Billy Graham and Creation Science

Many people look up to Billy Graham, the greatest evangelist of our time. What was his position on creation science? Here's a quote:

"I don't think that there's any conflict at all between science today and the Scriptures. I think that we have misinterpreted the Scriptures many times and we've tried to make the Scriptures say things they weren't meant to say, I think that we have made a mistake by thinking the Bible is a scientific book. The Bible is not a book of science. The Bible is a book of Redemption, and of course I accept the Creation story. I believe that God did create the universe. I believe that God created man, and whether it came by an evolutionary process and at a certain point He took this person or being and made him a living soul or not, does not change the fact that God did create man. ... whichever way God did it makes no difference as to what man is and man's relationship to God."1

He had it right...the focus should be on Jesus, and the salvation message, not on creation science.

1 Source Book: Billy Graham: Personal Thoughts of a Public Man, 1997. p. 72-74



