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Jonathan Sarfati

Jonathan David Sarfati(born 1 October 1964) is ayoung Earth creationistwho writes articles forCreation Ministries International(CMI), a non-profitChristian apologeticsministry. Sarfati has a PhD in chemistry, and wasNew Zealand national chess championin 1987 and 1988.[1][2]

Background

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Born inArarat,Victoria,Sarfati moved with his family to New Zealand as a child, where he became adualAustralianandNew Zealandcitizen. He attendedWellington Collegein New Zealand, later graduating fromVictoria University of Wellingtonwith a BSc (Hons.) inchemistry,and a PhD in the same subject for a thesis entitled "ASpectroscopicStudy of someChalcogenideRing and Cage Molecules ". He co-authored a paper onhigh-temperature superconductorsthat was published inNaturein 1987 ( "Letters to Nature" ),[3]and from 1988 to 1995, had five papers onspectroscopyofcondensed mattersamples published in otherpeer-reviewedscientific journals.[4]In 1996, he returned toBrisbane,Australiato work for theCreation Science Foundation,thenAnswers in Genesis,then its current nameCreation Ministries International.In 2010, he moved to the American office of that ministry.[5]

Creationism

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Sarfati was a founder of the Wellington Christian Apologetics Society in New Zealand, and has long retained an interest in Christian apologetics and thecreation–evolution controversy.[6]His first two books,Refuting Evolutionin 1999, andRefuting Evolution 2in 2002, are intended as rebuttals to theNational Academy of Sciences' publicationTeaching about Evolution and the Nature of Scienceand thePBS/NovaseriesEvolution,respectively.Refuting Compromise,published in 2004, is Sarfati's rebuttal of theday-age creationistteachings ofHugh Ross,who attempts to harmonise theGenesis account of creationwith mainstream science regarding theage of the Earthand the possible size of theBiblical Flood,against which Sarfati defends aliteral biblicaltimeline and a global flood.Eugenie ScottandGlenn Branchof theNational Center for Science Educationcalled Sarfati'sRefuting Evolution 2a "crude piece of propaganda".[7]

Sarfati is a critic ofgeocentrism,[8]theMyth of the flat Earth[9]andflat Earthteaching,[10]homosexualbehaviour,[11]andabortion[12]except to save the life of the mother.[13]While opposingembryonic stem cellresearch, he supportsadult stem cellresearch.[14]Sarfati also supportsvaccinationand rebutsanti-vaccination arguments.[15]

Sarfati playing chess against multiple players at a creation conference, 2011.

Chess

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Sarfati is achessFIDE Master,and achieved adrawagainst formerworld championBoris Spasskyduring a tournament inWellingtonin 1988,[16]and wasNew Zealand's national chess championin 1987–88.[17]

Although tied with Rey Casse for first place in theAustralian Junior Championshipof 1981, he was not eligible to share the title as he was a resident of New Zealand at the time.[18]He represented New Zealand in threeChess Olympiads:the 27th inDubai[19]in 1986, the 28th inThessaloniki[20]in 1988, and the 30th inManila[21]in 1992. He also represented New Zealand on top board at the 5th Asian Teams inNew Delhi.[22]

He has givenblindfold chessexhibitions at chess clubs[23]and other events,[24][25][26]and has played twelve such games simultaneously.[27]His previous best was winning 11/11 at theKāpitiChess Club in New Zealand.[28]

Bibliography

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  • The Genesis Account: A theological, historical, and scientific commentary on Genesis 1-11,2015, Creation Book PublishersISBN978-1921643910
  • Christianity for Skeptics,2012, with Steve Kumar (first author), Creation Book PublishersISBN978-1921643491
  • The Greatest Hoax on Earth? Refuting Dawkins on Evolution,2010, Creation Book PublishersISBN1-921643-06-4
  • By Design: Evidence for nature's Intelligent Designer—the God of the Bible,2008, Creation Book Publishers ABN: 978-0-949906-72-4
  • Refuting Compromise: A Biblical and Scientific Refutation of Progressive Creationism,2004, Creation Book PublishersISBN0-89051-411-9
  • The Revised & Expanded Answers Book,2003, withCarl Wielandand David Catchpoole, edited by Don Batten,ISBN0-89051-395-3
  • Refuting Evolution 2,2002/2011, Creation Book PublishersISBN0-89051-387-2
  • Refuting Evolution,1999–2010, Creation Book PublishersISBN0-89051-258-2

References

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  1. ^"Jonathan D Sarfati".chessgames.Retrieved9 June2012.
  2. ^"Dr Jonathan D. Sarfati BSc (Hons.), PhD, F.M."Creation Ministries International.Retrieved7 January2009.
  3. ^Mawdsley, A., Trodahl, H.J., Tallon, J., Sarfati, J. and Kaiser, A.B. (1987)Thermoelectric power and electron-phonon enhancement in YBa2Cu3O7-6Nature328: 233–234.
  4. ^Five articles can be found by searching forJonathan D SarfatiatScience Direct
  5. ^Sarfati, Jonathan(2015).The Genesis Account.Creation Book Publishers. p. 786.ISBN978-1-921643-91-0.
  6. ^Sarfati's biography at CMI-Australia,Creationist Physical Chemist and Spectroscopist
  7. ^Scott E.C. and Branch G. (2003).Antievolutionism: Changes and ContinuitiesBioScience:53(3):282-285
  8. ^Robert Carter and Jonathan Sarfati,Why the Universe does not revolve around the Earth: Refuting absolute geocentrism,creation, 12 February 2015.
  9. ^Jonathan Sarfati,The flat earth myth,Creation35(3):20–23, April 2013.
  10. ^Robert Carter and Jonathan Sarfati,A flat earth, and other nonsense: Dealing with ideas that would not exist were it not for the Internet,creation, 3 September 2016.
  11. ^Jonathan Sarfati,Gay ‘marriage’ and the consistent outcome of Genesis compromise,creation, 30 June 2012.
  12. ^Jonathan Sarfati,Antidote to abortion arguments,creation, 2002.
  13. ^Jonathan Sarfati,What about abortion to save the mother’s life?,creation, 3 January 2014.
  14. ^Jonathan Sarfati,Stem cells and Genesis,Journal of Creation15(3):19–26, 2001;
  15. ^Jonathan Sarfati,CMI, vaccines, and vaccination,creation, 2018.
  16. ^"Jonathan D Sarfati vs Boris Spassky 1988".ChessGames.Retrieved7 January2009.
  17. ^"Title and Trophy Holders".Poison Pawn. Archived fromthe originalon 18 March 2008.Retrieved7 January2009.
  18. ^Search for Rey Casse and Chess[permanent dead link]
  19. ^Chess Olympiad 1986
  20. ^Chess Olympiad 1988
  21. ^Chess Olympiad 1992
  22. ^Asian Teams 1983
  23. ^Croydon chess clubArchived22 March 2012 at theWayback Machine
  24. ^Sherman, Bill (3 September 2011)."Creationist to speak on young Earth theory".Tulsa World.USA.Retrieved6 September2011.
  25. ^Richardson, Bryan (27 August 2013). "Check Mates".The Manhattan Mercury.Manhattan, Kansas:Seaton Group.
  26. ^Lawrence, Jeana (27 August 2013)."Speaker challenges evolution, offers alternative view".The Kansas State Collegian.Retrieved22 December2013.
  27. ^Chess games at Logan Chess Club site (archive)
  28. ^Roberts, Earl N.,Chess from behind a blindfold?,New Zealand Chess29(3):23, June 2003.
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