The museum presents the case
for Young Earth creationism, following what it says is a literal interpretation of the book of Genesis, which says the Earth was created by God in six days less than 10,000 years ago.
@Believer Radioisotope evidence presents significant problems
for the young earth position.
You claim evidence
for a young earth but present none and then claim science rejects evolution which is like claiming water isn't wet.
And it is ironic that Mohler, who has been a tireless advocate
for young earth creationism on the basis that «the straightforward and direct reading of [Genesis] describes seven 24 - hour days,» does not seem to think that a straightforward and direct reading of Jesus» teachings regarding violence is necessary.
Topher, again I challenge you to produce a reference to a scholarly article published in a reputable, peer - reviewed scientific journal that successfully makes the case
for a young earth.
Once the cheerleader
for young earth creationism, I grew fascinated with the science behind evolutionary theory.
Topher Where do you find biblical evidence
for a young earth other than the 3 genealogies?
Are there non believers in your stack of proof
for a young earth?
«Where do you find biblical evidence
for a young earth other than the 3 genealogies?
Like those who argue
for a young earth, many flat earthers used scriptural interpretation to bolster their belief.
For young earth creationism to be true it requires all of that phenomena to have changed its rate of formation at the same exact time, for no explainable reason at all.
@Topher It seems that before Ken Ham started his own project over there at AIG, he worked for the Insti / tute for Creation Research, which basically does the same thing as the Discovery Insti / tute — namely, try to create a «sciencey» veneer
for Young Earth Creationism.
Not exact matches
To prepare
for our future in low -
Earth orbit, cislunar space, on the Moon, and on Mars, we need to foster a diverse pool of qualified, enthusiastic
young people who are inspired to further the off -
Earth dream.
There are many different ways of dating the
earth, and many of them point to an
earth much too
young for evolution to have had a chance.
An Australian geologist who got his credentials dating rocks billions of years old, still selling his services as a qualified geologist, but also employed as as a «Creationist Assistant Professor of Geology» by the Institute
for Creation Research in the USA, where he supports a
young earth.
(
for those who aren't aware, L4H is a
young earth creationist)
I would like the name of one scientist that believes in a
young earth and does so
for non-religious reasons.
In fact, it's been demonstrated that population numbers are well within the limits
for the Biblical view of a
young earth.
And the Grand Canyon only lends itself to evidence
for the flood and a
young earth.
Heck
young earth theorist have «geologist» that say that their is evidence
for a world wide flood.
Sad when people want lies like a «
young earth» and that «evolution is a myth» or that «some god caused» the big bang taught to their children in their schools, paid
for by their tax dollars.
I'm as keen as anyone
for a discussion about old
earth /
young earth (i'm a
young earther
for the record — at least I think I am But rather than all this constant intellectual bollix, let's sort out some of these basic issues first.
First of all,
for even the
young earth people (of which I am one) do not hold to the six thousand year view.
Responding to a piece I wrote
for the Washington Post about my journey from
young earth creationism to evolutionary creationism, Mohler told readers that my «glib and superficial endorsement of evolution and its reconciliation with Christianity is all too common and all to irresponsible.»
One only need search
for «
young earth geology» on youtube to get a plethora of videos from a Dr Snelling who was referenced a few times by Ham in the recent Ham - Nye debate.
I.e., Andrew Snelling who obtained credentials
for his expertise as a geologist in dating things, but who simultaneously worked
for one of the big «
young -
earth» groups.
Look into «radiohalos»
for one, or «the speed of light changing» to see just two examples of evidence of a
young earth.
The stories you hear and the things you hear in this documentary will break your heart
for these poor
young girls who are caught into the darkest and most evil web on
earth.
E.g., in regards to scientific support
for evolution and rejection of creationism and the
young earth dogma, in 1986, 72 US Nobel Prize winners, 17 state academies of science and 7 other scientific societies, signed an amicus curiae brief asking the US Supreme Court in Edwards v. Aguillard to reject a Louisiana state law requiring the teaching of creationism, which the brief described as embodying religious dogma.
My problem is the lies that «there are no true scientists» who hold to a
young earth, that there's no evidence
for it and that there's nothing published on the subject.
How can the moribund old man reason back to himself the romance, the mystery, the imminence of great things with which our old
earth tingled
for him in the days when he was
young and well?
Mormons believe that we were once spirits in heaven that must come to the
earth for a period of testing, though not remembering it, according to Rex E. Lee (1935 - 1996), tenth president of Brigham
Young University.
In the Bible, before Jesus even came to
Earth, Father God did not consider a
young person to be accountable
for such sins until they were 20 year old.
Alyosha, in the «conversion» scene after the death of Zossima, kisses the
earth in an act that Dostoevsky intends to have decisive meaning
for the
youngest brother.
@ Jake:
for further clarification: i am not a
young earth creationist.
One only need search
for «
young earth geology» on youtube to get a plethora of videos from a Dr Snelling who was referenced a few times by Ham in the Ham - Nye debate.
(Bantam, 1968) have been sold, and its author, the
young Swiss Erich von Däniken, is campaigning aggressively
for converts to «his thesis that our
earth was visited by interstellar travelers between 40,000 and 500 BC.
According to this chart, the Christian worldview includes belief in
young earth creationism, support
for the death penalty, a commitment to mind / body dualism, rejection of non-traditional family structure, and devotion to fee enterprise and capitalism.
First, our brother Michael Gungor, one of the most thoughtful musical artists of our time, has been publicly vilified across Christian media — both traditional, online, and social —
for openly discussing his belief in an old
earth rather than a
young earth.
«Who covers the heaven with clouds, provides rain
for the
earth, makes the grass grow on the hills, gives food
for the cattle, to the
young ravens when they cry to Him.»
I'm * not * exactly «conservative» (I don't believe a «
young earth» is Biblical and I'm
for gun control), but some of the more conservative brethren have points too.
If he's pandering to the base of creationists and
young -
earth zealots then he is without honor or scruples and is (unfortunately) highly qualified
for political office by today's standards.
The Blessed Sacrament, the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ on
earth, must be at the heart of any spiritual event
for young Catholics, through the Mass, Exposition and His reservation in the tabernacle.
Young earth creationists and «the new atheists» (Dawkins, Hitchens, etc.) actually have more in common than one might think,
for both groups have arrived at the conclusion that accepting an old
earth and evolutionary theory inevitably rules out the existence of God.
They grow up believing in an Eternal Hell of fire and brimstone, talking snakes, the Doctrine of Original Sin, animals in an ark, a
Young Earth paradigm, the notion that people lived to be hundreds of years old a few thousand years ago, patriarchs that practiced child sacrifice and committed genocides, books that are supposed words of gawd that contradict real world observations, deities that kill their own children (human manifestations of their own selves)
for the sake of sins that they never committed, the symbolic cannibalism and vampirism of a deity... I could go on
for days.
For many of us, fighting the good fight of faith meant proving to skeptics that
young earth creationism was scientifically sound, that the Battle of Jericho was an historical fact, and that believing in God was a perfectly rational and reasonable thing to do.
AiG is the popular
young -
Earth creationist apologetics organization led by Ken Ham, well - known
for the 2014 Bill Nye - Ken Ham debate.
«During all this time I was never joined in profession of religion with any, but gave up myself to the Lord, having forsaken all evil company, taking leave of father and mother, and all other relations, and traveled up and down as a stranger on the
earth, which way the Lord inclined my heart; taking a chamber to myself in the town where I came, and tarrying sometimes more, sometimes less in a place:
for I durst not stay long in a place, being afraid both of professor and profane, lest, being a tender
young man, I should be hurt by conversing much with either.
As a
young evangelical myself, I confess I have grown tired... no, weary... of responding to comments like these with some honest suggestions
for how my fellow evangelicals might avoid said retirement, only to be discounted and disparaged
for believing the
earth is more than 6,000 years old,
for voting
for Democrats from time to time, and
for daring to serve communion to gays and lesbians.
My parents never really pushed
young earth creationism on me nor taught that it was a fundamental element of the Christian faith, but
for most of my life I travelled in circles where it was assumed that good Christians embraced a literal interpretation of Genesis 1 and 2, which describes the
earth as being created in six days.