When I was in seminary I had a suitemate who had a simple litmus test for true Christianity: If you didn’t believe that the Creation happened in six literal days as related in the first chapters of Genesis, you simply were not a real Christian.
I wasn’t so sure that he was right about the literal days, but I didn’t want to debate him and risk exposing myself as a heretic.
Today we visited the Ark Encounter. That’s Ken Hamm’s elaborate recreation of Noah’s Ark on a Kentucky hill.
I don’t know that Hamm would agree with my seminary friend about it being a litmus test of true faith per se, but he unapologetically espouses a strictly literal reading of Genesis and the rest of Scripture.
I will confess to going into the Ark with many reservations – not really knowing what to expect and fearing it might be cheesy. I left with a feeling of respect for the effort and an appreciation for the work and thought put into the project.
Still not convinced that Genesis requires a literal reading across the board though.
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