"It seems as if it is almost certain . . ."

"It seems as if it is almost certain . . ." 

It's how Russell Fuller, a PhD from Hebrew Union College, started his first sentence in trying to defend his belief in a literal six 24-hour day creation account from the Book of Genesis. 

It was from one of the videos playing at the Creation Museum in northern Kentucky. I made a quick visit there on my way back from a deputation service in Tennessee back in June 2010. 

As they say, there was an attempt . . .  or should I say, "It seems as if there was almost an attempt . . ."