Ironically, for a museum critique, it is not a real critique. Rather than refuting the claims presented in the museum, Dr. Wilson merely engaged in hand-waving; he did not present reasons why we are wrong. He just said we were wrong.

Now, to the corrections that need to be made. First, we do not teach that salvation in Christ requires a belief in the historicity of the book of Genesis. Salvation comes through faith in Christ alone. For Dr. Wilson to suggest otherwise is totally misrepresenting our museum. Also, Dr. Wilson mused that some of our museum artists may have received some pleasure in depicting the death of people during the Flood of Noah’s time. On the contrary, our museum designers—out of a sincere concern for people—have presented the hopeful gospel message throughout the museum. Dr. Wilson has unwittingly proven our point, namely, that biases (or presuppositions) shape how we look at things. Because he already possesses a negative stereotype about biblical Christians, Dr. Wilson claims to know something of the “heart” of our Christian artists.

Dr. Wilson also misrepresents our teaching regarding the use of human reason in how to study the world around us. In our museum, and in a very prominent exhibit (one of the first in the museum), we declare that “reasoning is God’s gift to humankind,” yet we recognize that He has instructed us to use the Bible as our ultimate starting point (Prov. 1:7). Furthermore, we acknowledge the verse: “Come now, and let us reason together” (Isaiah 1:18) . So yes, we can use human reason, which the museum display clearly teaches — contrary to the review’s assertion.

It’s a shame that Dr. Wilson apparently was not able to meet our staff geologist, Dr. Andrew Snelling. Would Dr. Wilson consider holding a public debate on the Wooster campus with Dr. Snelling?

As a former evolutionist (until I used whatever critical thinking ability I was blessed with), I encourage readers of this website to visit the Creation Museum (near the Cincinnati Airport) themselves and see whether or not Dr. Wilson is accurate in his conclusions.

The above quote by the author shows their distaste and “presuppositional” stereotype of Christians. To the contrary, true Christians hold the same view as God when He said, “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. – 2 Peter 3:9