QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Is God's Word against scientific literacy?

 

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In this issue . . . Q&A: Is God's Word against scientific literacy? Get Equipped: Evolution and Origins DVD Combo News to Know Quick Look After Eden Answers . . . with Ken Ham radio program Answers Conversation podcast Video: Radioactive and Radiocarbon Dating, Part 2 Blog Highlights Pray for AiG Q: Is God's Word against scientific literacy? A: Endeavoring to promote scientific literacy, the executive producer of Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey pins the blame of scientific illiteracy on groups that question evolution, and he hopes his astronomy series will put an end to this sort of anti-evolutionary thinking. Interestingly, the host of the program states that scientific progress is made when searchers "follow the evidence wherever it leads, and question everything." Certainly this method has led to the discoveries and technological leaps that shape our lives and our understanding of the universe. Unfortunately, when it comes to the topic of unobservable origins, mainstream scientists who believe big bang cosmology and molecules-to-man evolution think that the god-free framework they have invented is a factual reality that accurately and reliably describes a past they can never examine. They test their ideas about the past within their own concept of what the past was like, and they believe they are actually using the scientific method to make observations about the past. We maintain that God our Creator was the only eyewitness to the time of origins and that He has given us the truth about how He created everything in His Word. He is the one that created the natural laws that govern the physical world and make science possible. Drawing correct conclusions about the unobservable past requires evaluating ideas about the past within the framework of the Creator's history. Drawing correct conclusions about our own nature, how we should live our lives, and what will happen to each of us when we die also requires that we get our information from the Word of the Source of life, the One who created the cosmos. Read the whole article for a further analysis of this new Cosmos series, and check back each Tuesday for our review of that week's episode. Get Equipped Evolution and Origins DVD Combo In these two great resources, you'll hear from the experts about the evidence for evolution, and details of the debate about the origin of the universe. Both help answer the question, "Do these things happen by chance, or do they happen by design?" News to Know Quick Look Did Huh? Arise in Every Language through Convergent Evolution?: Previously thought of as something akin to a grunt, huh? qualifies as a bona fide word, linguists now say. Does Your Dog Understand You Because You Share an Ancestral Bond?: Brain imaging suggests dogs and humans are wired to respond to sounds the same way. Thirty Million Years Didn't Really Change China's Jurassic Park: China's famous Cretaceous wonderland in Liaoning Province—the Jehol Biota—is apparently sitting atop a gold mine of similarly well-preserved Middle-Upper Jurassic fossils. After Eden Answers . . . with Ken Ham radio program Lessons from the Fall Part 5: The Solution Is Jesus Christ Part 4: Learning from the Fall Part 3: Living in a Post-Fall World Part 2: Effects of the Fall Part 1: Introduction Photo of the Week To download this image for use as wallpaper on your device, right-click on the link below for the desired resolution and select "Save Link/Target As..." Mobile Full (4:3) Wide (16:9) Answers Conversation podcast This week Steve Ham talks with AiG staff researcher Lee Anderson to answer the question, "How Should We Understand the Goodness of Creation?"	This Week . . . Can Bible-Based Predictions Lead to Scientific Discoveries? (Mar 14) Did Huh? Arise in Every Language through Convergent Evolution? (Mar 13) Of Creation in General: Chapter 1 of A Body of Doctrinal Divinity (Mar 12) Cosmos Review: Standing Up in the Milky Way (Mar 11) The Conversation Won't Stop (Mar 11) Movie Review: Son of God (Mar 10) Does Your Dog Understand You Because You Share an Ancestral Bond? (Mar 10) Creepy Crawly Plants (Mar 9) Thirty Million Years Didn't Really Change China' Jurassic Park (Mar 8) Video On Demand Radioactive and Radiocarbon Dating, Part 2 Watch Video Blog Highlights Ken Ham: CBN News Gives Fair Coverage of Ark Encounter Ken Ham: "The LORD set my feet on the solid rock" Ken Ham: "Just One Piece of Evidence" Ken Ham: Retraction Coming from the HuffPost? Doubt it Ken Ham: Camp Infinity and STEM—Coming to Northern Kentucky! Pray for AiG Pray for the upcoming Spanish Respuestas Para Pastores (Answers for Pastors) conference at the Creation Museum. Resources Astronomy DVD Combo Creation and the Last Days The Answers Book For Kids, Volume 6 Connect with Us Ken Ham Answers in Genesis Ark Encounter Creation Museum Ken Ham Answers in Genesis Ark Encounter Creation Museum Answers in Genesis Ark Encounter Creation Museum Free app for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad   See all networks
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