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'''Dr. Carl Wieland''' is a leading [[biblical creation|biblical creationist]] and the Managing Director of [[Creation Ministries International]].
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'''Dr. Carl Wieland'''
(1950—)
is a leading [[biblical creation|biblical creationist]] and the Managing Director of [[Creation Ministries International]].
Wieland is a former [[atheist]] and former medical doctor from [[South Australia]] who founded ''Creation'' magazine and started one of [[Australia|Australia's]] first creationist organisations, which subsequently merged with another organisation started by [[Ken Ham]] and [[John Mackay]] in [[Queensland]], eventually becoming Creation Ministries International (CMI).
Wieland is a former [[atheist]] and former medical doctor from [[South Australia]] who founded ''Creation'' magazine and started one of [[Australia|Australia's]] first creationist organisations, which subsequently merged with another organisation started by [[Ken Ham]] and [[John Mackay]] in [[Queensland]], eventually becoming Creation Ministries International (CMI).
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Whilst recuperating, he was asked to temporarily take over management of CMI (then known as the Creation Science Foundation) as Ham had moved to [[United States|America]] to work with the [[Institute for Creation Research]] and Mackay had left CSF.
Whilst recuperating, he was asked to temporarily take over management of CMI (then known as the Creation Science Foundation) as Ham had moved to [[United States|America]] to work with the [[Institute for Creation Research]] and Mackay had left CSF.
The temporary involvement, however, became permanent, and he still heads the organisation today.
The temporary involvement, however, became permanent, and he still heads the organisation today.
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His leadership brought the following characteristics to CMI:{{ref|{{author|Jonathan|Sarfati}} and {{author|Gary|Bates}}, [http://creation.com/carl-wieland-retires Dr Carl Wieland retires after four decades], {{date|2nd March 2015}}.|name=retire}}
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* An emphasis on convincing Christians—in preference to non-Christians—that the Bible's account of creation was trustworthy.
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* A refusal to allow the magazine to carry paid advertising.
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* A presuppositional approach rather than an evidential approach.
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* A determination that they should not tie themselves to any particular scientific model. CMI was the main promoter of the [[c-decay]] hypothesis, but discarded it when further research failed to support it.
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* A view that the ministry should not be dominated by any particular personality. In line with this, one of Wieland's achievements was to set up CMI-Worldwide, the federation of all the national CMI organisations.
As well as heading CMI, Wieland is a speaker with CMI and writes articles for ''Creation'' and CMI's peer-reviewed journal, ''Journal of Creation''.
As well as heading CMI, Wieland is a speaker with CMI and writes articles for ''Creation'' and CMI's peer-reviewed journal, ''Journal of Creation''.
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Some of his key articles include:
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* [http://creation.com/the-evolution-trains-a-comin The evolution train’s a-comin’ (Sorry, a-goin’—in the wrong direction)], arguing that the evidence against evolution is not about the ''amount'' of change observed, but the ''type'' of change observed (2002).
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* Several articles on the research of Dr. [[Mary Schweitzer]] into unfossilised dinosaur tissue, starting with [http://creation.com/sensational-dinosaur-blood-report Sensational dinosaur blood report!] in 1997.
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* [http://creation.com/decreased-lifespans-have-we-been-looking-in-the-right-place Decreased lifespans: Have we been looking in the right place?] (1994), in which he proposed that the drop in lifespans following the [[Great Flood]] was due to a genetic bottleneck, not a changed climate as previously proposed by the [[Canopy theory]]. This has since been borne out by computer modelling of the genetic effects.<ref name="retire"/>
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* [http://creation.com/variation-information-and-the-created-kind Variation, information and the created kind] (1991), in which he proposed an [[information]]-based definition of the [[baramin|created kind]].
Following his accident, Wieland underwent numerous operations to repair his body, and when one of his ribs was removed more than once to provide material for bone grafts, he learnt that the rib is the one bone in the human body which, in the right circumstances, can regrow.
Following his accident, Wieland underwent numerous operations to repair his body, and when one of his ribs was removed more than once to provide material for bone grafts, he learnt that the rib is the one bone in the human body which, in the right circumstances, can regrow.
He has subsequently included this fact in some of his talks, pointing out that [[Adam]] need not have spent his life missing a rib!
He has subsequently included this fact in some of his talks, pointing out that [[Adam]] need not have spent his life missing a rib!
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== References ==
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{{reflist|2}}
==Further reading==
==Further reading==