Jump to content

John D. Morris

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 41.133.47.252 (talk) at 15:56, 28 November 2010 (→‎Criticism). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

John Morris
Born
John D. Morris

1946
OccupationPresident of the Institute for Creation Research
PredecessorHenry M. Morris

John David Morris[2] (born 1946) is an American young earth creationist. He is the son of "the father of creation science", Henry M. Morris, and after his father's death became the president of the Institute for Creation Research (ICR). Morris is a creationist author and speaks at a variety of churches.[3] Many of his presentations discuss the fossil record and its relation to evolution. [4]

Morris has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech (1969), a M.S., University of Oklahoma (1977), and a Ph.D., University of Oklahoma (1980) in Geological Engineering.[5]

Criticism

Critics have disputed some of Morris's claims. For instance, the following claim of Morris':

From the neck down, certain clues suggested to Johanson that Lucy (Australopithecines) walked a little more erect than today's chimps. This conclusion, based on his interpretation of the partial hip bone and a knee bone, has been hotly contested by many paleoanthropologists.[6]

[unreliable source?]

...elicited the following response from Jim Foley in TalkOrigins Archive:

Almost everything in this quote is a distortion (Johanson's and Lucy's names are about the only exceptions). "Certain clues suggested" doesn't mention that the whole find screamed "bipedality" to every qualified scientist who looked at it. "a little more erect", when everyone believes that Lucy was fully erect. "the partial hip bone and a knee bone", when Lucy included almost a complete pelvis and leg (taking mirror imaging into account, and excluding the foot). "has been hotly contested", when no reputable paleoanthropologist denies that Lucy was bipedal. The debates are about whether she was also arboreal, and about how similar the biomechanics of her locomotion was to that of humans. Given that we have most of Lucy's leg and pelvis, one has to wonder what sort of fossil evidence it would take to convince creationists of australopithecine bipedality.[7]

[unreliable source?]

In 1996 Morris claimed that the creationist belief that the human and dinosaur footprints were found in the Paluxy River was "at best, ambiguous" and that Duane Gish of the ICR asserted they "are" human and dinosaur tracks together.[8][unreliable source?] <-- A Wikipedia internal link which doesn't mention this --> Massimo Pigliucci, citing various volumes of research wrote "there is no controversy surrounding the prints, only the creationists' stubborn refusal to bow to the evidence."[9][unreliable source?]

Works

  • Noah's Ark and the Ararat Adventure. Master Books. 1988. ISBN 0-89051-166-7.
  • What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs?. Master Books. 1990. ISBN 0-89051-159-4.
  • The Young Earth. Master Books. 1994. ISBN 0-89051-174-8.
  • The Modern Creation Trilogy: Scripture and Creation, Science and Creation, Society and Creation. Master Books. 1996. ISBN 0-89051-216-7.
  • A Trip to the Ocean. Master Books. 2000. ISBN 0-89051-285-X.
  • The Geology Book. Master Books. 2000. ISBN 0-89051-281-7.

References

  1. ^ "Charity Navigator Rating for ICR". Charity Navigator. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
  2. ^ British Library (1983). The British Library general catalogue of printed books 1976 to 1982. London ;: K. G. Saur. p. 192. ISBN 3-598-30500-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ^ "Intelligent Design:Strengths, Weaknesses,and the Differences" (PDF). Institute for Creation Research. 7 July 2007. Retrieved 2006-12-11. page 5
  4. ^ John Morris (2010). The Fossil Record: A Problem for Evolution (TV Broadcast). Waukesha, WI: VCY America.
  5. ^ "John D. Morris". Answers in Genesis. 2008. Retrieved 2006-12-11. page 5
  6. ^ Morris (1994) quoted in Creationist Arguments: Australopithecines, TalkOrigins Archive
  7. ^ Creationist Arguments: Australopithecines, Jim Foley, TalkOrigins Archive
  8. ^ Massimo Pigliucci. Denying Evolution: Creationism, Scientism, and the Nature of Science. (Sinauer, 2002): ISBN 0878936599 page 246
  9. ^ Massimo Pigliucci. Denying Evolution: Creationism, Scientism, and the Nature of Science. (Sinauer, 2002): ISBN 0878936599 page 246

External links

Template:Persondata


Stub icon

This biography of an American theology academic is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This creationism-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_D._Morris&oldid=399336977"