Creationism

There have been a number of people who have talked to me about their trip to the Creation Museum (Ken Hamm) near Cincinnati, Ohio. Being that it is only 2-3 hours from where I live, little reason I keep hearing about this state-of-the-art 65,000 square foot museum. It’s worth mentioning that what I’ve heard is all good. I don’t know, maybe I don’t get excited about creationism or creation museums because I spent a good deal of time using it as an evangelistic tool. And personally, I don’t believe anyone can convince another to make the leap with a discussion on faith and science. People have to first become interested, then develop their interest through reading, investigating, and reflecting over time, lots-of-time. Only then do discussions enter the process and the best discussions (should I say ‘only’ discussions?) take place with those who have earned the right for a discussion (family, close associates, and close friends). Those, along with time alone and the Spirit’s work become the final and primary forces that assist a person’s decision. Creationism and apologetics are, in my opinion, for the faith of the believer. The best apologetic for those in our realm of influence is a life well lived for our Leader, Jesus.

My wife was a Christian before I was and she introduced me to John Clayton’s tape series (now on DVD) on creationism and it convinced me; but not until I became interested, and even then it didn’t happen overnight! It took time…a long time. Yet it was one of the many pieces that the Spirit used to bring me to a life-changing decision.

By the way…Ken Hamm is a conservative evangelical Christian who believes in a literal seven-day creation and all the other trimmings that goes with a literalist. Contrastingly,Clayton is an evolutional creationist who was a devout atheist and science teacher before his conversion. Prior ro his conversion he wrote a book titled “All the Stupidity of the Bible.” A.C. (after conversion) he wrote a piece titled (how did you guess) Why I Left Atheism

The Does God Exist website
The Creation Museum website