John Morris



Dr. John Morris, is a creation scientist and educator with a specialization in Geological engineering. He is the current President of the Institute for Creation Research, and son of the late Henry Morris whose seminal work is viewed by many to have initiated the modern creation science movement. John joined the faculty of ICR in 1984, and has served as the President since 1996. He has also led numerous expeditions to Mt. Ararat in search of Noah’s Ark.

Dr. Morris received his B.S. in Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech in 1969 and his M.S. in Geological Engineering at the University of Oklahoma in 1977. He received his Doctorate in Geological Engineering at the University of Oklahoma in 1980. Dr. Morris can be heard each day on the Back to Genesis radio program. He is the author of numerous books, including The Young Earth. Dr. Morris taught geology at the University of Oklahoma before joining the faculty of the ICR.

As a geologist, I am convinced that the surface of the earth appears to have been shaped and remolded in the past by an incredibly dynamic watery cataclysm. The biblical Flood provides the key. If such a Flood happened, as the Bible says it happened, then it would have accomplished great geologic work. It would have eroded material from one location and deposited it in another, and in those muddy sediments would be animals and plants which had died in that Flood. Over time, those sediments would have hardened into sedimentary rock, and the dead things would have hardened into fossils. Thus, from a flood geology perspective, the rocks and fossils are the results of the Flood of Noah’s day.

Noah's ark expeditions

 * Main article: Noah's ark expeditions

John Morris has made thirteen visits to Mt. Ararat in search of Noah's ark. He went on his first expedition in 1972 along with John Bultema, Roger Losier, John Seiter, and Bill Ellison. When invited to join Eryl Cummings in 1982, Morris formed a separate expedition group sponsored by the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) that would work in conjuction with the Cummings and James Irwin. After allowing the Cummings group to explore the mountain, however, Turkish officials were reluctant to let another group in. Therefore, the ICR expedition was delayed and unable to join the Cummings-Irwin group.

On his many expeditions, Dr. Morris and his associates took thousands of pictures of Mt. Ararat, both from on foot and from the air. Helicopters were often used to take pictures, when weather and the Turkish government permitted it. Several times, the searchers noticed mysterious "boat-like" objects that might have been the ark, but after further inspection, the objects turned out to be natural formations. Expeditions have dug down into the glacier on Ararat in search of the ark and have used scientific equipment to search for objects hidden in the ice, but no signs of the ark were uncovered. Morris continues to hope that the ark may be preserved somewhere on Ararat or in the vicinity, and a large portion of the mountain remains to be searched.

Updates on the Search for Noah's Ark:
 * Noah's Ark the Search Goes On by John D. Morris, Ph.D., Acts & Facts, Feb 1, 1983.
 * The Search for Noah's Ark: 1983 by John D. Morris, Ph.D., Acts & Facts, Nov 1, 1983
 * A Report on the ICR Ararat Expedition, 1987 by John D. Morris, Ph.D., Acts & Facts, Jan 1, 1988.
 * The Search for Noah's Ark: Status 1992 by John D. Morris, Ph.D., Acts & Facts, Sep 1, 1992.
 * Progress In The Ark Search by John D. Morris, Ph.D., Acts & Facts, Feb 1, 2002.

Professional data
Education
 * B.S., Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA, 1969
 * M.S., University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 1977
 * Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 1980

Honors
 * Department of Health, Education & Welfare Mining and Mineral Fuels Fellowship, 1975-76; 1976-77; *1977-78; 1978-79.
 * Phillips Petroleum Graduate Fellowship, 1979-80.
 * Oklahoma Mining & Minerals Research Institute Research Grant, 1979-80; 81-82.
 * Sun Oil Teaching Award, 1980; 198

Publications
Books
 * The Global Flood ISBN 9781935587125
 * Footprints in the Ash Master Books. 2003. ISBN 0890514003
 * Noah's Ark and the Ararat Adventure. Master Books. 1988. ISBN 0-89051-166-7.
 * What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs?. Master Books. 1990. ISBN 0-89051-159-4.
 * The Young Earth. Master Books. 1994. ISBN 0-89051-174-8.
 * The Modern Creation Trilogy: Scripture and Creation, Science and Creation, Society and Creation. Master Books. 1996. ISBN 0-89051-216-7.
 * A Trip to the Ocean. Master Books. 2000. ISBN 0-89051-285-X.
 * The Geology Book. Master Books. 2000. ISBN 0-89051-281-7.

Articles
 * Does The Human Embryo Go Through Animal Stages? by John D. Morris, Acts & Facts, Aug 1, 1989.
 * John Morris, geological engineering Religion and Origins Testimony #11, In Six Days, edited by John Ashton, ISBN: 0890513414.
 * The Paluxy River Mystery by John D. Morris, Acts & Facts, Jan 1, 1986.
 * Why Does Nearly Every Culture Have a Tradition of a Global Flood John D. Morris, Acts & Facts, September 2001.

Secular Science Journals
 * Pressure Generation Inside Coal Pellets Agglomerated from Coal Fines Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1980.
 * Relationship Between Coal Petrography and Optimum Coking Temperature, Special Publication, Okalahoma
 * Slope Stability in Oklahoma Strip Mines, with A. K. Nikmanesh, Special Publication: Oklahoma Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute, Norman, Oklahoma 1982.
 * "Extending Present Coal Reserves with Self-Bursting Coal Pellets" Bulletin, American Association of
 * Petroleum Geologists, Geologists Convention Abstracts, Vol. 67, No. 3, March 1983, pp. 519-520.
 * Bursting Coal Pellets and a Method of Making Them, patent granted April 1, 1983

Videos

 * Fossil Record: A Problem for Evolution Seattle Creation Conference, October 2010.
 * The Young Earth Seattle Creation Conference, October 2010.

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