Creationism Through a New Lens

[@dustinburlet7249]

Very much looking forward to your new book - I have reason to believe that it will be a game changer. Thank you for your ministry and desire to be a faithful steward of God's Word and His Gospel through your ministry. I appreciate you :-)

[@winsomecreationist]

Thank you brother!!!

[@catmanbluz]

where can we get the book when it comes out?

[@matthewbrown4895]

I have been waiting for a book like this for about 15 years. As someone who is a YEC, it has really annoyed me that it seems like so many of the YEC leadership gets away with false/bad claims and unchristian like behavior because they are pushing YEC. I watched Kent Hovind way back in the day, my family had his VHS set and he spoke at our church in San Diego. He was the one who tipped me over the edge to say that we shouldn't let leaders get away with bad things because we like parts of their message. I look forward to reading your book, as a pastor, I am hoping it will help me be able to point to someone else who is a little more winsome about this topic.

[@DrJoelDuff]

I am very much looking forward to your book. You know I'm not a YEC but I believe this is the way forward for creationism. I was able to spend some time with Paul Garner this summer and very much appreciated that interaction. I count The New Creationism and Faith Form and Time and as the better YEC (YAC) books. If you want an outside YEC but friendly review/feedback on some chapters let me know.

[@CrazyCreatureCaricatures-nc3fs]

It's encouraging to see a person that differs reaching out more than simply criticizing. It takes both sides. God bless

[@dustinburlet7249]

@@CrazyCreatureCaricatures-nc3fs agreed - this is a very encouraging post

[@Canelemon768]

U know about the heat problem?

[@DarkAesthetics33]

It amazes me how anyone can still be a YEC in this day in age. Are you aware that ancient Hebrews believed in a geocentric model? Most religions believe the same thing around that time. It wasnt until a telescope was invented and allowed us to make better observations of the natural world.

[@dustinburlet7249]

If I may . . . saying the ancients read Genesis through a so-called ‘primitive cosmology concept of the universe’ is different than saying that they got this concept from the text itself. Said otherwise, there is a marked “difference between how ancient people depicted the cosmos and what they truly believed about the structure of the cosmos." Othmar Keel and Silvia Schoroer explain: People in the ancient Near East did not conceive of the earth as a disk floating on water with the firmament inverted over it like a bell jar, with the stars hanging from it. They knew from observation and experience with handicrafts that the lifting capacity of water is limited and that gigantic vaults generate gigantic problems in terms of their ability to carry dead weight. The textbook images that keep being reprinted of the ‘ancient Near Eastern world picture’ are based on typical modern misunderstandings that fail to take into account the religious components of ancient Near Eastern conceptions and representations . . . Ancient Near Eastern images are conceptual, not photographic. They combine aspects of (empirical) experience of the world and worldly outlook, sometimes in a (to our mind) grotesquely mixed-up way Keel and Schroer, Creation, 78-80

[@DarkAesthetics33]

@@dustinburlet7249 im not saying they read it, im saying they wrote it down and described what they saw from a geocentric model perspective. Early Christians looked up into the sky, looked at the scriptures and saw no problems up until scientific tools allowed us to better understand our solar system.

[@CrazyCreatureCaricatures-nc3fs]

27:07 Thanks for so much for your winsome creationist attitude. I would love to be involved with your ministry and any advice on my Drawing Animal podcast especially on presentation would be greatly appreciated. Your brother in Christ Wesley

[@cerad7304]

Always sad to see something like this.

[@winsomecreationist]

Oh? Sad to see what?

[@cerad7304]

@@winsomecreationist You present yourself as a nice person. Can't you find a side gig that does not involve ripping people off and promoting anti-science?

[@absolstoryoffiction6615]

There are two kinds of Creationisms. One of a God Creator... Or... One who thinks the Earth is 6k years old. At least God has some merit if done well. While the other is nothing more than akin to Flat Earth. The Creation of the Universe from a Hyperion Star is but one of many... All religions are not old enough to understand what I mean.

[@thekennethofoz3594]

What a sad waste of a young life. I hope that at some stage you decide to use some portion of your life to do something which actually helps the world, or society, or the future.

[@lawlaw295]

People are born into the world knowing nothing, believing in no gods. Then, based on where you happened to be born, ppl bring stories that try to explain the nature and origin of the universe, some of which involve gods. If he was born where Allah happened to be worshipped, he would be here talking about Allah the one true god. If he happened to be born where Hinduism is practiced, the same. People take some time to detach from their inherited ideas, and for some it means enduring hostility from family and community. Therefore when I see a young person lost in religion I blame their environment until they get older. This guy is at the age that he needs to start lying to himself to resolve dissonance.