John David Morris (born 1946) was an American
young earth creationist
Young Earth creationism (YEC) is a form of creationism which holds as a central tenet that the Earth and its lifeforms were created by supernatural acts of the Abrahamic God between approximately 6,000 and 10,000 years ago. In its most widespre ...
. He was the son of "the father of
creation science
Creation science or scientific creationism is a pseudoscientific form of Young Earth creationism which claims to offer scientific arguments for certain literalist and inerrantist interpretations of the Bible. It is often presented without ove ...
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Henry M. Morris, and served as president of the
Institute for Creation Research
The Institute for Creation Research (ICR) is a Creationist apologetics institute in Dallas, Texas, that specializes in media promotion of pseudoscientific creation science and interpretation of the Genesis creation narrative as a historical ev ...
(ICR) from the time of his father's death until 2020. Morris was a creationist author and spoke at a variety of churches. Many of his presentations discussed the fossil record and its relation to evolution.
Biography
Morris has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from
Virginia Tech
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(1969), an M.S.,
University of Oklahoma
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(1977), and a PhD,
University of Oklahoma
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(1980) in Geological Engineering. In 1984 he joined the Institute for Creation Research and in 1996 he became its president.
Criticism
Critics have disputed Morris's claims. For instance, the following statement by Morris:
... elicited the following response from Jim Foley in
TalkOrigins Archive
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Creation–evolution controversy
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Lucy (Australopithecus)
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Australopithecines
Australopithecina or Hominina is a subtribe in the tribe Hominini. The members of the subtribe are generally ''Australopithecus'' ( cladistically including the genera ''Homo'', '' Paranthropus'', and ''Kenyanthropus''), and it typically include ...
References
External links
Critical of Morris
Answers In CreationOld earth creationist reviews of the claims of John Morris
1946 births
Living people
Baptists from the United States
Christian writers
American Christian Young Earth creationists
Leaders of Christian parachurch organizations
University of Oklahoma alumni
University of Oklahoma faculty
Creation scientists
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