Those who hope America’s evangelical Young Earth creationists have had their day would do well to take another look at that price tag. The three largest evangelical creationist organizations of the decades-long fight for public-school inclusion were the Creation Research Society (CRS), the Institute for Creation Research (ICR), and the Creation Science Research Center (CSRC). And while the museum is facing declining attendance rates, the opening of Ark Encounter shows that plenty of Americans still subscribe to the Young Earth worldview. To outsiders, these were disciplined pressure groups hellbent on keeping Young Earth creationism alive in the public discourse – but in reality, they were hobbled by rifts over mission and method. With a sense of urgency, Ham presents Young Earth creationism as the first, last, and only line of defence against mainstream science – a phrase he admittedly doesn’t like, as it implies that creationism is not real science.

Source: National Post July 05, 2016 15:20 UTC