In Genesis 4, we are told that a man named Jubal, whose father was Lamech, was "the father of all such as handle the harp and organ." Of course, in our crazy world today, it is controversial to believe that the biblical chronology is correct, and the earth is less than 10,000 years old. Actually, Jubal would have lived about 5,000 years ago.

But a story broke yesterday that archaeologists have discovered a 35,000 year-old flute in a cave in Germany.

This story has broad ramificiations, because someone is wrong.

Later in Genesis, we read that Noah's three sons left the ark and "fanned-out" around the region; Japeth's descendants settled in what is today Europe.

So, if I believe the Bible is true, some descendant of Noah's son settled in the northern regions, taught his offspring the art of music, and at some point, someone crafted a flute. This flute was then discovered in the 21st century A.D.

But according to evolutionary theory — and it is quite amazing that Darwin's theory spread from biology to every other field of science, including archaeology. We now interpret even archaeological sites within a framework of naturalism.

We have just learned in Ken Ham's new book, Already Gone, that people age 20-30, who attended Sunday school as youngsters, A) no longer attend church at all and B) no longer believe the Bible is true!

As Ham has pointed out, we teach our children Bible stories. Then they go to school and learn about Earth history from Darwinian philosophers who masquerade as teachers.

This disconnect is killing our culture and although my view is thought of as simplistic, fundamentalist, and stupid, I stand by my contention that Jubal's descendants were responsible for the flute in Germany, not a grunting, knuckle-dragging hominid.

There is a vast difference in interpretation here, and here is what's at stake:

By teaching our children that a hominid crafted the flute 35,000 years ago, we present a false view of history that also eliminates the Ten Commandments, the origin of the Jews, predictive prophecy, and, whether we like to admit it or not, the "New Testament."

This alternate history is destroying our children. It's past time that we took a firm stand for the historicity of Genesis, and by extension, all of world history.

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