Dr John AshtonÕs 1999 book:  In Six Days: Why 50 Scientists choose to believe in Creation[1], grew from an interaction of spoken thoughts at a public lecture on the evidence for the biblical version of creation presented at Macquarie University in Sydney in the mid 1990Õs.

 

John says in his Preface that Òa research scientist stood up and stated something along the lines that he did not believe any scientist with a PhD would advocate a literal interpretation of the six days of creation.  In reply, the meeting chairman offered the names of two well known scientists who he said, espoused belief in the biblical account.  This incident stimulated me to research this book.

 

            Why would educated scientists still believe in creation?  Why wouldnÕt they prefer to believe in Darwinian evolution or even theistic evolution, where an all powerful intelligence is seen as directing the evolutionary process?  Could scientists believe that life on earth is probably less than 10,000 years old?  How would they deal with the evidence from the fossil record and the ages suggested by the radioactive dating of rocks as millions and billions of years old?  The essays in this book raise issues which are hotly debated among scientists and educators and they offer a different perspective on our approach to scientific education.

 

During the past century, the biblical story of Genesis was relegated to the status of a religious myth and it was widely held that only those uneducated in science or scientific methods would seriously believe such a myth.  However, my experience in organising this book, is that there are a growing number of highly educated critically thinking scientists who have serious doubts about evidence for Darwinian evolution and who have chosen to believe in the biblical version of Creation.

 

In this book 50 scientists explain their reasons for this choice.  All the contributors have an earned doctorate from a State recognised university in Australia, USA, UK, Canada, South Africa or Germany.  They include university professors and researchers, geologists, zoologists, biologists, botanists, physicists, chemists, mathematicians, medical researchers and engineers.

 

The 50 scientists who contributed to this effort gave their personal response to the question: ÔWhy do you believe in a literal six day biblical Creation as the origin of life on earth?Õ . . . .

 

John concludes his Preface by saying ÒHaving reviewed the discussions posed by these scientists, in the light of my own education and experience, I am convinced that a literal understanding of the Genesis account of Creation is the most reasonable explanation out of all the current theories of how we came to be here.Ó

 

John F. Ashton

Sydney Australia.

 

You can buy the book at: https://answersingenesis.org/answers/books/in-six-days/  If this stops working: please copy & paste the address into your browser – the address works!

 

OR  you can read it on-line at the same site.

 

OR you can download the chapters for each of the scientists you choose, again at the same site.

 

 

 

 



[1] Published in Australia by New Holland Publishers, Sydney, Auckland, London, Cape Town.