10Nov 2021 by Post

Is Genesis “Mytho-History”? As a Guide to Scripture, William Lane Craig’s Book Falls Short

Adam and Eve, Ancient Near East, biblical flood, Christianity, Denisovans, dinosaurs, Evolution News, Exodus, Faith & Science, Genesis, gospels, Hebrew, hominids, Homo sapiens, Human Origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, John Oswalt, Mesopotamia, Middle East, mytho-history, Neanderthals, Noah's Ark, Old Earth Creationists, Persian Gulf, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Satan, scripture, Stephen Jay Gould, The Panda’s Thumb, William Laine Craig, Young Earth Creationists
As an old earther, I was dismayed by Craig’s failure to engage with common old earth interpretations of Genesis. Source
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11Mar 2020 by Post

20 Myths About Old Earth Creationism

Answer In Genesis, Apologetics, Bible, Christianity, Christians, Creation, Genesis, God, Jeff Zweerink, Ken Ham, old earth, Old Earth Creationists, Philosophy of Science, reasons to believe, theology, Theology and Christian Apologetics, Young Earth Creationists
By Luke Nix Introduction Last month I was alerted to a debate on Justin Brierley’s podcast “Unbelievable.” This debate was a discussion between a young-earth creationist (Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis) and an old-earth creationist (Jeff Zweerink of Reasons to Believe). This, of course, caught my attention because of my focus on science/faith issues. I decided to take a listen but found myself quite frustrated within just minutes of Justin giving his introductions. Here is a link to the episode for those who would like to hear it for themselves: Do we live on a young or old earth? Ken Ham vs. Jeff Zweerink Throughout the discussion, Ken Ham presented many strawmen and misrepresentations of Zweerink’s old-earth creationist view in order to argue against the view. I recognized many of these myths…
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