Oct 21, 2016 | Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Creationism, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy, Noah's Flood, Science, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger While Charles Darwin’s 1859 Origin of Species posed challenges to traditional understandings of the Bible, many Protestants had little trouble accommodating Darwin’s ideas. But a significant minority resisted. Holding to inerrancy – the Bible is...
Oct 18, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Creationism, Fundamentalism, History, Ken Ham, Noah's Flood, Science |
by Susan Trollinger and William Trollinger When Bill Nye (the Science Guy) debated Ken Ham (CEO of Answers in Genesis, parent organization of the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter), many commentators said that Ham won the debate just by being on stage with Bill Nye...
Oct 10, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Creationism, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy, Jason Hentschel, 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...
Oct 3, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Christian Right, Creation Museum, Creationism, Culture War, Donald Trump, Hell, Jesus, Ken Ham, Noah's Flood, Righting America |
by William Trollinger If we had given Righting America an epitaph it would probably have been this stanza from Mary Gauthier’s “Mercy Now”: My church and my country could use a little mercy now. As they sink into a poisoned pit it’s going to take forever to climb out,...
Sep 30, 2016 | Age of the Earth, Creationism, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Rodney Kennedy, Science, Young Earth Creationism |
by Rodney Kennedy This post features Dr. Rod Kennedy’s cousin Boudreaux. As Rod says, “Boudreaux is my imaginary interlocutor. His is from the bayou of Louisiana and possesses an earthy wisdom but also a brutal certainty about everything. He always says what he thinks...
Sep 28, 2016 | Bible, Biblical Literalism, Creationism, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Historical Science, Inerrancy, Ken Ham, Observational Science, Patrick Thomas, Righting America, Science, Young Earth Creationism |
by Patrick Thomas Patrick Thomas reflects upon the contributions of our colleagues from the natural sciences from our recent series, Putting Observational Science to the Test. In his book The Lie, Ken Ham delineates the differences between “observational” and...
