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...
Jan 10, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Apologetics, Creation Museum, Creationism, Donald Trump, History, Jason Hentschel, Ken Ham, 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...
Jan 3, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Creation Museum, History, Ken Ham, Reformation |
by William Trollinger Sometimes this blog writes itself. Or, more precisely, sometimes the folks at Answers in Genesis (AiG) write it for us. In his New Year’s Day post, Ken Ham celebrates the fact that this year marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant...
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...
