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...
Apr 22, 2017 | Age of the Earth, Creation Science, Creationism, Flood Geology, History, Noah's Flood, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger It is not enough for young Earth creationists to create an alt-science in which: the universe is 6000 years old (light years refer to distance, not time); a year-long global flood created the Grand Canyon and all of our geological strata; and...
Apr 19, 2017 | Age of the Earth, Answers in Genesis, Creation Science, Creationism, Evolution, Flood Geology, History, Noah's Flood, Science, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Hard to believe, but true. Young Earth creationism is even weirder than you thought. Most outsiders to young Earth creationism focus on the alt-science that asserts that the universe is 6000 years old, a global flood in 2348 BCE accounts for all...
Apr 13, 2017 | Creationism, Evolution, Rodney Kennedy, Science, Young Earth Creationism |
by Rodney Kennedy Today’s post comes from our friend and colleague Dr. Rodney Kennedy. Rodney’s post is an excellent reminder of why language matters when it comes to understanding young earth creationism. There is no getting around it. Young earth...
Apr 11, 2017 | Age of the Earth, Answers in Genesis, Bible, Biblical Literalism, Creation Science, Creationism, Evolution, Historical Science, Ken Ham, Observational Science, Science, Young Earth Creationism |
by Susan Trollinger In our last post, we mentioned in passing that Ken Ham and AiG like to refer to Genesis as an “eye witness account” to the creation. Importantly, that is their trump card on evolution. Readers of this blog will remember that a key rhetorical move...
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...