The Lies Of Ken Ham And His Young Earth Philosophy
THE LIES OF KEN HAM AND HIS YOUNG EARTH PHILOSOPHY The Following Are Only A Few Of The Lies Perpetrated By Ken Ham, Founder of "Answers In Genesis" (AIG)
After reading through much of Ken Ham's material, it would take another book to expose all the lies and false statements made. These he uses to magnetize you into endorsing his THEORY of a young earth. I would be interested to know what Bible College Mr. Ham has ever attended? Has he studied the basic Bible doctrines, such as, Theology, Hamartiology, Soteriology, Angelology, and Eschatology.
What about Systematic Theology? Has he taken at least one year of Hebrew and one year of Greek? Has he ever pastored a church. When I inquired at AIG about Ken Ham's beliefs concerning Eschatology; specifically the Rapture, was he post or pre-tribulation? Did he even believe in the seven- year Tribulation Period following the Rapture, known as a time of Jacob's trouble. Does he believe in all the Old Testament prophecies concerning Christ's earthly Kingdom of a thousand years. I received no answers to my questions from Ken Ham.
According to Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia," Mr. Ham's professional education consists of (1). Bachelor of Science in Applied Science from Queensland Institute of Technology in Australia. (2). Diploma of Education from the University of Queensland in Australia.
Mr. Ham has three honorary degrees:
Doctor of Literature, 1993, from Liberty University.
Doctor of Divinity, 1997, from Temple Baptist College.
Doctor of Letters, 2004, Liberty University.
Later, we will expound more on Ken Ham's beliefs concerning Eschatology.
Quotes From "Dinosaurs And the Bible" by Ken Ham Let us examine some of the lies Ken Ham puts forth in his booklet entitled, "Dinosaurs And The Bible." On page 6, last paragraph, I quote Ken Ham.
"As you add up all the dates, and accepting that Jesus, the Son of God, came to earth almost 2,000 years ago, we come to the conclusion that the CREATION of the EARTH and ANIMALS (including dinosaurs) occurred only thousands of years ago (perhaps only six thousand years!), not millions of years."
Now let us think for ourselves and analyze Ken Ham's young earth theory and each statement he has made.
"We come to the conclusion." Should he not have said, "I," instead of "we?" Who is the "we" he is referring to? Is it his readers that he has already told, by using the pronoun "we," that they have already agreed with him? In a court of law, this would be called "Leading the Witness," and an objection would be sustained from the judge.
"...that the CREATION of the EARTH and ANIMALS." Mr. Ham wants you to believe the Bible says in Genesis, Chapter One, that God created the animals. Without looking into your Bible and checking Mr. Ham out, you would fall prey to the lie he just told you. In Genesis 1:24-25, God gives us the record of the animals.
"And God said, Let the earth BRING FORTH the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so." (24)
"And God MADE the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good." (25).
Mr. Ham stresses that his followers just take a literal reading, as it is translated in the Bible. As you can see, he does not follow his own advice. Mr. Ham misquotes the Bible by substituting "created" for the Holy Spirit's words "brought forth" and "made." Perhaps the Holy Spirit should have consulted with Ken Ham to see if He (the Holy Spirit) was inspiring the writers to use the correct words. I think Ken Ham needs to get back to biblical authority, instead of misquoting God's words and substituting his own.
One should always remember that the word "created" is the Hebrew word "bara" and means "created," something that never existed before. Whereas, "made" is the Hebrew "asah" and means something that previously existed and is brought forth again. In other words, the animals such as the beasts of the earth, cattle, creeping things, and etc. were not excluded from the original creation in Genesis 1:1. Nor were the clouds, stars, sun and moon, which were reactivated for human life on the remodeled earth when God remodeled it for the habitation of humanity. This is why "created" is not used here.
Sad to say, Mr. Ham misquotes Genesis 1:24-25 by refusing to accept the literal translation that he tells everybody else to accept. Then he refuses to accept the Hebrew definitions of "created" (bara) and "made" (asah), which do not have the same meaning. This is how crafty men will be and how far they will go to promote their THEORY based on false science, which they pawn off on the unsuspecting public for "filthy lucre."
"Including the dinosaurs." I think Mr. Ham has dinosaurs on the brain! Mr. Ham is smart enough to know that children are fascinated with dinosaurs. His museum attracts children and parents. It costs money to see the museum. The end result is money, money, and more money. Then the customers are injected with the young earth theory and philosophy, based on false science which contradicts the great biblical doctrine of creation, judgment, and remodeling of the earth for human habitation.
(Creation) "...occurred only thousands of years ago (perhaps only six thousand years!) not millions of years."
(1). (Creation) "...occurred only thousands of years ago..." Mr. Ham, where did you come up with this? Were you there?
(2). "...perhaps only six thousand years ago!" PERHAPS? No evidence, Mr. Ham, just a guess and you are peddling a theory. "Perhaps" doesn't mean anything, except you absolutely do not know!
(3)."...not millions of years." Now you are stating an absolute fact, based on nothing.
Without any further comment on my part, I should be pleased to allow the Lord to rebuke Ken Ham's false statements and theory of a young earth. Hear are God's words from Job 38:2-5 in answer to Mr. Ham and those like him.
"Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?" (2) "Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me." (3) "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding." (4) "Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?" (5). On page 8 of "Dinosaurs And The Bible," Ken Ham again perpetrates his lie as he states:
"The Bible tells us that God created all of the land animals on the sixth day of Creation." (Genesis 1:24-31)
Mr. Ham just lied again to his followers in his statement above. The following are the verses he tries to use to support his false teaching concerning animals. We are only going to quote Genesis 1:24-25; Genesis 1:30-31 of Genesis 1:1-31, as these are the verses that deal with land animals. Genesis 1:26-29 deal with human life, and I have no idea why he would reference these verses, as they have nothing to do with animal life at all, except man's dominion over the animals.
"And God said, Let the earth BRING FORTH the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so." Genesis 1:24
"And God MADE the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:25
"And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so." Genesis 1:30.
"And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day." Genesis 1:31.
Look again at Mr. Ham's quote, very clearly, as he states falsely that God CREATED all of the land animals. Look at the above verses and see if you can find the word "created." "Created" is from the Hebrew word "bara," and it does not appear in Genesis 1:24-25; Genesis 1:30-31 anywhere! "Bara," translated "created," means never existing before. That is why the Holy Spirit never used the word "create" concerning animals, because they did exist previously in the original creation, which was occupied by Lucifer, one of God's angels. In Genesis 1:25, the Holy Spirit chose the Hebrew word "asah," translated "MADE," not "created." Mr. Ham attempts to correct God's "mistake" by inserting "created," instead of "made." How ludicrous! Mr. Ham wants you to believe his fallacy of a young earth, when he can't even quote the Word of God accurately.
Notice Genesis 1:25 :
"And God MADE (Hebrew, "asah") the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good."
"Asah," translated "MADE," means "to allow" or "to assemble," also "to release from restraint certain materials which were under bondage;" therefore, referring to the animals that previously existed on the original creation and then died as a result of God's judgment. They will again be allowed to exist with mankind on God's remodeled earth. The sun and the moon, the greater and lesser lights which were used in the original creation, were a part of the creation in Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." In Genesis 1:2 a, God describes His judgment upon Satan and his followers, as they are now disembodied spirit beings, and their habitation is now rendered uninhabitable.
"And the earth was (became) without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep..." The sun and moon were rendered inoperative until God was ready to remodel the earth for mankind. Then in Genesis 1:16 God again uses the word "MADE" (Hebrew "asah"), that is "to release from bondage" to be used again on the remodeling of the earth, now being prepared for mankind.
"And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. (16) And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,... (17)." This is how you deceive people. Just substitute your words for God's words to the unsuspecting. I wonder if Mr. Ham has even had one semester of Greek or Hebrew, let alone one year! He is a master of deception as he promotes his false teaching of a so-called young earth.
Ken Ham. What Does This Man Really Believe?
He is the founder of Answers In Genesis." (AIG). In his newsletter publication, Volume 12, Issue 2 of February, 2005, he claims that Martin Luther is one of his "heroes of the faith." This he states in the first paragraph on the front cover. He continues on Page 2 to liken his organization, and himself, to that of Luther. And of course, at the end of page 2, we have his plea for money. Here are Ham's words.
"Like Luther, we at AIG exclaim, "Here we stand [on Scripture], we can do no other, God help us."
"Can I humbly ask you to commit to continue (or begin) supporting AIG, financially and prayerfully, as we strive to help "rebuild the foundation" of God's word in the culture."
Here are a few things Ken Ham neglected to tell his readers about his hero, Martin Luther.
Luther and Salvation. Luther believed that Jesus Christ bought and paid for our salvation by his death on the cross and resurrection; BUT, God would not give that salvation of eternal life UNTIL you are baptized. On Page 16, #11, Small Catechism, he writes the following:
"THE BLESSINGS OF BAPTISM, What does baptism give or profit? It works forgiveness of sins, delivers from death and the devil, and gives eternal salvation to all who believe this..."
Luther quotes the same on Page 174, #11, Small Catechism. On Page 177, #257, Luther explains the meaning of the above statements.
"The word of God places these great blessings into baptism; and through faith, which trusts this word of promise, we accept the forgiveness, life and SALVATION OFFERED IN BAPTISM and make these blessings our own."
Luther's hatred of the Jewish people. Luther wanted their synagogues destroyed, police protection withheld, all their teaching material confiscated. Hitler reprinted Luther's hatred against "God's chosen people" and distributed it throughout Germany. Hitler knew the people would believe this lie because it came from a preacher. They did. Luther played a great role in the death and execution of approximately 6,000,000 Jews.
Luther believed he and his preachers can forgive your sins, just as the Catholic priest.
Luther never believed all of God's Ten Commandments as given in Exodus 20:1-17. In both of Luther's Small and Large Catechisms, he eliminated the Second Commandment, which he did not believe, and numbered the Third Commandment as Number Two. When he got to the last commandment, he only had nine, so he divided it to make ten.
Luther denied all the hundreds upon hundreds of prophecies concerning Israel's Restoration, the Rapture, the 7- Year Tribulation, and the 1,000-Year Kingdom Reign of Christ on the earth. The foregoing is all documented in our book, Martin Luther, Master of Deceit.
Ham's Outline of "The Seven C's of History"
"Creation, Corruption, Catastrophe, Confusion, Christ, Cross, Consummation." These are Ken Ham's "Seven C's of History." This appears in his museum and is projected in his writings. Between the Cross 2,000 years ago and the Consummation, i.e., when Christ returns, destroys this earth and creates a new heavens and new earth, there are five major events that take place: The Rapture. (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). The seven years of God's judgments on this earth, i.e. the Tribulation Period. (Revelation, Chapters 5 to 19).
Christ returns to earth and judges the nations at the end of the 7-year tribulation judgment. (Matthew 24:29-51, and Matthew 25:31-41).
Satan is chained for a 1,000 years. (Revelation 20:1-3).
Christ will reign for a 1,000 years as the earth enjoys perfect peace, along with the animal kingdom. (Isaiah 2:1-4 and Isaiah 11:4-10).
All of the above, Luther totally rejected. By Ham's outline of History going from the Cross to the Consummation (destruction of this earth and the creation of the new heavens and new earth), we can only assume that he refuses to endorse the biblical authority of the Scriptures just as Luther did in believing that baptism gives you salvation. After all, Mr. Ham states, "He (Luther) is one of my heroes."
One needs to realize that the five major doctrines are not recognized between Ham's "Cross and Consummation" in his "Seven C's of History." These are the same ones that Luther did not believe. I would encourage every person whose allegiance is to Ken Ham and his young earth theory to contact him. Then question him concerning baptism for salvation, and the five major doctrines I have listed. I hope you have better luck than I have had!
Whenever a person will not tell you what they believe concerning biblical doctrines, you better run from them! Take God's advice as found in Proverbs 30:5-6, and the middle verse of the Bible, Psalms 118:8 :
"Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. (V. 5) Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar." (V. 6 ).
"It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man."
God's final warning,
"Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. (17) For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. -- Romans 16:17-18