Creation Ministries International

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'''Creation Ministries International''' (CMI), formerly known as '''Answers in Genesis - Australia''' and '''Creation Science Foundation''', is the estranged (but equally scientifically fraudulent) cousin of [[Ken Ham]]'s infamous [[Answers in Genesis]] (AiG) organization.

==History==
Creation Ministries International began [[life]] as the Creation Science Foundation (CSF) in 1979, when Ham quit his job as a [[public school|public-school]] science-teacher to begin speaking on [[creationism]]. In 1986, Ham left [[Australia]] to teach at the [[Institute for Creation Research]] on the [[other]] side of the Pacific Ocean; by 1987, his absence had started to cause leadership problems, and in February, he handed control over to [[Andrew Snelling]]. In 1993, after seven years in the [[United States of America|US]], Ham decided to start, with the assistance of CSF, the Creation Science Ministry, which later became AiG-US. By 1995, the CSF had become the Australian arm of AiG. The groups initially shared board members, but AiG-Australia suffered a hilariously acrimonious [[schism]] from its now much-larger partner in 2005,<ref>The same year as [[Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District]].</ref> culminating in accusations of [[witchcraft]] and hurt feelings all round.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140823063814/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/lord-of-the-ring/story-e6frg6z6-1111113678452 "Lord of the ring"] - ''The Australian'', June 05, 2007 - "According to the report, Mackay was excommunicated in the 1980s after making allegations of witchcraft and necrophilia against a fellow member in the early days of the ministry in Queensland."</ref> The Australian organization changed its name to Creation Ministries International as a result.

Much like AiG, CMI ardently promotes [[Young earth creationism|young-earth creationist]] [[bullshit]]. However, CMI attempts to take a rather more "scholarly" tone than does AiG, if one can possibly apply that term to any creationist organization. CMI uses the [[presuppositionalism|presuppositionalist]] style of argument, which, along with the [[Pseudoscience|scholarly veneer]], may help to explain why CMI doesn't have its own [[Creation Museum|ignorance museum, complete with saddled triceratops]].  

On the other hand, CMI publishes ''Alien Intrusion, UFOs and the Evolution Connection'',<ref>[https://archive.ph/t8O7 Alien Intrusion]. Archived from alienintrusion.com, 5 December 2012.</ref> the author of which is featured on [[Coast to Coast AM]]. The description of the interviews says that "[[alien]]s are actually fallen angels who are not [[extraterrestrial]] in nature, but rather interdimensional. ... He noted that some people had been able to stop [[alien abduction]]s from taking place ... by invoking the name of [[Jesus|Christ]]. He suggested that this lends credence to the idea that the aliens are [[Demon|demonic]] in nature, and thus susceptible to invocations that run counter to them."<ref>[https://archive.ph/CXYW9 Aliens, UFOs & Biblical Interpretation]. Archived from the original at coasttocoastam.com, 17 February 2005.</ref>

==Publications==

CMI puts out two major publications, the ''Creation Magazine''<ref>[https://creation.com/magazines Magazines]. creation.com.</ref> and the ''Journal of Creation''.<ref>[https://usstore.creation.com/subscribe-journal-of-creation Journal of Creation], creation.com.</ref> Promotional materials for the magazine try to portray it as "accurate and current", and label it an "evangelistic tool". While it is most definitely the latter, one wonders how it could support Biblical Creationism and the literal interpretation of the [[Bible]] that comes with it, and still manage to have "accurate and current" scientific information.

The ''Journal of Creation'', on the other hand, claims to be a [[Peer review|peer-reviewed]] journal covering "the latest research findings that relate to origins and the biblical account of Creation, the Flood and the Fall". — i.e., [[Genesis]]. The journal is not just (or at all) scientific in nature, but also treads into any discipline with biblical implications, including [[philosophy]], [[history]], and [[theology]]. It was first 
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 published in 1984, but its name has been changed several times since then.<ref>[https://thenaturalhistorian.com/2012/11/03/the-state-of-creation-science-as-measured-by-scholarly-publishing/ "The State of Creation Science as Measured by Scholarly Publishing"], ''The Natural Historian'', November 3, 2012</ref>

==See also==
*[[CMI list of scientists alive today who accept the biblical account of creation|CMI's list of scientists alive today who accept the biblical account of creation]] (only some of whom are actually scientists)
*[[Answers in Genesis/Creation Ministries International's Statement of Faith|CMI's "Statement of Faith"]]
**[[Statement of faith]]
*[[Ken Ham]]
*[[Carl Wieland]]
*[[Andrew A. Snelling]]
*[[Jonathan Sarfati]]
*[[Philip J. Rayment]]
*''[[The Voyage that Shook the World]]''
*[[Unidentified flying object]]
*[[Snake Carnivory Origin]]
*[[What All Atheists Have to Believe]]
*[[Is the Bible an Immoral Book?]]

==External links==
* [http://creation.com/ Creation Ministries International]

==References==
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