The Center Is Growing Step - 1427 Words

Though small, the center was able to produce fifty five books in little over a decade and produce a million copies of the books. Morris’s books were available in Chinese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish editions. They â€Å"participated in 100 public debates, lectured in 400 college campuses and 400 churches, given seminars in 350 cities and 35 summer institutes, appeared on hundreds of radio and television programs and lectured to hundreds of secular groups all in addition to teaching to Christian Heritage College.† The center was growing step by step to become the next leading center in the creationist community. The staff of the center held debates with prominent evolutionists on university†¦show more content†¦Having been established in 1972, the institute has been researching, educating, and communicating their ideas, hypotheses, and arguments ever since. The institute’s influence on many Christian individuals cannot be overlooked. The many adults and teenagers have been taught that the earth is young and there is no evolution. It would be incorrect to say that the institute should get all the credit for developing, researching, and spreading the ideas, but it had a significant role. The sole purpose of the Institute of Creation Research’s existence as outlined on their website was and is â€Å"to conduct scientific research within the realms of origins and earth history, and then to educate the public both formally and informally through graduate and professional training programs, through conferences and seminars around the country, and through books, magazines, and media presentations.† The research institute works in many different fields such as looking at earth science or life science. Throughout any kind of research, the institution mainly focuses on the validity of the Bible and the use of scripture to explain science. As the the institute states, â€Å"ICR is committed to the absolute authority of the inerrant Word of God.† It believes that science can only agree with the Bible because God made the world. Therefore, since science correlates with the Bible, Genesis 1-11 must be factual and historical. This would mean that the six day s