His incredible gift of clarity in his biblical presentations won him numerous admirers.
This approach turns the Qur'anic presentations of Biblical stories into allegories, the persons involved into emblems of virtue or vice" (Ivry 2000, 155).
While we would maintain that the state should not be allowed to force the teaching of the doctrine of creation in public schools, Christians should insist on "equal time" for a fair presentation of the biblical position as a valid explanation for the origin of man.
But the presentation of the biblical authors' views on these and countless other subjects constitute perfectly good examples of the exercise of reason.
According to Morris: "The evidence of intelligent design… must be either followed by or accompanied by a sound presentation of true Biblical creationism if it is to be meaningful and lasting".
However, like his brother Esaias, and as indicated by his own extra-curricular activities in the Collegium Anthologicum a student academic society before which he made some fifty presentations on philological, biblical, historical, and political themes (Pufendorf 1995e, pp. 21 86; Döring 1988,1992)—he also expanded his studies into other areas including philosophy, jurisprudence, and mathematics.
On its Web site, the institute declares, "All things in the universe were created and made by God in the six literal days of the creation week" and says it "equips believers with evidences of the Bible's accuracy and authority through scientific research, educational programs, and media presentations, all conducted within a thoroughly biblical framework".
The Aristotelian influence, mediated via translations of a different Islamic tradition of kings' mirrors (including the pseudo-Aristotelian Secretum secretorum), became apparent not so much in the content of those texts as in their structure and presentation, which became more thematic and abstract, drawing less on historical, biblical, or exegetical precedent.
He often said that the turning point in his career was when he became a born-again Christian in 1972 and began teaching "biblical principles," though he did not necessarily label them as that in his presentations.
The presentations are solemn and encompass (fictional) bats flying through solid objects as well as biblical dioramas with ghostly figures, constructed according to Kircher's instructions.
