Ken Ham Blasts Richard Dawkins For Criticizing GOP Presidential Hopefuls' Faith

Ken Ham, president of Answers in Genesis, has called out well-known atheist Richard Dawkins for his criticism of 2016 GOP presidential hopefuls who have identified themselves as creationists.

Ham, whose young earth creationist group oversees the Creation Museum, recently took to his Answers in Genesis blog to call for Christians to pray for Dawkins, arguing that although the atheist has surely seen evidence of God in his life, he continues to argue that God does not exist.

The president of Answers in Genesis suggested that Dawkins reminds him of the Pharisees in John 9.

"After Jesus had healed the man blind from birth, the Pharisees questioned the man and his parents, and even with the evidence glaring at them, they refused to believe. People like Dawkins also remind me of the chief priests in John 12:10 who wanted to kill Lazarus, the man Jesus raised from the dead," Ham wrote.

"Because of their hardened hearts, they refused to believe Jesus raised Lazarus and decided to try to kill Lazarus to get rid of the evidence! Yes, these are apt comparisons when you consider people like Richard Dawkins. We need to pray for him. His heart is hard and he is blind," Ham added.

Dawins appeared on Fox News recently to decry GOP candidates' beliefs in creationism, calling it "disgraceful" and adding that evolution is a "fact."

The well-known atheist went on to address the question of whether he and fellow scientists found creationists to be "mentally ill."

"It's hard to use the word 'mentally ill' when there are so many of them," Dawkins responded. "If they believed what they did and they were the only one they would undoubtedly be called mentally ill."