Man Whose Mental Chain is Missing Links
Ken Ham is a man with no shame, a man who will lie about proven facts and who HAS lied about such, a man who regularly makes bombastic religious claims, and a man who, despite his irritating stupidity, captures the attention of those who simply must watch this man stumble through existence out of sheer morbid curiosity.
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What do we have here but Mr. Ham providing children with one of the more stupid arguments presented by creationists: Would you believe that this building just happened, or that someone designed it? Someone DID design this building and we know for a fact that it did not materialize out of an explosion. Therefore, man and the universe did not emerge from an explosion, but had an intelligent Creator.
This is nowhere near a valid argument especially when you consider that God 'poofing' everything into existence in six days (remember, the Divine Contractor made everything in 6 days, not 7; He rested on the 7th day) provides absolutely ZERO competition for the theories that this universe and everything in it developed over billions and billions and billions and b-zillions of years. And don't forget to see that Ham is using the existence of an inanimate object to try to rationalize how animate objects (people, animals, plants) came to be. Stupid.
But hey, this is great, right? I mean, here we have a man teaching children to ignore instruction and common sense, rational thinking. Don't listen to what science has to say, listen to what God has to say. Of course, God isn't saying a goddamn thing since He does not exist. Some guy who fervently claims God exists says to believe in God rather than what science has to say. And people wonder why we have some of the social issues that we have.
Okay, here in this video Mr. Ham would like for you to believe that a spiritual dead-ness is spreading all over the planet, and in areas like England this so-called dead-ness has already taken great hold of society. Then he uses the story line found in a newspaper where some jihadist freak wants to see the flag of Allah flying in Great Britain to try to back up this impending religious doom he is trying very hard to build up in the viewer's mind.
The purposeful misuse of the article as some kind of proof as to the mental state of societies and cultures around the world is flippant and worthy of nothing more than contempt. Also, Mr. Ham can vilify other faiths all he wants but that will never take away from the disgusting traits held within Christianity. EVERY religion has its problem, sometimes HUGE problems and Christianity is most certainly not immune from critical analysis. Trying to make rival religions appear horrible in an effort to make Christianity look better or more appealing should be the first clue to the searching soul to continue their search lest they become mired in the stupidity and wickedness of many religions...including Christianity.
Mr. Ham goes on to comment about the practices of Islam that he tries very hard to make sound intolerable and cruel and mean. Maybe someone should remind him of some of the instructions given by His God in the Bible that he holds as truth. The Bible instructs the stoning of children who disobey their parents, states that if a man rapes a woman he may marry her (she has ZERO choice in the matter), instructs God's people to put to death anyone working on the Sabbath...and on and on and on stupid and senseless instructions fill the text of the Bible.
Oh, but maybe Mr. Ham would say that is all OLD Testament and not NEW Testament which is God's NEW covenant with man. Really? So...I guess the words of God DO fade just like the flowers and the grass, because if God felt the need for a new covenant doesn't that by nature negate the old covenant? Why is there a new covenant if the words of God stand forever and never fade? How is your faith any more valid than another?
I love this clip. Totally hilarious! Ham keeps asking questions that leave lots of room for pointing out the fallacies in his thinking and religious claims, or he makes claims that are flatly contrary to what modern science can prove...and in some case is contrary to what his own Bible says. Huh. Forget what happened to the dinosaurs, what happened to Ken Ham's brain?
This video is excellent and does a good job in going point by point in dissecting the claims of Ken Ham in relation to Bill Nye and statements made by Bill Nye, the manner in which Ham deliberately distorts remarks by Bill Nye, and the absurd 'scientific' connections that Ham tries to make but fails miserably in doing.
Sooooo...there are actually several things going on in this video. Here, Mr. Ham tries to prove that the Christian faith/Bible are not racist by using Rahab as an example. He asserts that Rahab was not killed because she believed in the one true God. Ken Ham and every other Christian throughout the history of Christianity can try all they want to make this claim, but there is ample proof that this entire story is bullshit, so much so that more than just a few scholars agree that this is the case.
But never mind the assertion that this story may be allegorical, right? Let's look at WHY Rahab was spared. Did she do it because she loved the Hebrew God? Nope. Joshua 6:25 says, "But Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho-and she lives among the Israelites to this day."
Seems to me that the verse clearly indicates WHY Rahab and her family were spared and it has jack shit to do with believing in or loving the Hebrew God. Perhaps you will point out Rahab's own statements in Joshua chapter two. The only things Rahab makes clear in chapter two is that she is frightened, in fact the entire city is frightened about the Israelites coming to destroy them. Rahab makes the comment that God is in the heavens above and the earth below, but that is not an admission of belief in God, and neither is it a statement of love for God.
Hebrews 11:31 says, "By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient." This is not an affirmation of Rahab's faith in God, but rather is indicative of Rahab's belief, her faith that if she helped the spies they would stay true to their word/promise to her and not harm her or her family.
Ham goes on to say that Rahab is a descendant of Ham (one of Noah's sons) and married an Israelite and because of that she is in the line of Christ. Okay. Rahab may have married an Israelite but that does not automatically change her genealogy to be in the line of Christ. Again, she is NOT automatically or by default in the line of Christ by marrying an Israelite. She must be from the proper lineage.
So sorry to pop your bubble Mr. Ham, but Rahab was NOT from the line of Ham. She was from the line of Shem. Where do you get your information that Rahab is a descendant of Ham? The Bible clearly states she is a descendant of Shem and not Ham. If Rahab descends from Ham she is NOT in the lineage of Christ. Period. End of story.
Also, in this video Ken Ham tries to use the story of Rahab to assert that the intended message of the story is that before people get married they best be sure to verify that they both believe in the same God. Oh, and that God must be the Hebrew God. Seriously?
Well, what have we here but a shameless threat intended to strike fear in the hearts of parents who wish to prevent their children from going to hell. Be afraid, be VERY afraid for more and more children in Christian families are going to college in the course of their educational pursuits only to have that education damage their faith or revoke their belief in God in its entirety.
This video is deliciously funny. Answers with Ken Ham? Forget that. It should be called Bullshit with Ken Ham. Mr. Ham also makes the comment that the message of salvation in the Bible is the "Good News." This is preposterous. A message that boils down to Believe-This-Way-Or-Die is nowhere close to being considered in the running for what constitutes good news.
Haahaa!! This is just too good to leave out of this post.
Ken Ham is asking for people to pray for America. That's nice. Really. While I take no joy in being a stick-in-the-mud here (who am I kidding? I love it) I must point out that prayer will do dick for America. Know why? There is no action in prayer. God will not make the United States better as part of some heavenly program where the harder people pray the more likely there will be divine intervention. Nope. If Americans want to make America better they will find ways to do so and actually do those things. Helping the homeless and abused, treating people with respect instead of contempt, practicing tolerance for those who think and believe different faiths or no faith at all, being kind and compassionate, expressing appreciation for life and love and humanity...I could go all day with this, right?
https://sites.google.com/site/esterlighthorse/deluge-of-disparity-and-debauchery-in-christian-faiths
