Dec 12, 2023 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Bodie Hodge, Carl Weinberg, Christian Nationalism, Climate Change, Conservative Evangelicals, Creation Museum, Culture War, Evolution, Freedom Guard, House Speaker, John Fea, Ken Ham, Marxism, Mike Johnson, Public Religion Research Institute, Red Dynamite, Righting America, School Shootings, Secularism, Social Evolution, Statement of Faith, Tax Breaks, The Lie, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared at The Conversation. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson takes questions from reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Nov. 14, 2023. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Speaker of the House Mike...
Dec 5, 2023 | Age of the Earth, American Democracy, Ark Encounter, Authoritarian Populism, Baptist Distinctives, Bible Reading, Biblical Illiteracy, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Creation Museum, Demagoguery and Democracy, Donald Trump, Ellen Davis, Evangelical History, Evangelical Leaders, Evangelical Rhetoric, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalist Bible, James McClendon, Observational Science, Paul Combs, Religion and Politics, Richard Elliott Friedman, Rodney Kennedy, Science, University of Dayton |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which he...
Nov 7, 2023 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Feasibility Report, Creation Museum, David McMillan, Ken Ham, Mike Johnson, Secularism, Tax Breaks, We Believe in Dinosaurs, White Evangelicals, Williamstown, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (right) with Ken Ham (left). Image via Answers in Genesis. Ken Ham has to be thrilled. Mike Johnson – young Earth creationist, anti-LGBTQ and anti-abortion extremist, and election denier – is...
Sep 26, 2023 | Answers in Genesis, Anti-Vaxxers, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Ark Encounter Feasibility Report, Book Banning, Capitalism, Climate Skeptics, Critical Race Theory, Dan Phelps, Ken Ham, LGBTQ+ Identity, Marxism, Secularism, Tax Breaks, TIF Bonds, Williamstown |
by William Trollinger Ark Encounter in Williamstown, KY. Image via JoeMyGod. It has been exactly ten years since Williamstown, Kentucky, underwrote $62.5m worth of bonds that made possible the building of Ark Encounter. This anniversary seems the perfect opportunity...
Aug 15, 2023 | Answers in Genesis, Antonio Guterres, Ark Encounter, Avery Foley, Biblical Authority, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Carbon Emissions, Christian Right, Cornwall Alliance, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Dispensational Premillennialism, Economics of Climate Change, Environmental Science, Fossil Fuels, Heat Waves, Jessica Jaworski, Lahaina, Maui Fires, Noah's Flood, Observational Science, Proof-Texting, Religion and Science, The Nation, Tom Engelhardt, Wildfires |
by William Trollinger Aftermath of the fires in Lahaina, Hawaii. Image via mauinews.com. In his recent article, “Right-Wing Extremism is Going to Boil Us Alive,” Tom Engelhardt observes that It could be the Gulf Stream collapsing or the planet eternally breaking...
Jun 20, 2023 | 3 Quarks Daily, Adam and Eve, Answers in Genesis, Anti-Abortion, Anti-Vaxxers, Ark Encounter, Australian Question Lobby, Biblical Authority, Biblical Interpretation, Black Lives Matter, Bodie Hodge, Boris Johnson, Chief Ministry Officer, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Conspiracy Theories, COVID-19, Creation Museum, Economics of Climate Change, Evolution, Fossil Fuels, Gender Roles, Great Reset, Heartland Institute, Henry Morris, Institute for Creation Science, Joe Biden, Justin Trudeau, Ken Ham, Martin Iles, Paul Braterman, Rhetoric, World Economic Forum, Young Earth Creationism |
by Paul Braterman Paul Braterman is Professor Emeritus in Chemistry, University of North Texas, and Honorary Research Fellow (formerly Reader) at the University of Glasgow. His research has involved topics related to the early Earth and the origins of life, and...
