Re: ASA: Children's resources?

David K. Probst (c810scp@SEMOVM.SEMO.EDU)
Tue, 05 Mar 1996 12:10:13 -0600

Help in this area would be greatly appreciated by many folks. We homeschool
our kids, and nearly all the science books from Christian publishers support
the ICR young earth position. This issue even causes some tension between
my wife and me when teaching science to the kids. Perhaps this is an area
for some original work?

Dave

>OK folks--I could use your help.
>
>Our church booktable was recently "graced" by a (well, I think I can say this
>here...) HORRENDOUS book for children entitled "Dinosaurs and the Bible". I
>knew I was in trouble when the preface essentially drew a line in the sand
>between "Scientists" (boo hiss) and "The Word of God". Actually, I should have
>guessed what was coming from the cover illustration of Dinosaurs cavorting
>around the Ark...but I digress. The book "majored" on attempting to show that
>Dinosaurs and humans lived together (insert Paluxy river tracks here) and maybe
>still lived today (Japanese "rotting undersea pleisiosaur" picture,
>word-of-mouth reports from the Congo...). There was even a page detailed how
>Tyrannosaurs might have been created to eat fruit--thereby suggesting that they
>could have lived in a death-free, pre-Fall world as well.
>
>I *diplomatically* (really!) suggested to our manager that I didn't think that
>it was a very good book, mentioned that even ICR was distancing itself from the
>Paluxy river stuff, etc.... and was openly received for (perhaps in spite of?)
>my views. (Actually--I feel fortunate that our church generally refrains from
>litmus tests...) Now this week, she specifically approached me and asked if I
>knew of any children's resources that might be better! Of course, dinos are a
>big deal--I have a 4 year old too--and I'm stumped for ideas.
>
>So I submit this to you--what do you know of that is creationist in *theology*,
>but open to taking the "book of nature" at face value? Sort of "Hugh Ross for
>kids". I eagerly await your answers...
>
>Scott
>
>
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>University of Minnesota MD/PhD Program
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> The rich have always objected to being governed at all.
> --G.K. Chesterton.
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David K. Probst, Ph.D.
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Southeast Missouri State University
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