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Bizarre in Belgium

My friend Bryce in Minnesota sent me an interesting T-shirt recently. Bryce runs marathons around the United States; he's over the age of 50, but he still has some very good marathon times. An acquaintance of his in Belgium was the promoter for a race last month called "The Classic Tessenderlo" (named after the town in which it's run). In this photo, I'm holding the shirt that—I've been told—was given to all the runners after the race.

This is just more evidence of how evolutionary thinking permeates the Western world, even in a race that on the surface has nothing to do with the question of origins or biblical authority.

By the way, Bryce ran a very respectable time of 3:32:00 at the 2009 Memphis Marathon—at the age of 51! This enabled him to qualify for the famous Boston Marathon. Over the years, he's raised over $100,000 for various charities. Thank you, Bryce, for that—and for the shirt.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

The Star of Bethlehem

For the AiG staff meeting yesterday meeting, we all gathered in the Stargazer's Planetarium to see the program on the Star of Bethlehem. We thought it would be good to remind the staff about what the Bible says concerning this "star."

Was it a supernova?

Was it a conjunction of planets?

Was it a comet?

The Creation Museum planetarium program on the Star of Bethlehem that is offered at the museum around Christmas time (including during the Christmas Town events) discusses the star, teaches creationist astronomy, deals with some misconceptions (such as the actual number of wise men), and gives some solid biblical teaching about the birth of Jesus as the God-man.

I encourage you to read the article that summarizes the content of this program. The article concludes with the following:

After the magi had met with Herod, the star went on before them to Bethlehem and stood over the location of Jesus. It seems to have led them to the very house that Jesus was in—not just the city. The magi already knew that Christ was in Bethlehem. This they had learned from Herod, who had learned it from the priests and scribes (Matthw 2:4–5, 8). For a normal star, it would be impossible to determine which house is directly beneath it. The star over Christ may have been relatively near the surface of earth (an "atmospheric" manifestation of God's power) so that the magi could discern the precise location of the Child.

Whatever the exact mechanism, the fact that the star led the magi to Christ is evidence that the star was uniquely designed, made by God for a very special purpose. God can use extraordinary means for extraordinary purposes. Certainly the birth of our Lord was deserving of honor in the heavens. It is fitting that God used a celestial object to announce the birth of Christ since "the heavens declare the glory of God …" (Psalm 19:1).

Read the complete article for more information.

Christmas Town

Don't miss coming out to one of the remaining four days for the spectacular Christmas Town program—December 26–27 (Monday and Tuesday) and December 30–31 (Friday and Saturday).

Go to this link for details.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Creation Museum Free Christmas Eve

The greatest gift of all is the gift of salvation. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16).

As a reminder of this priceless, free gift of the Savior, our Creator who stepped into history as the Babe in a manger to be the God-man, the Creation Museum again this year will be open to the public free on Christmas Eve (December 24) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET.  This is also a "thank you" gift to the community for another great year at the museum.

Press Release

The press release below was sent out to secular and Christian media this week (over 300 outlets) about our special Christmas Town events at the museum (with four more days to go). Sadly, the secular press rarely reports on this spectacular event or even lists this event in local happenings in the area over Christmas.

"Christmas Town" at the Creation Museum—Celebrating Christmas with a Live Nativity, Dramatic Lights and Actors, and a Re-Creation of a First-Century Marketplace

The popular annual Christmas festivities at the Creation Museum—"Christmas Town"—have already welcomed over 11,600 people in its first four days.

With a live nativity display on the museum's highly decorated grounds, "Christmas Town" presents the true meaning of Christmas. In addition, "Christmas Town" provides visitors a glimpse into the amazing events surrounding the wonder of Christ's birth. Last year, Christmas Town attracted 22,000 visitors over eight days.

With four more days to come, December 26-27 and 30-31, dramatic presentations—plus the activities mentioned above—include:

The story of Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, and the joy she felt when she was told she would bear a child of promise;
Anna, the widow in the temple who looked upon the Christ Child the day that Mary and Joseph presented baby Jesus to the Lord;
The temple guard, Hyam, whose life was transformed from shame to hope with his search for the "child born King of the Jews"; and
The Magi—a wise man will share how and why he followed the star.

The museum's gardens have been transformed into a "Garden of Lights" featuring a breathtaking display of more than 60,000 Christmas lights. A first-century marketplace offers gifts and souvenirs, from oil lamps and pottery to handmade scarves, hats, toys, and baskets.

The museum's acclaimed planetarium will present its special ticketed program, "The Christmas Star," about the mysterious star in the east that heralded the birth of Jesus and guided the wise men to Him. Next door, "Noah's Café" will serve a turkey dinner.

"Christmas Town" is open 5–8 p.m. ET, Dec. 26–27 and 30–31, and all outdoor events (except for the camel rides) are free and open to the public.

More information about the special Christmas events, plus details on purchasing tickets for the planetarium and the Creation Museum, can be found at http://www.creationmuseum.org

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Santa at the Creation Museum?

Now I knew that headline would get your attention. Yes, we do have Santa at the Creation Museum—well sort of!

As we are holding eight special days of Christmas celebrations at the Creation Museum called Christmas Town, we have created a new display that centers on the real meaning of Christmas. As guests enter the portico of the museum, they will see a display that discusses the origins of some holiday icons like Santa Claus and how such figures detract from the centrality of Christ during Christmas.

The photo of this new display was taken on a cell phone, so it's not the best in the world; we just wanted you to be aware that with everything we do during our eight days of Christmas Town activities, it all points to the Babe in the manger.

Look for this new display in the Creation Museum (put together by two of our bookstore staff members) on the left side of the portico. We give this fictional character the publicity he really should get!

For information on Christmas Town here at the Creation Museum in northern Kentucky, go to http://creationmuseum.org/christmas/.

The following photograph was taken in Legacy Hall as people were coming in Saturday evening for one of the spectacular dramas:

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Behind the Scenes

I thought it would be good to give you just one small example of what it takes behind the scenes to put on a professional, world-class, and evangelistic program like Christmas Town at the Creation Museum. Our exhibit designers are Doug Henderson and his wife Cathy; they have been the force behind the Christmas Town dramas, decorations, etc. After complimenting them, I received a behind scenes look from Doug (posted below) at some of what it took just to get this one set produced. This one set is just a single part of the numerous aspects of this event. The following is a photograph (taken on my cell phone) of the set in Legacy Hall for the wonderful dramas that people come to see there:

After talking with Doug, he sent me the following about how the beautiful set came to be for the dramas in Legacy Hall:

Cathy said, "Wouldn't it be cool if we made a set that blended into the screen so it is hard to tell where one segment ended and the other started?" I thought about it for a while, and just sat in the Legacy Hall trying to figure it out. I asked one of our artists to see if he could take the backdrop I had painted for the museum's SFX theater and see if the middle building could blend down into the stage since the screen is so high off the ground. He took a shot at it, but it looked flat. It was not his fault. The backdrop just didn't have enough depth. I decided to completely redo the projected backdrop and make it have more angles so that the lines of the set and backdrop pointed down to the actor. This allows one person to "fill" such a huge room.

Anyway, as I played with the backdrop, it occurred to me that if everybody was OK with us putting up a set and leaving it, then we could build some "forced perspective" buildings and props to help the set look deeper and keep them from blocking the projectors. Two AiG staff and I had to bring the set over five times to set it up and make adjustments; then we dragged it all back and built the next pieces. To keep it light and cheap, we built it out of very thin plywood with sheets of insulation foam glued over it and then carved. The whole thing bolts together and breaks down into sections that all fit on the AiG yellow truck with room to spare. We spent less than $1,000 in materials.

The Lord watched over us the whole time because we thought we were building the set this way so we could bring it over from the Hebron warehouse easily, but God knew that the fire department would show up two days before our first performance and tell us that it needed to be fire retarded. We had used a fire retardant paint for the front, but nothing on the exposed wood in the back. Thankfully, Cathy knew exactly what we needed to use, and we had enough to do it.

Because God had us build it this way (I thought it was my idea, but He gets the credit), we easily took it apart, brought it outside, and treated the whole thing. I didn't know how that would work out since it had been so cold and rainy, but God dried up the weather and raised the temperature to a sunny 60°F for the duration of the fire retardant application.

As an added bonus, we realized that the building on the right side of the set was too short, front to back, and we made a little extra piece of wall to fill in the space. Little did we know that we needed that separate piece so we could easily move it out of the way and roll the podium back there. It's the exact right size!  As another bonus, all of the set pieces are self supporting and did not need to be fastened to the stage.

Also, I found a random bolt of fabric in the kitchenette area of the old studio. Nobody knows where it came from, but it was the perfect color to make the screen "bridges" to blend the three screens into one. At the time, we still didn't know about the need for fire retardant (theatrical sets are often exempt), but again, God knew what we needed and provided exactly what we needed, when we needed it, and before we knew we needed it. Turns out that fabric is inherently fire retarded. God is good!

I imagine we could write a large book if we were to understand everything that went into all the Christmas Town sets, the dramas, the volunteer training, the parking system, the spectacular lights led by Tim Schmitt and his team, the overall management from Dan Mangus, and so on. And then there is the kitchen staff—over 350 turkey dinners last night—as well as all the other food that was ordered.

I can't thank the AiG staff, all the volunteers, and various sponsors enough—what an outreach this is!

Around 12,000 people have already visited for the first four Christmas Town programs—four more days to go.  You can find out the dates and other information at http://creationmuseum.org/christmas/.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Two Perspectives on the Passing of an Atheist

I have included two perspectives on the death of the famous atheist Christopher Hitchens this week.

The first is found in today's News to Note on the AiG website written by  Mark Looy of our ministry.

The second is by AiG friend Doug Philips of Vision Forum.

The Passing of a Well-Known Atheist

By Mark Looy

www.NYTimes.com/2011/12/16/arts/christopher-hitchens-is-dead-at-62-obituary.html

An atheist of many striking contradictions and ironies passed away on Thursday. Christopher Hitchens, the acerbic author of God is not Great—How Religion Poisons Everything, was known as one of the "new angry atheists."* His public lectures/debates, frequent appearances on TV, and countless articles and books gave him a large following even beyond the intelligentsia. He died of cancer-related causes at the age of 62.

At one moment, Hitchens could use his considerable wit and mastery of the English language to skewer politicians (e.g., President Bill Clinton) and religious leaders (Mother Teresa, even), and at another moment, he could use his tongue to be disarmingly polite and charming. It's the latter that was on display when he toured the Creation Museum in 2010**; his celebrated caustic side seemed to be more on display when he had an audience to play to.

As a young man, Hitchens was a radical socialist. Through the influence of the writings of George Orwell and others, Hitchens' youthful exuberance for leftist beliefs moderated over time and he came to distrust big government. Hitchens even backed a Republican president's war in Iraq this past decade, although his support of President Bush's action was motivated more by his antipathy towards the Abrahamic monotheistic religions than anything, in this case extremist Islam in the Middle East.*** He was not easily pigeonholed in other ways. Hitchens' unpredictability was manifested when he became one of the rare secular humanists who believed that human life begins at conception. Additionally, there were surprises within his family: his brother Peter is a well-known Christian writer in England, and one parent was a Christian and the other had a Jewish heritage. Also, we note with irony that Christ was in this atheist's name, for Christopher means "Christ-bearer."

Hitchens was largely unashamed of his licentious life, unrepentant even in his final months (e.g., when interviewed for a Charlie Rose PBS-TV program). His "wild side" somewhat lessened his reputation as an intellectual. Nevertheless, his considerable intellect and language skills garnered many opportunities for him to challenge what he considered to be stupid (such as biblical creation) and nefarious (especially Christianity and Islam). While Hitchens often marched to the beat of his own drummer and could confound friends with his unexpected views, one thing did not moderate in his life: he was in an ongoing crusade against the "evils" of the three major monotheistic religions. But without an absolute standard other than a trust in his own reasoning, it was still merely his opinion when he issued his moral pronouncements, including what he determined was evil.

As we have written many times on this website, the Bible tells us that God is the Creator of everything and, therefore, all things belong to Him; thus He is the One to define absolute standards of behavior, which He has written down in His Bible. Atheists may label actions as good or evil, but in their meaningless, purposeless, and evolution-formed universe, they do not have an ultimate foundation for defining what is good and evil. But God's Word does.

Furthermore, God gave us the answer in the Bible as to why there are diseases like the cancer that struck Hitchens and the death it can cause (as taught in Genesis 3; see the PDF of our booklet Why Is There Death and Suffering), but He also offered a solution: eternal life through Christ.

The use of logic and language (Hitchens mastered the latter) only makes sense in an ordered universe made by the omnipotent God who created everything. Furthermore, the apostle Paul taught that people are without excuse if they reject a belief in God, for they "suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools . . . ."

Hitchens is no longer shaking a fist at his Creator. The ultimate and saddest contradiction of his life (unless we become aware of a deathbed conversion) was that at the end, he repudiated God's Word and God himself.

*Hitchens preferred the word "antitheist."

** Hitchens' visit to the Creation Museum, which occurred just a few months before he was diagnosed with cancer, was chronicled in Ken Ham's blog at:

blogs.answersingenesis.org/blogs/ken-ham/2010/03/26/surprise-museum-visitor/

*** In yet another irony, Hitchens' life ended on the very day the Iraq war concluded, as a flag-lowering ceremony in Baghdad on Thursday signaled the end of the conflict for U.S. troops.

2. How Should Christians Respond to the Life and Now the Death of Anti-Christian Polemicists Christopher Hitchens?

By Doug Phillips, President Vision Forum Ministries

He was probably the most famous anti-Christian of the last decade — a man who made his living scoffing at God and encouraging others to do the same. But now Vanity Fair writer and author of God is Not Great, Christopher Hitchens, is dead at the age of 62. He will be remembered by most for his sarcasm, biting wit, and 'indefatigable energy and venomous glee" in the cause of atheism and various contrarian agendas.

How should Christians respond to the life and death of one of our most capable public adversaries?

We should remember that despite the perception many had of his brilliance in the cause of Atheism, Hitchens never escaped the reality of the knowledge of the existence of God.In the death of Hitchens we see the horror of the sin of pride in the face of God's authority and man's mortality.When God created the world, He created it very good.[1] There was neither suffering, nor death. All this changed when man — created in the image of God and the very pinnacle of creation — broke the law of God and plunged himself, his progeny and the world itself into a state of death.[2] In His mercy, God not only sent an eternal solution to the problem of death,[3] but He created man and the universe such that each of his billions of human creations over the span of history would have the clear and unequivocal witness of God upon their conscience such that they were without excuse.[4]Hitchens' own battle with cancer was a reminder of this inescapable witness. It was also a reminder of the authority of God over man. It was a call to humility. Certainly Hitchens had opportunities to be humble — family members and adversaries appealed to him in the name of Christ, but his response was to be resolute in his autonomy and mockery of Christ. As his body was decaying and death was looming over the horizon, he continued to reject the God who made him and to publicly minimize the prayers offered on his behalf by others.The spiritual lostness of Christopher Hitchens was not for want of evidence or logical argument — he had all the evidence and witness and logic in the universe available to him. It was staring him in the eyes, but he irrationally loved his decaying mind and body, more than the witness of the eternal God.
We should observe that despite his brilliance, Hitchens was what the Bible describes as a fool.When I describe Christopher Hitchens as a "fool" I am not mocking or ridiculing him. I am using the very precise and inescapable language of Scripture which declares that" "the fool has said in his heart there is no God."[5] Only fools deny what is clear because it has been revealed in creation, in their hearts and in the testimony of Scripture. Fools can be brilliant. They can have numerous degrees and diplomas. But all who say in their heart — "there is no God" are fools. Which is why December 15, 2011 marks the death of one of the most outspoken and notorious "fools" of our lifetime.

I urge you to read the rest of Doug's article at www.visionforum.com/news/blogs/doug/2011/12/9814/

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Dawkins Makes a Vow to "Destroy Christianity"

Again this Christmas, there have been instances of atheists trying to get nativity scenes, Christmas banners, etc. removed in certain towns. People need to understand (as I often say) that when courts force such items to be removed, they are not enforcing neutrality—because there is no such thing as neutrality.

As the Scripture clearly states,  "He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad" (Matthew 12:30).

When atheists get nativity scenes removed from public places, they do so because they are imposing their religion of "no God" on the culture. A clear example of their real motivation can be see in an article from the UK about famous atheist Richard Dawkins (author of The God Delusion).

In a news item about an interview Dawkins did with famous atheist Christopher Hitchens (who just passed away—we will comment on his death in our weekend web feature News to Note), we read the following headline: "Professor Richard Dawkins makes a festive vow to 'destroy Christianity'"

See the following excerpt from the article:

About half-way through, the Prof gets this in edgeways: 'Do you ever worry that if we win and, so to speak, destroy Christianity, that vacuum would be filled by Islam?'

So, 'if we win…and destroy Christianity'. True, there's a 'so to speak' in there, but it doesn't do much. Try 'If we win and, so to speak, kill all the Jews' as an alternative. Doesn't really work, does it? And Prof Dawkins can hardly claim that he was misquoted or taken out of context. He was editing the magazine, after all – there's even a picture of him doing so, pen poised masterfully over page proofs.

For all his claims that Christianity has been a brutal force throughout history, I'm sure Prof Dawkins' attitude, revealed here, isn't reciprocated. I don't recall Rowan Williams talking about 'destroying atheism'.

So it's good to know, at last, where Prof Dawkins really stands – and, incidentally, it's not where the gracious, generous-spirited and libertarian Hitchens stands. Hitchens hates totalitarianism. And it's totalitarians who have tried and failed throughout history to 'destroy Christianity'. Dawkins now sees that as a measure of winning. Good luck with that, Richard. And happy Christmas.

You can read the entire item at this link.

What a reminder that Christians need to argue the correct way when dealing with situations in which atheists are trying to remove Christian symbols from the culture. We need to help people understand it is really a war of worldviews (i.e., the Christian worldview vs. the secularist one).

Yes, atheists are not neutral; they are against God!

We need to pray for Richard Dawkins and other atheists.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Creation Evangelism in Brazil

Even though AiG has little published in the Portuguese language at present (but we do have some articles in Portuguese at http://www.answersingenesis.org/worldwide/translations), it is thrilling to see how Christians in Brazil have been inspired by AiG resources to actively conduct creation evangelism in their country. (Many people don't realize that the main language in Brazil is not Spanish but Portuguese.) I have reprinted an email I received recently (below). I am amazed at how many people in other countries speak and write English! I wish I could speak a second language as well!

Dear Ken

I would like to share this testimony.

Inspired in your books and articles about creation evangelism, we decided to establish a Creation Club (starting on 9/11/11) as a new means to evangelize Campinas, a city located 80 miles from Sao Paulo, capital city of Sao Paulo state, Brazil. Campinas is a secularized city that has near 1.2 million habitants and is surrounded by a high technology industry pole, and is proud of its UNICAMP, one of the most famous universities in Brazil, and for its scientific research achievements.

Our first action as a group was to study the first eleven chapters of Genesis, verse by verse. This [became a] . . . quest to most of [the] 60 young fellows that . . . the adventure of searching answers to our origins [is] in the Bible. We also had some lectures about the various worldviews we face today in our postmodern society.

After concluding that study [meeting], all of them were eager to invite others to be part of this journey. So we made a t-shirt with a logo, and set a date (a Sunday morning, in a beautiful park) to start evangelizing. To do that, we decided to offer to the walkers a small plant with a tract inside, about the divine origin of all things and inviting [them] to join us. We made a big pump-up earth globe also.

You can watch the videos on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzouG_jUPdM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS2uUZFTuk0

Photos:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.153713651394185.31247.139316406167243&type=3

Until that day, our site received just a few accesses, but on [the] next day it received almost a thousand accesses, and people such as scholars and others wrote us emails showing interest in our activities. The more wonderful [thing] was to see the joy in the faces of . . . young boys and girls, many of them, university students delighted to be testifying of their Creator in such a . . . way. Next December, 3, we will have a ceremony to give the ["]Genesis and The Origins Course["] [c]ertificate to the participants that concluded it. We will give also a certificate of honorary [membership] to some persons that are [friends] of this cause and of our Club . . .

As coordinator of the project, I am grateful to our Lord, that blessed all our efforts to do this small action, and for the certainty He gives us that greater things have yet to come, and greater things are still to be done in this city on creation evangelism [matters].

I wish to thank you also, for being a faithful servant of our Creator and Lord Jesus Christ, and for sharing your experience and knowledge

with us. God bless you and all your crew at Answers in Genesis.

Sincerely, Your brother in Christ.

Clube Criacionista de Campinas (Campinas Creation Club) Coordinator.

How we praise the Lord for the impact of AiG around the world.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Academic VP and Provost of College Stoops to New Low in Personal Attack

Many of you have heard of Dr. Michael Zimmerman, an atheist who founded the "Clergy Letter Project" and "Evolution Weekend" (formerly called "Evolution Sunday") and was previously the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Butler University in Indiana. He is now the academic vice president and provost of Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.

As an atheist, he founded the "Clergy Letter Project" and "Evolution Weekend" in order to get churches to endorse Darwinian evolution and teach evolution in their churches. In fact, The United Methodist denomination, the Southeast Florida Diocese of the Episcopal Church, and the Southwestern Washington Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have all officially endorsed the Clergy Letter Project. Sadly, hundreds of clergy from different denominations have signed an evolution-endorsing statement and signed up to promote evolution on Evolution Weekend for the past few years—in 2012 it will be on February 10–12. You can see which clergy and denominations support this at http://www.theclergyletterproject.net/.

Zimmerman is known for his vehement attacks on Bible-believing Christians, particularly biblical creationists.

This atheist published an opinion piece dated December 14, 2011, in which I believe he has stooped to a new low in his attack on biblical creationists and those who take God's Word as written. Even though the piece is somewhat satirical and contains hyperbole, it represents his personal vendetta against Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum in particular, and because I am the CEO and a founder, the brunt of his attack is against me.

But I should be encouraged. I "obviously" wield a lot of power in the USA! For instance, because of what I teach, in America this will "ensure the collapse of their biotechnology industry, many medical advances, most agricultural improvements, and every other business sector that relies on the basic concepts of evolution. It's possible that the country's scientific infrastructure, including the number of peer-reviewed research papers, scientific patents and winners of Nobel science prizes, will decline as a result of the destruction of public school science education."

I didn't realize I had that sort of power!

This is a country where it is almost impossible to even mention the word "creation" in the science classes of public schools and where mostly evolution is taught as fact to the majority of public school students. Then because of me—beware of the consequences—the following is what is really going happen: "School systems will be treated to full frontal assaults for teaching the scientific theories that scientists find most enlightening. The result will be a culture war of massive proportions that will convince most teachers simply to ignore meaningful science lessons entirely."

Oh, and then there is the incredible misinformation about what happened when I was not allowed to speak at a homeschool convention. If you need to, you can read the documented and very revealing truth about this in AiG's report at  http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2011/03/22/kicked-out-homeschool-conferences.

And did you know that because of me, in a culture that is becoming more secular each day, "scientific illiteracy will spread as virulently as a mutant strain of the flu virus. Large portions of the population will mistake the Flintstones for history and believe that humans and dinosaurs happily coexisted, just as Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis teach."

And there is so much more ridiculous material in this piece (albeit it is satirical). Why do I even bother to bring it to your attention? After all, if you read the article, it will be five minutes of your life you will never get back! But I think most people are discerning enough to recognize they can't trust what he has written—they can see the "venom" dripping off the page, along with exaggerations.

Well, I bring it to your attention for the following reasons:

To remind you that, sadly, we are seeing an increasing number of academics like this one in secular educational institutions. Who on earth would want to entrust their children to colleges like Evergreen State College with people like this in a high leadership position? What a reminder to check out the AiG list of Christian creationist colleges at http://www.answersingenesis.org/colleges/.
To once again bring the "Evolution Weekend" and "Clergy Letter Project" to your attention so that you can be praying that God will convict these clergy and denominations about supporting an atheist's attempt to undermine the church with the pagan religion of evolution and convict them to return to the Word of God. And really, do these clergy members think it is biblical to support an atheist and the personal attacks he makes on Christians (such as me)?  It's interesting that in Zimmerman's bio linked to by Evergreen State College, his "Evolution Weekend" and "Clergy Letter Project" are held up as wonderful achievements by this Bible-attacking academic.

Well, if you want to read the personal attack and its misinformation, misrepresentations, exaggerations, untruths, and ad hominem arguments, then go to http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=13009.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

We Love Science

One of the tactics used by those people who vehemently disagree with AiG's position on God's Word in Genesis is to try to undermine our integrity by doing things like the following:

Talking about creationists and terrorists in the same sentence or paragraph
Using the term "child abusers" to describe biblical creationists (and theologically conservative Christians in general)

There are many other such associations these enemies of God's Word will use to try to brainwash people in an attempt to get others to reject what biblical creationists believe—without even carefully considering what they teach seriously.

Another way they try to indoctrinate people against the creation position is to label biblical creationists as "anti-science" or that we believe the Bible against "established science." Thus many people think that creationists are anti-science, which is simply not true.

A couple of days ago, I was interviewed by a secular journalist who happened to use the phrase "religion versus science" a couple of times in his questions to me. So the first thing I did was ask him, "what do you mean by the word science when you use it?" The writer fumbled around and really couldn't answer me. You see it is just one of those accusations our opponents use against biblical creationists, but I find most of those who use it don't even know what they are actually asking. I then went on to explain to this journalist that I was not against science. I was a science teacher. And we have a number of PhD scientists at AiG, and we work with many PhD scientists who are employed in the secular world. We love science.

You see, the problem is that most people tend to think of our technology—based on empirical science—when they use the word "science." But evolutionists also use the word "science" for their belief of evolution and millions of years.  And there are those leading secularists who know when they use "science" in this way and then say AiG is anti-science that the average person thinks of the word "science" as meaning that which has given us the great technology we use today. But those same people have been indoctrinated to believe that evolution and millions of years are also "science"; therefore if we don't believe in evolution and millions of years, we are said to be anti-science. What a mess of misunderstanding and misrepresentation because the terms aren't defined correctly.

That's why we teach people that the definition of the word "science"  is basically knowledge. Now, knowledge gained by direction observation that builds our technology is called observational or operational science. Creationists and evolutionists both accept this same operational science.  But "knowledge" about the past (beliefs concerning history not based on direct observation) is called "historical science." Creationists and evolutionists disagree over historical science but not operational science.

This past week, an agenda-driven journalist wrote an article about our Ark Encounter project. Now, this article is full of misinformation, false statements, misrepresentations, etc. Even the subtitle is totally misleading (and I'm sure it was meant to be). But without going into all the details of all these problems with the piece, we read, "Espousing an unabashedly conservative reading of the Bible that pits religious thought against reason and established science is regarded by its detractors as a beacon for the return to the Dark Ages" (http://www.jewsonfirst.org/11a/Ark1.aspx).

There it is again: to believe in creation as opposed to evolution is to accept the idea that the Bible is against "established" science. This poorly researched, emotional, and anti-creationist article is trying to imply those who believe as AiG does are against science.

I thought it would be a good time here to remind everyone of the list of highly qualified scientists who are creationists (this is by no means an exhaustive list)—see http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/bios/.

Yes, creationists love science!

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken