While reading The Language of God, I experienced a strange phenomenon: I simultaneously grew more convinced that my faith in God was in fact reasonable while also growing more convinced that my belief
in young earth creationism was not.
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.
Not exact matches
Young earth creationism is ludicrous and young earth creationists, most of whom live in the United States and are fundamentalist Christians, are the laughing stock of the thinking w
Young earth creationism is ludicrous and
young earth creationists, most of whom live in the United States and are fundamentalist Christians, are the laughing stock of the thinking w
young earth creationists, most of whom live
in the United States and are fundamentalist Christians, are the laughing stock of the thinking world.
Ham utterly failed to establish his contention, that
Creationism,
in particular
Young Earth Creationism, is a viable model.
Since I've been asked: I'm with Nye
in that I don't believe
young earth creationism is a viable model of origins
in today's modern scientific era.
In «The Genesis Flood,» the 1961 book that in many ways help launch the Young Earth creationism movement in the United States, the authors write: «Our conclusions must unavoidably be colored by our Biblical presuppositions, and this we plainly acknowledge.&raqu
In «The Genesis Flood,» the 1961 book that
in many ways help launch the Young Earth creationism movement in the United States, the authors write: «Our conclusions must unavoidably be colored by our Biblical presuppositions, and this we plainly acknowledge.&raqu
in many ways help launch the
Young Earth creationism movement
in the United States, the authors write: «Our conclusions must unavoidably be colored by our Biblical presuppositions, and this we plainly acknowledge.&raqu
in the United States, the authors write: «Our conclusions must unavoidably be colored by our Biblical presuppositions, and this we plainly acknowledge.»
In this way,
young earth creationism is demonstrably incorrect as a theory.
Creationism means believing
in a literal 6 day creation, believing that the words
in the Bible were written
in English and the term day was used (it wasn't but that's another argument), and a
young 6000 — 10000 year old
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.
At first glance, Intelligent Design seems to offer hope: While eschewing the
Young Earth theory of
creationism, it acknowledges the need, deeply embedded
in scientists and theologians alike, to recognize final cause, or telos,
in the created universe.
Wait a minute, conservatives are trying to put
creationism and
young earth biblical BS
in school science class.
At the time, the majority of the science faculty espoused
young earth creationism, so I learned about evolution
in the context of Christian apologetics courses, with the presupposition that evolution was incompatible with the Christian faith.
I can no longer support
young earth creationism in good conscience.
2) I fear that if Christian institutions continue to teach
young earth creationism, they will render themselves irrelevant
in the marketplace of ideas.
And
in which «camp» do you tend to fall — the
young earth creationism camp, the intelligent design camp, the evolutionary
creationism camp, or the where - are - the - smores - because - this - is - over-my-head camp?
@Ken, Bill Nye is, I think, talking about
Young Earth Creationism, which is a belief
in a strict literal interpretation of Genesis, which is inconsistent with the evidence we have available.
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.
Having grown up
in a conservative Christian environment that taught
young earth creationism exclusively, I'm still playing catch up with my basic knowledge of evolutionary theory.
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.
TheTraveler:
Creationism has no place in a science class because there is no scientific evidence to support it, and there is strong scientific evidence against «young earth» c
Creationism has no place
in a science class because there is no scientific evidence to support it, and there is strong scientific evidence against «
young earth»
creationismcreationism.
I'd been convinced that
young earth creationism (absent of any evolution at all) was a fundamental tenant of the Christian faith and the only truly biblical position... so rather than simply questioning my approach to science, I questioned my entire faith
in God.
It took place
in an atmosphere of respectful listening and learning, consciously seeking a via media between the more - publicised extreme schools of «anti-Darwinian» biblical fundamentalism (
young -
earth creationism) and «ultra-Darwinian» atheism (scientism).
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.
A crushing defeat at the hands of their «inferiors» required the kind of convoluted explanations one sees
in trying to defend the ptolemaic model or
young Earth creationism.
Dating is a stage of romantic relationships
in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a G. Brent Dalrymple's classic debunking of the
young -
earth «scientific»
creationism's dating methods with a short explanation of how geologists know the age
Earth sciences - Radiometric dating: In 1905, shortly after the discovery of radioactivity, the American chemist Bertram Boltwood suggested that lead is G. Brent Dalrymple's classic debunking of the young - earth «scientific» creationism's dating methods with a short explanation of how geologists know th
Earth sciences - Radiometric dating:
In 1905, shortly after the discovery of radioactivity, the American chemist Bertram Boltwood suggested that lead is G. Brent Dalrymple's classic debunking of the
young -
earth «scientific» creationism's dating methods with a short explanation of how geologists know th
earth «scientific»
creationism's dating methods with a short explanation of how geologists know the age
G. Brent Dalrymple's classic debunking of the
young -
earth «scientific»
creationism's dating methods with a short explanation of how geologists know the age Dating is a stage of romantic relationships
in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a
In addition to the lawsuits, the program was criticized for letting students attend religious schools that teach
Young Earth Creationism — the belief that the universe is no older than 10,000 years.
Indeed, every single «original» idea from this guy's mouth has turned out to be as accurate as the likes of
Young Earth Creationism (aka not
in the slightest) and his chances of getting things right seems to be about as «good» as the daily horoscope, TV psychics and Micheal Pachter's predictions (aka non existent).