How Answers in Genesis Shattered My Faith in Creationism

I realized with growing horror that much of the material there was either flat-out lying or skillfully misleading people.

Ken Ham’s Colossal Failure: Samantha Field’s Story

I’d turned to AiG in a literal moment of desperation because they were my intellectual stronghold…What I received from them was the opposite of everything I’d trusted them to be.

The Racism In Our Science Books

“In spite of what Answers in Genesis maintains, racism both long predates the theory of evolution and has frequently sprung from the Bible and from the creation account itself.”

The Skeleton in Doug Phillips’s Closet Is Now in the Creation Museum. Literally.

How Ebenezer the Allosaurus brought together a sexual abuser, a white supremacy sympathizer, and a creationist superstar.

Ham on Nye

“During the Q&A session though, Bill Nye said one thing, one groundbreaking thing, and I don’t know if he even realized it. He said, ‘I don’t know.'”

Ken Ham — The Evolution of a Bully: Jeri Lofland’s Thoughts

“Ken Ham was banned from speaking at a homeschool convention in Cincinnati after making ‘mean-spirited’ remarks about another speaker, a Bible scholar and theologian who approaches the Old Testament very differently than Ham does. AiG also used its deep pockets and legal staff to bully a smaller Christian ministry with a similar name, threatening them with charges of trademark infringement.”

Young Earth, Young People, and Abandoned Faith

“Teaching creationism was a perfect fit for my husband. He took the kids to creationism seminars over the years, bought quite a few creationist books about dinosaurs and the origins of the earth, and the kids soaked it up. I found our eldest daughter devouring the books just for fun. She was sold. It was a foundational issue for faith, just like Ken Ham always said.”

Why You Need To Know About David Barton

“This is why, as a veteran of homeschooling and private Christian education, I had to reteach myself history. It’d how I made it to graduate school without ever sitting through a basic lesson in evolutionary theory. If that disturbs you, I urge you to educate yourself about David Barton and his version of America.”