{"id":8850,"date":"2012-08-10T23:15:08","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T03:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=8850"},"modified":"2012-08-10T23:15:08","modified_gmt":"2012-08-11T03:15:08","slug":"a-liar-twice-over-ken-ham-rushes-in-where-rick-warren-feared-to-tread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/08\/a-liar-twice-over-ken-ham-rushes-in-where-rick-warren-feared-to-tread.html","title":{"rendered":"A Liar Twice Over: Ken Ham Rushes In Where Rick Warren Feared To Tread"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Remember not so long ago, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/07\/blaming-evolution-for-tragedy.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Rick Warren seemed to be<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/07\/why-rick-warren-is-wrong-several-times-over.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">linking the Aurora shooting to evolution<\/a>, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/07\/rick-warren-responds.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">later offered an explanation that that was not what he meant<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Ken Ham and his organization Answers in Genesis apparently have no such qualms.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what\u2019s been added to their \u201cGraffiti Alley,\u201d as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/friendlyatheist\/2012\/08\/10\/the-creation-museum-just-got-updated\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Hemant Mehta pointed out today<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/friendlyatheist\/files\/2012\/08\/GraffitiAlly02_SCREEN.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\"><\/p>\n<p>I am not sure which is more offensive, the fact that the museum does this sort of thing, or <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.answersingenesis.org\/blogs\/ken-ham\/2012\/08\/10\/keeping-things-updated-graffiti-alley\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ken Ham\u2019s comment on his blog, where he said this<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>One of the most recent additions is a headline regarding the recent tragic shooting in Aurora, Colorado. Of course, we don\u2019t say evolution causes social problems, but it can certainly fuel them, which we show in a new exhibit downstairs on the connection between racism and Darwinian thinking.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So he is saying \u201cOf course, we don\u2019t say evolution causes social problems\u201d but then goes right ahead and adds a headline about a recent tragedy in a museum part of the mission of which is to undermine mainstream science by spreading misinformation about evolution.<\/p>\n<p>So on top of the lie that is the inclusion of the headline, there is the lie about what \u201cwe don\u2019t say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Is there anyone to whom it is not clear that Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis are liars twice over?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember not so long ago, when Rick Warren seemed to be linking the Aurora shooting to evolution, but later offered an explanation that that was not what he meant? Ken Ham and his organization Answers in Genesis apparently have no such qualms. 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