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Does anyone know what \u201ctextbook\u201d this is a photograph of? After I asked that question, a\u00a0commenter quickly informed me that it is from Behold Your God: Magnifying His Majesty<\/em> by Frank Hamrick and Jeff Hedgepeth. Take a look:<\/p>\n

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The image has been making the rounds, appearing on BoingBoing<\/a> and IO9<\/a> among other places<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s work through the questions in this \u201ctextbook,\u201d shall we?<\/p>\n

The first one says that atheistic evolutionism has to do with \u201cthe existence of matter.\u201d In answer to the question, that\u2019s<\/em> what is wrong \u2013 whoever made this despicable piece of garbage that is supposed to be a textbook doesn\u2019t seem to know what the theory of evolution is.<\/p>\n

The answer to the question about 2 Peter 3:5<\/a> is that it envisages creation as taking place as it is described in Genesis. The Earth is not round, there is a vast primordial ocean, and the Earth is brought into being by God gathering the waters so that dry land appears.<\/p>\n

The last question is clearly a trick question. Only someone who is either treating the Bible superficially, or using it with deliberate deceit, would say that the ancient author of 2 Peter was talking about scientists and creationism.<\/p>\n

That this could be called a \u201ctextbook\u201d by anyone is a travesty. That anyone is being indoctrinated with this garbage is criminal. It would be worth bringing a lawsuit for deliberate slander and misrepresentation on behalf of all scientists against the person who wrote the obviously false statements in it.<\/p>\n

This is only one page and it is hard to find a single truthful or accurate statement about science, scientists, or Scripture. Now I know who wrote this, but they are just names. Who are these criminals, these charlatans, named Frank Hamrick and Jeff Hedgepeth? What do they have against the truth, against the Bible, against science, and against the poor unfortunate people who make use of their book?\u00a0And who are the victims that this work of deception is being perpetrated against? The publisher\u2019s web site says it is intended for high school students<\/a>. \u00a0What can be done to help warn the victims about the nature of what is being done to them?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"