I'm almost done with part six of my "Six bad answers from Answers in Genesis" series, in which I analyze Andrew Snelling's Six main geologic evidences for the Genesis Flood. "Flood geology" as taught by organizations such as Answers in Genesis and the Intitute for Creation Research doesn't work geologically, isn't necessary Biblically, and serves …
Category: Origins
A young-Earth biologist’s perspective on evolution
I believe young-Earth creationism is wrong, but there are a couple of young-Earth creationists who (whom?) I have a lot of respect for. Two of them are Todd Wood at Todd's Blog, and Paul Garner at The New Creationism. I think they are completely wrong about Earth history---I believe this for both scientific and Biblical …
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William Jennings Bryan and the age of the Earth
This is part of my series on theologically conservative Christians who advocate some form of old-Earth creationism, which is the idea that there is no Biblical reason to question that the Earth is billions of years old. Most of those I am highlighting in this series would hold to some sort of Biblical inerrancy. In …
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Internet Monk: a comment from an evangelical vertebrate paleontologist
My previous post was about pastors responding to a question about evolution. One of the readers' comments was from a Christian paleontologist. Here's the comment (emphasis added by me): You guys rule — it was a joy to read through these answers from such different Christian traditions and find such humility and realism regarding a …
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Updates: job search, Best of The GeoChristian, Dr. Dino
I'm still looking for a job in the Earth sciences or GIS. I have a very strong possibility for an excellent position, but until it's a sure thing I'll keep on looking. Click here for a brief resume, or go to Ten reasons why you should hire me. I'm working on compiling a list of …
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J. Gresham Machen on the age of the Earth
John Gresham Machen was a professor at Princeton Seminary in the early 1900s, and was founder of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He is best known as a defender of Christian orthodoxy in the face of rising theological liberalism in the churches of his day. Perhaps his most famous book was Christianity and Liberalism, in …
Paleontologists visit the Answers in Genesis museum
The Answers in Genesis Creation Museum in Kentucky apparently has a nest of dinosaur eggs on display (here and here). If you are a regular reader of The GeoChristian, you know that I believe that the Bible is the Word of God. I don't believe much of what Answers in Genesis has to say about …
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Another fundamentalist for an old Earth
A commenter on this blog recently implied that I am just a "so called Christian" because I accept an old Earth and evolution. On a young-Earth blog that I have been commenting on, those who accept an old age for the Earth (including myself) have been accused of "listening to the serpent." I try to …
Six bad arguments from Answers in Genesis (Part 4)
This is part four of a six-part series examining supposed evidences for a global flood that have recently appeared on the Answers in Genesis web site. The people at AiG are my brothers and sisters in Christ, and I share their love for the Lord Jesus Christ, their respect for the Bible as the Word …
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John Piper and the age of the Earth
To repeat a common theme of The GeoChristian blog: One can be a committed Christian with a very high view of the Bible, and yet hold to a 4.5 billion year-old Earth and evolution. John Piper is pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, and is a leading author and speaker within the Evangelical and …
Death before the fall — an old-Earth Biblical perspective
The topic of death before Adam's fall into sin is a common area of debate between Christians who accept an old Earth and those who insist that the Bible requires a young Earth. Old-Earth creationists (whether or not they are theistic evolutionists) have to accept animal death before the fall. After all, the fossil record …
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Resolving the tension
A week or two there was a post on InternetMonk.com asking for comments from Christian scientists and science-educated Christians about how they had resolved the tension between science and faith. Here's my comment from that post, with a little editing: I am “The GeoChristian” that someone else referred to earlier. I have an M.S. and …
Conversations in progress
I've had a number of good comments in the past month on the following posts. Feel free to join in. Dr. Dino still in prison -- I consider the teachings of Kent Hovind ("Dr. Dino") to be anti-apologetics that has no place in our churches and Christian schools. Not everyone agrees. Augustine and Darwin -- …
Six bad arguments from Answers in Genesis (Part 3)
This is part three of a six-part series examining supposed evidences for a global flood that have recently appeared on the Answers in Genesis web site. The people at AiG are my brothers and sisters in Christ, and I share their love for the Lord Jesus Christ, their respect for the Bible as the Word …
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Augustine and Darwin
Alister McGrath (DPhil in molecular biophysics, Doctor of Divinity) has an article at the Christianity Today website: Augustine's Origin of Species: How the great theologian might weigh in on the Darwin debate. St. Augustine (AD 354-430) was the bishop of Hippo, in what is now Algeria, but was then part of the Roman Empire. I …
Six bad arguments from Answers in Genesis (Part 2)
This is part two of a six-part series examining supposed evidences for a global flood that have recently appeared on the Answers in Genesis web site. The people at AiG are my brothers and sisters in Christ, and I share their love for the Lord Jesus Christ, their respect for the Bible as the Word …
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The BioLogos Foundation
Dr. Francis Collins, author of The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, has stepped down as the director of the Human Genome Project. His new project might be even more challenging. Collins is the founder and president of The BioLogos Foundation, which is seeking to span the perceived gulf between science and …
Six bad arguments from Answers in Genesis (Part 1)
This is part one of a six-part series examining supposed evidences for a global flood that have recently appeared on the Answers in Genesis web site. Part one -- This article. Part two examines the YEC argument that sedimentary rocks that contain dense accumulations of fossils can best be described by the action of Noah's Flood. Part …
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What is a day?
The blog Tough Questions Answered has a good five-part series addressing the question "What is the meaning of the word 'day' in Genesis?" The posts take a look at reasons why the six days of Genesis 1 are not necessarily six literal consecutive 24-hours days. Young-Earth creationists have much of the Evangelical world convinced that …
Fundamentalism and creationism
Young-Earth creationism isn't a necessary part of Christianity, even to those of us who have a very high view of the truthfulness and authority of the Bible. Here's another quote from The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, by Mark Noll: Despite widespread impressions to the contrary, [young-Earth] creationism was not a traditional belief of nineteenth-century …
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