Dec 27, 2021 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Charles Taylor, Creation Museum, Creationism, Evangelical Leaders, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelicals, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Ken Ham, Libertarianism, Postmodernism, Radical Creationism, Reification, Religion and Science, Rodney Kennedy, Young Earth Creationism |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. The pastor of 7 Southern Baptist churches over the course of 20 years, he pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH)...
Oct 11, 2021 | Amish, Amish Country Theater, Answers in Genesis, Anti-Vaxxers, Ark Encounter, COVID-19, Creation Museum, Evangelicals, Evolution, Janet Kellogg Ray, Masking, Religion and Science, Righting America, Science, Selling the Amish, Tourism, Vaccination, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Promotional photo for the Amish Country Theater (2021) Every other year my wife Sue teaches a course here at the University of Dayton (UD) entitled “The Arguments and Visual Rhetoric of Two Religious Traditions.” Not surprisingly, the two...
Sep 27, 2021 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Creation Museum, Ken Ham, Noah's Flood, Tax Breaks, TIF Bonds, Williamstown |
by William Trollinger Screenshot from Ken Ham’s Facebook page requesting donations for Ark Encounter and Creation Museum Building projects. Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis (AiG) are busy promoting the idea that the “Ark Encounter and Creation Museum Are Groaning”...
Jul 9, 2021 | Ad Hominem Attacks, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, COVID-19, David McMillan, Ken Ham, Noah's Flood, Righting America, Tax Breaks, TIF Bonds, We Believe in Dinosaurs, Williamstown |
by William Trollinger Exterior of Ark Encounter. Photo copyright: Susan Trollinger (2018) In an article celebrating the five-year anniversary of Ark Encounter’s opening, Ken Ham continued to issue misleading (now there’s an understatement!) comments regarding...
Jun 2, 2021 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Flood Geology, Genetics, Genocide, Historical Science, Mark Etter, Noah's Flood, Observational Science, Wickedness, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Image from The Bible Panorama, or The Holy Scripture in Picture and Story (1891). Image via Wikimedia Commons. “Off the rails” doesn’t begin to describe the state of fundamentalist apologetics. Take, for example, young Earth creationism. Its...
May 18, 2021 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Biblical Illiteracy, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Christian Right, Creation Museum, Critical Race Theory, Dan Phelps, Fundamentalism and Gender, Gender Roles, Howard Thurman, Intersectionality, Jesus, John Lewis, Judgment, Katheryn Pfisterer Darr, Ken Ham, Luke Timothy Johnson, Martin Luther King, Ralph Abernathy, Righting America, Sexual Orientation, Social Justice, Statement of Faith, Tax Breaks, White Evangelicals, Williamstown |
by William Trollinger Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Image via abc7Chicago.com. Every time I think that things can’t get worse at Answers in Genesis (AiG), they do. The ever-intrepid Dan Phelps has noticed that on March 05, 2021 AiG replaced their original...
