Aug 18, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Bible, Biblical Literalism, Inerrancy, Noah's Flood |
by Susan Trollinger As visitors move through the exhibits at Ark Encounter, they come upon placards that alert them to the fact that they are looking at an “artistic interpretation” or that the creators of the exhibit have taken “artistic license” with the content....
Aug 16, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Bible, Biblical Literalism, Creation Museum, Inerrancy |
by William Trollinger In our first few visits to the Creation Museum we were repeatedly surprised by the Creation Museum’s lax treatment of the Bible. According to Answers in Genesis (AiG) the Bible is divinely inspired and inerrant, without error and factually...
Aug 5, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Biblical Literalism, Genocide, Noah's Flood, Righting America |
by Susan Trollinger In our July 17 blog post, following our first visit to Ark Encounter on opening day, we noted our surprise at being rather underwhelmed by what was on display at Ark Encounter. Yes, the size of the Ark and the carpentry were impressive but the...
Aug 2, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Bible, Biblical Literalism, Creationism, Culture War, Jesus, Rodney Kennedy |
by Rodney Kennedy Answers in Genesis (AiG). The name of the organization says it all. But as Dr. Kennedy argues below, AiG has it all wrong. When Ken Ham claims that all the answers are in Genesis 1-11, and when Christians line up behind such a claim, we are in for a...
Jul 25, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Bible, Biblical Literalism, Church, Creation Museum, Culture War, Fundamentalism, History, Inerrancy, Israel, Jesus, Righting America |
by Emily Hunter McGowin The authors of Righting America observe that, “given the Creation Museum’s stated commitment to biblical inerrancy and the very words of the Bible as ‘God-breathed,’” it is striking that the museum is “oddly loose” in its presentation of the...
Jun 27, 2016 | Bible, Biblical Literalism, Creationism, Fundamentalism, Rodney Kennedy, Young Earth Creationism |
by Rodney Kennedy Many Baptists — including Jimmy Carter — fled or were forced out of the Southern Baptist Convention when the fundamentalist forces secured control in the 1980s. As one of those whom the Southern Baptist fundamentalists could not abide,...