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Dr. Henry Morris has died
http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2006/0225morris.asp ^ | February 25, 2006

Posted on 02/26/2006 1:26:29 PM PST by Tim Long

Dr. Henry Morris, founder and president emeritus of the Institute for Creation Research and the “father” of the modern creationist movement (especially with The Genesis Flood, which he co-authored in the early 1960s) had in recent days suffered a series of debilitating small strokes, and passed into the presence of his Creator and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Saturday evening (February 25).

Dr. Morris, 87, had been receiving care in a San Diego area convalescent hospital. According to his son, Dr. Henry Morris III (Executive Vice President of the Institute for Creation Research), the elder Dr. Morris “remained cogent and alert up until the last few moments. My brother John (President of ICR), my sister Mary, and my sister Rebecca were with him just prior to his passing.”

In a note emailed late Saturday night to ICR board members and friends of the family, Dr. Morris III shared that “Dad has had a wonderfully full life, much blessed by our Lord, and we are rejoicing and celebrating his ‘well done’ now in the presence of his Lord.”

Ken Ham, president of Answers in Genesis–USA and co-founder of Answers in Genesis–Australia, wrote to AiG leadership that

Dr. Morris is one of my heroes of the faith. He is the man the Lord raised up as the father of the modern creationist movement. The famous book The Genesis Flood, co-authored by Dr. Morris and Dr. Whitcomb, was the book the Lord used to really launch the modern creationist movement around the world. It was the first major creation book I read, and had a special place, therefore, in the beginnings of the creationist movement in Australia. Our prayers are with the family. Please pray for the family, the staff of the Institute for Creation Research, and for all those whose lives continue to be changed by the many books and articles authored by this great man of God during his long and productive life.

Please check our home page for any updated announcements.


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To: Tim Long

He will be greatly missed.


21 posted on 02/26/2006 2:01:10 PM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: zeeba neighba

Thanks, zn. He's at peace now and knows the truth of his life's work.


22 posted on 02/26/2006 2:04:54 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: RunningWolf
"I was not familiar with him thanks for the article."
He had served for many years as Professor of Hydraulic Engineering at the Virgina Polytechnicc Institute in Virgina. He then maintain staff positions elsewhere at universities as well as authored books of reasons for a created world/universe/living things verse evolutionary concepts. He helped form more then one group to gather like minded scientist/engineers/ to research and publish things they felt back up a reason to believe in a creation, and basically young earth model. In all he based on my personal readings tried to be fair. I do not think I ever read a verse where he was mean spirited or bashed the other side. In short a gentlemen with strong convictions he felt should be shared based on solid science and engeineering principles.
23 posted on 02/26/2006 2:12:58 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned)
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To: Junior; PatrickHenry

Archive?


24 posted on 02/26/2006 3:00:40 PM PST by BMCDA (If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it,we would be so simple that we couldn't)
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To: Tim Long
and passed into the presence of his Creator and Savior, Jesus Christ

I always wonder about that wording. What about the rest of the Trinity?

25 posted on 02/26/2006 3:06:38 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: BearWash

Well he didn't exclude the rest of the Trinity.


26 posted on 02/26/2006 3:16:01 PM PST by Tim Long (I spit in the face of people who don't want to be cool.)
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To: Tim Long
I was not aware of Dr. Morris but do offer prayers.

In trying to answer my own question, I found that Wikipedia has an interesting section for anyone who might be interested.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity
27 posted on 02/26/2006 3:22:19 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: BearWash

I suppose some of us have the presence of the Pneuma right here.

And I foggily recall a scripture stating that noone has seen the Father.


28 posted on 02/26/2006 3:38:34 PM PST by Donald Meaker (You don't drive a car looking through the rear view mirror, but you do practice politics that way.)
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To: Donald Meaker

Give it a break.


29 posted on 02/26/2006 3:44:00 PM PST by Aloysius88 (Så er det, at jeg siger: Ytringsfrihed er ytringsfrihed er ytringsfrihed. Der er intet men.)
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To: Donald Meaker

Is that what passes for intelligent debate in liberal schools these days?


30 posted on 02/26/2006 4:02:27 PM PST by driftdiver
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To: Tim Long
He was a wonderful, humble man who will be greatly missed.

Prayers for the family.

31 posted on 02/26/2006 4:05:30 PM PST by Gritty
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To: BMCDA

Certainly, as I expect a "deluge" of posts on this one...


32 posted on 02/26/2006 4:08:07 PM PST by Junior (Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)
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To: BearWash

You referenced another statement -- "and passed into the presence of his Creator and Savior, Jesus Christ"

And then said -- "I always wonder about that wording. What about the rest of the Trinity?"

Well, it's true, there are three in the Trinity -- but only one is fully Man *and* fully God. Thus Jesus Christ is like us, in that He is fully Man.

God the Father has only been seen by the Son and the Son has shown the Father to us. No man has seen the Father, unless they have seen the Son.

Likewise, the Holy Spirit has been compared to the wind, not knowing where it comes from and where it goes.

Thus, it makes the most sense in that he will be in the "presence" of the Son, Jesus Christ -- as Christ says He will be with us "always".

Regards,
Star Traveler


33 posted on 02/26/2006 4:57:52 PM PST by Star Traveler
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To: Star Traveler

Then who did Abraham see when he received the three visitors, who I believe were revealed to be God and two angels, before the destruction of Sodom? And could you provide a verse for the fully God, fully Man statement? I have long heard that.


34 posted on 02/26/2006 5:08:02 PM PST by Tim Long (I spit in the face of people who don't want to be cool.)
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To: Star Traveler
The Wikipedia link led me to some interesting reading.

Amazing how many variations of the Trinity theme occur among Catholicism, Protestantism, Orthodox, Mormon, etc.
35 posted on 02/26/2006 5:19:34 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: Richard Kimball

I feel much the same, the best argument against Evolution is those who propose/suppose intelligent design.


36 posted on 02/26/2006 5:25:26 PM PST by Donald Meaker (You don't drive a car looking through the rear view mirror, but you do practice politics that way.)
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To: zeeba neighba
Thanks for the ping.

2Ti 4:18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve [me] unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen.

37 posted on 02/26/2006 5:32:45 PM PST by AndrewC (Darwinian logic -- It is just-so if it is just-so)
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To: Tim Long
If you read Genesis again, you will see the phrase several times in the Abraham story: and God appeared before him. Some literalists will have to find away to reconcile this with th fact that no man can see God and live. this being a reference to the holiness of God.

One way to explain it is that the phrase is used to signify Abraham's deepening spiritual awareness, which grows each time the phrase is used. The torah commentary says that the three visitors were angels, and I believe the KJV also says this.

38 posted on 02/26/2006 5:33:26 PM PST by zeeba neighba (What I'm reading now: The Magic Pudding (The Magic Pudding is a pie, except when it's something else)
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To: Tim Long

I wish he could have lived long enough to see the day when the SCOTUS rules that Darwinism must be tossed out of the schools. We're just one vote away from it happening ... and he gets much of the credit! Every conservative should say a prayer of thanks tonight for the legacy he left.


39 posted on 02/26/2006 5:38:01 PM PST by Greg o the Navy (Al Qaeda's willing American allies: DemonRats & Liberals)
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To: Greg o the Navy
We're just one vote away from it happening ...

I wouldn't go so far as to say that. No one has ruled that Creationism or even intelligent design is fit for teaching yet.

40 posted on 02/26/2006 6:44:25 PM PST by Tim Long (I spit in the face of people who don't want to be cool.)
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