>> Foundation, Fall and Flood: A harmonization of Genesis and Science
>> Glenn R. Morton
>> [Reviewed by Bill Hamilton]
>> Some implications of this scenario may seem unsettling. For example,
>> so-called modern man did not appear on the scene until some 10,000 years
>> ago, implying that Adam and his descendants, including Noah, were most
>> likely one of the earlier hominids, such as homo habilis. However, this
>> does not imply that Noah was some sort of subhuman. The physical
>> differences between these hominids and later men do not necessarily imply
>> that they were genetically different. Dogs are all the same species. But
>> a fossilized Chihuahua might be mistaken for a different species from a
>> fossilized Malamute if dogs were not extant today and these two fossils
>> were found. Furthermore, fossil differences cannot tell us whether modern
>> man and earlier hominids were different spiritually.
I went to a recent seminar by Kent Hovind, a young earth creationist.
Hovind told an exciting tale of pre-flood supermen with no genetic flaws
growing 10 or 11 feet tall, breathing superoxygenated air, living many
hundreds of years, thinking with all of their brain instead of whatever
small fraction we use now, and so on. It's an uphill battle to lure the
average YEC follower from this dazzling fantasy with an image of Noah as
a small brained user of stone tools (whatever his spiritual attributes).
Sad, because unlike the young-earthers, Glenn is making an honest
attempt to address the evidence.
BTW, how much is the book?
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