Oct 3, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Christian Right, Creation Museum, Creationism, Culture War, Donald Trump, Hell, Jesus, Ken Ham, Noah's Flood, Righting America |
by William Trollinger If we had given Righting America an epitaph it would probably have been this stanza from Mary Gauthier’s “Mercy Now”: My church and my country could use a little mercy now. As they sink into a poisoned pit it’s going to take forever to climb out,...
Aug 18, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Bible, Biblical Literalism, Inerrancy, Noah's Flood |
by Susan Trollinger As visitors move through the exhibits at Ark Encounter, they come upon placards that alert them to the fact that they are looking at an “artistic interpretation” or that the creators of the exhibit have taken “artistic license” with the content....
Aug 9, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Fundamentalism, Genocide, Noah's Flood |
by Susan Trolllinger As children move through the first level of Ark Encounter, they pass by rack upon rack of ceramic jars and burlap sacks. They peer between the vertical bars of large wooden cages; sometimes they see nothing, sometimes they see a...
Aug 5, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Biblical Literalism, Genocide, Noah's Flood, Righting America |
by Susan Trollinger In our July 17 blog post, following our first visit to Ark Encounter on opening day, we noted our surprise at being rather underwhelmed by what was on display at Ark Encounter. Yes, the size of the Ark and the carpentry were impressive but the...
Jul 14, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Creation Museum, Fundamentalism, Hell, Ken Ham, Noah's Flood, Observational Science, Righting America, Science |
by William Trollinger In the course of our work on Righting America at the Creation Museum, we regularly encountered arguments or appeals made by AiG in the museum and beyond that were illogical or implausible. Especially as we worked through the material in the...
Jul 12, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Creation Museum, Genocide, Noah's Flood |
by William Trollinger As we posted a few days ago, in January the “population experts” at Answers in Genesis (AiG) suggested that there may have been nearly four billion people on the earth at the time of their necessary-for-young-earth-creationism global...
