Ken Ham Might Have Double Standards (Maybe)
A couple weeks ago when I read Ken Ham’s post about the movie Religulous, in which he is interviewed and portrayed less than favorably, I decided to send Ken an email asking, in a calm and even tone, about what appears to be a double standard on his part. Ken had this to say about the producers of Religulous:
Some of you may recall that over a year ago, a documentary crew, under false pretenses and giving a false name of the producer, came to the Creation Museum (under construction) to interview me. Then, through further clever deception, they set me up to be interviewed by Bill Maher, abusing the privileges our security gave them and breaking our security rules and protocols. But then again, for such God-haters, why would they have a high level of ethics when morality can be whatever they want to define it to be?
Hmm. “God-haters” certainly do lack ethics and morality! Unlike Christians, that’s for sure. Because I can’t think of anyone claiming to be a Christian who has done anything like this. Oh right, the makers of Expelled! They did the exact same things! So naturally, being a man of integrity and consistency, Ken Ham also condemned Expelled for making use of this same kind of “clever deception”:
I urge everyone not to miss Expelled. I found it riveting, eye-opening, even astonishing. Ben Stein does a masterful job of exposing the ruthlessness of evolutionists who will go after anyone who challenges or merely questions Darwinian orthodoxy. I was on the edge of my seat—entertained yet instructed. [Source]
Of course he didn’t. Ken agrees with the message of Expelled, so the ends justify the means in that case. It’s ok to act like a God-hater when you’re trying to show people how awful the God-haters are!
I wasn’t going to write about this at all, because it’s so transparently ridiculous, but Ken wrote this in his blog a couple days ago:
Actually, one is not surprised at the tactics of the world—or the name calling and false accusations. Not only are we used to that, but we should expect it, as the Bible clearly teaches. It’s when people calling themselves “Christians” accuse us falsely that is truly distressing.
I haven’t gotten a response from the first email I sent, and I don’t expect to. AiG probably recieves thousands of emails a day. But I will send it again, because I’d really like Ken to explain to me how the tactics in Expelled and the tactics in Religulous are different.
Stumble it!
October 17th, 2008 at 8:59 am
Are you suggesting he is a hypocrite? I have taken a long look at my dusty tomes, the forgotten lore of “Cool”. I have consulted the stars and spoke with sages in lands exotic and dark. I have even called my mother (she’s well, thanks for asking). After this exhaustive research, I have concluded that Ken Ham is in the possession of great uncoolness, the likes of which have not been seen since Eisenhower was president. This is uncool history in the making my friends.
October 17th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Ken Ham. My goodness. Ham. Hi Ken Ham, Hi. Hello. It’s a Trap.