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| | Ham was born and raised in [[Queensland]], [[Australia]].<ref name="Rogers">Rogers, Ben (August 8, 2016). [http://journeyonline.com.au/features/ken-ham-queenslander-answers/ Ken Ham: A Queenslander with all the Answers]. ''Journey'' - ''Uniting Church in Australia Queensland Synod''. Retrieved August 18, 2016.</ref> His career of defending Christianity and the Bible was partly inspired by his father, a school teacher who had the same passion as Ham.<ref name="Rogers"/> | | Ham was born and raised in [[Queensland]], [[Australia]].<ref name="Rogers">Rogers, Ben (August 8, 2016). [http://journeyonline.com.au/features/ken-ham-queenslander-answers/ Ken Ham: A Queenslander with all the Answers]. ''Journey'' - ''Uniting Church in Australia Queensland Synod''. Retrieved August 18, 2016.</ref> His career of defending Christianity and the Bible was partly inspired by his father, a school teacher who had the same passion as Ham.<ref name="Rogers"/> |
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| − | Ham earned a Bachelor's degree in applied science from [[Queensland Institute of Technology]] and a Diploma of Education from the [[University of Queensland]]. In addition to this, he has also received six honorary degrees—DD in 1997 from Temple Baptist College in Cincinnati, OH, DLitt in 2004 from [[Liberty University]], DLitt in 2010 from Tennessee Temple University, DHL in 2012 from Mid-Continental University in KY, a DS in 2017 from [[Bryan College]] in TN, and a DD in 2018 from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in TN.<ref>[https://answersingenesis.org/bios/ken-ham/ Ken Ham]. ''Answers in Genesis''. Retrieved August 23, 2018.</ref> | + | Ham earned a Bachelor's degree in applied science from Queensland Institute of Technology and a Diploma of Education from the University of Queensland. In addition to this, he has also received six honorary degrees—DD in 1997 from Temple Baptist College in Cincinnati, OH, DLitt in 2004 from [[Liberty University]], DLitt in 2010 from Tennessee Temple University, DHL in 2012 from Mid-Continental University in KY, a DS in 2017 from [[Bryan College]] in TN, and a DD in 2018 from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in TN.<ref>[https://answersingenesis.org/bios/ken-ham/ Ken Ham]. ''Answers in Genesis''. Retrieved August 23, 2018.</ref> |
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| | In his last year of his university training to become a public school science teacher, Ham was strongly influenced by ''The Genesis Flood,'' a book co-authored by Dr. [[Henry Morris]], a hydraulic engineer, and Dr. John Whitcomb, a theologian, showing how scientific evidence supported the Great Flood as described in the Bible.<ref>Appeal letter from Ham for Answers in Genesis, Nov. 20, 2015</ref> | | In his last year of his university training to become a public school science teacher, Ham was strongly influenced by ''The Genesis Flood,'' a book co-authored by Dr. [[Henry Morris]], a hydraulic engineer, and Dr. John Whitcomb, a theologian, showing how scientific evidence supported the Great Flood as described in the Bible.<ref>Appeal letter from Ham for Answers in Genesis, Nov. 20, 2015</ref> |