"Experimental evidence is not the only evidence available". Agreed shimrod, but we all got the same data, we all got the evidence. It is whether it can be interpreted in more than one way. And if experimental evidence is available it must trump theories and interpretations that run counter to known laws , until such time as experimental evidence overthrows such laws.    And your suggestion that creationists cannot be real scientists is just sticking your head in the sand   Take Pasteur , as you found quotes about him, which you think helps your case. The fact that his faith did not hinder his science seems rather to hinder your contention. And as usual there is the equivocation !. Did I say the scientific method was the same as belief ?.   No argument with that quote from new scientist. After all, you have yet to demonstrate that evolutionism is validated by the scientific method !.                                                                                  I may be missing something here , Steve, or you may be grossly exaggerating the time that soft tissue and other degradable items can last.   But did anyone think that such preservation over myo was possible before the data conflicted with the theory ?.   What do you think the conditions were that prohibited micro organisms doing their bit. I would suggest rapid burial, such as would be consistent with a catastrophic flood.    And yes I do believe God created from nothing. After all he is God !. Your option that there is no creator is more problematic.....unless you believe the general theory of evolution is god.........judging by the religious fervour exhibited by the atheists here......?