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 31, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Culture War, Evangelicals, Evolution, Gay Marriage, intolerance, Ken Ham, Politics, Treavor Bogard, White Evangelicals |
by Treavor Bogard In today’s post, our colleague Treavor Bogard continues his discussion of Answers in Genesis (AiG), exploring the possibilities and potential significance of the Ark under a different director than Ken Ham. Darkness v. light. Death v. life....
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...
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...
