LAT: "He Teaches Kids to Attack Evolution"

[DBoon]

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-na-creation11feb11,0,1110748.story?coll=la-home-headlines

A former high-school biology teacher, Ham travels the nation training children as young as 5 to challenge science orthodoxy. He doesn't engage in the political and legal fights that have erupted over the teaching of evolution. His strategy is more subtle: He aims to give people who trust the biblical account of creation the confidence to defend their views — aggressively.

He urges students to offer creationist critiques of their textbooks, parents to take on science museum docents, professionals to raise the subject with colleagues. If Ham has done his job well, his acolytes will ask enough pointed questions — and set forth enough persuasive arguments — to shake the doctrine of Darwin.

"We're going to arm you with Christian Patriot missiles," Ham, 54, recently told the 1,200 adults gathered at Calvary Temple here in northern New Jersey. It was a Friday night, the kickoff of a heavily advertised weekend conference sponsored by Ham's ministry, Answers in Genesis.

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Over the last two decades, this type of "creation evangelism" has become a booming industry. Several hundred independent speakers promote biblical creation at churches, colleges, private schools, Rotary clubs. They lead tours to the Grand Canyon or the local museum to study the world through a creationist lens.

[noahmijo]

1. So this Ham guy believes in putting Christian Mythology over scientific

fact.

"We're going to arm you with Christian Patriot Missles"



"Christian Patriot Missles"



Tell me again why I should respect religion of ANY kind and then tell me what the fuck kind of country do I live in here...??!!!

[kevinbgoode]

2. And this is where the rest of us. . .

stand up every time they demand a display of their faith and counter with a demand for our own version of creationism. . .including the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Anyone can make up a story.

[opihimoimoi]

3. He is spreading IGNORANCE.....

On the other hand....He opens up Creationism to scrutiny....It has no EVIDENCE, Nada, Nai, Zilch, Zero, and yet he wants us to believe in his creationism? and to reject the evidence of Evolution?

Peeps who reject Truth, Evidence, Logic, Reality...and embrace evangelism undermine our Planet.

[Toots]

4. The Devil has his agents throughout the land...

A Silver tongue is his reputation and we see it in real life. He has persuaded the "Christians" to go against everything Christ stood for.