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John Clement Whitcomb, Jr. (born 22 June 1924 in Washington, D.C.) is an American Old Testament theologian and young earth creationist. Whitcomb is co-credited for establishing the modern young earth creationist/creation science movement by co-authoring The Genesis Flood with Henry M. Morris, a book on flood geology.
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Whitcomb graduated from McCallie School in Chattanooga Tennessee in 1942 then went to Princeton University where he gained a BA with honors in ancient and European history in 1948. Whitcomb became a Christian while at Princeton. Then he attended Grace Theological Seminary receiving a B.D. degree (high honors) and received the Th.M. degree in 1953 and Th.D. degree in 1957. Then from 1951 to 1990 he taught at Grace Theological Seminary's Old Testament and Christian Theology departments. Whitcomb and his wife Norma reside in Indianapolis. He serves as president of Whitcomb Ministries, Inc., as an ordained elder in the Conservative Grace Brethren Churches, International, and as a speaker for Answers in Genesis.[1]
The work The Genesis Flood by Whitcomb and Henry M. Morris has been criticized for being scientifically inaccurate.[2] It is argued that the work takes some scientists either out of context or misquotes sources.[3] Some say the writers took sources out of context and left out the date of "millions" without noting the exclusion with an ellipsis.[3]
John G. Solum, a geologist with the USGS, has criticized the work for being inaccurate.[4] Solum noted, "Whitcomb and Morris are mistaken about the nature of the rocks associated with thrust faults. Their claim about fossils is based on a YEC misunderstanding of how rocks are dated relative to each other, and how the geologic column was constructed" and, "Morris' explanation of relative dating is not "somewhat oversimplified", it is entirely incorrect."[4]