Answers with Ken Ham

Today we’re wrapping up our series on logical fallacies with “the fallacy of bifurcation.” Now, this is when someone claims there are only two mutually exclusive options when there’s actually a third one.

An example: “Either you believe in science, or you have faith.” That’s bifurcation. You see, there’s a third option: we have faith in God and believe in the natural laws he’s set up to govern the universe. In fact, it’s only because God exists that we have a basis for natural laws in the first place!

Immaterial laws can’t exist in a material universe. Also, order doesn’t come from disorder.

So, if someone presents you with two options, stop and consider—is there a third?

Dig Deeper

• Bifurcation
• Never Assume! Challenging the Basic Assumptions of Evolutionists

Mammoths, wooly rhinos, and giant glaciers all bring to mind an ice age. But did such an event really happen? Yes! The evidence is overwhelming.

Now, secular scientists will tell you there’ve been many ice ages over earth’s history. But they don’t have a mechanism to start or stop these events.

The Bible’s history explains why there was an ice age. During Noah’s flood there was intense volcanic activity, which warmed the waters and filled the atmosphere with ash—and it blocked the sun. The warm water quickly evaporated and fell as snow. This snow built up, forming glaciers. As the earth settled back down these glaciers retreated to the poles where they are now.

Dig Deeper

• When Was the Ice Age in Biblical History?
• The Genesis Flood Caused the Ice Age