Oct 31, 2023 | Anti-Abortion, Anti-Environmentalism, Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation, Christian Nationalism, Constitution, Creation Museum, Culture War, Donald Trump, Elections, Evangelical Leaders, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelicals, Good and Evil in the Garden of Democracy, House Speaker, Joe Biden, Ken Ham, LGBTQ+ Rights, MAGA, Mike Johnson, Randall Balmer, Religion and Politics, Republicans, Rodney Kennedy, Secularism, Shreveport, The Immaculate Mistake, Trump Supporters, Women's Rights, Young Earth Creationism |
by Rodney Kennedy Donald Trump with newly elected Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson. Image via rightwingwatch.org. Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. He pastored the First...
Oct 25, 2023 | Answers in Genesis, Classical Music, Critical Race Theory, Diversity, Economic Inequality, Intersectionality, Jemar Tisby, Ken Ham, Redlining, Social Justice, Systemic Racism, White Evangelical Racism |
by William Trollinger An acorn woodpecker in an affluent section of Los Angeles. 2023: Genaro Molina, LATimes. Ken Ham’s obsession with denying structural racism has gone completely off the rails. Take, for example, his bizarre response to a Los Angeles...
Sep 26, 2023 | Answers in Genesis, Anti-Vaxxers, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Ark Encounter Feasibility Report, Book Banning, Capitalism, Climate Skeptics, Critical Race Theory, Dan Phelps, Ken Ham, LGBTQ+ Identity, Marxism, Secularism, Tax Breaks, TIF Bonds, Williamstown |
by William Trollinger Ark Encounter in Williamstown, KY. Image via JoeMyGod. It has been exactly ten years since Williamstown, Kentucky, underwrote $62.5m worth of bonds that made possible the building of Ark Encounter. This anniversary seems the perfect opportunity...
Aug 22, 2023 | Alien vs. Predator, Apocalyptic Rhetoric, Barbara Forest, Biblical Literalism, Category Mistake, Christian Right, Climate Change, Creation Science, Creationism, George McCready Price, Henry Morris, Intelligent Design, Ken Ham, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Left Behind, Mary Oliver, N. T. Wright, Of Pandas and People, Poetry, Rapture Ideology, Religion and Science, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric, Robert Burns, Rodney Kennedy, Rowan Williams, Science, Supreme Court, Troping |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which...
Aug 1, 2023 | Adam Laats, American History, Answers in Genesis, Carl Kaestle, Darwin, Ellen G. White, Galileo Galilei, History, History of Science, In Memoriam, Ken Ham, Law of Stratigraphic Succession, Loma Linda University, Methodological Naturalism, Millerism, Old Earth Creationism, Paul Boyer, Religion and History, Righting America, Ronald Numbers, Science Without God?, Scientific Creationism, Six-Day Creation, The Genesis Flood, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Ronald Numbers (1942-2023). Image via YouTube. On June 02 Ron Numbers sent Sue and myself a goodbye email, letting us know that “I am now receiving hospice care, waiting for ‘The End.’” Then, last Monday (July 24), he passed. One of those...
Jul 17, 2023 | Ad Hominem Attacks, Argumentation, Conservative Evangelicals, Creationism, Donald Trump, Frans van Eemeren, Jennifer R. Mercieca, Jerry Bergman, Ken Ham, McCarthyism, Rob Grootendorst, Rodney Kennedy |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which he...
