Henry Madison Morris, Ph.D. (October 6, 1918 – February 25, 2006) was an American young earth creationist, Christian apologist and hydraulic engineer. As founder of the Creation Research Society and the Institute of Creation Research, he is considered by many to be the "father of modern creation science." Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph. ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years). ... Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Adam and Eve, the first human beings according to Genesis. ... Christian apologetics is the field of study concerned with the systematic defense of Christianity. ... Hydraulic engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering concerned with the flow and conveyance of fluids, principally water. ... The Creation Research Society is a young Earth creationist organisation, originally founded in 1963 by Henry M. Morris and nine other like-minded individuals. ... The Institute for Creation Research (ICR) is a young Earth creationist (YEC) Christ-Focused Creation Ministry that funds creation science. It is based in San Diego, California. ... The following tables list men and women described as father or mother of something[1]. Exceptions are those people described as fathers or mothers of nations; these are listed at Father and Mother of the Nation. ... Creation science refers to the campaign by creationists (especially those who believe in a young Earth) to distort the methods and empirical practices of science, that is, scientific method, to demonstrate that scientific evidence supports a literal interpretation of the biblical account of creation. ...

Biography

Morris grew up in Texas in the 1920s and 1930s and was a religiously indifferent youth. He graduated from Rice University with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1939. Shortly afterwards he became a Christian and adopted Biblical inerrancy. Official language(s) English (de facto) See also languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (261,797 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... Lovett Hall William Marsh Rice University, commonly called Rice University and opened in 1912 as The William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Letters, Science and Art, is a private, comprehensive research university located in Houston, Texas near the Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. ... The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. ... Biblical inerrancy is the doctrinal position [1] that in its original form, the Bible is without error; referring to the complete accuracy of Scripture, including the historical and scientific parts. ...

He married Mary Louise on January 24, 1940, and they later had six children. After his graduation in 1939 thru 1942 he was a hydraulic engineer working with the International Boundary and Water Commission. He then returned to Rice teaching civil engineering from 1942 until 1946. In 1946 he wrote a short book entitled That You Might Believe (1946) to help him answer the challenges of supporters of evolution. The International Boundary and Water Commission is an international body created in 1889 by the United States and Mexico to administer the many boundary and water-rights treaties and agreements between the two nations. ...

Then 1946 thru 1951 he worked at the University of Minnesota, where he was awarded a master's degree in hydraulics in 1948 and a Ph.D. in hydraulic engineering (with a minor in geology and mathematics) in 1950. Washington Avenue Bridge at night The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, almost always abbreviated U of M, and sometimes referred to as The U by locals, is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, as imagined by by Raphael in this detail from The School of Athens. ...

In 1951 he became professor and head of civil engineering at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, holding that position until 1956. He was then professor of applied science at Southern Illinois University, 1956–1957. Following that he was professor of hydraulic engineering and chairman in civil engineering at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, or UL Lafayette[1], is a coeducational public research university located in Lafayette, Louisiana, in the heart of Acadiana. ... Southern Illinois University is a university in southern Illinois with two institutions and multiple campuses. ... Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech (also known as VPI), is a public land grant polytechnic university in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. Although it is a comprehensive university with many departments, the agriculture, engineering, architecture, forestry, veterinary medicine, and business programs are considered to be among...

In 1961, Morris, with Bible scholar John C. Whitcomb, wrote a book entitled The Genesis Flood that brought to attention to creationism and flood geology. In it he cited an influenced by George McCready Price, a Seventh-day Adventist schoolteacher was an early defender of creationism in the early 20th century. In 1963 Morris founded the Creation Research Society with nine others. In 1970, he founded the Institute for Creation Research (ICR). His son John D. Morris took over presidency of ICR when his father retired. John C. Whitcomb Dr John Clement Whitcomb, Jr. ... The Genesis Flood: The Biblical Record and its Scientific Implications is a 1961 book by the young earth creationists John C. Whitcomb and Henry M. Morris. ... Flood geology (also creation geology or diluvial geology) is a creationist perspective on geologic phenomena which assumes the literal truth of the Great Flood described in Genesis. ... George McCready Price (1870 — 1963) was a Canadian creationist. ... Seventh-day Adventist Churchs logo The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Christian denomination distinguished by their doctrinal beliefs that the literal, visible second coming of Jesus Christ is imminent, and that the seventh-day Sabbath of the Ten Commandments (Saturday) is the authentic biblical day of rest and... The Creation Research Society is a young Earth creationist organisation, originally founded in 1963 by Henry M. Morris and nine other like-minded individuals. ... The Institute for Creation Research (ICR) is a research institute based in Santee, California[2] that focuses on constructing and teaching a Young Earth Creationist world view. ... John D. Morris John Morris is the president of The Institute for Creation Research (ICR). ...

While the greater bulk of his published writings address creation science and evolution themes, he had also written Many Infallible Proofs, and The Bible Has The Answer, which are both works of general Christian apologetics. Creation science refers to the campaign by creationists (especially those who believe in a young Earth) to distort the methods and empirical practices of science, that is, scientific method, to demonstrate that scientific evidence supports a literal interpretation of the biblical account of creation. ... This article is about evolution in biology. ... Christian apologetics is the field of study concerned with the systematic defense of Christianity. ...

On February 1, 2006, Morris suffered a minor stroke and was hospitalized. Reports from ICR said that his mind was functioning very well, but he could not stand without getting dizzy. Morris was moved from the hospital to a rehabilitation facility near his son's home (and ICR) in Santee, California where he died.^[1] Santee is a city located in San Diego County, California. ...

Beliefs

Theory of Evolution

Morris wrote:

• "The fact is that evolutionists believe in evolution because they want to. It is their desire at all costs to explain the origin of everything without a Creator. Evolutionism is thus intrinsically an atheistic religion." ^[2]
• "The idea of particles-to-people evolution does not meet the criteria of a scientific theory." [ibid]

Philosophy of science

Morris made a distinction between "operational science" and "origins science". He believed that operational science cannot be used to prove or disprove God's creative act, but that evidence of past events must be viewed through an interpretive framework. For example, in his book Scientific Creationism Morris stated: This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... Creation (theology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

" ... it must also be emphasized that it is impossible to prove scientifically any particular concept of origins to be true. This is obvious from the fact that the essence of the scientific method is experimental observation and repeatability. A scientific investigator, be he ever so resourceful and brilliant, can neither observe nor repeat origins!

This means that, though it is important to have a philosophy of origins, it can only be achieved by faith, not by sight."

In this, Morris set himself against many philosophers of science such as Robert Pennock and Michael Ruse. These philosophers see no important distinction between past and present data, but claim to use falsifiability and testability as the demarcation criteria for science. Intelligent design proponent Stephen Meyer agrees with Morris. Scientific method is a body of techniques for investigating phenomena and acquiring new knowledge, as well as for correcting and integrating previous knowledge. ... Philosophy of science studies the philosophical assumptions, foundations, and implications of science, including the formal sciences, natural sciences, and social sciences. ... Robert T. Pennock is a philosopher now working on the Avida digital organism project at Michigan State University where he is an associate professor. ... Michael Ruse (born June 21, 1940 in Birmingham, England) is a philosopher of science, a professor of philosophy and zoology largely concerned with the argument between creationism and evolutionary biology. ... In science and the philosophy of science, falsifiability, contingency, and defeasibility are roughly equivalent terms referring to the property of empirical statements that they must admit of logical counterexamples. ... The demarcation problem in the philosophy of science is about how and where to draw the lines around science. ... Intelligent design (ID) is the concept that certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection. ... Stephen C. Meyer is an American philosopher of science and theologian. ...

Even though Morris claimed that science cannot completely answer the question of whether the Bible's creation story is literally and historically true, he had written several books about scientific evidence that he believed fits better into a creationist framework than the mainstream science framework. Many creationists (for example, Answers in Genesis) have followed Morris' lead. This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library of Congress. ... AiGs logo Answers in Genesis (AiG) is a non-profit Christian apologetics ministry with a particular focus on Young Earth creationism and a literal, or plain,[1] interpretation of the first chapters of Genesis. ...

The mainstream scientific community rejected both his philosophy of science and his evidence in favor of creationism as pseudoscience, and claimed that Morris' representation of evolution as a complete religious system is a straw man. Morris' position had also been the subject of debate among Evangelical scholars of the Old Testament and among Evangelicals working in various fields of science. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Phrenology is regarded today as a classic example of pseudoscience. ... A straw man, or straw person, argument is a logical fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponents position. ... The word evangelicalism usually refers to religious practices and traditions which are found in conservative, almost always Protestant Christianity. ... Note: Judaism commonly uses the term Tanakh. ...

Morris also strongly defended the use of the King James Bible but he was not a member of the King-James-Only Movement ^[3] This page is about the version of the Bible; for the Harvey Danger album, see King James Version (album). ... See technical note on viewing the Hebrew characters in this Article. ...

Controversy and criticism

The work The Genesis Flood by John C. Whitcomb and Henry M. Morris has been criticized for taking quotes out of context and completely misquoting sources.^[4] For example, in one infamous instance, a source which read "the sea which vanished so many million years ago" was quoted as "the sea which vanished so many years ago."^[4] The Genesis Flood: The Biblical Record and its Scientific Implications is a 1961 book by the young earth creationists John C. Whitcomb and Henry M. Morris. ... John C. Whitcomb Dr John Clement Whitcomb, Jr. ...

John G. Solum has criticized the work for being inaccurate.^[5] Solum noted "Whitcomb and Morris are mistaken about the nature of the rocks associated with thrust faults. Their claim about fossils is based on a YEC misunderstanding of how rocks are dated relative to each other, and how the geologic column was constructed."^[5] In fact Solum noted, "Morris' explanation of relative dating is not "somewhat oversimplified" it is entirely incorrect."^[5] A thrust fault is a particular type of fault, or break in the fabric of the Earths crust with resulting movement of each side against the other, in which a lower stratigraphic position is pushed up and over another. ... Adam and Eve, the first human beings according to Genesis. ...

Also, when bringing up Morris' claims of racism in evolutionary thinking, it has been questioned if Morris himself showed racism for asserting that the descendants of Ham "were marked especially for secular service to mankind".^[6] Manifestations Slavery · Racial profiling · Lynching Hate speech · Hate crime · Hate groups Genocide · Holocaust · Pogrom Ethnocide · Ethnic cleansing · Race war Religious persecution · Gay bashing Movements Discriminatory Aryanism · Neo-Nazism · Supremacism Kahanism Anti-discriminatory Abolitionism · Civil rights · Gay rights Womens/Universal suffrage · Mens rights Childrens rights · Youth rights Disability... Curse of Ham (also called the curse of Canaan) refers to the curse that Noah placed upon Canaan (the son of Ham) after Ham saw Noah naked because of drunkenness in his tent. ...

In 1991, Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS) granted the Institute for Creation Research accreditation. This created controversy because the TRACS "board of directors was none other than Henry Morris, founder of ICR."^[7] Four years later TRACS' government recognition was put on probation for 18 months until it complied with staff and accreditation changes. TRACS The Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, or TRACS, is a national accreditation agency located in Forest, Virginia. ...

Massimo Pigliucci criticized Morris for heading the ICR, and allowing it to leave out and ignore material from its self-published works that interferes with its "mission" and "beliefs".^[8] Pigliucci also criticized Morris' intrepretation of thermodynamics.^[9] Dr. Massimo Pigliucci received his doctorate in genetics at the University of Ferrara, Italy, and PhD in botany from the University of Connecticut. ...

Quotes

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Henry M. Morris

• "The only way we can determine the true age of the earth is for God to tell us what it is. And since he has told us, very plainly, in the Holy Scriptures that it is several thousand years of age, and no more, that ought to settle all basic questions of terrestrial chronology." (Remarkable Birth, p. 94)
• "When science and the Bible differ, science has obviously misinterpreted its data."

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Bibliography

Morris' writings

Morris wrote or edited some forty books, including:

• That You Might Believe, self published, 1946
• (with co-author John C. Whitcomb) The Genesis Flood: The Biblical Record and Its Scientific Implications, Presbyterian & Reformed Publishing, Philadelphia, 1961. (ISBN 0-8010-6004-4)
• Applied Hydraulics in Engineering, Ronald Press, New York, 1963.
• Biblical Cosmology and Modern Science, Craig Press, Nutley, New Jersey, 1970. (ISBN 0-8010-5906-2)
• The Remarkable Birth of Planet Earth, Dimension Books, Minneapolis, 1972. (ISBN 0-87123-485-8)
• Many Infallible Proofs, Creation-Life Publishers, San Diego, 1974. (ISBN 0-89051-005-9)
• (ed) Scientific Creationism, Creation-Life Publishers, San Diego, 1974. (ISBN 0-89051-003-2)
• The Genesis Record, A scientific and devotional commentary on the book of beginnings, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, 1976. (ISBN 0-8010-6004-4)
• and Martin E. Clark, The Bible Has The Answer, revised edition, Creation-Life Publishers, San Diego, 1976. (ISBN 0-89051-018-0)
• and Duane T. Gish (eds) The Battle for Creation, Creation-Life Publishers, San Diego, 1976.
• The Scientific Case for Creation, Creation-Life Publishers, San Diego, 1977. (ISBN 0-89051-037-7)
• The Troubled Waters of Evolution, Creation-Life Publishers, San Diego, 1982. (ISBN 0-89051-087-3)
• and Donald H. Rohrer (eds) Creation, the cutting edge, Creation Life Publishers, San Diego, 1982.
• History of Modern Creationism, Master Books, San Diego, 1984. (ISBN 0-89051-102-0)
• and Gary E. Parker, What is Creation Science?, revised edition, Master Books, El Cajon, 1987. (ISBN 0-89051-081-4)
• The Long War Against God: the history and impact of the creation/evolution conflict, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, 1989. (ISBN 0-89051-291-4)
• God and the Nations, Master Books, Green Forest, 2002. (ISBN 0-89051-389-9)
• The Biblical Basis for Modern Science, Master Books, Green Forest, 2002. (ISBN 0-89051-369-4)

John C. Whitcomb Dr John Clement Whitcomb, Jr. ... The Genesis Flood: The Biblical Record and its Scientific Implications is a 1961 book by the young earth creationists John C. Whitcomb and Henry M. Morris. ...

Historical background and assessments

• Ken Campbell, "Some Problems with Creation Science," St. Mark's Review 137 (Autumn 1989) pp. 12-19.
• Livingstone, David N., Darwin's Forgotten Defenders: The Encounter Between Evangelical Theology and Evolutionary Thought, William B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, 1987.
• Moore, James R., The Post-Darwinian Controversies: A Study of the Protestant Struggle to Come to Terms with Darwin in Great Britain and America 1870-1900, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1979.
• Numbers, Ronald L., The Creationists: The Evolution of Scientific Creationism, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1993.
• Numbers, Ronald L., Darwinism Comes To America, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1998.
• Stempien, Richard., and Sarah Coleman, "Processes of Persuasion: The Case of Creation Science," Review of Religious Research 27 (2) (1985) pp. 169-177.
• Van de Fliert, J. R., "Fundamentalism and Fundamentals of Geology," International Reformed Review 32/33 (April 1968), pp. 5-27.
• Young, Davis A., "Some Practical Geological Problems in the Application of the Mature Creation Doctrine," Westminster Theological Journal 35 (1972-73) pp. 268-280.
• Young, Davis A., "Another Look at Mature Creationism," Westminster Theological Journal 37 (3) (1975) pp. 384-389.
• Youngblood, Ronald F. (ed) The Genesis Debate: Persistent Questions about Creation and the Flood, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, 1990.

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