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Jan
21

Creationism

Posted under creationism by FPeatross

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 reasonCreation Museum 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

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  1. jonsquared Said,

    Very good post. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!

  2. Steve Allison Said,

    Will the Creation Museum push more people away from God than it attracts to God?

  3. fredpeatross Said,

    I can’t imagine it pushing more away from God than drawing closer. I was simply waxing on people and the various perception of an apologetic’s use

  4. Steve Allison Said,

    I’m glad you are back with a blog again. Sometime beginning back in your Grace Awakening days you put me on to Brian McLaren, Leonard Sweet, Rex Miller and the postmodern, emerging church trajectory. I’m grateful for that. That kind of apologetics has been an immense help to me.

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