If you have been keeping up with my blog, you have obviously noticed my numerous posts on Ken Ham, his organization Answers in Genesis, and young earth creationism in general. This whole topic of “creation or evolution” garners much heated debate and attention. Ken Ham has his organization promoting young earth creationism, Hugh Ross has…
In my final installment of analyzing Answers in Genesis’ review of Peter Enns’ book, The Bible Tells Me So, I will focus on the most obvious issue that concerns Answers in Genesis: Enns’ take on Genesis 1-11. Enns claims that Genesis 1-11 is meant to be seen as the “national myth” of Israel. In other…
In this brief post, I will look at how Answers in Genesis responds to Enns’ explanation of Messianic prophecy and his view of Jonah. Messianic Prophecy In addition to criticizing Peter Enns over his explanation of the Gospels, Mitchell also accuses him of denying that “the Old Testament writers were prophesying under God’s guidance at…
The biblical scholar Peter Enns is Satan… …or at least like Satan, according to Answers in Genesis. Why? Because he attempts to read the Bible in its historical context, is honest enough to admit there are troubling passages in the Bible, and humble enough to wrestle with the biblical text understand it better. And, of…
Believing that there is a “good” God while acknowledging that this world is a screwed up place is quite a dilemma—how can both be true? The answer, Lewis points out, lies in the free will of human beings. Some people seem to question God’s decision to give us a free will, but Lewis points out…
One of the fascinating things I’ve found as I’ve gone through the blogs of Ken Ham and various articles on the Answers in Genesis website is how so very often they feel it is their God-given mission to pronounce condemnation and judgment on other Christians who do not share their young earth creationist views. From…
A “Simple” Religion Have you ever met someone who complains that if Christianity really was true that it wouldn’t contain so many complicated, hard to understand doctrines? A basic and simple religion would be so much more preferable, they tend to say. Well, as Lewis gets closer to discussing what historical Christianity actually is, he…
We now come to “Book Two” of Mere Christianity. If you remember, “Book One” simply made the case that if there is a “Something/Someone” behind the natural universe, it certainly seems that he is interested in morality, for our moral sense of right and wrong is something unique to human beings. And if that is…
Even though Ken Ham may say that the intent of good Bible interpretation is to get to the original, intended meaning of a text, he in fact does not do that. In the case of understanding Genesis 1-11, he completely discounts the historical context in which Genesis was written. As far as Ken Ham is concerned,…
When it gets right down to it, the main problem with Ken Ham, Answers in Genesis, and the entire young earth creationist movement, does not have to do with their take on science and their pseudo-scientific claims. Any rational person using his God-given intellect will be able to see their so-called “scientific” claims are nothing…