PREFACE vi © Cedarville University International Conference on Creationism. The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of Cedarville University. The International Conference on Creationism has been taking place every four or five years since the first conference was held in 1986. ICC has become known as the premier young earth Creation conference in the world. Beginning with proposals that were submitted in 2022, editors and peer-reviewers have worked with the authors and have selected the papers that appear in this volume. New for the ninth conference are posters, abstracts, and round table discussions. These items were not peer-reviewed as stringently as the technical papers. There are fewer technical papers this time around, but our goal was not quantity, but quality. Historically only one-third to one-half of the submitted proposals are eventually published as papers in the Proceedings. For those who ultimately had proposals or papers that were not submitted or rejected, we encourage you to persist and improve in your research and writing. In this volume you will find many new ideas and proposals, both by well-seasoned scientists and young scholars presenting their first papers. The first eight ICC conferences were held in the Pittsburgh area and sponsored by Creation Science Fellowship. In 2020, CSF donated the organization of ICC to Cedarville University, moving the conference from a private organization to an academic one, in Cedarville, Ohio. The ICC Board now consists of five Cedarville University faculty members (Drs. Sharon Cooper, Steven Gollmer, Aaron Hutchison, Robert Paris, and John Whitmore) and two outside members (Drs. Jeremy Lyon and Clayton Schultz). The foresight of Creation Science Fellowship is to be commended for their vision of the Conference, now almost four decades old. The Proceedings are well-used in my office, and I suspect in many others around the world. My freshman geology students are introduced to the Proceedings almost immediately as a generally reliable and trustworthy source for Creation science. It is noteworthy that a local creation organization like CSF has made such a large impact. Their vision has helped to significantly improve the quality and rigor of Creation science publications. Within the papers of this volume you will find new data that continues to question the conventional paradigm of radiometric dating including further consideration of radiocarbon and radiohalos. Several papers use worldwide stratigraphic correlation and the Paleobiology Database to make conclusions on Flood boundaries. New papers on the potential of tsunamis to erode, transport and deposit sediment during the Flood are discussed. New evidence is emerging that a large lake was breached in post-Flood times to carve the Grand Canyon. The makeup of created kinds continues to be an area of active research including papers on dinosaur, ape, and hominin baraminology. Evidence of design within things as diverse as cavefish and stars continue to be topics of research. When ICC began, numerical modeling was not widely available to the creation community. Now, you will find papers modeling things as diverse as the development of the Ice Age, sediment dispersal during the Flood, genes and mutation rates, and relatedness of various animal groups—fossil and living. Abstract and poster presentations garnered a wide range of topics including archaeology, astronomy, baraminology, biblical topics, biology, design, education, geochronology, geology, law, numerical modeling, paleontology, philosophy, and software applications. Abstract presentations were 20 minutes long and the posters were set up during the entirety of the conference. Afternoon activities at ICC included a local field trip to examine the botany, biology, and geology of an exquisite county park and gorge just outside of Cedarville. Set up in our vendor hall was a portable planetarium highlighting new discoveries from the James Webb Telescope. Thomas Purifoy of Compass Cinema previewed a nearly completed version of the new feature film Is Genesis History? Mountains After the Flood. Round table discussions were well-attended and addressed what some would consider controversial topics within creationism. We addressed Flood boundaries, biogeography, and bird/feathered dinosaur controversy. The sessions were professionally done with respect of other positions. The conference is not publishing the content of these discussions because our intent was to openly discuss the data, problems, and differing points of view within these topics. Our hope is that these sessions will foster additional research and forthcoming publications. For our evening sessions, eleven scholars were asked to discuss the current state and future needs of young earth creation science in their particular field. Contributing were Drs. Bill Barrick (Bible), Andrew Snelling (geology), Russel Humphreys (physics), Joe Francis (biology), Douglass Petrovich (archaeology), Danny Faulkner (astronomy), John Baumgardner (numerical modeling), John Sanford (genetics), Kurt Wise (paleontology), Matt McLain (education), and Aaron Hutchison (chemistry). We appreciate the support of Cedarville University. CU’s doctrinal stance not only makes an organization and conference like ICC possible at the university, but its activities are actually encouraged as a natural part of our biblical integration as faculty. However, the views and ideas expressed at the conference and in the subsequent publications are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of Cedarville University. Preparing papers for a volume of this type is not an easy task. Many of the authors have spent hundreds of hours studying, thinking, researching, collecting data, and preparing and editing numerous versions of their manuscripts. Some of the papers are the summation of life-long endeavors. All the first drafts of the manuscripts were peer-reviewed and many of the authors had to follow up with major revisions to satisfy the reviewers and editors. We appreciate 9th 2023 Whitmore, J.H. 2023. Preface. In J.H. Whitmore (editor), Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Creationism, pp. vi-vii. Cedarville, Ohio: Cedarville University International Conference on Creationism.
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