where did all the water go?

[Dream]

So, Juantoo. Have you read either of Glen Morton's book? Taking a look at the site you posted, it looks at first like a faith-killer (but its not intended to be). In fact Glen Morton nearly proves on his site that the evidence refuses any correlation between Noah and the sciences, whatsoever. Then he says his books are my salvation - a way that I can interpret the flood both Biblically and Scientifically. Just when I thought all was lost Glen Morton gave me relief, but I'm wondering if you've already read his books since they're 30$. What's the scoop?

[juantoo3]

Originally Posted by Dream

So, Juantoo. Have you read either of Glen Morton's book? Taking a look at the site you posted, it looks at first like a faith-killer (but its not intended to be). In fact Glen Morton nearly proves on his site that the evidence refuses any correlation between Noah and the sciences, whatsoever. Then he says his books are my salvation - a way that I can interpret the flood both Biblically and Scientifically. Just when I thought all was lost Glen Morton gave me relief, but I'm wondering if you've already read his books since they're 30$. What's the scoop?

Fair enough question. I wasn't aware he had written any books per se, let alone for sale. All of his material I have read came off the web from this site and the one he had previously.

I'm not selling anything. If it helps and its still available, Morton has an essay that explains his point of view.

I became a Christian in my sophomore year of college. The people who had led me to the Lord immediately began my discipleship. They taught me to evangelize and they taught me what they felt a Christian should believe. But most importantly they were a loving family of believers which was a welcome oasis for someone like me whose home life had been less than familial. Thus, when I was told that Christians must believe in a young-earth and a global flood, I went along willingly. I believed. Being a physics major in college I had not taken any geology courses. I knew there were physics problems, but I thought I could to solve them.
When I graduated from college, physicists were unemployable since NASA had just laid a bunch of them off. I did graduate work in philosophy and then decided to leave school to support my growing family. After six months, I found work as a geophysicist working for a seismic company. Within a year, I was processing seismic data for a major oil company.
This was where I first became exposed to the problems geology presented to the idea of a global flood.

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I like Morton's work because it is not the spastic knee jerk bid to put the Bible narrative as the reality and build the facts around it. Rather he starts with the evidence (as any student should) and shows how the Bible narrative "fits." He has some absolutely amazing if dry and intellectual essays dealing with evolution and Adam, which is how I first stumbled on his work.

I have even heard atheists give Morton's scholarship praise, and his work is peer reviewed and frequently published in various trade journals. That's saying something when an atheist recognizes the research of a Christian.

[Dream]

Yeah. It says something both for him and the atheists. I've had a similar experience to him, although it was much less involved. I used to get ICR pamphlets when I was a teen. I started to see the guys at ICR as head-bangers. They were coming up with some foo-foo proofs that earth was young -- like just anything. They tried to estimate the rate of escape of Helium from the earth's crust, second-guess the half life of Plutonium, etc (well I guess that's still debatable). The upshot was that it was just not credible, and legitimate researchers were writing legitimate exposes against ICR materials. It was terribly disappointing. It was the blind leading the blind, and still is. I hope it wasn't intentional, but it was certainly negligent. It also created an equal and opposite response from the scientific community -- an outpouring of vehemence that can only be described as a social big bang.

Anyway, thanks for the link!

[China Cat Sunflower]

Interesting Links, Juan. Thanks.

Chris