May 19, 2017 | Adam Laats, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Cedarville University, Christian Colleges, Creation Museum, Creationism, Culture War, Evangelical Education, Ken Ham, Righting America |
by William Trollinger Sometimes this blog writes itself. Sometimes our friend Adam Laats writes it for us. A few days ago, Ken Ham announced that Answers in Genesis (AiG) would be joining with another fundamentalist organization to open the Twelve Stones Christian...
May 5, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Cedarville University, Christian Colleges, Creation Museum, Creationism, Evangelical Education, Fundamentalism, Ken Ham, Righting America, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger In the end, it is all about protecting the children. The mission of Answers in Genesis [AiG] is to provide churches, schools, and families with a host of resources designed to provide youth with “a suit of armor that will ensure complete...
Apr 29, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Christian Right, Creation Museum, Creationism, Culture War, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy, Ken Ham, Righting America, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Given that so many people – including many Christians – find fundamentalism and creationism bewildering and bizarre, who is the audience for contemporary fundamentalist leaders and organizations? When Bill spoke last Sunday at Westminster...
Mar 14, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, Historical Science, Ken Ham, Observational Science, Righting America, Science |
by Susan Trollinger In a March 9, 2017 blog post, Ken Ham critiqued the organizers of the March for Science (which will be held on April 22 in Washington DC and elsewhere) for their apparent exclusion of creation scientists from their march. Ham admits that they “are...
Mar 7, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Apologetics, Biblical Literalism, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy, Ken Ham, Rodney Kennedy, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Having spent almost a decade studying Answers in Genesis (AiG) and the Creation Museum, we sometimes forget how foreign the young earth creationist world is to a large swath of the American public. It was great to be at the First Baptist Church...
Feb 20, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Biblical Literalism, Christian Right, Creation Museum, Creationism, Culture War, Donald Trump, Politics, Righting America, White Evangelicals, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger From the beginning, the dream was an exercise in the worst sort of wishful thinking. Over the past fifty-odd years, the Christian Right has been the most reliable constituency within the Republican Party. But over these same five decades,...
