contributory chapters. In 2001 Edinburgh University awarded him a D.Sc. degree for research on spinal stenosis, and he was awarded the Syme professorship for work on congenital talipes (formerly called ‘club foot’).”
Now, as we repeatedly point out, creationists lie, systematically, habitually and repeatedly. The Australian (well, he lives there) that made the above comments about the scientific establishment was Jonathan Sarfati of Answers in Genesis. Well, he was of AiG, because AiG USA fell out with him and his buddies in Australia. AiG in Australia has renamed itself Creation Ministries International.
