Carl Wieland

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Carl Wieland is an Australian Young Earth Creationist, author, and speaker. He is currently the Managing Director of Creation Ministries International (formerly Answers in Genesis - Australia), a Christian apologetics ministry. CMI is one of the world's leading creationist organisationsFact|date=August 2008 with offices in six countries,Fact|date=August 2008 and are the distributors of "Creation" magazine and the "Journal of Creation".

Biography

Wieland is a medical doctor graduating from Adelaide University in South Australia, but stopped practising as a medicine in 1986. [cite news | url=http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3990/ | title=Carl Wieland Biography | publisher=Creation Ministries International |date= 2007 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-10-17] This was due to an accident Wieland was in with "a fully laden fuel tanker at highway speeds." [cite news | url=http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/570/ | title=Regenerating ribs: Adam and that ‘missing’ rib| publisher=Creation Ministries International |date= 2007 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-10-17] He endured five and a half months in hospital and has undergone more than fifty operations, as discussed in his book, "Walking Through Shadows".Fact|date=August 2008 He is also the past-president of the Christian Medical Fellowship of South Australia.

Creationism

In 1976 Wieland formed the Creation Science Association (CSA), a South Australian creationist organisation modelled after the Creation Research Society. In 1978 this organisation began publishing a magazine, "Ex Nihilo" (later called "Creation Ex Nihilo", "to explain and promote special creation as a valid SCIENTIFIC explanation of origins." In 1980, CSA merged with a Queensland group to form the Creation Science Foundation, which subsequently became Answers in Genesis (AiG). [Numbers(2006) p365]

In 2005 AiG split as a result of long-standing disagreements between Wieland and Ken Ham, president of AiG.Ham retained leadership of the AiG's United States and United Kingdom branches under the AiG name, while Wieland retained the Australian branch and affiliation with the small Canadian, New Zealand and South African branches, under the name Creation Ministries International. [Numbers(2006) p401]

Today Wieland maintains an active speaking and writing schedule, as well as editing "Creation" magazine and his role as CEO of CMI Australia.Fact|date=August 2008 Like all creation scientists Wieland's interpretation of evidence is controversial both inside and outside the scientific community.Fact|date=August 2008

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*cite book
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title = The Creationists: From Scientific Creationism to Intelligent Design, Expanded Edition
publisher = Harvard University Press
date=November 30, 2006
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pages = 624 pages
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isbn = 0674023390

External links

* [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3497/ Creation Ministries International biography]