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Creation science, which is promoted by AiG, is a pseudoscience that "lacks the central defining characteristic of all modern scientific theories".<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Albert|first1=Leon|title="Scientific" Creationism as a Pseudoscience|journal=Creation Evolution Journal|volume=6|issue=2|page=27}}</ref> <ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ruse|first1=Michael|title=Creation Science is not Science|journal=Science and Technology|date=15 July 1982|volume=7|page=10-18}}</ref>Scientific and scholarly organizations, including the National Academy of Sciences, Paleontological Society, Geological Society of America, Australian Academy of Science, and the Royal Society of Canada have issued statements against the teaching of creationism.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ncse.com/media/voices/science |title=Statements from Scientific and Scholarly Organizations |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=National Center for Science Education |location=Berkeley, CA |accessdate=2008-09-06}}</ref> As a result, the National Center for Science Education, a science advocacy group, criticize AiG's promotion of non-science.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ncse.com/taking-action/project-steve |title=Project Steve |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=October 17, 2008 |publisher=National Center for Science Education |location=Berkeley, CA |accessdate=2008-09-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Scott |first=Eugenie C. |authorlink=Eugenie Scott |date=January–February 1997 |title=Anti-evolutionists Form, Fund Think Tank |url=http://ncse.com/rncse/17/1/anti-evolutionists-form-fund-think-tank |journal=Reports of the National Center for Science Education |location=Berkeley, CA |publisher=National Center for Science Education |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=25–26 |issn=2158-818X |accessdate=2008-09-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ncse.com/webfm_send/748 |title=Setting the Record Straight: A Response to Creationist Misinformation about the PBS Series ''Evolution'' |year=2001 |publisher=National Center for Science Education |location=Berkeley, CA |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-09-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ncse.com/creationism/general/pbss-evolution-creationist-backlash |title=PBS's "Evolution": The Creationist Backlash |last=Branch |first=Glenn |authorlink=Glenn Branch |date=September 1, 2001 |publisher=National Center for Science Education |location=Berkeley, CA |format=PDF |accessdate=2014-10-01}}</ref> In direct response to AiG, [[No Answers in Genesis]] is a website maintained by members of the [[Australian Skeptics]] and retired civil servant John Stear for the purpose of rebutting claims made by AiG.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.noanswersingenesis.org.au/ |title=No Answers in Genesis! |website=No Answers in Genesis |publisher=[[Australian Skeptics|Australian Skeptics Science and Education Foundation]] |accessdate=2008-04-06}}</ref> In June 2005, AiG-Australia staff accepted an invitation for an online debate with representatives from the Australian Skeptics in [[Margo Kingston]]'s section of the ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Uebergang |first=Phil (commentator) |url=http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/phil_uebergang/001149.html |title=The origin of the species: opening statements in the debate |date=June 13, 2005 |work=[[Margo Kingston#Webdiary|Webdiary]] |location=Pyrmont, New South Wales |publisher=Fairfax Media |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050615014550/http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/phil_uebergang/001149.html |archivedate=2005-06-15 |accessdate=2014-10-07}}</ref> |
Creation science, which is promoted by AiG, is a pseudoscience that "lacks the central defining characteristic of all modern scientific theories".<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Albert|first1=Leon|title="Scientific" Creationism as a Pseudoscience|journal=Creation Evolution Journal|volume=6|issue=2|page=27}}</ref> <ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ruse|first1=Michael|title=Creation Science is not Science|journal=Science and Technology|date=15 July 1982|volume=7|page=10-18}}</ref>Scientific and scholarly organizations, including the National Academy of Sciences, Paleontological Society, Geological Society of America, Australian Academy of Science, and the Royal Society of Canada have issued statements against the teaching of creationism.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ncse.com/media/voices/science |title=Statements from Scientific and Scholarly Organizations |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=National Center for Science Education |location=Berkeley, CA |accessdate=2008-09-06}}</ref> As a result, the National Center for Science Education, a science advocacy group, criticize AiG's promotion of non-science.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ncse.com/taking-action/project-steve |title=Project Steve |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=October 17, 2008 |publisher=National Center for Science Education |location=Berkeley, CA |accessdate=2008-09-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Scott |first=Eugenie C. |authorlink=Eugenie Scott |date=January–February 1997 |title=Anti-evolutionists Form, Fund Think Tank |url=http://ncse.com/rncse/17/1/anti-evolutionists-form-fund-think-tank |journal=Reports of the National Center for Science Education |location=Berkeley, CA |publisher=National Center for Science Education |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=25–26 |issn=2158-818X |accessdate=2008-09-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ncse.com/webfm_send/748 |title=Setting the Record Straight: A Response to Creationist Misinformation about the PBS Series ''Evolution'' |year=2001 |publisher=National Center for Science Education |location=Berkeley, CA |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-09-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ncse.com/creationism/general/pbss-evolution-creationist-backlash |title=PBS's "Evolution": The Creationist Backlash |last=Branch |first=Glenn |authorlink=Glenn Branch |date=September 1, 2001 |publisher=National Center for Science Education |location=Berkeley, CA |format=PDF |accessdate=2014-10-01}}</ref> In direct response to AiG, [[No Answers in Genesis]] is a website maintained by members of the [[Australian Skeptics]] and retired civil servant John Stear for the purpose of rebutting claims made by AiG.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.noanswersingenesis.org.au/ |title=No Answers in Genesis! |website=No Answers in Genesis |publisher=[[Australian Skeptics|Australian Skeptics Science and Education Foundation]] |accessdate=2008-04-06}}</ref> In June 2005, AiG-Australia staff accepted an invitation for an online debate with representatives from the Australian Skeptics in [[Margo Kingston]]'s section of the ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Uebergang |first=Phil (commentator) |url=http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/phil_uebergang/001149.html |title=The origin of the species: opening statements in the debate |date=June 13, 2005 |work=[[Margo Kingston#Webdiary|Webdiary]] |location=Pyrmont, New South Wales |publisher=Fairfax Media |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050615014550/http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/phil_uebergang/001149.html |archivedate=2005-06-15 |accessdate=2014-10-07}}</ref> |
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Astronomer [[Hugh Ross (creationist)|Hugh Ross]]'s organization [[Reasons To Believe]], a [[Progressive creationism|progressive creationist]] organization, is a critic of Answers in Genesis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reasons.org/resources/apologetics/other_papers/is_oec_heretical.shtml |title=Old-Earth Creationism: A Heretical Belief? |last=Moore |first=Greg |date=August 23, 2007 |publisher=Reasons To Believe |location=Glendora, CA |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012235505/http://www.reasons.org/resources/apologetics/other_papers/is_oec_heretical.shtml |archivedate=2007-10-12 |accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> [[The BioLogos Foundation]], which promotes the compatibility of [[Relationship between religion and science|science and religion]], as well as [[evolutionary creationism]], has stated that the views of Answers in Genesis have "force[d] many thoughtful Christians to lose their faith," while The Biologos Foundation "protect[s the Christian] faith."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://biologos.org/blog/saving-faith |title=Saving Faith |last=Giberson |first=Karl |authorlink=Karl W. Giberson |date=June 15, 2009 |publisher=[[The BioLogos Foundation]] |location=Washington, D.C. |accessdate=2014-05-03}}</ref> |
Astronomer [[Hugh Ross (creationist)|Hugh Ross]]'s organization [[Reasons To Believe]], a [[Progressive creationism|progressive creationist]] organization, is a critic of Answers in Genesis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reasons.org/resources/apologetics/other_papers/is_oec_heretical.shtml |title=Old-Earth Creationism: A Heretical Belief? |last=Moore |first=Greg |date=August 23, 2007 |publisher=Reasons To Believe |location=Glendora, CA |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012235505/http://www.reasons.org/resources/apologetics/other_papers/is_oec_heretical.shtml |archivedate=2007-10-12 |accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> [[The BioLogos Foundation]], which promotes the compatibility of [[Relationship between religion and science|science and religion]], as well as [[Theistic evolution|evolutionary creationism]], has stated that the views of Answers in Genesis have "force[d] many thoughtful Christians to lose their faith," while The Biologos Foundation "protect[s the Christian] faith."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://biologos.org/blog/saving-faith |title=Saving Faith |last=Giberson |first=Karl |authorlink=Karl W. Giberson |date=June 15, 2009 |publisher=[[The BioLogos Foundation]] |location=Washington, D.C. |accessdate=2014-05-03}}</ref> |
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Formation | 1994 |
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Type | Fundamentalist Christian apologetics organization |
Legal status | Non-profit |
Purpose | Young Earth creationism, Christian apologetics, Biblical inerrancy |
Headquarters | Petersburg, Kentucky, United States |
President | Ken Ham |
Revenue | $27,119,236 USD (2014)[1] |
Expenses | $20,978,162 (2014)[1] |
Website | www.answersingenesis.org |
Answers in Genesis (AiG) is a fundamentalist Christian apologetics organization. It advocates a literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis, with a particular focus on young Earth creationism, and rejects any results of scientific investigation which do not conform to their literal interpretation of the Genesis creation narrative. The organization began as the Creation Science Foundation in 1980, following the merger of two Australian creationist groups. Its name changed to Answers in Genesis in 1994, when Ken Ham founded the organization's United States branch. In 2006 the branches in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa split from the US and UK to form Creation Ministries International. In 2007, AiG opened the Creation Museum, a facility that promotes young Earth creationism, and in 2016 the organization opened the Ark Encounter, a Noah's Ark themed amusement park. AiG also publishes websites, magazines, and journals.
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Answers in Genesis resulted from the merging of two Australian creationist organizations in 1980. One was founded in the late 1970s by John Mackay, Ken Ham, and others as Creation Science Educational Media Services. Its founders believed that the established Christian church's teaching of the Bible was being compromised. The group merged with Carl Wieland's Creation Science Association in 1980, becoming the Creation Science Foundation (CSF) that later became Answers in Genesis.
Following turmoil in 2005,[2] the AiG network split in 2006. The US and UK branches retained the AiG name and control of the AiG website under Ham's leadership. The Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, and South African branches rebranded themselves as Creation Ministries International, under the leadership of former AiG CEO Carl Wieland. After some of AiG's comments in late 2006, Answers in Genesis became involved in a legal dispute with CMI. CMI has accused AiG-USA of damaging and publicly defaming their organization. In 2007, CMI filed suit against AiG-USA alleging a variety of wrongdoings.[3]
CMI opened offices in the UK and US during 2006, initially as a distribution point for their periodicals, Creation magazine and the Journal of Creation.[4] In June 2006, Answers in Genesis launched Answers magazine in the United States or the United Kingdom and started an on-line journal, Answers Research Journal in 2008 which was widely criticized in the media[5][6] and in scientific[7] circles. Also in 2006, the National Religious Broadcasters awarded Answers in Genesis their Best Ministry Website award.[8]
In May 2007, AiG launched the Creation Museum in the United States. The museum received criticism from groups like National Center for Science Education and petitions of protest from the mainstream scientific community.[9] The organization has accused Hollywood of using subtle tactics to slip in "evolutionary content."[10]
Answers in Genesis rejects key facts in relation to the history of Earth as established by the scientific consensus on archeology, cosmology, geology, linguistics, paleontology and evolutionary biology in favor of a worldview which sees the universe, the Earth and life originating about 6,000 years ago.[11] Since their beliefs rejects naturalistic scientific explanations of the origin of the universe in favor of the supernatural, creation science is considered to be a religion by the National Academy of Sciences.[12]
Creation Museum
AiG's Creation Museum is a museum displaying a Young Earth creationist worldview. The museum is controversial and has received much criticism from the scientific and religious communities, as well as cultural commentators.[13][14] The Museum opened May 27, 2007, at a cost of $27 million raised entirely by private donations. The museum displays were created by Patrick Marsh, known for work on Universal Studios Florida attractions for King Kong and Jaws.[15]
A. A. Gill, a British writer and critic, described the museum as "battling science and reason since 2007", writing: "This place doesn't just take on evolution—it squares off with geology, anthropology, paleontology, history, chemistry, astronomy, zoology, biology, and good taste. It directly and boldly contradicts most -onomies and all -ologies, including most theology."[16]
In 2012, it was reported that the "public fascination" with the Creation Museum was "fading."[17] In November 2012, the AiG reported that attendance for the year ended June 30 came to 254,074, which was a 10 percent drop from the previous year and is the museum's "fourth straight year of declining attendance and its lowest annual attendance yet."[17]
Ark Encounter
Answers in Genesis opened the Ark Encounter theme park in Grant County, Kentucky on July 7, 2016.[18] The centerpiece of the park is a full-scale model of Noah's Ark at 510 feet (160 m) long and 81 feet (25 m) high. Plans for additional phases of the park include a model of the Tower of Babel, along with replicas of an ancient walled city and a first-century Middle Eastern village. Ark Encounter is located 45 miles (72 km) from the Creation Museum.
Criticism
Creation science, which is promoted by AiG, is a pseudoscience that "lacks the central defining characteristic of all modern scientific theories".[19] [20]Scientific and scholarly organizations, including the National Academy of Sciences, Paleontological Society, Geological Society of America, Australian Academy of Science, and the Royal Society of Canada have issued statements against the teaching of creationism.[21] As a result, the National Center for Science Education, a science advocacy group, criticize AiG's promotion of non-science.[22][23][24][25] In direct response to AiG, No Answers in Genesis is a website maintained by members of the Australian Skeptics and retired civil servant John Stear for the purpose of rebutting claims made by AiG.[26] In June 2005, AiG-Australia staff accepted an invitation for an online debate with representatives from the Australian Skeptics in Margo Kingston's section of the Sydney Morning Herald.[27]
Astronomer Hugh Ross's organization Reasons To Believe, a progressive creationist organization, is a critic of Answers in Genesis.[28] The BioLogos Foundation, which promotes the compatibility of science and religion, as well as evolutionary creationism, has stated that the views of Answers in Genesis have "force[d] many thoughtful Christians to lose their faith," while The Biologos Foundation "protect[s the Christian] faith."[29]
Controversies
Richard Dawkins interview
In 1998, Answers in Genesis filmed an interview with Richard Dawkins, a prominent evolutionary biologist at Oxford University, resulting in a controversial video that AiG posted on its website. Dawkins addressed it in the essay: "The 'Information Challenge,'" published in A Devil's Chaplain in 2003. The "suspiciously amateurish" interview included, according to Dawkins, "the kind of question only a creationist would ask in that way" (namely, to "give an example of a genetic mutation or an evolutionary process which can be seen to increase the information in the genome"). Realising that he had been duped, Dawkins, at his own admission, was angry at the thought and initially refused to answer the question, but relented and continued the interview. Dawkins wrote: "My generosity was rewarded in a fashion that anyone familiar with fundamentalist tactics might have predicted. When I eventually saw the film a year later, I found that it had been edited to give the false impression that I was incapable of answering the question about information content. In fairness, this may not have been quite as intentionally deceitful as it sounds. You have to understand that these people really believe that their question cannot be answered!"[30]
The Australian Skeptics wrote that the film was edited to give the appearance that Dawkins was unable to "give an example of a genetic mutation or an evolutionary process which can be seen to increase the information in the genome" and that a segment that shows him pausing for 11 seconds was film of him considering whether to expel the interviewer from the room for not revealing her creationist sympathies at the outset. Dawkins reported to the Australian Skeptics that the interviewer shown in the finished film was not the same person as the person who had originally asked the questions. Dawkins and Barry Williams also said that the question had been subsequently changed to make it look like Dawkins, who was answering the original question put to him, was unable to answer.[31] Dawkins discussed the interview in the essay published in A Devil's Chaplain.[30]
Legal action by Creation Ministries Int'l
On May 31, 2007, Creation Ministries International filed a lawsuit in Supreme Court of Queensland against Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis seeking damages and accusing him of "unbiblical/unethical/unlawful behaviour" in his dealings with the Australian organization.[3] Prior to the split, the Australian group had been producing periodicals, Creation magazine and Journal of Creation, which were then distributed within other countries by local groups. The Australian group had no access to the list of subscribers in the US. AiG discontinued the distribution arrangement, and produced a new magazine of their own, called Answers, and represented that to subscribers as a replacement.[32] Creation Ministries International was claiming $252,000 (US) in damages for lost revenue by misleading and deceptive conduct in relating to lost subscriptions.[33] The case also concerned use of the trademark "Answers in Genesis" within Australia, and misuse by Ken Ham of his position as a director for the Australian group to cause them detriment.[33]
In comments to news reporters, Ken Ham dismisses CMI's accusations as "totally preposterous and untrue".[34] Creation Ministries has made a large collection of documents available detailing their side of the case. An editorial analysis of the situation, including reference to estranged co-founder John Mackay's allegations in 1986 of necrophilia and witchcraft against Ken Ham's personal secretary is offered in an account in the Reports of the National Center for Science Education.[35]
In February 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ordered Australian-based Creation Ministries International into arbitration with Answers in Genesis over copyrights and control of affiliates in other countries (Answers in Genesis had asked for arbitration).[36][37] In April 2009, the ministries reached a settlement and ended their dispute.[38]
Anti-atheism billboards
In the spring of 2009, Answers in Genesis posted a billboard in Texas with a young boy aiming a gun towards the camera with the words "If God doesn't matter to him, do you?" The same image was used in a TV ad.[39] In 2014, the organization purchased space in Times Square to run a 15-second video advertisement addressed "To all of our intolerant liberal friends". According to AiG, the goal of the billboard was to "challenge the secularists who are increasingly intolerant of the Christian message". The Christian Relevant Magazine described the ad as "passive-aggressive" and "weirdly combative".[40]
Great Homeschool Conventions
In March 2011, the Board of Great Homeschool Conventions, Inc. (a young Earth Christian group) voted to disinvite Ken Ham and AiG from future conventions due to Ham's words about other Christians making "unnecessary, ungodly, and mean-spirited statements that are divisive at best and defamatory at worst". The controversy stemmed from Ham's commentary on the position expressed by Peter Enns, of The BioLogos Foundation, who advocated a symbolic, rather than literal interpretation of the fall of Adam and Eve. Writing on his blog, Ham accused Enns of espousing "outright liberal theology that totally undermines the authority of the Word of God", which led to his invitation being revoked.[41]
See also
Notes
- ^ "Answers in Genesis in legal turmoil". Berkeley, CA: National Center for Science Education. June 21, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
- ^ a b McKenna, Michael (June 4, 2007). "Biblical battle of creation groups". The Australian. Surry Hills, Australia: News Corp Australia. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
- ^ "What we are". Creation.com. Creation Ministries International. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
- ^ Randerson, James (January 27, 2008). "God's journal". The Guardian (Blog). London: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
- ^ Goldstein, Bonnie (February 13, 2008). "Peer-Reviewing the Bible". Slate. Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
- ^ Brumfiel, Geoff (January 23, 2008). "Creationists launch 'science' journal". Nature. 451. London: Nature Publishing Group: 382–383. doi:10.1038/451382b. ISSN 0028-0836. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
- ^ "NRB 2006 Media Award Winners". NRB Convention & Exposition. Manassas, VA: National Religious Broadcasters. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
- ^ "Reactions to creation 'museum'". Berkeley, CA: National Center for Science Education. May 25, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
- ^ Kerby 2006, p. 13
- ^ "Study Your Science!". Hebron, KY: Answers in Genesis. March 31, 2010. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
- ^ NAS 1999, p. R9
- ^ Jarman, Josh (May 25, 2007). "Creating a stir". The Columbus Dispatch. Columbus, OH: Dispatch Printing Company. Retrieved 2014-10-07.
- ^ Lovan, Dylan T. (May 19, 2007). "Educators question Creation Museum". The Augusta Chronicle. Augusta, GA. Associated Press. Retrieved 2014-10-07.
- ^ Rothstein, Edward (May 24, 2007). "Adam and Eve in the Land of the Dinosaurs". The New York Times (Museum review). Retrieved 2008-04-06.
- ^ Gill, A. A. (February 2010). "Roll Over, Charles Darwin!". Vanity Fair. New York: Condé Nast. ISSN 0733-8899. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
- ^ a b McNair, James (November 7, 2012). "Creation Museum Attendance Drops for Fourth Straight Year". Cincinnati CityBeat. Nashville, TN: SouthComm, Inc. Retrieved 2014-10-07.
- ^ Lovan, Dylan (July 5, 2016). "Noah's ark of biblical proportions ready to open in Kentucky". Associated Press.
- ^ Albert, Leon. ""Scientific" Creationism as a Pseudoscience". Creation Evolution Journal. 6 (2): 27.
- ^ Ruse, Michael (15 July 1982). "Creation Science is not Science". Science and Technology. 7: 10-18.
- ^ "Statements from Scientific and Scholarly Organizations". Berkeley, CA: National Center for Science Education. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ^ "Project Steve". Berkeley, CA: National Center for Science Education. October 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ^ Scott, Eugenie C. (January–February 1997). "Anti-evolutionists Form, Fund Think Tank". Reports of the National Center for Science Education. 17 (1). Berkeley, CA: National Center for Science Education: 25–26. ISSN 2158-818X. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ^ "Setting the Record Straight: A Response to Creationist Misinformation about the PBS Series Evolution" (PDF). Berkeley, CA: National Center for Science Education. 2001. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ^ Branch, Glenn (September 1, 2001). "PBS's "Evolution": The Creationist Backlash" (PDF). Berkeley, CA: National Center for Science Education. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
- ^ "No Answers in Genesis!". No Answers in Genesis. Australian Skeptics Science and Education Foundation. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
- ^ Uebergang, Phil (commentator) (June 13, 2005). "The origin of the species: opening statements in the debate". Webdiary. Pyrmont, New South Wales: Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 2005-06-15. Retrieved 2014-10-07.
- ^ Moore, Greg (August 23, 2007). "Old-Earth Creationism: A Heretical Belief?". Glendora, CA: Reasons To Believe. Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- ^ Giberson, Karl (June 15, 2009). "Saving Faith". Washington, D.C.: The BioLogos Foundation. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
- ^ a b Dawkins 2003, p. 91
- ^ Williams, Barry (1998). "Creationist Deception Exposed" (PDF). The Skeptic. 18 (3). Sydney: Australian Skeptics: 7–10. ISSN 0726-9897. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
- ^ "Fellow Christians Aggrieved by Business Practices of Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis". Christian Faith and Reason Magazine. Spring Hill, TN: Guerrilla Enterprise Management, Inc. May 27, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-06-27. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
- ^ a b "Statement of Claim (4690/07 Supreme Court of Brisbane)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2007-07-18. Photocopy supplied at the CMI website; official court file summary here.
- ^ Mead, Andy; Farrar, Lu-Ann (June 17, 2007). "Museum group sued by fellow creationists". Lexington Herald-Leader. Sacramento, CA: The McClatchy Company. p. A1. Archived from the original on 2007-06-20. Retrieved 2014-10-07.
- ^ Lippard, Jim (November–December 2006). "Trouble in Paradise: Answers in Genesis Splinters". Reports of the National Center for Science Education. 26 (6). Berkeley, CA: National Center for Science Education: 4–7. ISSN 2158-818X. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ^ Lovan, Dylan T. (February 14, 2009). "Court: Creationists should settle outside court". Taiwan News. Taipei. Associated Press. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
- ^ Answers in Genesis of Kentucky, Inc. v. Creation Ministries International, Ltd., 556 F.3d 459, 469 (6th Cir. February 13, 2009). Case number: 08-6014/6032.
- ^ "dispute-settled". Creation.com. Creation Ministries International. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ^ Belle, Nicole (June 2, 2009). "Christianist Group's Billboard Compares Atheism To Murder". Crooks and Liars (Blog). Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ^ Here’s the Controversial Billboard 'Answers in Genesis' Is Displaying in Times Square Tonight, Relevant Magazine, 2014
- ^ Blackford, Linda B. (March 24, 2011). "Founder of Creation Museum banned from convention". Lexington Herald-Leader. Sacramento, CA: The McClatchy Company. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
References
- Dawkins, Richard (2003). A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 0-618-33540-4. LCCN 2003050859. OCLC 52269209.
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- National Academy of Sciences (1999). Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences (2nd ed.). Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. ISBN 0-309-06406-6. LCCN 99006259. OCLC 43803228. Retrieved 2014-10-02.