What is the most compelling scientific evidence of a young earth?
Dear Dr. Mortenson, As an ID promoter, I read your critique of Dr. Dembski with great interest. I, like you andPaul Nielson, understand the importance of the doctrine of original sin, and believe that event happened less than 10,000 years ago. I see ID as a very important pre-evangelism tool. Have you ever worked as a campus minister on a secular campus? Those resistant to the Gospel don’t accept Scripture as apologetics, at least not at first. They are not ready for “meat”. Conversions take time. In such cases, you need to meet people where they are. I like the ID presentations because they are so persuasive. I focus on the origin of life question to wake people to the existence of God, and I proclaim the resurrection of Christ to bring them to Him. But this takes time. You start with milk. Let’s be wise. Many of the young-earth creationist materials show howthe literal Biblical interpretation is plausible, not that it is a sure thing. To bringintellectuals to Christ takes good apolog
