Creation Ministries International

Creation Ministries International
AbbreviationCMI
Formation1977 (under a different name)
TypeFundamentalist[1][failed verification]
Christian apologetics organization
Legal statusNon-profit
PurposeYoung Earth creationism
Christian apologetics
Biblical inerrancy
Location
Websitecreation.com

Creation Ministries International (CMI) is a nonprofit organisation that promotes the pseudoscience of young Earth creationism.[2] It has branches in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.[3][4]

History

In 1977 Carl Wieland organised the Creation Science Association (CSA) in Adelaide in South Australia. In 1978 the organisation began the magazine Ex Nihilo (from the Latin phrase Creatio ex nihilo, meaning "Creation out of nothing"). Soon after, the Creation Science Foundation (CSF) took over production of Ex Nihilo (later renaming it Creation Ex Nihilo, and eventually simply Creation). In 1984, CSF started the Ex Nihilo Technical Journal for more in-depth analysis of creation issues (it was later renamed Creation Ex Nihilo Technical Journal, then simply TJ, and now the Journal of Creation).

In the mid-1990s Ken Ham, formerly of the Creation Science Foundation and then part of the Institute for Creation Research, formed an autonomous ministry in the United States. This ministry, along with the Australian Creation Science Foundation, were branded "Answers in Genesis" (AiG); eventually, legally-autonomous Answers in Genesis offices were opened in Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.

Following a legal dispute in 2005,[5] AiG split in 2006. The Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa branches re-branded as "Creation Ministries International".[6]

In late 2006 CMI established offices in the UK and United States.[6] Since then CMI has distributed Creation magazine and the Journal of Creation in the United States itself.

CMI publishes Creation magazine as well as the Journal of Creation. Creation reports that it has subscribers in more than 170 countries,[7][third-party source needed] with 60,000 copies of each issue produced.[8] Creation is published four times a year. The Journal of Creation is published three times a year.

The Voyage That Shook the World

The Voyage That Shook The World is a 2009 dramatised documentary film commissioned by Creation Ministries International and produced by Fathom Media. It was released to mark the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his seminal work On the Origin of Species.[9][10]

This 52-minute-long film includes interviews with proponents of intelligent design and young earth creationism along with some scholars, academics, and scientists who support the scientific consensus on evolution. Some of the mainstream scientists later said that the filmmakers deceptively edited their interviews and misled them. It features wildlife footage from the Galapagos Islands as well as on-location footage from Argentina, Chile, Tierra del Fuego, and the United Kingdom. The film's dramatised sequences were shot on location in Tasmania, Australia. The National Center for Science Education reviewed the film and found it misleading.[11]

CMI's history is closely linked with that of its daughter ministry in the United States, Answers in Genesis (AiG), founded by former Australian colleague Ken Ham. A legal and personal dispute broke out between the Australian and US arms of AiG in 2005, involving claims of unethical dealing in the handling of magazine subscriptions and autocratic leadership on Ham's part. A more involved analysis of the situation is described in an account in the Reports of the National Center for Science Education.[12]

A lawsuit was filed on 31 May 2007, by CMI in Supreme Court of Queensland against Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis, seeking damages and accusing "unbiblical/unethical/unlawful behaviour" in Ham's dealings with the Australian organisation.[13]

CMI produces Creation Magazine and the Journal of Creation, formerly distributed by the US and UK AiG offices to their respective countries prior to the split. The Australian group maintains it was disconnected from all its American subscribers when the US office "announced on its web site (without telling us, the publishers) that it was ceasing to distribute both of these publications (and simultaneously announced its own magazine)". CMI further alleged in the lawsuit that AiG misrepresented their own magazine to subscribers as a replacement of Creation. CMI is claiming $252,000 (US) in damages for lost revenue by misleading and deceptive conduct in relating to lost subscriptions.[14] The case also concerns use of the trademark "Answers in Genesis" within Australia, and alleged misuse by Ken Ham of his position as a director for the Australian group to cause it detriment.

Answers in Genesis has had little to say in public to these accusations, but in comments to news reporters Ken Ham dismisses them all as "totally preposterous and untrue".[13]

In February 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ordered Australian-based Creation Ministries International into arbitration in the United States with Answers in Genesis (as sought by AiG) over copyrights and control of affiliates in other countries.[15][16]

In April 2009, the ministries reached a settlement and ended their dispute.[17]

Relationship with schools

In 2011, a group of 30 UK scientists accused the organisation's representatives of falsely presenting themselves to schools as scientists.[18]

References

  1. ^ Moore, Randy (2021). "The Relation of Young-Earth Creationism to Fundamentalism" (PDF). University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences.
  2. ^ "Should Genesis be taken literally". creation.com. Retrieved 4 February 2016.[third-party source needed]
  3. ^ "Worldwide Contact Information". creation.com. Retrieved 4 February 2016.[third-party source needed]
  4. ^ Ruse, Michael (15 July 1982). "Creation Science is not Science". Science, Technology, & Human Values. 7 (3): 10–18. doi:10.1177/016224398200700313. S2CID 143503427.
  5. ^ "Answers in Genesis in legal turmoil". Berkeley, CA: National Center for Science Education. 21 June 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  6. ^ a b Creation Ministries International – About us, history
  7. ^ "Creation magazine". creation.com. Retrieved 4 February 2016.[third-party source needed]
  8. ^ [1] Archived 3 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "The Voyage that shook the world". ballymoneytimes.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  10. ^ "BBC – Will & Testament: Creationists defend Darwin film". BBC. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  11. ^ "Screen Australia film agency awarded creationist film AUD$90,000". The Guardian. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  12. ^ Lippard, Jim (2006). "Trouble in Paradise: Answers in Genesis Splinters". Reports of the National Center for Science Education. 26 (6, November): 4–7. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  13. ^ a b "Biblical battle of creation groups | the Nation | the Australian". theaustralian.news.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 June 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  14. ^ [2] Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ Lovan, Dylan T. (2009). "Court: Creationists Should Settle Outside Court". Taiwan News. No. 14 February. Associated Press. Archived from the original (online) on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  16. ^ Answers in Genesis of Kentucky v. Creation Ministries International, Ltd., 08-6014/6032 (6th Cir. 2009) ("For the foregoing reasons, we affirm the judgment of the district court in its entirety. Our affirmance as to the district court's refusal to issue a foreign antisuit injunction is without prejudice so that AiG may renew its motion before the district court should proceedings in the Australian suit resume. We also deny CMI's motion to stay arbitration as moot in light of our disposition of this appeal. (United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit)").
  17. ^ "Creationist legal dispute resolved". National Center for Science Education. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  18. ^ Butt, Riazat (19 September 2011). "Scientists demand tougher guidelines on teaching of creationism in schools". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

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