Should Christians be pushing to have creation taught in public schools?

The author talks about the issue of evolution taught in school mainly through the use of lessons
in public schools. The crazy thing brought up in the article is Public schools can discuss almost
any issue thats controversial besides evolution. Ken Ham brings up a good point that that
evolution can be anti-Christianity once God is eliminated from the picture. Saying evolution is a
religion could be a stretch for some but it is associated with humanism. The manifesto of
humanism claims the earth is self-creating rather than made by the hands of a creator. Energy
has to come from something and to say energy is neither created or destroyed does not
necessarily mean the earth is self-creating. Another common belief is humans are ultimately
good which is pushing the idea of humans are corrupted by sin and in need for a savior. The
public school system threw out prayer, Bible readings, creation, and the Ten Commandments,
they didnt throw out religion. This is super crazy because we as Christians gave a foundation
for the secular world, but the only problem is secularism is standing on our backs for support,
giving freedom to non-Christians.

Standardize test calling for answers of evolution as the

author puts definitely seems to be a separation between church and state. This seems to be
comparable to some concepts in marketing I learned. When the state sets prices for everyday
products like milk it eliminates options for premium pricing. This elimination gives less control
to business, and we as Christians we have a sovereign but society is trying to take control.
Solutions giving in the article were offer classes after school centered on learning about God, and
have churches sponsor these events. Overall I liked the article but was happy I was able to come
up some different things to add to perspectives. I would teach this is the class room by making
sure my students can argue on both the side of creation and evolution so when the question

comes up in the standardized test of evolution my students will not have the material only
memorized but recognize as seeing that argument in the pas.

Was the flood of Noah global or local in extent?

This question is immediately answered much different than other debates that you may not find
out the position or side until the end of an article. The author points out that some Christians
believe whether the flood happened locally or globally is not important. The fountains of the
great deep almost seem to give evidence for a global flood. It is also says the rain lasted for one
hundred and fifty days. The Bible is also pretty clear that Noah and his family were the only
survivors. This can be found in this sentience originally from the Bible but also mentioned in
this article, The mountains also were eventually covered, so that every creature

in whose nostrils is the breath of life perished. Only Noah, his family, and all
the air-breathing, land-dwelling creatures he took on board the ark were
saved.(Ham1). It is also mentioned that we as human should find evidence
of the flood. There is a lot of evidence of the flood from fossils buried on land.
I can see many people could argue of the creatures evolved and naturally
died on land rather than creature not evolving and dieing from a natural
disaster. Macro Evolution seems like it takes more faith to believe in because
you have to believe evolution has been a constant process, but creation you
just have to believe one natural disaster occurred once as a flood. Based on
the evidence I believe the flood definitely wiped all mankind based on their
wicked ways besides Noah and his family, but it does interest me was the

flood by constant rain fall or did it the Mediterranean sea and other big water
masses flood causing the flood to happen at a global extent. Overall the
article stated some good points and I enjoyed it because of the biblical
evidence. The way I would teach this concept first of all point out the biblical
support listed clearly and then find evidence that supports these points today.
This would be good to have a balance from evidence from the past and from
now.

Was there death before Adam Sinned?

Darwin believed through his origin of species that death was always happening on earth.
These were Darwins points death, suffering, and disease over millions

of years led up to mans emergence;

death, suffering, and disease exist in this present world; and

death, suffering, and disease will continue on into the unknown

future. Death is a permanent part of history.
This theory seems somewhat correct with the idea of death
being a process on earth, but if this is all there is its pretty
depressing. His main idea can be put in one phrase time and
death. This is different to Christianity because sin cause death,
and one day we will have eternal life. There was no death before

Adam sinned because death was a consequence of sin. An

interesting thing I thought about was there was probably no
need for even animal sacrifices at the time either, and
Abrahamic covenant animal sacrifices were needed because of
sin, but now you could say now the world is very corrupt based
not having to sacrifice animals for sin today it is similar in that
one perspective to live before Adam had sinned. When man
sinned there was a spiritual and physical death. The bible point
out that time is not our final enemy but rather sin is. Some
people do argue that plants died before sin. It was explained
that plants do not have as much life as animals because plants
were given for food. Another logical point is before the
Abrahamic covenant people were not sacrificing plants for sin
but sacrificing instead animals. Plants seem to made pretty
much at first for consumption. I would teach this concept wow
evolution is really negative and there seems to no point for life
therefore you dont have to worry about consequence, but the
creation perspective is better because there are consequence to
sin but by learning how to avoid sin we gain wisdom, and there is
life in the future eternally for those that choose to follow Jesus.

Is the Christian world view logical?

Many people think reason and faith is separate but Ken Ham explains
many things Christians do obviously take reason like examples like
putting gas in a car or doing your own taxes. Biblical reason and faith go
hand and hand. When something goes beyond a sensory experience this
leaves room for faith. Many things in the world we can see immediately
call for reason. A thing I noticed is you have to watch out for when
Christians use logical arguments but do not use clear evidence that could
support the argument or cause from the Bible. When we also have
confidence we will be alive the next day that is faith because life is
certain through accepting Jesus in the end, but on earth no one knows
their time of death. The bible is explained that it does not violate laws of
logic because it is not an ordinary book. The author brings up an
interesting point that we need to understand what is poetic and literal. A
thing I have seen recently is poetry is ignored, and even though poetry
out right gives the emotion the person felt it ignored in order for
someone to look at something literal and assume an emotion. An
example of this is many people think some of the things like Jonah did
not happen, and even with that belief the story looses the connection
with reality because instead connecting with a person we connect just
with a concept. The concept is one thing but being connected with a real
person allows for more many concepts or lessons instead of one. I would
teach this by pointing out the factors of putting God in a box. I would

also point out we cannot think like God because that not completely
logical, but many concepts in Christianity are logical, and become greatly
stronger when backed by the Bible.

Where was the Garden of Eden located

Ken Ham firstly explains the Garden of Eden was located somewhere in the Middle East
between the Tigris and Euphrates River. John Calvin pointed out the location of the Garden
of Eden is difficult to find because the flood covered all the earth putting parts of it
underground. Overall I like the article I like the article but it was very short. It is crazy to
think of the Garden of Eden was really the first place mankind experienced, and that era
being in the Middle East is so strange because a lot of that area is even the United States
enemy today. Some presidents have even chosen to side against Israel and when that
happens you start to wonder for America if we are on the wrong side. I really could not
think of much of a way to teach this besides making sure my students understand the flood
and the Biblical descriptions listed.