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Velikovsky's ideas were met with vigorous criticism, arguing that the science contradicted Velikovsky's findings, re-enforced by the conclusions of a 1974 conference by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, "Velikovsky's Challenge to Science".<ref>Donald W. Goldsmith (Editor), ''Scientists Confront Velikovsky'' (1977), Cornell University Press, ISBN 0801409616, ISBN-13 978-0801409615.</ref> Velikovsky and his supporters disagreed, and the resulting controversy became known as "The Velikovsky Affair", after a book of the same name.<ref>Alfred de Grazia, (Editor) ''[http://www.grazian-archive.com/quantavolution/QUANTAVOL/va_docs/va_1.pdf The Velikovsky Affair]'', 1st ed. 1966, 2nd ed. 1978, with contributions by Ralph Juergens, Livio C. Stecchini, Alfred de Grazia and Immanuel Velikovsky. At the author's Website.</ref>

Velikovsky's ideas were met with vigorous criticism, arguing that the science contradicted Velikovsky's findings, re-enforced by the conclusions of a 1974 conference by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, "Velikovsky's Challenge to Science".<ref>Donald W. Goldsmith (Editor), ''Scientists Confront Velikovsky'' (1977), Cornell University Press, ISBN 0801409616, ISBN-13 978-0801409615.</ref> Velikovsky and his supporters disagreed, and the resulting controversy became known as "The Velikovsky Affair", after a book of the same name.<ref>Alfred de Grazia, (Editor) ''[http://www.grazian-archive.com/quantavolution/QUANTAVOL/va_docs/va_1.pdf The Velikovsky Affair]'', 1st ed. 1966, 2nd ed. 1978, with contributions by Ralph Juergens, Livio C. Stecchini, Alfred de Grazia and Immanuel Velikovsky. At the author's Website.</ref>

Religious Creationists looked at Velikovsky's ideas and rejected them as incompatible with the Bible. Don DeYoung concluded in 2000 that:

Religious Creationists Don DeYoung looked at Velikovsky's ideas and rejected them as incompatible with the Bible, concluding that:

:"Velikovsky's ideas are a mixture of truth and error. His proposal  of a recent Ice Age is shared with creationists, as are his  challenges to "the doctrine of uniformity" (that rates of formation  and erosion have always been constant). However, Velikovsky is  hardly a friend of creationists or Christians in general since he  fully accepted evolutionary theory. Velikovsky denied the Genesis  flood and attempted to explain away the Old Testament miracles as  natural catastrophes."<ref>Donald DeYoung, ''Astronomy and the Bible: Questions and Answers,'' (2nd ed 2000) p. 52</ref>   

:"Velikovsky's ideas are a mixture of truth and error. His proposal  of a recent Ice Age is shared with creationists, as are his  challenges to "the doctrine of uniformity" (that rates of formation  and erosion have always been constant). However, Velikovsky is  hardly a friend of creationists or Christians in general since he  fully accepted evolutionary theory. Velikovsky denied the Genesis  flood and attempted to explain away the Old Testament miracles as  natural catastrophes."<ref>Donald DeYoung, ''Astronomy and the Bible: Questions and Answers,'' (2nd ed 2000) p. 52</ref>