As I was perusing an atheist blog site the other day, I came upon a post by a young woman named Libby explaining how she became an atheist. The first paragraph of her “testimony” caught my eye. She writes,
My parents were great fans of Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis and I was taught to [...]
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A student at Concordia University asked me this question a few weeks ago in Austin. My initial reply was, “It ruined it!” I then elaborated on what I meant by this. It ruined my career as perceived by man. I will most likely never be able to get a job in a secular university or [...]
Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking in Austin, Texas, at Concordia University and two local Lutheran churches. I was there by the invitation of Dr. Joel Heck, who is a professor of theology at Concordia. Every year for the past four years, he has hosted a seminar series on the creation/evolution debate. He [...]
I do! I enjoy everything from historical romance to drama to mystery. Since I have a lot of speaking events this year, I’ve been enjoying catching up on my reading during plane trips. I love the smell and feel of a new book. (I haven’t entered the ebook era just yet!) A couple years ago, [...]
Although I work at Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum located in Kentucky, I live in Indiana. In addition, I have a school age daughter. So for good reason I have been watching the bill to allow the teaching of creation in public schools with much interest.
The Indiana Senate Education Committee voted 8-2 in [...]
A few months ago, I co-authored an article reviewing a new book entitled The Anointed. The book was a very anti-academic, tabloid-like look at several Christian leaders and ministries, including Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis. The New York Times recently published their review of the book, and not surprisingly, found it to be worthy [...]
Continuing on my blog post from Tuesday, below are some excerpts from atheists explaining the difficulty they had with explanations about Genesis and answers to their questions about the Bible from church leadership.
Matthew Donica posted:
I was born into a Christian home, and sent to a fundamentalist Christian church. I never even thought to question Christianity [...]
Famed atheist PZ Myers has had a series of recent posts on his blogs written by people explaining why they became atheists. I’d like to share with you several excerpts from those posts this week to highlight the importance of being equipped to give answers starting with God’s Word in Genesis. Today’s excerpts focus on [...]
A few months ago I gave a presentation at AiG’s Mega Conference entitled, “Eugenics and Planned Parenthood: Past, Present, and Future.” I documented the foundation upon which Margaret Sanger founded Planned Parenthood—eugenics (meaning well-born) and evolution. Sanger stated, “The practice of Birth Control raises us to a higher stage in the evolution of life as [...]
Last week, I received a prayer request from a student at a theologically conservative Christian university. He stated the following:
Thank you for taking the time to read this request. I am a student at a Christian University. As part of the speech class we are required to give a persuasive speech. With the speech we [...]
