Ham is wanting to basically say all interpretations about the past are of equal merit. Since we weren't there, you can say whatever you want about the past. It is "observational" science that is where we can absolutely say what it is true and false. He has no problem supposedly with the findings of "observational" science because it deals with the present which is undeniable. Creationism should be given just as much respect as evolution because it's just another model about the past.
So why select creationism? Ham basically says it's because Jesus somehow worked in is heart so because of that he "knows" Jesus exists and therefore the Bible is true. Since the Jesus exists and because of that the Bible must be true, therefore creationism must be true.
However, what Ham describes is a religious experience. "Observational" science has demonstrated clearly that people's religious experiences are a completely unreliable means of coming to true conclusions about reality. So, "observational" science refutes the very means by which Ham does "historical" science. Is Ham going to be consistent and accept the findings of "observational" science or is he going to reject it just this one time?
So why select creationism? Ham basically says it's because Jesus somehow worked in is heart so because of that he "knows" Jesus exists and therefore the Bible is true. Since the Jesus exists and because of that the Bible must be true, therefore creationism must be true.
However, what Ham describes is a religious experience. "Observational" science has demonstrated clearly that people's religious experiences are a completely unreliable means of coming to true conclusions about reality. So, "observational" science refutes the very means by which Ham does "historical" science. Is Ham going to be consistent and accept the findings of "observational" science or is he going to reject it just this one time?
My ignore list
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
