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Young Earth Creationists & Climate Change: Ken Ham's Biblical Climate Ages Model
In this episode of Critiquing Creation, I examine how young Earth creationists like Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis approach climate change. Their position reveals fascinating contradictions - they're simultaneously the ultimate climate alarmists (believing in the most extreme climate change from Noah's flood) while denying human impact on modern climate patterns.
Chapter Links:
[0:00] Introduction: YEC Climate Skepticism
[5:50] God Controls Weather - Not Humans
[12:40] Genesis 8:22 - The "Trump Card" Verse
[19:30] Climate Change for Kids Book Analysis
[33:10] Seven Biblical Climate Ages
[40:20] The Shifting Climate Age & Future Predictions
Summary:
Young Earth creationists like Ken Ham present a unique form of climate denial rooted in biblical literalism. While acknowledging that climate change is happening, they argue humans cannot significantly impact God's creation. Their "Climate Change for Kids" book outlines seven biblical climate ages, from the perfect pre-fall world through Noah's flood (the most extreme climate change event imaginable) to today's "shifting climate age" - which they claim is just the Earth still recovering from the post-flood ice age 4,000 years ago.
This theological framework leads them to dismiss climate science not on scientific grounds, but because it conflicts with their young Earth timeline and their belief that only God controls climate. They use Genesis 8:22 as a "get out of jail free card," arguing God promised seasonal cycles will continue, therefore catastrophic climate change is impossible. The irony? They believe in far more dramatic climate change than any mainstream climate scientist - they just place it in the past rather than acknowledging human influence today.
#ClimateChange #YoungEarthCreationism #KenHam #AnswersInGenesis #CreationScience #ClimateSkepticism #BiblicalWorldview
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Joel Duff (aka Dr. Duff or The Natural Historian) resources:
About: joelduff.org
Blog: thenaturalhistorian.com
Twitter: twitter.com/NaturalHistoria
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thenaturalhi...
Photography "Portraits of Creation:" beechnutphotography.com
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Young Earth Creationists & Climate Change: Ken Ham's Biblical Climate Ages Model
In this episode of Critiquing Creation, I examine how young Earth creationists like Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis approach climate change. Their position reveals fascinating contradictions - they're simultaneously the ultimate climate alarmists (believing in the most extreme climate change from Noah's flood) while denying human impact on modern climate patterns.
Chapter Links:
[0:00] Introduction: YEC Climate Skepticism
[5:50] God Controls Weather - Not Humans
[12:40] Genesis 8:22 - The "Trump Card" Verse
[19:30] Climate Change for Kids Book Analysis
[33:10] Seven Biblical Climate Ages
[40:20] The Shifting Climate Age & Future Predictions
Summary:
Young Earth creationists like Ken Ham present a unique form of climate denial rooted in biblical literalism. While acknowledging that climate change is happening, they argue humans cannot significantly impact God's creation. Their "Climate Change for Kids" book outlines seven biblical climate ages, from the perfect pre-fall world through Noah's flood (the most extreme climate change event imaginable) to today's "shifting climate age" - which they claim is just the Earth still recovering from the post-flood ice age 4,000 years ago.
This theological framework leads them to dismiss climate science not on scientific grounds, but because it conflicts with their young Earth timeline and their belief that only God controls climate. They use Genesis 8:22 as a "get out of jail free card," arguing God promised seasonal cycles will continue, therefore catastrophic climate change is impossible. The irony? They believe in far more dramatic climate change than any mainstream climate scientist - they just place it in the past rather than acknowledging human influence today.
#ClimateChange #YoungEarthCreationism #KenHam #AnswersInGenesis #CreationScience #ClimateSkepticism #BiblicalWorldview
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Joel Duff (aka Dr. Duff or The Natural Historian) resources:
About: joelduff.org
Blog: thenaturalhistorian.com
Twitter: twitter.com/NaturalHistoria
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thenaturalhi...
Photography "Portraits of Creation:" beechnutphotography.com
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