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The Bible warns us about mind

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As I lined up with hundreds of others to get inside London’s famed Natural History Museum to visit

its new Darwin exhibition (England is celebrating Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday this year), I couldn’t help but wonder: was this going to be some kind of attempt at mind control?

After I went through the exhibition, there was no doubt! The Darwin exhibit reminded me of one of those bizarre science

fiction movies where people line up to be placed in a special machine and emerge like robots; these people now can’t think for themselves, and they end up being like those people who brainwashed them.

In a related way, I found the Darwin exhibit to be a very clever form of mind control, basically consisting of:

Setting up straw-men arguments that totally misrepresent what 1. Bible-believing Christians accept.Showing how wrong Christians are for believing the things they 2. supposedly believe (which they don’t believe in the first place!).Convincing visitors that Darwinian evolution is true, and that one 3. is a fool to believe otherwise (and certainly foolish to believe the

Bible).Actually, this kind of mind control is

already being used constantly on America’s children through the public education system, the secular media, and science museums (even in many Christian schools and colleges, sadly). Using London’s Darwin exhibition, let’s look at how they are using mind control:

1. Visitors read this display:“Before Darwin was born most people in England accepted certain ideas about the natural world as given. Species were not linked in a single family tree. They were unconnected, unrelated and unchanged since the moment of their creation and

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A long line forms to enter the famed Natural History Museum in London and its Darwin exhibition.

earth itself was thought to be so young, per-haps only 6000 years old, that there would not have been time for species to change. . . . Before Darwin, it was still possible to see the world as timeless, eter-nal and unchanging.”

Wrong. That’s a straw man. People who know and believe their Bible are aware that the earth has indeed changed because of what’s recorded in Genesis (the entrance of sin, the event of Noah’s Flood, and its account of the Tower of Babel). Those who believe God’s Word know that two

of every “kind” (seven of some) of land-dwelling animal were on Noah’s Ark. All the different species (there can be thousands of species within one kind) of land animals that are alive today descended from the “kinds” that got off the Ark. Yes, ani-mals have changed—and the earth has changed drastically since Adam sinned.

In fact, before Darwin

came along, people were breeding different sorts of dogs, cats, pigeons, and so on. Even in the Darwin exhibit, it is stated that “he [Darwin] was aware that people often bred animals with desirable traits and that over time such breeding exaggerated small differ-ences. … Dogs were dogs but a tiny lap dog and a large lean greyhound look nothing alike.” I just wonder how many visitors noticed this gross inconsistency.

Of course , ever y-one knows that animals change. The exhibition’s straw-man argument—that Bible-believers think that animals within a species can’t change—is set up so that the trustworthiness of the Bible can easily be knocked down.

2. Now that the museum visitors are beginning to have their minds controlled to think that Bible-believers don’t accept that things have changed, the exhibition’s mind controllers state:

“Discoveries in geology had already challenged the idea that the world and all its species had been created at the same time a few thou-sand years ago. Fossils clearly show that in

past ages the world had been inhabited by different species than those existing today . . . ”

So, Bible-believers sup-posedly don’t believe ani-mals change, but Darwin figured out that they do, proving the Bible wrong. These changes were his evi-dence of evolution (e.g., ape-like creatures turning to people).

This, too, is designed to make London’s museum visitors think that they have to reject the Bible’s account of origins and a young earth.

3. Now, here was the final step in indoctrinating visitors to disbelieve the Bible through mind control. They are indoctrinated to believe in an additional straw-man: creationists don’t accept that new species can form. But we do. We have stated innumerable times that speciation occurs—and that natural selection happens (as we show in a new exhibit at the Creation Museum). But we declare that speciation cannot result in Darwinian evolution—the idea that one totally different kind of creature (not species) changes into

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I have to admit that when I fi rst heard of the “Seven Cs” of history as explained by Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis, I was a bit confused about why the Tower of Babel, the fourth “C” called Confusion, was included. Obviously we cannot fi t every major event of history into the Seven Cs, so why was Confusion included rather than Commandments, Covenant or something like that? Perhaps some museum guests wonder the same thing when they fi rst encounter the Confusion exhibit of the museum.

I soon came to realize that what happened at the Tower of Babel (Genesis 10–11) is the key to answering many of the questions that people have about the world today. It is a wonderful example of how biblical thinking contrasts with thinking based on man’s ideas. A philosophy of science known as uniformitarianism holds that “the present is the key to the past.” However, while we can get clues about the past by observing present-day natural processes, we cannot assume that those same processes will explain how the world of today came to be. In reality, “the past is the key to the present.”

Why are there diff erent (so-called) “races” of people in the world? Why are there so many dif-ferent languages? � ese and other questions cannot

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I have to admit that when I fi rst heard of the “Seven Cs” of history as explained by Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis, I was a bit confused about why the Tower of Babel, the fourth “C” called Confusion, was included. Obviously we cannot fi t every major event of history into the Seven Cs, so why was Confusion included rather

about the world today. It is a wonderful example of how biblical thinking contrasts with thinking based on man’s ideas. A philosophy of science known as uniformitarianism holds that “the present is the key to the past.” However, while we can get clues about the past by observing present-day natural processes, we cannot assume

Confusion, the fourth “C” in the Creation Museum’s “Seven Cs” of history

THE CREATION MUSEUM SEIZES THE IMAGINATION, THEN RELEASES IT TO ROAM EFFORTLESSLY THROUGHOUT ITS EXHIBIT HALLS. LIFE HAS BEEN BREATHED INTO HISTORY.

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be answered by observing present-day processes.We must have answers, especially to the race question, because we must know how to treat those who seem diff erent from us. Should we live separately? Are we equal? Should we intermarry or not?

Wrong answers to the “race ques-tion” have led to terrible suff ering and violence over the years. People have incorrectly applied both science and the Bible in this area, with painful consequences. For example, Adolf Hitler used Darwin’s evolutionary ideas to justify his actions to promote the “superior race.” Sadly, many Americans used distortions of the Bible to justify slavery and other abuses of people of African descent.

Notice one major diff erence between these two examples—the idea of a master race is a logical conclusion based on evolutionary thinking, but justifi cation of slavery was based on a twisted understanding of Scripture. A straight-forward and logical applica-tion of the Bible would never allow for such atrocities.

So what is the cor-rect answer? We fi nd

it in the fourth “C” of the Seven C’s—Confusion. We have diff erent people groups with diff erent genetic characteristics because of what hap-

pened at the Tower of Babel. Let’s back up to the fi rst “C” to fully understand.

Adam and Eve were the first and only humans created

directly by God. � is is the main event of Creation, the fi rst “C” in our timeline. Adam named his wife Eve “because she was the mother of all living” (Genesis 3:20). All humans descended from Adam and Eve. W h e n t h e y

chose to rebel against God, which launched the world into Corruption, the second “C” of history, the conse-quences aff ected all of creation.

When humankind had continued in wickedness for many generations, God decided to destroy every living thing on the face of the earth except Noah’s family and the animals He spared on the Ark. � is Catastrophe, the global Flood, is the third “C” and is also important in correctly under-standing the people groups of today. � e only survivors of the Flood were Noah, his wife, his sons, and their wives. � erefore, everyone on earth today is a descendant of Noah, who was a descendant of Adam.

The Babylon exhibit at the Creation Museum focuses on the 4th “C” of history—Confusion.

justifi cation of slavery was based on a twisted understanding of Scripture. A straight-forward and logical applica-tion of the Bible would never allow for such atrocities.

So what is the cor-rect answer? We fi nd

all living” (Genesis 3:20). All humans descended from Adam and Eve. W h e n t h e y

wives. � erefore, everyone on earth today is a descendant of Noah, who was a descendant of Adam.

We all have intrinsic and equal value because we are all made in the image of God.

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“We had a wonderful time exploring the wonder of God’s creation. Our time [at the museum] as a church was invaluable! � anks!!”

—J.C., Reynoldsburg, OH “Loved it all. Very good!

I am so blessed that someone took the time to do/make this for me-us. � anks!!”

—T.T., Mt. Sterling, KY “Really enjoyed everything,

the layout of the museum, all the information, it was excellent.”

—M.H., Batavia, IL “Staff was wonderful, we

will be back.”—M.R., Prestonsburg, KY “� e Last Adam and Star-

gazers Planetarium were awe-some presentations. � e entire museum was impressive.”

—R.L., Bright, IN

“Our family enjoys learning & growing in the truth of God’s Word. We are blessed to have your ministry for a resource media to bring God’s Word true to life. May God continue to bless this ministry.”

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A straight-forward reading of the Bible to this point tells us the most important thing we can know about the people groups: we are all one blood (as confi rmed in Acts 17). From this alone we know that we should treat all people with respect and dignity. We all have intrinsic and equal value because we are all made in the image of God.

But why do we have the diff erent people groups today? As I mentioned earlier, the answers lie in the historic event of the Tower of Babel. Several generations after the Flood, Noah’s descendants had still not obeyed

God’s command to fi ll the earth. � ey found a plain in the land of Shinar and

dwelt there, and there they began to build a great tower to make a name for themselves. God confused their language there, so that they could not understand one another, and they were

forced to disperse by families.When each family went off and

settled with their relatives who could understand them, they carried what-ever genetic characteristics that were prevalent in their family group with them. Over time, the new, more

Noah’s descendants did not obey God’s command to fill the earth in their building of the Tower of Babel.

museum was impressive.”—R.L., Bright, IN

“Our family enjoys learning & growing in the truth of God’s Word. We are blessed to have your ministry for a resource media to bring God’s Word true to life. May God continue to bless this ministry.”

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generations after the Flood, Noah’s descendants had still not obeyed

God’s command to fi ll the earth. � ey found a plain in the land of Shinar and

settled with their relatives who could understand them, they carried what-ever genetic characteristics that were ever genetic characteristics that were prevalent in their family group with prevalent in their family group with them. Over time, the new, more them. Over time, the new, more

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The Confusion exhibit of the Creation Museum tells about what happened at the Tower of Babel, and illustrates how Babel explains our diff erences. An exhibit called “Who’s Your Brother?” shows how we are all one blood and how the Bible condemns the mistreatment of fellow humans. � e exhibit touches on genocide, racism, and also abor-

tion, since unborn babies are humans deserving

the same respect as all people. We are currently

working on an addition to this exhibit that will display

limited gene pools of the families gave rise to people groups with not only specifi c languages but also spe-cifi c physical traits, such as certain eye shapes, diff erent skin tones, and other charac-teristics.

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on genocide, racism, and also abor-

are humans deserving the same respect as all

people. We are currently working on an addition to

this exhibit that will display

only specifi c languages but also spe-cifi c physical traits, such as certain eye shapes, diff erent skin tones, and other charac-teristics.

historic items from the Holocaust.� e past is the key to the present.

In other words, history as recorded in the Bible gives the answers we need for our world today. No matter what scientists, political leaders, or other infl uential people of any decade have said, God has revealed unchanging truths in the pages of real history to show us how we should regard and treat all people of the world, no matter how diff erent they might seem.

STEPHANIE MCDORMANStephanie McDorman is the Creation Museum registrar. She lives in Northern Kentucky with her husband and three young children.

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Saturday, May 9—Celebrate the special mom in your life by reserving a place for her in our fi rst ever Creation Cropscrapbooking class. Cost: $35 (includes class, breakfast and lunch, and samples of great scrapbook page ideas.)

Friday, May 15— Peace Offi cers Memorial Day begins with free museum admission for peace offi cers and their immediate families. � e day’s highlights include a canine demonstration, a bouncy castle, Kreate-a-Kookie workshops, special speakers, Buddy Davis in workshop and concert, and much more! Nominal fee charged for some activities.

Memorial Day Weekend, May 22–25—� is weekend marks the second anniversary of the Creation Museum. Our friends at JTM will be on hand Friday through Monday grilling up their famous hamburgers for lunch.

Saturdays, May 2, 16, & 30—Rick Teepen will bring his popular reptile collection in Snakes Alive! You can learn fas-cinating facts about the care and feeding of giant snakes, hear about God’s special design in reptiles, and even touch a giant boa. Cost: $2.50.

Wednesday, May 27—Certifi ed fl oral designer, Masami Kerby (originally from Japan), will teach Flower Arrangingusing replicas of ancient Middle-Eastern pots. Cost: $25 (includes class, all supplies, and Middle-Eastern pot.)

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that the special initiatives •of Answers in Genesis that we’ve designed to counter the evolutionists’ celebrations of Darwin’s 200th birthday will have a great impact on society (including within compromising churches).

that the tens of •thousands of visitors expected to tour the Creation Museum this summer will have their Christian faith affirmed or, for the non-Christians,

have their eyes opened to the authority and accuracy of the Bible and thus be receptive to the gospel message presented throughout.

that God’s people •will continue to give generously toward the financial needs of this non-profit ministry; the economic situation in America is still shaky and donations typically drop a bit during the summer.

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with continuing oppor-tunities to have a very high global profile due to the ongoing cover-age we receive through the world’s media. This expanded media exposure came on the heels of the opening of the Creation Museum two years ago this month, and continues this year as Darwinists world-wide celebrate the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth. The celebrations will resume in just a few months as evolutionists commemorate the 150th anniversary of the publish-ing of his book, On the Origin of Species.

Probably the best way for you to remain cur-

rent on all the creation/evolution controversies—including discovering how a professor at a well-known Bible institute took a slap at the Creation Museum as a supposed waste of money (donations should have gone instead to take care of the poor and hungry, he said)—is to visit our well-trafficked website at AnswersInGenesis.org.

At the same time, take a “test drive” on the new “conference” section of our website. It will help you locate where Answers in Genesis is holding our faith-building seminars (and assist you in book-ing a faith-building event for your church): www.answersconferences.org. www.aigprayer.org

newest issue of ANSWERS a huge hit!

The current issue of our popular Answers magazine

(the April–June edition) features loads of creation news, creation research, and practical theology to help you and your family build a truly biblical worldview.

But what has really set this issue apart is the 20-page section that highlights ten carefully selected “creation vacation” ideas. Each of these incredible locations has its own two-page mini-article with beautiful photos, practical ideas as to what to talk about when visit-

ing them, and suggested resources to read.

This edition of Answers has already been high-lighted in the Washington Times, MSNBC.com, and numerous other media. We have even launched a special website with dozens of additional locations, a Google maps feature, and more.

Subscribe today to get the full current issue of the magazine itself, and visit CreationVacations.com to help you plan one of the most memorable and valuable vacations you will

ever experience! Call toll-free (800) 778-3390; four issues

at $24 a year.

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signed, sealed, But no Longer to be Delivered

It’s the first of its kind in our 15-year history: Answers in Genesis and

Creation Research Japan have signed an agreement that allows CRJ not only to translate our creation/gospel materials into Japanese, but also to print AiG books and duplicate DVDs in Japan. It’s the “delivery” part that

makes this agreement dif-ferent than what we’ve done in the past.

The new relationship with CRJ will be a great means to get Bible-affirming resources more quickly and inexpensively into a nation that desperately needs the gospel. This is because we will no longer have to pro-

duce the Japanese-language materials in the U.S. and then ship them all the way across the Pacific. Having this Japanese-based coopera-tive outreach will save mul-tiple thousands of dollars each year in shipping costs, and will get the resources completed more quickly.

Michiko Mizumura of CRJ met this past March with Dr. David R. Crandall, Director of AiG’s Answers WorldWide missionary arm, to sign this historic docu-ment. CRJ (which has had many of its members travel to America to meet with us and tour the Creation

Museum) and Answers in Genesis are now what could be called “sister ministries.” We share the same biblical approach to Genesis 1–11 and hold the same respect for the authority and accu-racy of the Word of God.

We are also pleased to report that Answers World-Wide is working on similar agreements with Christian leaders in Peru and South Korea. Please pray for those to blossom as well, and that the wider distribution of cre-ation/gospel resources into the Land of the Rising Sun will be blessed by God.

A beaming Michiko Mizumura of CRJ signs the historic agreement with Dr. David Crandall of our staff while in Japan.

a totally different kind (e.g., the reptile kind becoming the bird kind).

The London exhibit says:

“Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection is the only scientific explanation for the spectacular diversity of life on earth. It provides a powerful framework for understanding nature and is one of the essential theories of the very core of science. . . . As Darwin him-self anticipated some people have held to the conviction that species are the result of special creation through the

action of a Creator. Some find incompat-ible with their religious beliefs the concept that humans share a common ancestry with earlier primates and that humans and other species evolved over immense spans of time. Creationism, including Intelligent Design, does not offer a scientific alternative to the theory of evolution by invoking the act of a Creator or an Intel-ligent Designer as the explanation for large diversity.”

Sad, isn’t it?The Bible warns us about

such mind controllers at

the Darwin exhibition: it is they “who suppress the truth in unrighteousness” (Romans 1:18).

Now I ask: to what extent have the mind con-trollers of this age influenced

you and your family, and not just with the creation/evolution question? Think about it. Then make sure you keep supplying yourself with answers to defend our Christian faith!

Mind Control—continued from page 2 . . .

A Fan in the PhilippinesI am an American who has lived in the Philippines for 11 years. I came across your website in 2006.

I had been exposed to God’s Word, but growing up in American public schools I had just assumed evolution was a truth.

I thank God for using your ministry to open my eyes to the truth which is God’s Word. I am now in a Bible college in Manila. I have seen how being able to defend my faith in God’s Word has brought such wonderful blessings.

—C.W., Philippines

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upcomingevents

tolearnmoreFor further details on all AiG events worldwide, visit answersingenesis.org/go/events.

To host an event or invite an AiG speaker to your church or organization's event, visit AnswersConferences.org.

All events are subject to change. For more information, please call 1-800-244-3370.

East Earl, PAMay 14 (717) 859-3443Ken Ham

Conway, ARMay 16 Christian Teacher Training(501) 548-0293Mike Riddle

Winston-Salem, nCMay 16–18(336) 788-8241Dr. Tommy Mitchell

howard City, mIMay 17 (231) 937-4809Video Conference

Grand Blanc, mIMay 17 (810) 694-0400Ken Ham

Berlin, nhMay 17–18(603) 752-4315Jim Gardner

Conway, ARMay 17–18(501) 548-0293Carl Kerby, Mike Riddle

Fair Oaks, CAMay 29–30(916) 646-0401

Dr. Tommy Mitchell

Uniontown, PAMay 31 (724) 564-1042 or 439-6523James Gardner

Shingle Springs, CAMay 31 (530) 642-2259Dr. Tommy Mitchell

Cape Charles, VAJune 4–5(757) 331-1212Video Conference

St. Charles, mOJune 23–24Home Educators Conference(314) 521-8487Dr. Tommy Mitchell

norwalk, IAJune 28 (515) 981-0699Dr. Tommy Mitchell

Somerset (near newark), nJJuly 3–5(513) 851-3800Ken Ham

Olcott, nYJuly 12 (716) 778-8568Jim Gardner

Lakeside Park, KYJuly 20–24(877) 244-3370Ken Ham, Dr. Terry Morten-son, Dr. Jason Lisle, Dr. Georgia Purdom, Dr. David Menton, Dr. Tommy Mitchell

Cincinnati, OhJuly 21 (800) 877-7030 Ext. 316Ken Ham

hermosa Beach, CAAugust 2 (310) 374-4673

Just Two Months Away—Creation College!

Go back to college this summer! Creation

College, that is!Join the 600 people who

have already registered for our “Creation College 3” national conference, July 20–24. Summer will be here before you know it, so don’t delay making your plans to join us in northern Kentucky (near Cincinnati). We’ve scheduled great teach-ing sessions offered by some of the best creation speakers in the world.

Eleven speakers, includ-ing Answers in Genesis Presi-dent Ken Ham, will conduct 26 practical sessions. You choose between sessions for the general audience

or for the more technically minded. And you’ll enjoy music from our own Buddy Davis and special guest: the pianist and vocalist John G. Elliot!

By the way, the con-ference is being held just eleven miles from the world-renowned Creation Museum. Unlimited admit-tance during the conference week is free with your Cre-ation College 3 registra-tion!

We have also built free time into the week’s agenda to allow you to explore some of greater-Cincinnati’s excel-lent attractions, such as King’s Island amusement park, the Cincinnati Zoo,

perhaps a Cincinnati Reds baseball game, the Under-ground Railroad history museum, etc.

Plan to join us this

summer for a time of fun and learning. Go to www.creation college3.com for informa-tion, or call us at 877-244-3370.

Saved ... and marriage Saved

My husband and I were only days away from our divorce becoming final. I had moved back to Ohio [and] my husband hit bottom three weeks later. He asked God to help him.

The company my hus-band worked for sent him to Kentucky. His last stop was at AiG to fix a machine in your ship-

ping dept., and one of your staff talked [to my husband] and began to answer all my husband’s questions. He led Bill to Christ that day. God also saved our marriage.

We love our church family and have been blessed with two won-derful children. We serve an AWESOME God!!!

—J.M., Ohio

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Tax-Wise Use of LandPerhaps you have some

property that has been dormant … or that you no longer need. One of the best ways to put this land to good use is to partner with Answers in Genesis to support the ministry and also use your property in a tax-wise way.

There are many ways of giving land to support Answers in Genesis. The most basic, and the one with the most tax advan-tages, is an outright gift of land. But there are other ways that produce cash, regular payments for life,

and income and capital gains tax advantages for you.

Even with your income tax deduction, reduced cap-ital gains, extra income, or all three, anything you do with the land with Answers in Genesis will benefit our mission of proclaiming the vital creation/gospel message.

For more information on the tax-wise use of land or other planned giving strategies, please call John Pence at (859) 727-2222, ext. 483, or go to www.genesisgift.org.

Dr. Tommy Mitchell

harrison, OhAugust 5 (513) 367-7772Carl Kerby

Seattle, WAAugust 7–8Home Educators Confer-ence(425) 956-3282Ken Ham

Waverly, IAAugust 9 (319) 352-2314Dr. David Menton

Fishers, InAugust 15 (317) 407 6176Dr. Tommy Mitchell

hickory Corners, mIAugust 15–21(269) 671-6303Carl Kerby

new Whiteland, InAugust 22 Christian Teacher Training(317) 535-5640Mike Riddle

new Whiteland, InAugust 23–24(317-535-5640Mike Riddle

muskegon, mIAugust 23–27(231) 798-2161 Ext. 156Dr. Terry Mortenson

Prattville, ALAugust 30–31(334) 365-7500Dr. Tommy Mitchell

Rothbury, mIAugust 30–31(231) 893-4965Carl Kerby

Rogersville, TnSeptember 13–15

(423) 272-2496Mike Riddle

Wilmington, OhSeptember 20 (937) 584-4003Dr. Tommy Mitchell

Sweetser, InSeptember 27 (765) 384-7004Dr. Tommy Mitchell

medina, OhSeptember 27–28(330) 723-3334 Ext. 121Mike Riddle

Peebles, OhSeptember 27–28(937) 725 5603Carl Kerby

Tualatin, ORSeptember 27–28(503) 638-5900, ext. 274Ken Ham, Dr. Jason Lisle

For details, visit answersconferences.org or call (800) 244-3370

Please remember AiG in your will or trust!

Restored FaithI want you to know how critical creationism was to my faith. When I was first exposed to the scien-tific truth on the Bible, I was so happy to find out that my faith in God could be rational and logical. When Ken Ham and others say that undermining and compromis-ing Genesis destroys the validity of the gospel, I am living testimony of that.

I am eternally grateful to God and to all of you for restoring my faith. Thank you, and God bless you.

—M.C., Pennsylvania

Friends in high Placesnext month about 30,000 southern Baptists will come to Kentucky for their annual convention. The current president, Pastor Johnny Hunt, hosted a Bible conference last year where AiG President Ken Ham spoke.

Here is what Pastor Hunt will be encouraging his delegates to do: make the 90-mile trip to visit our Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky . . .

“I encourage you to visit the Creation Museum, as I have. It will mark you and give you greater biblical insight into the creation account.

“The ministry of Answers in Genesis has done the Christian community a great service in providing us such incredible resources to teach our people and the lost community some of the tenets of our faith. Find out more about this ministry.”

—Dr. Johnny HuntPresident, Southern Baptist Convention

First Baptist Church Woodstock (Georgia)

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One Race—But Why the Differences?

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If there is only one biological race of people, as we teach on our radio program, at seminars,

in books, and inside the Creation Museum, why do we see so many differences in humans—including skin color?

Actually, there are only minor surface differences among humans. Every person has basically the same skin color—it’s mainly a brown pigment called “melanin.” If you have a lot of it, you’ll have a dark shade; however, only a little of the pigment will result in a light shade. It’s more complicated than that, but that’s the gist.

Now, why are there people groups with a dark shade of skin

. . . and another group with, let’s say, almond-shape eyes?

The Bible has the answer! In Genesis chapters 10 and 11, we read about an event called the Tower of Babel. God gave people different languages, which caused confusion and ultimately forced groups to separate and move over the earth. This separation resulted in different combinations of genes from the original human gene pool, characterizing each of these groups—thus we see these external differences today that distinguish the people groups.

Even most secular scientists of our day agree with us that there’s only one biological race of people.

Adapted from the May 18, 2009 broadcast of the Answers … with Ken Ham radio program. For a listing of the 800 stations that carry the program, visit www.AnswersInGenesis.org/radiolog. See pages 3–6 for more information on this fascinating topic of people groups.

Don’t miss the second installment of The Evolution of Darwin: His Science—on DVD now!

See page 8.

The account in Genesis 10–11 helps explain the on-the-surface

physical differences of today’s people groups around the globe.

Illustration taken from the Creation Museum’s exhibit on the origin of the people groups—traced back to Babel.