Nov 29, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, Flood Geology, Righting America, Science |
by Susan Trollinger In Righting America, we took seriously AiG’s claim, as articulated by Jason Lisle (PhD in astrophysics and director of the planetarium at the Creation Museum), that there is “plenty of science that confirms a biblical creation” and that “[m]uch of...
Nov 25, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter |
by William Trollinger Ok. Maybe we have been unfair. Maybe we have been one-sided in our discussion of Ark Encounter. It is certainly true that we have made a point of noting that – despite all the emphasis on literally reproducing the Ark described in Genesis – Ken...
Nov 21, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Biblical Literalism, Creation Museum |
by Susan Trollinger If the object of the Creation Museum is strange, the object of the Ark Encounter is even stranger. At the Creation Museum, a central idea seems to have been to attempt to re-create certain scenes that Genesis says occurred in the Garden of Eden....
Nov 17, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Creation Museum |
by Susan Trollinger They call it the Creation Museum. It’s a museum. At least that is what Answers in Genesis (the Creation Museum’s parent organization) says it is. Although a number of scholars and commentators have contested that claim (and for good reason), we...
Nov 11, 2016 | Christian Right, Culture War, Donald Trump, Politics, Racism, Righting America, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger Exit polling data reveal that white evangelicals voted for Trump by an overwhelming 81 to 16 percent margin. Evangelical support for Trump was particularly important in swing states such as Florida. To be sure, there are evangelicals who, like...
