Feedback: “A False Version Of Our History”?
Bodie Hodge, M.Sc., B.Sc., PEI
Biblical Authority Ministries, February 25, 2026 (Donate)
Here is another feedback article back when I worked at AiG,
Enjoy.
Letter, Unedited:
I cannot believe that you can erect a monument to commemorate such falsehoods. If the Bible is the word of God, is it not possible that the length of time it took create heaven and earth and the universe has been incorrectly transcribed or misinterpreted. As a Scientist I am concerned that your exhibit, however well intentioned, will teach a false version of our history. You also state that "Americans would not be so gullible as to believe they evolved from fish", well for once that is something they should believe, after all they were gullible enough to believe in Iraqi WMD's!
Good Luck in your endeavours!
Point-by-Point Response:
Thank you for contacting the ministry. I am inserting
some comments below to help explain why we believe what we believe. They are
said with respect and kindness.
I cannot believe that you can erect
a monument to commemorate such falsehoods.
What falsehoods? We are erecting a museum to teach the
history of the world based on God’s Word and using science to support that
view. 2 Samuel 22:31 (NKJV) says: As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the LORD is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
So really the issue you have is that you don’t believe that
God’s eyewitness account of history is perfect and flawless. That is an issue
between you and God.
Do you support the many secular museums that teach
falsehoods? For example, I was in a Swedish museum and hanging on a
large wall was a tapestry promoting Haeckel’s concept of embryonic
recapitulation.
Haeckel’s
embryos have long since been discarded as frauds, even by the secular
scientists. The museum also has a model of Australopithecus afarensis (e.g., “Lucy”)
that has human feet and hands, even though the fossil evidence shows that Australopithecus
afarensis was a knuckle
walker. In museums, Australopithecus feet are commonly
misrepresented as human-like to deceive people into thinking it was
some sort of “missing link.”
Falsehoods such as these supporting goo-to-you evolution are
commonly found in textbooks and museums throughout the world.
If the Bible is the word of God, is
it not possible that the length of time it took create heaven and earth and the
universe has been incorrectly transcribed or misinterpreted.
If the Bible is the Word of God, then why not trust what it
says? When we allow Scripture to interpret Scripture, we understand that the
account in Genesis refers to creation in six literal days.
Exodus 20:11 (NKJV):
Exodus 31:17 (NKJV):
Please see the sections regarding the days
of creation, inerrancy, and historical
accuracy of Scripture.
The only reason someone wouldn’t think everything
was created in six days by God is because they trust someone else over God. Who
can be trusted over a perfect, all-knowing God?
As a Scientist I am concerned that
your exhibit, however well intentioned, will teach a false version of our
history.
Thank you for giving us the benefit of the doubt on our
intentions—something many feedback submitters don’t do. But again, what
statements in God’s Word are false? The history being taught in the Creation
Museum is the same history that has been taught for thousands of
years—even Solomon, Jesus, Paul, Isaac Newton, George Washington, Abraham
Lincoln, Michael Faraday, etc., were taught it. Just because the world has been
teaching a different history more and more prominently for about 200 years,
doesn’t mean it is the truth.
You also state that "Americans
would not be so gullible as to believe they evolved from fish", well for
once that is something they should believe, after all they were gullible enough
to believe in Iraqi WMD's!
But if a public school/college tells you to believe
goo-to-evolution, do you question it? Why “should” people believe it as you
state? How does it benefit them to do so—especially if there is any question as
to its veracity?
If people came from pond scum and nothing matters after you
die, then why would anyone keep his or her behavior within morally acceptable
ranges (let alone biblical standards)? Why not steal, why not lie, why not
murder your fellow students, why not put falsehoods in museums—especially if it
benefits you in some way? The current generation put this together and that is
why they aren’t afraid to put on pro-evolution shirts with “Natural
Selection” written on them and kill their fellow students.
Since we believe the Bible, we still see you and everyone
else as a person with purpose—worthy of our respect—not as another animal
getting in our way. Because of this, we believe in truth and morality, and therefore try to lead
truthful, moral lives.
Good Luck in your endeavours!
Thanks, but God will accomplish what He wants done. I want
to encourage you to study the claims against pondscum-to-people evolution. I
suggest starting with Glass
House, Shattering the Myth of Evolution. May God bless you as you begin to
investigate science from another—i.e., biblical—point of view (instead of the
view presented unopposed to impressionable students in schools).
Kind regards in Christ,
Bodie Hodge
Bodie Hodge, Ken
Ham's son in law, has been an apologist since 1998 helping out in various
churches and running an apologetics website. He spent 21 years working at Answers
in Genesis as a speaker, writer, and researcher as well as a founding
news anchor for Answers News. He was also head of the Oversight
Council.
Bodie
launched Biblical Authority Ministries in 2015 as a personal
website and it was organized officially in 2025 as a 501(c)(3). He has spoken
on multiple continents and hosts of US states in churches, colleges, and
universities. He is married with four children.
Mr. Hodge earned a
Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from Southern Illinois University at
Carbondale (SIUC). Then he taught at SIUC for a couple of years as a
Visiting Instructor teaching all levels of undergraduate engineering and
running a materials lab and a CAD lab. He did research on advanced ceramic
materials to develop a new method of production of titanium diboride with a
grant from Lockheed Martin. He worked as a Test Engineer for Caterpillar,
Inc., prior to entering full-time ministry.
His love of science
was coupled with a love of history, philosophy, and theology. For about one
year of his life, Bodie was editing and updating a theological, historical, and
scientific dictionary/encyclopedia for AI use and training. Mr. Hodge has over
25 years of experience in writing, speaking and researching in these fields. Originally
at Answers in Genesis; Edited; Republished by permission.
