Ken Ham: Poll by opposing group shows need for Creation Museum

Ken Ham: Poll by opposing group shows need for Creation Museum

The president of Answers in Genesis says a recent survey by a liberal group claiming that many evangelicals don't support the newly opened Creation Museum in northern Kentucky actually shows the need for such a facility. Ken Ham admits he's not surprised by the results.

The poll was conducted on behalf of "The Campaign to Defend the Constitution," or DEFCON. According to the survey, 48 percent of those who said they attend church weekly said the idea of the museum, which presents dinosaurs alongside Adam and Eve, was "scientifically unsound" or "biblically inaccurate."

The apologetics ministry Answers in Genesis built and operates the Creation Museum, which opened in late May. AIG president Ken Ham says DEFCON does not have as much support as it claims.

"This group advertised nationally to try to get support for a massive rally to protest the Creation Museum -- and on opening day, there were a few dozens of protesters that they had there, while 4,000 people poured in to the Creation Museum," he notes. "Now, who was really able to rally the troops for support? It certainly wasn't DEFCON at all."

Ham also says that DEFCON is not interested in defending the Constitution, but wants to advance its liberal agenda. And that liberal agenda is reflected in the teaching of evolution as fact in public schools, says the ministry leader. He asserts that as a result, many Christians do not have a clear grasp of the biblical account of creation.

"We've been saying that all along, that the church is so compromised with [the teaching of] evolution and [its] millions of years -- which just shows you the very need for a Creation Museum like this to challenge the church [and] to equip the church," Ham says.

More than 40,000 people have visited the Creation Museum since it opened. It is located just south of Cincinnati, in Petersburg, Kentucky.