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| | '''Answers in Genesis''' is a non-profit [[young earth creationist]] organization that is dedicated to "defending the [[Bible]] from the very first verse". Its president is [[Ken Ham]], who was a former public school science teacher, and once worked for the [[Institute for Creation Research]] before founding Answers in Genesis in the [[United States]]. | | '''Answers in Genesis''' is a non-profit [[young earth creationist]] organization that is dedicated to "defending the [[Bible]] from the very first verse". Its president is [[Ken Ham]], who was a former public school science teacher, and once worked for the [[Institute for Creation Research]] before founding Answers in Genesis in the [[United States]]. |
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| − | In 2006, the AiG organizations that were not in the [[United States]] and [[Britain]] formed a separate ministry, [[Creation Ministries International]]. | + | Answers in Genesis in the United States has a state-of-the-art [[Creation Museum]] which opened on May 28, 2007, admitting more than 4,000 visitors on its first day. Answers in Genesis has a award winning website which receives over a hundred thousand visitors each day<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2006/0118nrb.asp</ref>. |
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| | + | == Dispute with Creation Ministries International == |
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| | + | In late 2005, Answers in Genesis in the United States, with its sister organization in the [[United Kingdom]] withdrew from the group of sister AiG organizations. |
| | + | As they had been sharing the one web-site, run by the American ministry, this effectively forced the remaining organizations in [[Australia]] (the parent organization), [[New Zealand]], [[Canada]], and [[South Africa]] to rebrand, as [[Creation Ministries International]] (CMI). |
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| − | Answers in Genesis in the United States has a state-of-the-art [[Creation Museum]] which opened on May 28, 2007, admitting more than 4,000 visitors on its first day. Answers in Genesis has a award winning website which receives over a hundred thousand visitors each day<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2006/0118nrb.asp</ref>. | + | Answers in Genesis in America stopped distributing ''Creation'' magazine and the peer-reviewed ''Journal of Creation'' (both published by the Australian ministries), switching subscribers to the new ''Answers'' magazine published by the American ministry. |
| | + | CMI claims that this was unethical, unlawful, and harmed their ministry. |
| | + | After failing to obtain a satisfactory resolution on the dispute, CMI began legal proceedings against AiG (U.S.) in May 2007.<ref>[http://www.creationontheweb.biz/lawsuit_justification.html Why CMI-Australia is holding AiG-US legally accountable for its actions]</ref> |
| | + | In August 2007 the two parties met in [[Hawaii]] in an attempt to resolve the dispute, and reached verbal agreement on a settlement. |
| | + | However, in putting the agreement in writing, AiG subsequently effectively rewrote it, reneging on the verbal agreement. |
| | + | CMI have intimated that they will resume the legal proceedings.<ref>[http://www.creationontheweb.biz/?page=breakdown Breakdown]</ref> |
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