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stampinlady -> Great books on Creation for teens?? (4/22/2008 9:35:52 AM)

Any good titles to pick up? Ds is getting hit with Evolution this month and while he's been taught Creationism I'd like some extra reading for him. I get Acts and Facts in the mail, but haven't checked to see what they have, duh. I don't care for Ken Hams stuff.



brothertodd -> RE: Great books on Creation for teens?? (4/28/2008 12:56:29 AM)

I know a great book its called The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel, He has a normal version, a teen version, and I think also a younger kid version. His whole Case for... series is a must
I believe you wont be disapointed



woodwind228 -> RE: Great books on Creation for teens?? (5/9/2008 8:23:44 PM)

Oh have I got a book for you! I just need to find the title. It's authored by Dr. Grady McMurtry. He used to be an evolutionist so he's a great authority on how to counteract that theory. His website is www.creationworldview.org. The book is called "Creation: Our World View". He began a revival at my church 2-3 years ago and I bought this book and some of his CD's (which are wonderful).



JonCo54 -> RE: Great books on Creation for teens?? (5/12/2008 9:59:46 PM)

A great place to find books on creation is here.

http://www.answersingenesis.org/



SavedToo -> RE: Great books on Creation for teens?? (5/22/2008 8:32:47 PM)

Dr. Dino does a pretty good job. I tend to favor the ones that are geared toward the technical, but I did like his video series.

http://www.drdino.com/index.php

You can see a few free ones on YouTube.com



PolarBear -> RE: Great books on Creation for teens?? (5/22/2008 9:04:30 PM)

All those of course focus on young earth creationism (with the possible exception of Strobel, I'm not sure about him). Considering the problems with that view that are certain to come up through his further education, you may consider an old earth creationist perspective.

Reasons to Believe (a missionary organization that focuses on scientists and other "thinkers") has developed some excellent courses about creation and other topics from an old earth perspective. Although they accept an old earth, they are very much creationists, and much of their material directly opposes Darwinian evolution and other naturalistic ideas.

One of their courses is directed at teens. It is called "Good Science, Good Faith" and attempts to take an in-depth look at what the Bible says about Creation and what the evidence says.

I have taken 1 1/2 of their adult classes (never quite finished the second unfortunately), and they are excellent. I'm sure their teen material is just as good.

See it at:
http://reasonsinstitute.com



amygrantfan5875 -> RE: Great books on Creation for teens?? (5/22/2008 10:00:06 PM)

I second Reasons To Believe if your are an Old Earth Creationist.



iluvatar -> RE: Great books on Creation for teens?? (5/23/2008 3:11:28 AM)

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ORIGINAL: SavedToo

Dr. Dino does a pretty good job. I tend to favor the ones that are geared toward the technical, but I did like his video series.

http://www.drdino.com/index.php

You can see a few free ones on YouTube.com


The only thing Kent Hovind does a good job of is creating confusion and spreading incorrect information. While I disagree with YEC science and theology, I can at least respect the positions of certain organizations such as AIG and ICR (to some degree, anyways). Hovind, however, is one to be avoided. I believe he's a confused, though well-intentioned individual - in the past, he has espoused some downright nutty theories and his beliefs about tax law got him and his wife a nice prison term.

-Dan.



iluvatar -> RE: Great books on Creation for teens?? (5/23/2008 3:44:26 AM)

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ORIGINAL: stampinlady

Any good titles to pick up? Ds is getting hit with Evolution this month and while he's been taught Creationism I'd like some extra reading for him. I get Acts and Facts in the mail, but haven't checked to see what they have, duh. I don't care for Ken Hams stuff.


If you don't care for Ken Hamm's material, you're probably out of luck as AIG is one of the better organizations; it really only goes downhill from there. EDIT: except for ICR - they're actually trying to do some legitimate research. Most "creation science" material available is rife with gross inaccuracies - not just different interpretations of data, but incorrect data, espousing/presenting falsified (or just wrong) theories, and mischaracterizations of scientific proccesses. For example:

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Oh have I got a book for you! I just need to find the title. It's authored by Dr. Grady McMurtry. He used to be an evolutionist so he's a great authority on how to counteract that theory. His website is www.creationworldview.org. The book is called "Creation: Our World View". He began a revival at my church 2-3 years ago and I bought this book and some of his CD's (which are wonderful).


This site is so full of errors, it's staggering. Since this isn't the Science forum (and since it's 3:30am), I'll refrain from going through them 1-by-1, but I will say a few things:

The claims he makes about radiometric dating "assumptions" are grossly exaggerated, if not downright false. If you're interested in learning about radiometric dating, check out this site, written by a Christian geologist.

Regarding the claims he makes about physics:
*No, redshift cannot be caused by dust grains re-emitting photons in the infrared band.
*No, the Big Bang Theory does not posit that the universe is expanding around a single point in the middle.
*No, no evidence has not shown that the speed of light has changed.
*No, no evidence has not shown that radioactive decay rates have changed. In fact, it's just the opposite - evidence shows they have stayed constant.
*No, light cant "get tired" and cause a redshift. If light had slowed down, it would have blue-shifted.

etc, etc, etc

But he gets away with spreading this stuff, because most people in church don't know any better.

-Dan.



amymelissa -> RE: Great books on Creation for teens?? (6/1/2008 9:32:51 PM)

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ORIGINAL: brothertodd

I know a great book its called The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel, He has a normal version, a teen version, and I think also a younger kid version. His whole Case for... series is a must
I believe you wont be disapointed


I was going to suggest this one also. I've read his teen version of Case for Faith and that was brilliant so I can imagine the Case for a Creator is just as good.



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