Peaceful Science ✒ In memory of Glenn Morton (1950-2020), Peaceful Science republished his personal account and testimony of leaving Young-Earth Creationism. 

August 5th, 2020, the geophysicist known for Morton’s Demon, Glenn R. Morton, passed away
In this article, one of many, Glenn explains how his experience in petroleum geology caused him to leave young earth creationism to become an old earth creationist.

For years I struggled to understand how the geological data I worked with everyday could fit into a Biblical perspective. Being a physics major in college I had no geology courses. Thus, as a young Christian, when I was presented with the view that Christians must believe in a young-earth and global flood, I went along willingly. I knew there were problems, but thought I would solve them.

When I graduated from college with a physics degree, 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. Even after a year, physicists were still unemployable. After six months of looking, I finally found work as a geophysicist working for a seismic company. Within a year, I was processing seismic data for Atlantic Richfield.

Continue reading @ Peaceful Science.

Why I Left Young-Earth Creationism

Peaceful Science ✒ In memory of Glenn Morton (1950-2020), Peaceful Science republished his personal account and testimony of leaving Young-Earth Creationism. 

August 5th, 2020, the geophysicist known for Morton’s Demon, Glenn R. Morton, passed away
In this article, one of many, Glenn explains how his experience in petroleum geology caused him to leave young earth creationism to become an old earth creationist.

For years I struggled to understand how the geological data I worked with everyday could fit into a Biblical perspective. Being a physics major in college I had no geology courses. Thus, as a young Christian, when I was presented with the view that Christians must believe in a young-earth and global flood, I went along willingly. I knew there were problems, but thought I would solve them.

When I graduated from college with a physics degree, 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. Even after a year, physicists were still unemployable. After six months of looking, I finally found work as a geophysicist working for a seismic company. Within a year, I was processing seismic data for Atlantic Richfield.

Continue reading @ Peaceful Science.

2 comments:

  1. Wait until he looks up at the night sky, then he will see Christianity like all Abrahamic religions are astrological in origin. From the Sun during the day, to the new moon once a month along with the anthropomorphic stories early Man told himself regarding the night sky.

    Look up Geologist, look up!

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    1. I enjoyed the piece. I guess he wanted to be part of a church rather than a cult: something that believed in a creator but not a young earth creator. Organised ignorance is a blight sent by the biblical god!!!

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