Henry Morris

{{crenav|1}}{{hatnote|This article is about the founder of the [[Institute for Creation Research]]. For other pages named Morris, see [[Morris]].}}{{cquote|''When science and the [[Bible]] differ, science has obviously misinterpreted its data.''|||Henry M. Morris, outlining the central problem with creationists' "thought" <ref>http://adultthought.ucsd.edu/Culture_War/The_American_Taliban.html</ref>}}

'''Henry M. Morris''' (October 6, 1918 – February 25, 2006) was the original modern [[young-Earth creationist]]. His 1961 book ''The Genesis Flood'', co-written with John C. Whitcomb, served as the seminal text for the budding creationist movement.<ref>''The Genesis Flood: The Biblical Record and Its Scientific Implications'' by  John C. Whitcomb Jr. & Henry M. Morris (1961) Presbyterian & Pub. Co. ISBN 0825433266.</ref> He coined the term "[[scientific creationism]]". The book was largely a restatement of George McCready Price's book ''The New Geology'' (1923).<ref>[http://documents.adventistarchives.org/Books/NG1923.pdf ''The New Geology: A Textbook for Colleges, Normal Schools, and Training Schools; and for the General Reader''] by George McCready Price (1923). Pacific Press Publishing Association.</ref>

Morris trained as an [[engineer]],<ref>https://archive.ph/GgBPV</ref>{{efn|[[Engineers and woo| What is it about engineers?]]}} receiving a B.S. in civil engineering from Rice University in 1939 and a Ph.D. in hydraulic engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1950.<ref>https://archive.ph/trWDf</ref>{{efn|This [[anecdata]] is consistent with the [[Salem hypothesis]].}}

Morris's spiritual heirs have had the edge worn off their works by exposure to the real world. Morris' works are vastly more unashamedly batshit insane than the typical run of 21<sup>st</sup>-century creationism.

==Creationism==
Morris founded such [[pseudoscientific]] organizations as the [[Creation Research Society]] and the [[Institute for Creation Research]]. These institutions suffered major infighting as their various founders duked it out over disputes in [[theology]], rather than just agree to disagree as most proper scientists would have done.

He was also one of the first to attempt modifications to the [[philosophy of science]] so as to characterize science as a complete [[worldview]], or religion, which is of course a colossal [[straw man]] (see our article on [[secular religion]]s).

==Racism==
Morris may have been a believer in the old [[racist]] myth of the [[Curse of Ham]], holding that those people who were not Semitic or "Japhetic" (white European) were Hamitic, and "possessed of a genetic character concerned mainly with mundane matters, they have eventually been displaced by the intellectual and philosophical acumen of the Japhethites and the religious zeal of the Semites."<ref>[[Talk.Origins]]: [http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/racism.html Is the ICR's Henry Morris racist?], by Richard Trott.</ref>

However, by 2002 Morris had apparently adopted the standard "[[Charles Darwin#Was Darwin racist?|racism comes from evolution]]" line,<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zo5qc2rqog Looking Back & Pressing Forward - Dr. Henry Morris - Part 1]</ref> showing that he certainly didn't think of himself as racist at this point. [[Psychological projection]] might also be at work, though.

==See also==
*[[Flood geology]]
*''[[Scientific Creationism (book)|Scientific Creationism]]'' (the book)

==External links==
*[http://www.christiananswers.net/creation/people/morris-h.html Who's who in Creation/Evolution: Henry M. Morris]
*[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D5FKGLU?keywords=ronald%20numbers%20creationists&qid=1453239975&ref_=sr_1_2&sr=8-2 The Creationists: From Scientific Creationism to Intelligent Design, Expanded Edition], by {{wpl|Ronald Numbers}}

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