About John D. Morris
Lived 1946 – 2023 (aged 76–77). John D. Morris was a writer and institute for Creation Research.
John David Morris (7 December 1946 – 29 January 2023) was an American young earth creationist. He was the son of "the father of creation science", Henry M. Morris, and served as president of the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) from the time of his father's retirement in 1996 Morris was a creationist author and spoke at a variety of churches. Many of his presentations discussed the fossil record and its relation to evolution.
Biography Morris earned a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from Virginia Tech (1969), a Master of Science from the University of Oklahoma (1977) and a Ph.D. in geological engineering from the University of Oklahoma (1980). In 1984 he joined the Institute for Creation Research and in 1996 he became its president.
Criticism Critics have disputed Morris' claims. For instance, the following statement by Morris:
... elicited the following response from Jim Foley in the TalkOrigins Archive:
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American creationist
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John D. Morris was born in 1946.
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John D. Morris died in 2023.
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John D. Morris was a writer and institute for Creation Research.
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