Ken Ham | |
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 Ham in 2012 | |
| Born | 20 October 1951 Cairns, Queensland, Australia |
| Education | Queensland Institute of Technology (B.AS.) University of Queensland (DipEd) |
| Occupation(s) | Christian apologist, Evangelist |
| Organisation | Answers in Genesis |
| Title | Founder, CEO |
| Spouse | Mally Ham |
| Children | 5 |
| Website | www |
Kenneth Alfred Ham (born 20 October 1951) is an Australian Christian fundamentalist, young Earth creationist, apologist and former science teacher, living in the United States. He is the founder, CEO, and former president of Answers in Genesis (AiG), a Christian apologetics organisation that operates the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter.
Ham advocates biblical literalism, believing that the creation narrative in the Book of Genesis is historical fact and that the universe and the Earth were created together approximately 6,000 years ago,[n 1] contrary to the scientific consensus that the Earth is about 4.5 billion years old and the universe is about 13.8 billion years old.[2][3][4]
- ^ Ham, Ken; Hodge, Bodie (2012). How Do We Know the Bible is True?. Green Forest, AR: New Leaf. pp. 108–10. ISBN 978-0-89051-661-4.
- ^ "Age of the Earth". U.S. Geological Survey. 1997. Archived from the original on 23 December 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2006.
- ^ "Age of the Universe". astro.ucla.edu. 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ^ Ross, Bobby Jr. (20 March 2018). "'If Christians don't believe in a literal Genesis, they have no foundation for their doctrine'". The Christian Chronicle. Oklahoma City, OK.
Q: "So, how old is the Earth — 6,000 years old or 4.5 billion years old?" Ham: ... "And regardless of whether they skip a generation or two, it has dates for their ages, and you can add up all those dates, and it comes to about 6,000 years. ... So, if those days are ordinary days, then you've only got about 6,000 years. All the age dating methods that you can use to age date the earth from the Bible are fallible. I mean, there are hundreds of dating methods. Some get thousands of years and millions of years and everywhere in between, but they're all based on assumptions about the past."
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