Creation vs. Evolution

05/27/07 02:30 PM
This past Thursday and Friday, Laurie and I attended the North Carolina homeschooling convention. The book fair alone was worth the drive! Homeschooling resources have come a long way in the last 25 years. We could have easily spent all day perusing the various curriculum vendors and still not seen everything. You'd better have an organized list or you'll end up spending way too much money.

My favorite speaker this year was Dr. Jay Wile. He had the keynote Thursday night and taught several workshops. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester in nuclear chemistry. He has also published more than thirty articles in nationally recognized journals and has eight books to his credit including, Reasonable Faith: The Scientific Case for Christianity. He owns Apologia Educational Ministries, a company dedicated to giving people scientific reasons to believe in Christ.

In one of his workshops, Dr. Wile explored the complicated creation versus evolution debate. He discussed Christian attempts to make the Genesis account compatible with the theory of evolution, and showed how all these attempts fail. He presented strong scientific evidence that supports a literal interpretation of Genesis and equally strong scientific evidence that discounts the theory of evolution. You can listen to the seminar here. His notes to the seminar are here.

Notes from his other workshops and keynote are freely available on his website, or you can get them here:

The Earth: Is it Young or Is It Old?
Teaching Critical Thinking
Evolution: The Enemy of Truth and Science
Homeschooling: The Solution to our Education Problem
Reasonable Faith: The Scientific Case for Christianity
Why Homeschool Through High School