In all fairness, we have a YEC astronomy text and have used it for
homeschooling. It is actually a pretty good course for grade school level,
as most of it emphasizes the glory of creation in a fairly accurate manner,
with great pictures and activities.
However, I have decided against the Apologia high school curriculum, and we
will probably use good texts from standard secular publishers. I had pretty
much predicted when we started that this would be the course we would go
(Christian curriculum to give a foundation with an emphasis on God, and
secular courses in the upper grades to get more accurate science). After
reviewing a few Apologia texts a few months ago (search for "apologia Jay
Wile" on Amazon), it sealed the deal for me. Too much apologetics and
inaccurate science, particularly in the Biology course (go figure). I think
the answer to your question is, they don't give Christian science answers to
the details of the universe's origin, they just give talking points against
the standard model.
Jon Tandy
Christopher Sharp wrote:
Do YECs want to reduce the whole field of astrophysics to the God-did-it
cop-out? I wonder what a YEC textbook on astrophysics would look like!
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