John Woodmorappe
Encyclopedia
John Woodmorappe is the pen name
of Jan Peczkis, an author who has published several articles and books with the creation science
groups Answers in Genesis
and the Institute for Creation Research
. His main works are Noah's Ark: A Feasibility Study and the The Mythology of Modern Dating Methods. He has also written several articles in creationist journals.
Woodmorappe's analysis of the requirements for feeding the animals relies heavily on comparison with mass production farming. Glenn Morton, who is specifically mentioned in Woodmorappe's book, claims that such comparison cannot be applied, as the care of thousands of animals that require all the same food (farming) is vastly different from the care of thousands of different animals that require vastly different food sources (on board the ark).
Woodmorappe analysed several methods of waste management, as used in industrial farming, and also stated that some animals have been trained to defecate on command. Morton argues that Woodmorappe's suggestion that Noah
and his family could have trained the animals beforehand to assist in ways such as urinating and defecating on demand into buckets is ridiculous, stating that "this, of course, makes Noah the greatest animal trainer in history."
Morton offers other criticisms in his review of the book. Woodmorappe has also offered a further rebuttal to Morton's response.
Morton does commend the work’s thoroughness and scope and recommends that “anyone with a serious interest in the ark and its problems, or a student of the creationist movement should obtain a copy."
results, and criticizing the geologist data of a 4.5 billion year earth date rather than the 6,000 years that Woodmorappe claims.
Steven H. Schimmrich criticized the work, claiming misrepresentation of terms, "highly inflammatory rhetoric," and "superficial treatment of data."
Geologist Dr. Kevin R. Henke from the University of Kentucky
has written over forty articles which criticize Woodmorappe's statements on geology, various radiometric methods and the overall capabilities of radiometric dating, and accusing him of misquoting sources to support his arguments.
Pen name
A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...
of Jan Peczkis, an author who has published several articles and books with the creation science
Creation science
Creation Science or scientific creationism is a branch of creationism that attempts to provide scientific support for the Genesis creation narrative in the Book of Genesis and disprove generally accepted scientific facts, theories and scientific paradigms about the history of the Earth, cosmology...
groups Answers in Genesis
Answers in Genesis
Answers in Genesis is a non-profit Christian apologetics ministry with a particular focus on supporting Young Earth creationism and a literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis. The organization has offices in the United Kingdom and the United States...
and the Institute for Creation Research
Institute for Creation Research
The Institute for Creation Research is a Christian institution in Dallas, Texas that specializes in education, research, and media promotion of Creation Science and Biblical creationism. The ICR adopts the Bible as an inerrant and literal documentary of scientific and historical fact as well as...
. His main works are Noah's Ark: A Feasibility Study and the The Mythology of Modern Dating Methods. He has also written several articles in creationist journals.
Noah's Ark
Woodmorappe's work Noah's Ark: A Feasibility Study is a systematic rebuttal of objections to the feasibility - and thus historicity - of Noah's Ark. The book attempts to deal with all stated feasibility problems by actually analysing the feasibility of possible solutions.Woodmorappe's analysis of the requirements for feeding the animals relies heavily on comparison with mass production farming. Glenn Morton, who is specifically mentioned in Woodmorappe's book, claims that such comparison cannot be applied, as the care of thousands of animals that require all the same food (farming) is vastly different from the care of thousands of different animals that require vastly different food sources (on board the ark).
Woodmorappe analysed several methods of waste management, as used in industrial farming, and also stated that some animals have been trained to defecate on command. Morton argues that Woodmorappe's suggestion that Noah
Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark is a vessel appearing in the Book of Genesis and the Quran . These narratives describe the construction of the ark by Noah at God's command to save himself, his family, and the world's animals from the worldwide deluge of the Great Flood.In the narrative of the ark, God sees the...
and his family could have trained the animals beforehand to assist in ways such as urinating and defecating on demand into buckets is ridiculous, stating that "this, of course, makes Noah the greatest animal trainer in history."
Morton offers other criticisms in his review of the book. Woodmorappe has also offered a further rebuttal to Morton's response.
Morton does commend the work’s thoroughness and scope and recommends that “anyone with a serious interest in the ark and its problems, or a student of the creationist movement should obtain a copy."
Geologic dating
Woodmorappe published Radiometric Dating Reappraised in 1979 attacking geological dating by claiming bad data points, geologists "fudging" radiometric datingRadiometric dating
Radiometric dating is a technique used to date materials such as rocks, usually based on a comparison between the observed abundance of a naturally occurring radioactive isotope and its decay products, using known decay rates...
results, and criticizing the geologist data of a 4.5 billion year earth date rather than the 6,000 years that Woodmorappe claims.
Steven H. Schimmrich criticized the work, claiming misrepresentation of terms, "highly inflammatory rhetoric," and "superficial treatment of data."
Geologist Dr. Kevin R. Henke from the University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...
has written over forty articles which criticize Woodmorappe's statements on geology, various radiometric methods and the overall capabilities of radiometric dating, and accusing him of misquoting sources to support his arguments.
External links
- Biography - John Woodmorappe on Answers in GenesisAnswers in GenesisAnswers in Genesis is a non-profit Christian apologetics ministry with a particular focus on supporting Young Earth creationism and a literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis. The organization has offices in the United Kingdom and the United States...
- Noah's Ark: A Feasibility Study, Jason D. Browning