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Ken Ham: The Majority of Evangelical Colleges are Unsafe for Christian Students

by William Trollinger Screenshot of Ken Ham’;s “This is Truly Awful: Seriously?! This is What ‘Christian’ Schools are Teaching” video, via Answers in Genesis. Ken Ham has launched a full-scale, no holds barred attack on evangelical...

Sinking Further and Further Below Their Projections: The Facts of Ark Encounter Attendance

by William Trollinger  In 2013 Ark Encounter sold the little town of Williamstown on the idea of issuing $62 million worth of junk bonds to get the Ark up and running, a sweet deal sweetened even more by the agreement that 75% of what Ark Encounter would pay in...

The Flat-Earth Flank of Young-Earth Creationism

by Glenn Branch Glenn Branch is deputy director of the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit organization that defends the integrity of American science education against ideological interference. He is the author of numerous articles on evolution...

Answers in Genesis: The Bible Is to Be Read Literally, Except When It’s Not

by William Trollinger Giotto di Bodone’s “The Kiss of Judas”. Public Domain. At the height of the pandemic, Georgia Purdom of Answers in Genesis (AiG) instructed Christians to ignore the medical experts and evolutionist academics (some of whom teach...

QAnon, the Epstein files, and Ken Ham

by William Trollinger Answers in Genesis’ representation of a “secular” worldview. Ken Ham’s silence is deafening. And so revealing.  For those who don’t know, QAnon (quoting from Britannica) is a conspiracy theory originating in forum posts on...