Apr 26, 2017 | Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy |
by William Trollinger How do people hold on to ideas that seem to be illogical, and how do they hold on to them with fervor? Last Sunday Bill talked about biblical inerrancy and the origins of fundamentalism at Westminster Presbyterian Church here in Dayton. It was...
Mar 7, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Apologetics, Biblical Literalism, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy, Ken Ham, Rodney Kennedy, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Having spent almost a decade studying Answers in Genesis (AiG) and the Creation Museum, we sometimes forget how foreign the young earth creationist world is to a large swath of the American public. It was great to be at the First Baptist Church...
Feb 1, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Apologetics, Fundamentalism, Immanuel Kant |
by Susan Trollinger and William Trollinger We (Bill and Sue) have never been enthusiasts for Kant. The categorical imperative has always left us rather cold. But the other day, as we were preparing for class (we team teach an interdisciplinary course with six other...
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 15, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Bible, Biblical Literalism, Bodie Hodge, Creationism, Fundamentalism, History, Ken Ham, Racial Justice, Racism, Slavery, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger As we noted in our last post, Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis (AiG) expend a good deal of energy – in the Creation Museum and in their writings – making the case that racist hatred and intolerance is unbiblical. This would seem commendable,...
Dec 8, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Biblical Literalism, Bodie Hodge, Creationism, Fundamentalism, History, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Answers in Genesis (AiG) is a “creationist juggernaut” that “produces a mind-boggling flood of print, media, and social media material” (Righting, 11). Remarkably, this deluge is generated by a very small cadre of creationists – one sees the same...
