The Answers Book : Answers to the 12 Most-Asked Questions on Genesis and Creation / Evolution

by Ken Ham (Editor)

Book by Ken Ham, Andrew Snelling, Carl Wieland

Genres: Reference, Science

138 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1990

About the author

Dr. Ken Ham is the president of Answers in Genesis USA and is a well-known speaker and author on the subject of Young-Earth Creationism. He received a bachelor degree in applied science (emphasis on environmental biology) from the Queensland Institute of Technology, and a Diploma of Education from the University of Queensland. He has also received two honorary doctorates: a Doctor of Divinity from Temple Baptist College, and a Doctor of Literature from Baptist Liberty University.

He was a director of Creation Science Foundation (CSF) in Australia, an organization which he jointly founded with John Mackay. In 1987 he moved to the United States, still maintaining his links with CSF.

From 1987 to 1993, Ham worked for the Institute for Creation Research, and in 1994 set up what in 1995 became Answers in Genesis (AiG), a creation ministry dedicated to "upholding the authority of the Bible from the very first verse."

In 2008 Ham was described by well known atheist and evolutionary biologist PZ Myers as a "Wackaloon" for carrying out a prayer session with members of the Pentagon. Ham responded regarding the validity of that prayer breakfastand that PZ Myers and other critics were intolerant of his position.

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 1 out of 5]

If you wish to argue against something, take things out of context and resurrect long-discarded ideas to make what you wish to discredit look ridiculous. Of course, if your reader does any further digging than it is you who will be discredited.

This book is not science, not even bad science; it is propaganda. I had to read it in high school along with a bevy of similar books. I can credit it only with this: being taught that accepted scientific theory is wrong and then finding thise arguments to have been built on folly, has really taught me to question everything.

[Nathan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book changed my view on Genesis. It convinced me that the "gap theory" is wrong. I especially like the chapter on distant starlight. I recommend giving it to teens as well as adults who are confused or have questions about creation/evolution issues.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

These days, many people feel that the Book of Genesis in the Bible is about as relevant historically as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. This book makes a great argument as to why such is not the case. It demonstrates that a literal reading of Genesis explains a whole lot more scientific data than most people would give ever it credit for. It also debunks the idea that people who take Genesis seriously are morons who know nothing about science. Ken Ham has a great deal more humility than any other scientist I've read recently, and, refreshingly, he doesn't try to pass off any speculative information as established fact, nor do you get the sense that he's an incurable know-it-all. Largely, my only complaints regarding the book have to do with its presentation. Both the title of the book and the writing style are bland and generic, the photographs and illustrations usually do very little to accentuate the text, and the goofy-looking cover will probably make your friends think that you are garnering your scientific info out of a coloring book. Still, a very informative, faith-affirming, and, at times, difficult read that uses both science and the Bible to explain how we got to where we are today.

[Cherie Miller]

I picked up this old version when our church got rid of it, and I appreciated the way it helps a bear of very little brain like me see the beauty of science and how it bears testimony to its creator. I was also glad to see footnotes and resources to follow up on comments and theories that can sound a little cheeky on their own in the way they were presented back then. My biggest qualm with AIG ministries is the off-handed, consistent way they refer to “the evolutionists” and the various of ways we can “embarrass” them, often portraying them in caricatures that really actually aren’t super hilarious. That disrespectful tone comes across in most of their resources and most of all the embarrassing (for us, not evolutionists) way they advertise their videos on YouTube 🙈

[Zain]

amazing thank you very much