"DANGEROUS BOOKS"

On a TV program aired across America a few weeks ago on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), our book, D is for Dinosaur was declared to be “dangerous” and “silly!”

The Firing Line program (hosted by William F. Buckley, Jr.) featured eight debaters on the creation / evolution issue.
At one stage in this debate, Barry Lynn (Executive Director for Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, and a lawyer and a minister in the United Church of Christ) held up my book D is for Dinosaur. He turned to Phillip Johnson (Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, and a well-known speaker and writer on philosophical issues relating to origins) and said:

This book [D is for Dinosaur] is widely distributed in creationist circles and used in schools, homeschools and religious schools... Here’s a little picture. Man and Dinosaur.. Adam wasn’t scared to watch dinosaurs eat because all the creatures ate plants and not meat.
Now do you think that’s good biology? ...I want you to tell us if you think that this is not so silly and dangerous kind of idea to plant in the hands of high school students that in fact the Flintstones are some kind of documentary. That’s pretty dangerous.

Well, Johnson replied, The kind of thing you’re encouraging certainly is silly, just almost as silly as the work of [evolutionist] Richard Dawkins.
It is also sad to hear “creationist” Johnson remark in the midst of this discussion: And in fact I have said on many occasions and have urged persons of the conservative community to put aside the whole Bible issues and let us ask the question: What is actually known from scientific evidence as opposed to materialist philosophy about the claims of evolution?

Now, where in the Bible does it say that Christians should put aside “Bible issues?” In fact, Christianity is a whole way of thinking based on the foundation of God’s revealed Word!
Answers in Genesis stands on the foundation that we should NOT put aside the Bible in what we say and write:

For the word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and the joints and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4: 12)

We are also told: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereunto I sent it. (Isaiah 55: 11)

In fact, Lynn is right in one sense: our resources (books, videos, audio tapes, etc.) really are “dangerous” (in his mind). Why? Consider the following quotes (representative of thousands of such letters we’ve received):

Changed lives: I was an atheist / evolutionist, “big-banging” biology major ...A man on campus gave me several of Ken Ham’s lectures on cassette tapes... These lectures caused me to question my beliefs and they started the spark that truly changed my life.
Could you send me a copy of the booklet about where Cain got his wife? I am teaching Genesis in Sunday School )I’ve some of your newsletter information several times) and EVERYONE want s to know [the answer to] this one!

Answering questions: I recently received your Dinosaurs and the Bible [booklet] - it not only answered many questions but sparked my interest in learning more... I would like to receive your catalog.

Influencing teachers: I have been a subscriber to Creation magazine... I gave an issue to my son’s 6th-grade science teacher... I also sent a recent issue to my former high-school science teacher.

Reaching seminary students: The tapes have been very helpful here in Singapore... We also will be ordering a number of books for our school [seminary] library from your catalog.

You see, our materials are “dangerous”: “dangerous” to the evolutionists and humanists that is, because they enthuse Christians to spread the message of the authority of the Word of God. As a result, many of them will also preach the Gospel, just as one couple recognized when they sent their donation to our ministry: We wanted to give to a ministry that is really reaching the unsaved and opening their eyes to our Creator.

Part of the mission statement for Answers in Genesis reads: To provide answers from Genesis to make Jesus Christ, our Creator and Redeemer, relevant to the Church and world today.
We are THRILLED to enclose with this newsletter our latest catalog of “dangerous” materials that honor our Creator and Savior - and defend the Bible from the very first verse.
We ask that you help in spreading these “dangerous” books, tapes, and videos as far and wide as possible so people will hear the truth concerning God’s Holy Word and the message of his salvation.

Isn’t it interesting? The secular world has many times more books and resources promoting evolution and humanism, and yet they consider our materials “dangerous!” Just shows you how powerful the truth is: if only we can get it into more people’s hands!

Sincerely - Ken Ham