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In just 257 pages, david montgomery explains why virtually all geologists and many devout christians abandoned believing that the flood of noah sculpted the. A geologist investigates noahs flood, with macarthur fellow and u. Sep 19, 2014 rocks dont lie is the best nonfiction book i have read in a decade. David montgomery encountered a local folktale while on an expedition in tibet. A geologist investigates noahs flood a geologist investigates noahs flood by david r. A geologist investigates noahs flood david montgomery university of washington thursday, february 16 5 pm higgins 300 light refreshments and book signing to follow how the mystery of one of the bibles greatest stories shaped. A geologist investigates noah s flood explores the relationship between catastrophic floods in the distant past, flood legends, noachian flood geology, and geologic discovery over the past several hundred years. Creationists are notorious for distorting or denying the facts of biology evolution, paleontology denying the evidence of evolution in fossils, physics and astronomy denying modern cosmology, and many other fields.
A geologist investigates noahs flood reprint by david r montgomery isbn. The story told of a flood of such power and magnitude that it reshaped the landscape of the worlds deepest river gorge. University of washington geologist david montgomery s new book the rocks don t lie. Parallels are often drawn between the flood waters of these myths and the primaeval waters found in certain creation myths, as the flood waters are described as a measure for the cleansing of humanity, in preparation for rebirth. Department of biology, indiana university, bloomington, in, 47405. A geologist investigates noahs flood is a meticulous, devastating critique of the pseudoscientific origin stories proposedand imposedby american fundamentalist christians. A geologist investigates noah s flood this is a past event. Montgomery heard a local story about a great flood that bore a striking similarity to noah s flood.
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