Frank Lewis Marsh (18 October 1899, Aledo, Illinois - 1992) was an American biologist, educator and creationist author. In 1963 he was one of the ten founding members of the Creation Research Society along with more well-known creationists such as Henry M. Morris and Duane Gish. is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Aledo is a city located in Mercer County, Illinois. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Creationism is generally the belief that the universe was created by a deity, or alternatively by one or more powerful and intelligent beings. ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... The Creation Research Society is a young Earth creationist organisation, originally founded in 1963 by Henry M. Morris and nine other like-minded individuals. ... Henry M. Morris Henry Madison Morris, Ph. ... Duane Tolbert Gish (born February 17, 1921) is an American biochemist who is one of the most prominent and outspoken members of the creationist movement. ...

Biography

Marsh first trained as a nurse at Hinsdale Sanitarium and Hospital. Later, while teaching at an Seventh-day Adventist school (Hinsdale Academy) in the Chicago area Marsh studied advanced biology at the University of Chicago and in 1935 obtained an M.S. in zoology from Northwestern University. In 1940 he completed a PhD in botany at the University of Nebraska, becoming the first Adventist to earn a doctoral degree in biology. The Seventh-day Adventist (abbreviated Adventist[3]) Church is a Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished mainly by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath. ... For other uses, see Chicago (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see University of Chicago (disambiguation). ... Northwestern University (NU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university with campuses located in Evanston, Illinois and downtown Chicago. ... Seal of the University of Nebraska The University of Nebraska is one of two public university systems in the state of Nebraska, USA. The system has four universities and a technical college: University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Nebraska at Omaha University of Nebraska at Kearney University of Nebraska Medical...

In his book Fundamental Biology (self-published, 1941) Marsh described himself as a "fundamentalist scientist". He argued that modern human races are degenerate forms of first created man and warned that the living world is the scene of a cosmic struggle between the Creator and Satan. Marsh claimed that Satan is a "master geneticist" and speculated that almagamation and hybridization are his ways of destroying the original harmony and perfection among living things. Marsh viewed the black skin of Negroes as one the "abnormalities" engineered in this diabolical way. (Lustig et al, 2004, p. 92) God is the divine being that created the omniverse. ... This article is about the concept of Satan. ... Negro is a term referring to people of Black African ancestry. ...

In Fundamental Biology Marsh coined the term baramin for the Genesis "kind", although in Evolution, Creation and Science (1944) Marsh asserted that mankind is the only sure example of a baramin. In the same work Marsh claimed that both creation and evolution are testable and falsifiable; that special creation requires less faith to believe in than organic evolution and that a global flood produced most or all of the geological record. In creation science, baraminology is a system for classifying life into groups having no common ancestry, called baramins. Classification is based on a literal creationist reading of kinds in Genesis, especially the distinction between mankind and other animals. ... THIS IS A FACT Creation is a doctrinal position in many religions and philosophical belief systems which maintains that a single God, or a group of or deities is responsible for creating the universe. ... This article is about evolution in biology. ... Special creation describes a mechanism for producing life on earth that is promoted by special creationists following an agenda known as special creationism. In general, special creation is a type of belief about the origin of life on earth. ... Flood geology (also creation geology or diluvial geology) is a prominent subset of beliefs under the umbrella of creationism that assumes the literal truth of a global flood as described in the Genesis account of Noahs Ark. ...

In Evolution or Special Creation? (1947) Marsh argued for the scientific accuracy of the Bible and concluded: "surely the time is ripe for a return to the fundamentals of true science, the science of creationism". From the publication of this work onward Marsh avoided mentioning Ellen G. White, co-founder of Seventh-day Adventism, as he believed such references would repel non-Adventist readers (Lustig et all, 2004, p. 93). Creation science is the attempt to find scientific evidence that would justify a literal interpretation of the Biblical account of creation. ... Ellen White redirects here. ...

Marsh rejected uniformitarianism and disputed calculations of an ancient age for the earth in Studies in Creationism (c. 1950), and also claimed that disease results from the deterioration in nature caused by Satan since the Fall. This health theme is developed further in Life, Man and Time (c. 1957), in which Marsh claimed that the reduced lifespan of humans is a consequence of the carnivorous diet adopted since the Flood. Antediluvian conditions provided a healthy balanced diet, according to Marsh. In the same volume he objected to a statement by Dobzhansky that he (Marsh) was virtually the only scientist who rejects evolution. Uniformitarianism, in the philosophy of science, is the assumption that the natural processes operating in the past are the same as those that can be observed operating in the present. ... Adam and Eve, the first human beings according to Genesis. ... This article is about the medical term. ... This article is about the concept of Satan. ... According to the Bible, the only survivors from the antediluvian period were Noah and his family. ... Theodosius Dobzhansky, ca. ...

In his book Variation and Fixity in Nature (1976) Marsh insisted that all of the evidence for evolution is only evidence for microevolution. He also developed the hypothesis that baramins are defined by ability to hybidize and claimed that the most basic and well-demonstrated of biological principles is that of limitation of variation. Marsh concluded finally that "The Bible knows nothing about organic evolution. It regards the origin of man by special creation as a historical fact... In view of the subjectivity of the evidence upon which a decision on the matter of origins must be made, creationism and evolutionism should be respected as alternate viewpoints". Microevolution is the occurrence of small-scale changes in allele frequencies in a population, over a few generations, also known as change at or below the species level. ...

Marsh died in 1992. His papers are kept at Andrews University, from which Marsh gained a B.A. in 1927 and a B.S in 1929 at what was then Emmanuel Missionary College. Aerial view of Andrews University. ...

See also

• Baraminology
• Creation biology
• Creation-evolution controversy
• Creation science
• Flood geology
• Pre-Adamite
• Young Earth creationism
• Seventh-day Adventist Church

In creation science, baraminology is a system for classifying life into groups having no common ancestry, called baramins. Classification is based on a literal creationist reading of kinds in Genesis, especially the distinction between mankind and other animals. ... Creation biology,examines biology from a creationist perspective which assumes that God created all life on the planet as described in the Genesis account of Creation, in a finite number of discrete created kinds or baramins. ... The creation-evolution controversy (also termed the creation vs. ... Creation science is the attempt to find scientific evidence that would justify a literal interpretation of the Biblical account of creation. ... Flood geology (also creation geology or diluvial geology) is a prominent subset of beliefs under the umbrella of creationism that assumes the literal truth of a global flood as described in the Genesis account of Noahs Ark. ... The idea that humans existed before Adam, which is known as the Pre-Adamite hypothesis or Preadamism, has a long history, probably having its origins in early pagan responses to Jewish and Christian claims regarding the origins of the human race. ... Adam and Eve, the first human beings according to Genesis. ... The Seventh-day Adventist (abbreviated Adventist[3]) Church is a Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished mainly by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath. ...

References

• Lustig, Abigail, Richards, Robert J. and Ruse, Michael (Eds.). (2004). Darwinian Heresies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81516-9
• McIver, Tom (1988). Anti-Evolution: A Reader's Guide to Writings Before and After Darwin. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-4520-3
• Numbers, Ronald L. (Ed.) (1994). The Early Writings of Harold W. Clark and Frank Lewis Marsh (Creationism in Twentieth-Century America, Vol 8). Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8153-1809-X

External links

• About the Baraminology Study Group: Historical Context of Views
• Baraminology
• Frank Lewis Marsh Papers
• Flesh for The Creationists' Bones