Answers in Creation

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Answers In Creation (AIC) is a non-profit web-based Christian apologetics ministry with a focus on the false science portrayed by Young Earth Creationism and its proponents. Answers in Creation holds to a literal interpretation of the first chapters of the Book of Genesis while at the same time fully accepting secular science techniques for dating the age of the universe.

Answers In Creation is a privately held organization based in Ohio. It was started in 2003 by Greg Neyman. It has steadily grown in readership to become one of the most visited Old Earth creationism websites. This website have received a quarter of a million visitors to the site as of August 11, 2006.

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[edit] Teachings and beliefs

[edit] Methodology

Answers In Creation describes their Biblical hermeneutics method as "literal". Their main belief is that you can believe in a literal Bible and an old earth, without any conflicts between science and the Bible.:

Because God created the earth, we should be able to look at His creation, and determine its age. After all, if God is truth, and He created the world, then the world will truthfully tell it’s age when we examine it. When scientists examine God’s creation, it gives overwhelming evidence that it is billions of years old, therefore that must be the truth…after all, God’s creation cannot lie.

The main focus of Answers In Creation is to provide rebuttals to the false scientific teaching of young earth creationism. To this end, Answers In Creation attempts to provide rebuttals for the various claims found on young earth creationist websites. They focus mainly upon four different young earth ministries:

Answers in Genesis
Creation Ministries International
Institute for Creation Research
Creation Science Evangelism

The Answers In Creation website is divided topically by young earth ministry, and cross-topics for subject areas such as geology, biology, and astronomy are provided.

[edit] Core Beliefs

Answers In Creation fully accepts (with limitations) the teaching of modern science, and incorporates that teaching into the Biblical account of creation. Although the founder of Answers in Creation believes in progressive creationism, all forms of old earth creationism are accepted. Answers In Creation believes that no matter what form of creationism you believe in, it is acceptable with the Genesis account of creation.

The Bible does not say "Believe in a young earth and be saved." What matters is what you do with Jesus, not what you believe about the creation. Old earth belief varies, but the central issue in it all is Jesus Christ. In fact, you can believe in evolution (theistic evolutionist) and be a fundamentalist at the same time. There is no conflict between conservative Christianity and old earth belief.

This is not to say that they deny the role of a literal interpretation of Genesis. Answers In Creation claims that you can believe in a literal Genesis, and still believe in an old earth.

[edit] Views on Cosmology and Astronomy

Answers In Creation believes that the universe was created about 13.7 billion years ago through the Big Bang. They dispute the young earth claim that the earth and stars were only created about 6,000 years ago.

[edit] Views on Geology and Earth Sciences

Answers In Creation teaches that the earth was formed about 4.6 billion years ago, just as secular geologists claim. This belief is not seen to be in conflict with the Biblical account of creation.

Concerning the flood of Noah, Answers In Creation believes that the flood was a local flood event occurring only in the Middle East, yet affecting all humanity except for Noah and his family. Answers In Creation sees the world's rock layers as evidence of slow deposition over millions of years, and strongly disputes the young earth creationist claim that they formed over a one year period of a global flood.

[edit] Views on Evolution

Answers In Creation teaches that one can believe in evolution and the Bible, without causing any conflict of theology or doctrine.

[edit] Death and Suffering Prior to Sin

It is Answers In Creation's belief that the fossil record provides irrefutable proof that there was death prior to Adam's sin. Answers In Creation believes that death prior to sin does not violate any Biblical teachings, and belief in death before sin presents no problems for the Christian believer.

[edit] Criticisms

Major young earth creationist organizations have provided no criticisms of Answers In Creation, and no rebuttals of any of the issues raised by Answers In Creation.

[edit] Future Plans

Answers In Creation has plans to provide rebuttals to all web-based young earth creation science materials.

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[edit] External links

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