This evening, I noticed that Ken Ham had a new post on his blog, entitled, “A Hero in My Life.” No, he wasn’t writing about a hero in his life. He was writing about how children are telling him that he is a hero in their lives. It’s quite an extraordinary piece, really. He claims it was written by a 13-year old girl for a school paper. You can read the whole piece for yourself, or just consider this bit:
“These magnificent truths clarified some puzzling questions I had about the Bible. Some of the articles introduced ideas I had not even thought of before reading about them. Interestingly, Noah lived during the Tower of Babel and Adam could have written an autobiography. These articles introduce unique concepts that are completely possible, but are not expressed in any other literature.”
Speaking as a former high school English teacher, that doesn’t come across as the writing of a 13-year old…perhaps more of a 64-year old Australian who believes that Noah lived during the Tower of Babel and that Adam could have written an autobiography. You know, someone who might be trying to convince people to buy tickets to his museum, or buy his books and curriculum material…but who knows? I could be wrong.
In any case, Mr. Ham’s post reminded me of something anchorman Ron Burgundy once said:
Thanks Ken, for an interesting read.
Or maybe the letter writer was helped by her parents in writing the letter.
Or maybe this is just an exceptionally smart, thoughtful, and eloquent 13-year-old. You’d be surprised.