Jan 21, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Gay Marriage, Ken Ham, Righting America |
by William Trollinger Are untruths acceptable in the service of some larger Truth? The answer at the Creation Museum and at Answers in Genesis (AiG) seems to be a resounding “yes.” How else to explain the museum’s iconic tableau of Martin Luther posting the...
Jan 13, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, Evolution, Flood Geology, Noah's Flood, Righting America, Science, Young Earth Creationism |
by Susan Trollinger A foundational premise for AiG is that “We all deal with the same evidence (we all live on the same earth, have the same fossils, observe the same animals, etc.).” Building on that premise, AiG claims that “The difference lies in how we interpret...
Jan 10, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Apologetics, Creation Museum, Creationism, Donald Trump, History, Jason Hentschel, Ken Ham, Young Earth Creationism |
by Jason Hentschel Jason A. Hentschel has a Ph.D. in theology from the University of Dayton. His research focuses on the intersection of evangelicalism and modern American culture. He has contributed chapters to The Bible in American Life and The Handbook of the Bible...
Jan 3, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Creation Museum, History, Ken Ham, Reformation |
by William Trollinger Sometimes this blog writes itself. Or, more precisely, sometimes the folks at Answers in Genesis (AiG) write it for us. In his New Year’s Day post, Ken Ham celebrates the fact that this year marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant...
Dec 23, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Christmas, Creation Museum, Creationism, Culture War, Jesus, Ken Ham, LGBT Issues, Secularism |
by William Trollinger It may be the Christmas season, but at Answers in Genesis (AiG) fighting the culture war is a 24/7/365 operation. See, for example, AiG’s gigantic Ark, which has been lit, not in Christmas colors, but in rainbow colors. As Ken Ham has explained,...
Dec 5, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Creation Museum, Creationism, Ken Ham, Patrick Thomas, Righting America |
by Patrick Thomas In this post, Patrick Thomas critiques the “plain sense” of AiG’s literal reading of Genesis on display at the Creation Museum. To accept a literalist reading of Genesis means that you must also take a number of suppositions as...
