Feb 27, 2017 | Culture War, Donald Trump, Ken Ham, Politics, The Media |
by William Trollinger Donald Trump and his White House are now shutting out reporters they deem to be unfriendly. While many Americans are horrified by this blatant disregard for a free press, sixteen months ago Ken Ham happily predicted that something like this would...
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,...
Dec 27, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Christmas, Culture War, Fundamentalism, Jesus, Rodney Kennedy |
by Rodney Kennedy We are pleased to welcome Baptist minister Dr. Rod Kennedy back to the blog, this time with another story about his cousin Boudreaux. My cousin Boudreaux called very early Christmas morning. His voice was a mere whisper. I asked him why he sounded so...
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 20, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Creationism, Culture War, Evolution, Gay Marriage, intolerance, Ken Ham, Patrick Thomas |
by Patrick Thomas In today’s post, Patrick Thomas examines Ken Ham’s use of “intolerance” as a tactic to frame non-creationists as anti-Christian secularists. Last week, we examined the ways Ken Ham and AiG are re-writing history, whitewashing...
Nov 11, 2016 | Christian Right, Culture War, Donald Trump, Politics, Racism, Righting America, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger Exit polling data reveal that white evangelicals voted for Trump by an overwhelming 81 to 16 percent margin. Evangelical support for Trump was particularly important in swing states such as Florida. To be sure, there are evangelicals who, like...
