Young Earth Creationism and Me
Realizing that Young Earth Creationism (YEC) was wrong was the first step on my journey out of my parents’ beliefs. My parents made YEC the center of their beliefs, and taught me that everything else...
View ArticleSo they really are all connected?!
Growing up, my parents received magazines and catalogs from Vision Forum, No Greater Joy, Above Rubies, Answers in Genesis, Focus on the Family, God’s World Publications, HSLDA, and more. I sometimes...
View ArticleCreationism Evolves
Thee was a time when creationists simply argued that Neanderthals and all the other “supposed” missing links in human evolution were simply fakes. They continuously argued that these bones were hoaxes....
View ArticleCreationism: Fitting Science into the Bible
Growing up, I honestly thought that creationism was a scientific theory. I thought that if you looked at the evidence out there and evaluated it honestly and without bias, it would point to a young...
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Rebutting Ken Ham’s Response
So you remember my Why I Am An Atheist post from last week? Apparently it came to the attention of Answers in Genesis researcher Dr. Georgia Purdom. She wrote a blog post bearing the title Answers in...
View ArticleAnswers in Genesis wants to have its cake and eat it too
I noticed a few short articles in the July-September 2012 issue of Answers in Genesis that I found interesting (page 13). Here is an excerpt from one called Hoosier Hopes Dashed:Though Answers magazine...
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I Believed That Dinosaurs Still Existed…
The Friendly Atheist is shocked that some creationists use Nessie as proof of creationism.Just when you think you’ve heard it all.I want everyone reading this to take a moment to compose yourself....
View ArticleAnswers in Genesis: Are we more moral than God?
This week a read an article in Answers in Genesis’ Answers Magazine asserting that if you think God’s cruel for sending people to eternal torture in hell, well, you just don’t truly understand God’s...
View ArticleAnswers in Genesis: God Is Making People Gay Because of Abortion
I just read an Answers in Genesis article whose argument is so simple and elegant I can’t believe I hadn’t heard it before. Namely, the article explains why it suddenly seems like there are gay people...
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Ken Ham: Noah Probably Had More Sophisticated Tools than We Do Today
Do you remember the post I wrote a few months ago about young earth creationism and Noah’s ark? The point I wanted to make was that young earth creationists like Ken Ham view images that depict the ark...
View ArticleAnswers in Genesis Mistakes Evolution for a Religion (Again)
Can we talk about a recent Answers in Genesis article about the problem with pain? The piece was written by Avery Foley and published earlier this month. It read as follows:One of the most common...
View ArticleKen Ham Has a Serious Lack of Imagination
The utter lack of imagination here is staggering---and somehow disappointing. What is the point of engaging in a level of biblical literalism that conflicts with all of our modern understandings of the...
View ArticleAnswers in Genesis Says Humans Did Not Come From Africa—And It Gets Weird
Yes, you read that right. The claim here is that Africans have more diverse mitochondrial DNA than non-Africans because they have seen twice as many generations as non-Africans. Yes, the claim really...
View ArticleAnswers in Genesis: Islam Leaves Muslims “Hopeless”
The article is titled "Islam's View of Sin and Salvation" and the promotional reads "Christians should love, not fear, Muslims. If you look under the surface, you'll see just how hopeless their...
View ArticleIs the Ark Encounter For-Profit or Non-Profit? It Depends on the Taxes.
As a teen, I listened to Ken Ham speak, read Answers magazine, and visited the Creation Museum. I was a huge fan of Answers in Genesis, a young earth creationist organization that shaped my...
View ArticleActually, Creationists Do Believe in Evolution
Answers in Genesis claims that Neanderthals and all other early hominids were descended from Noah and his family, and that the differences between the groups can be explained by a few hundred years of...
View ArticleAnswers in Genesis: Be Careful, Wayward Adult Children Are Contagious
Right when things were going so well Hummel had to jump in with the "don't fund their sin" and "don't soften God's chastening hand" and "don't rescue them out of the pigsty." That pigsty mention is...
View ArticleWhy Answers in Genesis’ Apologetics Falls Flat
As a child growing up in an evangelical home, I took an apologetics class taught by a friend’s father who was also a seminary instructor. I also read books of apologetics (I absolutely adored my...
View ArticleKen Ham Plays Fast and Loose with Ark Encounter Attendance Numbers
Ken Ham's Ark Encounter theme park just rounded out its second year of operation. In an article on the Answers in Genesis website, Ken Ham is upbeat, announcing that one million visitors came to the...
View ArticleNoah did everything just as God commanded him
You'd think that, when constructing an amusement park based around the idea of a global flood, you'd take things like land erosion seriously during construction and the design of the grounds. But then,...
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