The Fraudulent Young Earth Theory or Philosophy

1. The Fraudulent Young Earth Theory or Philosophy
Where Did The Young Earth Philosophy Originate? The following excerpt is taken from Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2002.

"In fact, with one prominent exception, virtually all of the leading creationists of the 1920s endorsed either the Day-Age or Gap Interpretation of Genesis. THE EXCEPTION was Seventh- Day Adventist teacher and amateur geologist, George McCready Price, WHO FOLLOWED Adventist Prophet, Ellen G. White, in limiting the history of life on earth to about 6,000 years. Price attributed most fossil-bearing rock formations to the geological disruptions of the Biblical flood."

Note: It appears that both Price and Ellen G. White held that BOTH the earth and human life have existed for only about 6,000 years. The same encyclopedia further states under the heading "RECENT TRENDS" the following:

"Flood geology gained wider acceptance after the publication of "The Genesis Flood" (1961) jointly authored by conservative Biblical scholar, John C. Whitcomb, Jr., and hydraulic engineer, Henry M. Morris. This immensely influential book promoted Price's views as fundamentalist orthodoxy, and prompted the formation in 1963 of the Creation Research Society. The society is dedicated to the promotion of what has come to be known as young-earth Creationism (by contrast with old-earth Creationism associated with the Day-Age and Gap theories). The most distinctive feature of young-earth creationism is its reliance on catastrophism, the doctrine that large-scale changes the earth's crust are to be explained by violent, unrepeatable geologic events, such as the Genesis flood."

Now, let us analyze the preceding information.