Famous Creationist Geologist

Hi Dr. Jackson!!

My name is Beth. I go to Oklahoma State University and am involved in the BCM and Hillcrest Baptist Church here in Stillwater. I got to hear you speak a couple of weeks ago, and I just want to say how incredible it was! Thank you for your obedience to the Father! I remember last year, the first time I heard you speak, my brain was on overload :) However, even though I don't understand some (okay, most) of what is said regarding science and research, I can say that I am overwhelmed by the Spirit and goodness of God every time I hear you. It is so encouraging to see you, a man of God, openly placing yourself in sometimes difficult situations to make a way for the gospel in often times closed off hearts. So, thank you for being such an example. I really appreciate you coming, I am seeing the fruit of your visits to OSU.

The second thing I wanted to tell you is that some of the science did get through to me! Eureka! :) I was sitting in geography a couple of weeks ago and we were learning about plate tectonics and continental drift. My professor told the class, "If we buy into this whole Creationism thing, we're lying to ourselves! There's evidence supporting continental drift!" My mind immediately went back to your talk a few weeks ago when you were telling us about a creationist who created a computer program simulating and supporting the idea of continental drift. You said that it also presented the idea that Noah's flood could have pushed the continents as fast a few miles per hour, actually supporting the idea of Pangea through a creationists perspective. I don't know where it came from, well, God, but I raised my hand and shared this with the class. My professor was a little confused (or frustrated, who knows), but seemed intrigued. Then today, two weeks later, he randomly asked me to send him in an email the information about this creationist and his findings regarding plate tectonic, drift, and Pangea. He said he was really interested. Well, I don't have it, but I was wondering if you did?

If it is at all possible, could you email me the powerpoint, research or anything regarding this so I could pass it on to him? Thank you Dr. Jackson!!! Have an awesome day! Beth

Beth sister,
the creationist who developed the Terra program is Dr. John Baumgardner of Los Alamos National Laboratories. He developed it in the 80's and it immediately became the world's most famous and foremost computer simulation program for continental drift. Your geology professor will likely know who Dr Baumgardner is but not that he is a Biblical creationist. There was a cover article in US News & World Report in 1996 on him, called "The Geophysics of God." Look it up on microfiche in the library or in the bound volumes there or on Google or just go to :
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/970616/archive_007221.htm
That should really "shift his continents" ... ha. And sister, thank you for the great encouragement that you have given to me today. Love to you and the others in the faith at OSU-Stillwater, your friend and your brother, Dr Jackson

How to question evolution in class

Eric Hovind April 5th, 201132 Comments so far

A teenage boy recently asked a question from our Facebook page. My heart goes out to him with everything he is going through. Here is what he wrote:

Hi my name is Eli and I have been watching you and your dad for about a year now, and just want to say you have made a massive impact in my life. But I have a question and I’m really worried. I’m only 14 so I’m in high school. But my biotechnology teacher was talking to the class today about evolution and was saying that you can’t “believe” in evolution, you “know” evolution and that there is so much evidence in the DNA that supports it, that it is closed minded to not accept it. I raised my hand and asked if we were going to learn anything about intelligent design. She of course said not, ruling it off as unscientific and that you can’t test it. I have no idea what to do because I want to defend my beliefs or at least be able to argue my point and not have to hear about how amazing evolution is every day. I’m sure you get kids all the time in my position so what should I do? I don’t want to be rude in a sense of destroying her in a debate (all debate skills I have, I learned from you guys) but I don’t want her converting kids away from God because they are NOT hearing the opposing ID viewpoints. So I would really appreciate it if you could let me know what to do.

In case you don’t see it, here is a 14-year-old kid on the front lines of the battle for souls here in America. He is battling for truth in the minds of his peers. There are kids like this in just about every high school, youth group, and college campus around America. They are a young, but determined, army that is doing all they can to battle against the tide of humanism and the lies of evolution that suck the truth out of people’s lives and leave them wondering what life is all about. They are desperately trying to link arms with others that are fighting the same fight, and being hit with the same questions.

Here were a few of my thoughts:

First, thanks for standing up for what is right. It takes a lot of courage to do that. I also appreciate that you are not trying to just make the teacher look bad. That is wise and I commend you for being that mature. 1 Peter 3:15 says that we need to be able to speak this truth in love and be humble about the fact that we are right.

One great tactic in approaching your teacher is to ask good questions. Things like:

1. How did information arise out of matter?
2. How did order come from disorder?
3. How did life come from non-life?
4. How did everything come from nothing?

These are the kinds of questions that show Evolution to be a religious worldview just like Creation. You see, “science” deals with things that we can see, test and demonstrate, so Evolution is not part of science as it cannot be seen, tested or demonstrated.

The questions above reveal the truth of their beliefs. Evolution really is a religious worldview. We cover that issue in Session 1 of the series Beginnings.

Now, according to 1 Peter 3:15, you also need good answers to tough questions as they come up. A great book that covers what the teacher is teaching and exposes the lies that are being taught is Dr. Hovind’s new book, Help, I’m Being Taught Evolution In My Biology Class. It is a great resource for getting to the truth.

You may want to watch the session, “Lies in the Textbooks” from our Creation Seminar as well. It covers lots of things that are being taught right now in the textbooks that are just not true.

Praying that this helps.

Fossil Fuel from Dino's? reader question

Hey Dr. Jackson I have a question. I was daydreaming in my middle ages class today and started thinking if dinosaurs were around during biblical times where did all of the oil come from? are they from dinos or caused by something else? Nathan at OSU-Stillwater OK

Like the standard story ... yeah all fossil fuels come from dead organic matter that got buried and chemically reacted over centuries (not millions of years) and got buried all in the same year (not over millions of years) during Noah's Flood. Coalification and petroleum formation ... do not ... have to take millions ... they can happen in just ... hundreds of years ... we have the chemistry knowledge to know that it is possible. I hope this helps. God bless, DrJ

"Upright men?" reader question

Hey Dr. J,

I was wondering... The Bible says that some men, like Job, in the early eras of the Bible were "upright." Scientists have found "monkey-men" and I assume they were a product of sin. Those men were deformed because of sin. Could the word "upright" be used in an actual description of those men like Job? Noah also respected God and we are a product of his family. We don't look like the "monkey-men" so could the term "upright" be literal?

No Cody, the word in context clearly does not refer to the posture. King Saul was taller than everyone but was not spiritually upright. This is referring to their spiritual character. People were never like monkeys. God bless you, DrJ