Paper #3 Creation Museum

Question: Explain what you believe is the Christian view of creation. Why do you think this article attacks a Christian worldview of the nature of Creation? What is your response in defense of the Christian worldview and why is it crucial?

Scientific American Magazine is dedicated to helping readers be informed about science and it advancements by helping people “focus on the future of science and technology.” That statement in and of itself does not indicate anything bad, because we need science and technology. It only becomes an issue when science and technology are glorified and the “focus” becomes more about justifying and preserving our existence through science rather than recognizing our existence is of God and living our lives in accordance with that understanding.

In the Scientific American article/podcast titled, “Saddle up that stegosaurus, a visit to the creation museum.” College professor and expert on natural history museums, Stephan Asma is interviewed by Steve Mirsky of Scientific American about a recent visit to the Creation Museum. It is apparent in this interview that Asma does not hold a Christian worldview. In the interview, while talking about Ken Ham, the curator of the Creation Museum, Mirsky talks about a fascinating conversation that was had between Asma and Ham about creationism, and Asma had this to say. “…I think, if you don’t enter into the creationist logic too far, it is really easy to go well, you know, crazy, crackpot, insane. But if you actually try to, like I did, have a reasonable conversation with somebody like Ken Ham, you feel that there is a kind of logic there. It just begins from very bizarre premises.”

The beginning is where the story starts. It is where the foundations are laid to a solid worldview. Without a solid foundation the worldview we build will one day come crashing down around us. Asma clearly believes that the Christian worldview has a bizarre foundation. I believe however, that if Asma would continue to have those reasonable conversations with the like of Ham, he too would begin to understand that it is his foundation that is bizarre and needs to be rebuilt.


Resources
Scientific american magazine. (2009). Scientificamerican. Retrieved August 20, 2009,
from http://scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=FDACA16A-E7F2-99DF-323D104DD12EFCAE