The leading young-Earth creationist geologists (the Creation Geology Society) met in Georgia this summer, and they have released abstracts of the following thirteen talks. Submarine Liquefied Sediment Gravity Currents: Understanding the Mechanics of the Major Sediment Transportation and Deposition Agent during the Global Flood (S.A. Austin, Institute for Creation Research) Persistence of Dolomite in the …
Category: Apologetics
Geocentrism lives
Here's a conference I'm not going to: Galileo Was Wrong: The Church Was Right -- First Annual Catholic Conference on Geocentrism. Here are the talks: Geocentrism: They Know It But They're Hiding It Introduction to the Mechanics of Geocentrism Scientific Experiments Showing Earth Motionless in Space Scientific Evidence: Earth in the Center of the Universe …
Dinosaur footprints part 4
About two years ago I wrote three posts on young-Earth creationist (YEC) claims of human footprints being found with dinosaur footprints, and the problems that footprint fossils in general cause for the young-Earth catastrophic "flood geology" model. Following the wrong footprints Following more wrong footprints Dinosaur footprints part 3 To their credit, the major YEC …
Stephen Hawking’s mistake
When Stephen Hawking writes a book, people pay attention. His latest volume, The Grand Design, coauthored by Leonard Mlodinow, has made a media splash because Hawking, who used "god language" in his earlier works, has come to the conclusion that there is no need for any sort of god to explain the origin of the …
The Reason for God — the open-mindedness of Christians
A common misconception among skeptics is that Christians are narrow-minded and ignorant, and that skeptics and atheists are open-minded "free thinkers." Perhaps these generalizations are true in some cases, but it was my pleasure Sunday morning to spend an hour with a group of fifteen Christians who certainly don't fit the narrow-minded stereotype. Yesterday at …
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“Apologetics Study Bible for Students” on the age of the Earth
I recently paged through the Apologetics Study Bible for Students from the Southern Baptist B&H Publishing Group, and was pleased to see a balanced approach to the questions of the age of the Earth, the extent of the flood, and even somewhat on the role of biological evolution. Here's the section on the age of …
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Albert Camus — evangelist?
From "Saved by an Atheist" by Rob Moll, who returned to faith in Christ in part through reading The Plague by Albert Camus: Yet the biggest influence on my spiritual journey was the novels and philosophy of Albert Camus, a French existentialist of the 1940s and '50s—and an atheist. C. S. Lewis warned, "A young …
Bumper sticker historical revisionism
A car at work has this bumper sticker: Ummmm... I think it has been over 300 years since anyone was burned at the stake in this country (a very unfortunate event in U.S. history). Since that time, mixing of politics and religion has led to some rather positive historical developments, such as the abolition of …
Ongoing conversations — dinosaur eggs, and why I’m a Christian
I'm sort of caught between the young-Earth creationists on one side and the militant Dawkinsites on the other. I love them both: the YECs are my dear brothers and sisters in Christ, and Jesus loves the atheists, so I do too. There are a couple of interesting conversations going on on some of my older …
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The best of young Earth creationism
I've added three links on my blogroll: "The best of young-Earth creationism." I strongly disagree with these guys on geological issues, but admire them for: Being bold in their convictions and commitment to Biblical Christianity Being willing to confront some of the problems with young-Earth creationism Being respectful of those who disagree with them Being …
A response to “No one can really know God”
Last week, Ken Samples of Reasons to Believe was a guest on the afternoon radio program Issues Etc., which is hosted by Lutheran pastor Todd Wilken. This series, entitled "Answering Tough Questions About the Christian Faith," aired on March 1-3. The first program focused on questions about faith in God. Here's the intro: Wilken: I …
Has Science Disproved Christianity?
I highly recommend "Has Science Disproved Christianity?", a talk given by Dr. Charles Kankelborg at the Evangelical Free Church of Bozeman, Montana earlier this month. Dr. Kankelborg is a professor of physics at Montana State University. The audio file is available from the Bozeman Evangelical Free Church site (Scroll down to November 1, 2009) Here …
Book Review: Beyond Creation Science (part 2)
In part one of my book review of Beyond Creation Science by Timothy Martin and Jeffrey Vaughn, I stated that the authors succeeded admirably in one of their objectives, which was to present a Biblical case against young-Earth creationism, with its 6000-year old Earth and global flood. Their second, and perhaps primary, objective was to …
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The ESV Study Bible on creation — Genesis 1
A few weeks ago, I looked at what the ESV Study Bible had to say about the doctrine of creation in its introduction to the book of Genesis (click here). The ESV Study Bible Introduction to Genesis gives an overview of the various interpretations (calendar-day, day-age, etc.), a discussion about the relationship between Genesis and …
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Earth First scream therapy
The following item was originally posted in September 2007. I have added it to my blog recycling program. Because I have new readers of The GeoChristian, I will occasionally go back and re-use some of my favorite blog entries. I love trees, but... Here is a video clip featuring Earth First! people mourning the loss …
Book Review: Beyond Creation Science (part 1)
Two popular topics among Evangelical Christians for the past several decades have been origins---especially young-Earth creationism---and dispensational end-times eschatology (eschatology is the doctrine of the last things, including the return of Christ and the final judgment). Young-earth creationism has certainly been the prevailing dogma in Evangelical Christian education and in many churches and Christian colleges. …
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Answers in Genesis conference — day 2
I wasn't really happy with the first iteration of my "Answers in Genesis conference -- day 2" post" so I have rewritten it. Here it is again, hopefully somewhat improved. On Sunday night, I attended part of day two of the Answers in Genesis "special outreach" with Dr. Terry Mortenson (PhD in the History of …
The ESV Study Bible on creation — Introduction and Introduction to Genesis
The ESV Study Bible (ESV is the English Standard Version translation) is a masterpiece of conservative Evangelical scholarship. The scholars who put this volume together are highly-qualified Bible experts who have a high respect for the Bible as the Word of God. For those of you not familiar with the concept of a study Bible, …
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Answers in Genesis conference — day 1
I went to an Answers in Genesis "special outreach" conference today. The speaker was Terry Mortenson, and the topic was "Was Darwin Right?" (though the AiG web site said the topic would be "The Age of the Earth & Why it Matters"). Here are some things that stood out to me: A common young-Earth strategy …
How Could God Command Genocide in the Old Testament?
The main points from How Could God Command Genocide in the Old Testament? on Justin Taylor's blog Between Two Worlds: As the maker of all things and the ruler of all people, God has absolute rights of ownership over all people and places. God is not only the ultimate maker, ruler, and owner, but he …
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