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The Genesis Flood: The Biblical Record and Its Scientific Implications

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A classic! Friends and foes of Biblical truth both agree that this seminal book was largely responsible for triggering the modern revival of interest in creationism.

Even though most of its scientific content has been superceded by more recent creation science, it still provides a useful framework for understanding Flood Geology. The theological portion of this book is invaluable for showing the incorrectness of compromising evangelicals who try to twist Scripture to make it fit a local flood instead of the indisputably global Noachian Deluge. A must read!

God bless this wonderful book and its authors forever. It was instrumental in turning me at age 46 into a Bible-believer, and generated in me an abiding fascination with the "science fiction" of macroevolution and its essential prop, uniformitarian geology.

My first copy was the second edition, and its preface, relating some of the more notable responses to the first edition, is one of the funniest things I've ever read. My favorite anecdote is about the author of a highly critical review whose triumphant crowning argument against the Genesis account went like this:

(1) the Bible says the waters rose above the highest mountain,
(2) the highest mountain is Everest at ~29000 feet,
(3) at that altitude the oxygen is so thin that Noah & family could hardly have moved about, much less cared for thousands of animals!

His zinger was received with glee in ET circles and widely recounted by science teachers to their classes until someone--probably an alert 4th grader--said, "Uhhh, wait a minute....altitude...is calculated from, umm..."

I too would love to see the book updated to reflect later research; partly because I'd like to have the authors' analyses of recent findings, but mostly because I'm utterly confident that true science will always & only confirm the book's thesis.

An absolute must-read even unrevised. Lots of techical data I had to spend some time on, but the book never forgets that its target audience is the intelligent layman. And it obviously has connected with enough of that vast audience to start a revolt that's about to blow the roof off the illusory edifice of scientific naturalism.

Had you asked me a year ago, I would have said that the Biblical story of Noah could not possibly be taken literally. Now I have been forced to reconsider my position.

The authors did what I have never seen or heard before: used the scientific evidence rather than ignoring it. One question I would like to pose for the casual reader: how is it possible we have massive fossil deposits of extinct animals (dinosaurs, et cetera) from millions of years ago, yet no fossil deposits of modern animals? That is a question that made me wonder why I hadn't heard it before.

Despite the statements of some reviewers, who based on their reviews didn't seem to have read the book in depth, the authors do use scientific evidence to back up their position. It isn't the usual assertion that we must believe the Bible because the Bible says so.

I would recommend this book to everyone; and I plan to present these arguments to geologists and challenge them to refute them.

Of course, you should read this for yourself before you decide.

One-star reviews indicate that prejudice, rather than scientific criticism, is alive and well. I would not give Darwin's Origin a one star simply because I disagree with it. I do, however, appreciate when an evolutionist at least takes the time to read the "other side".

This is one of the first contemporary books on the subject, possibly the book that started the modern creation movement, giving a scientific basis for the Genesis flood. This is not for those with short attention spans. Heavily footnoted and very comprehensive, it covers the gamut of science and creation, looking at the geological world of today in light of what we would expect to find after a global flood.

Dr Whitcomb conclusively demonstrates the scientific basis for the Genesis flood, casting strong doubts on the foundations of evolution. Evolutionists tend to discuss their theory more in philosophical terms than scientific. Dr. Whitcomb presents the Genesis flood from solid and current (as of 1960) scientific evidence.

Dr. Henry Morris, who died early this year, earned his doctorate in hydraulic engineering and was a respected educator and writer in his field. His book, Applied Hydraulics in Engineering, was a standard in colleges for nearly forty years--quite a feat for an engineering textbook. I doubt the critics of this book can boast the same authority. Like most creationists, Dr Morris started out as an evolutionist/gradualist, only switching because creationism better explained the geological phenomena he observed.

It is indeed in need of updating, but is a starting point for understanding this subject. Radiocarbon dating is still inconclusive a half century later, and in fact needs other corroborating evidence for a date, and even has to be correlated regionally. It is based on three assumptions--the rate of decay has remained constant, the original content of the sample is known, and no contamination of the sample has occurred. Hydrology still fails to explain the formation of the Grand Canyon (if viewed as millions of years old). This geological formation is a mile-deep, winding river--impossible by our understanding of water action. Either it is a shallow and wide meandering stream or a straight, deep rushing river, but not both. The Colorado River could not have cut this canyon through solid rock. Drs Whitcomb and Morris give a scientific, not wishful or philosophical, explanation of its formation. For more myth-busting on the formation of the Grand Canyon, read Dr Walt Brown's In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood (7th Edition).

Unfortunately, the evidence will fall on deaf ears for the person unwilling to read this with an open mind, insisting that naturalism, itself based on unproven assumptions, is all there is. The more evolution accepts catastrophic causes, such as the Yucatan meteor theory, the more it is abandoning its gradualist foundation (and unwittingly supporting creationism) yet reluctant to admit it.

If you're not afraid to think for yourself, read this book. :-) I only give it 4 stars because it's a little outdated. Not outdated in the sense of hopelessly archaic, just that it was first printed in the 1960s.

This is a wonderful book full of information that supports the biblical account of creation. To me, it was a little technical and tedious which made the reading less enjoyable. That is why I gave it 3 stars instead of 5. For a person who likes that sort of reading I would give it a 5 star rating. For this reason I would not recomment this particular book for teenagers or children. There are others that these men have written that are more to the point,less techinal and easier to read. This book contains volumes of factual scientific information that has been handled honestly. To the true searcher of facts I would highly recomment this book.

I am saying this as a creationist: This book needs to be updated. It is just too out of date. Morris' refutation of radiometric dating is that decay rates are innaccurate and unproven. That is because 40 years ago when this book was written radiochronology was new. Now I agree that radiometric dating is unreliable because there are too many unknowns in our assumptions about what should be in a sample that we measure, but it is simply a fact that we can measure them accurately. Aside from this point, most the bibliographic references in this book are all from the 50s. It is simply not usable as an evangelistic tool. Creationists need to abandon this book for one that is based on current research.

The book shipped promptly with little damage to the cover, (To be expected from a book this age) but still in great condition.

The science in this book is solid. Talk about a classic. Well worth the wait to get the book. Well worth the read. Put together by some REAL scientists. Also, timely shipping by the sellers. The Genesis Flood The Biblical Record and Its Scientific Implications

This is a great book. It is worth reading today even though originally written more than 50 years ago. It shed a great deal of light onto the failures of uniformatarianism and set up a great foundation for a biblical framework geology. I agree with other reviewers that this book should be updated. The subject of plate tectonics wasn't even an issue when originally written. A new book with updated geological information and data would be a great addition for anyone intrested in geology. This book is a true classic and is worth buying. Every library should have a copy.