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TechnoratiWe hear testimonies like that sort of testimony over and over and over again. There are many of them, so it’s the opposite of what Francis Collins says.
CP: We have time for one more question. Simply speaking, what would you say is your favorite part of the Creation Museum?
Ham: I have a favorite section, but I have to put it in context. Actually, can I have two or three different sections?
CP: (laughs) Of course.
Ham: If you really want my ultimate favorite section, it’s the theater downstairs called the ‘Three C’s Theatre.’ You see, we have a walkthrough biblical history called ‘Creation, Corruption, Catastrophe, Confusion, Christ, Cross, and Consummation,‘ and that is the ‘Seven C’s.’ We’re taking people through Creation, Corruption, Catastrophe and Confusion – the creation in six days, corruption with the entrance of death, catastrophe with Sodom’s and Noah’s days, and we’re getting into fossils and so on. We’re answering the questions of the world to say that this history’s true. Therefore, the gospel, plus Consummation is shown.
In the ’Three C’s Theatre,’ we have a [big] wide screen with three projectors. We filmed it at the Holy Land Experience, we hired some actors, and we added in special effects. It’s the most powerful presentation of the gospel that I’ve ever seen.
And the reason that is my favorite is, because ultimately, that’s what we’re all about. Ultimately, we’re on about Christianity, we’re on about the Bible being true, but we’re on about the gospel. We’re not just trying to convert people into creationists. We’d like to see people converted into Christians. That’s the difference. So that’s why that’s my favorite section - because that’s what we’re about ultimately.
But the whole place is to give logical, clear answers to show secular people about Christian faith. Another one of my favorite exhibits, which was not even meant to be a feature, is one of the first things you see as you’re entering the main hall. As you walk in, there are two animatronic baby Tyrannosaurus Rexes and two animatronic children. It’s become the most photographed section of the museum in newspapers around the world.
In fact, we just got written up in multiple pages in what I think is called ‘The Chronicle of Higher Education.’ It’s a liberal sort of publication, but of course, that photo was right there. We’re written up in a major newspaper in Spain, and that photo was there. In a major newspaper in Japan, that photo was there. We’ve got one featured in a newspaper in Germany, and that photo was there. It’s the same at the Los Angeles Times. So it goes on.
The reason is because as soon as the secular media walk in and they see dinosaurs and people together, that says something very strong to them. That says, ‘We don’t believe dinosaurs died out millions of years ago. We don’t believe in evolution. We don’t believe in millions of years.’ That one little exhibit right there does it. News groups even often ask me to stand in front of that exhibit, so they can take a picture of me with that in the background.
One of the things that you hear the secular media say is, ‘These creationists … are the people that believe dinosaurs lived with people,’ because that’s so radical to them. In fact, I was asked that question twice today by secular media. My answer to them was two-fold. One is, from a biblical perspective, God made the land animals on day six and He made Adam and Eve on day six. He made them at the same time. I said, ‘Why are evolutionists so amazed that dinosaurs and people could live at the same time? Because there are lots of animals and plants that are living today, that according to evolutionists, lived with dinosaurs, and they live with us today.’ Continue »
