On December 6, 2014, Ken Ham wrote a blog post entitled, “The Templeton Connection,” in which he attempted to link The Templeton Foundation with Charles Templeton. Why is this extraordinary? Because John Templeton of the Templeton Foundation and Charles Templeton are not related.
Now, the John Templeton Foundation funds various research projects around the world, and one group it has given money to is…BioLogos! Well, if you have been reading my posts on Ken Ham, you know what’s coming. Ken Ham states, “Sadly, both the Templeton Foundation and BioLogos are undermining the authority of the word of God through their efforts.”
Then the real slander begins. Ken Ham tells the story of Charles Templeton, one of Billy Graham’s associates early in his ministry who eventually ended up attending Princeton Theological Seminary, and ultimately abandoned his Christian faith. According to Ham, the reason why Charles Templeton fell away was because “he was told that he could accept man’s supposedly scientific ideas about the origins of the universe, but should accept God’s ideas in the gospels.”
Well, needless to say, Ham oversimplifies Templeton’s reasons for leaving the Christian faith. The main reason was that he couldn’t reconcile a loving God with the obvious pain and suffering in the world. “Evolution” was hardly the reason. In any case, Ham can’t help but wonder, “What if someone had only told him about the difference between observational science and historical science?” Yes, I’m sure that would have just changed everything. If Charles Templeton would have just been told about Ken Ham’s fictitious category of “historical science,” he’d still be a Christian.
So why does Ham even bring up Charles Templeton? That’s easy! John Templeton has the same last name, and the Templeton Foundation has given money to BioLogos, and BioLogos endorses theistic evolution! Therefore, it’s quite clear (at least to Ham) that both the Templeton Foundation and BioLogos are actively trying to “undermine the Word of God and lead people away from the Christian faith. They have a lot to answer for before our Creator God!”
Yes, but why does he mention Charles Templeton? For one reason only: slander. I’m sure if John Templeton’s first name was Adolph, then Ken Ham would say, “Aha! Nazis! They tried to genetically engineer the super race! BioLogos wants to kill Jews! Did you know Jesus was a Jew? He believed Adam and Eve had a pet dinosaur! It was made on day five! You see? BioLogos hates Jesus…and family pets!”
Ham then ends his post in his typical, cult-like hysterical fashion: “And please warn them and others in the church about organizations like BioLogos that are actually out to undermine God’s Word and influence your children!”
This is the kind of fear-mongering, slander, and deception that Ken Ham regularly engages in. As I’m writing my book on him, it’s starting to get old—just the same old thing, over and over again. I believe it was Karl Marx who said that if you keep on repeating the same lie over and over again, that eventually people will believe it. Now, Ham’s first name isn’t Karl, so don’t think I’m actually saying he is a Communist
…but then again, his first name does start with a “K,” and his last name is Ham, and in Animal Farm, George Orwell does depict Karl Marx as a pig named Old Major….Hmmmm…maybe there’s something to this random-association based on names! It’s kind of fun! Comment any other random associations you can make!
Kevin BACON! Now, you can go anywhere. ‘Nuff said.