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作者简介：David Montgomery is a prize-winning geology professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, and he recounts the history of his discipline from Aristotle to plate tectonics, showing how geological thinking has always been shaped by the great narrative of Noah’s flood. It is a grand tale, and told with verve and excitement. Montgomery also entertainingly surveys the archaeological and literary evidence for ancient Middle Eastern floods — each of which has been acclaimed, in turn, as ‘Noah’s’.
The Rocks Don’t Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah’s Flood David R. Montgomery
In The Rocks Don’t Lie, geologist David Montgomery investigates the role that the story of Noah’s Flood has played in history, not only regarding theology but the development of the field of geology. He takes the reader from the Pacific Northwest to the Middle East, and other places in between to look at flood stories beyond the Biblical one; asking, Do all these flood stories relate to individual floods in history or do they all rehash the Noachian Deluge? Although showing convincingly that to say Noah’s Flood formed the world’s topography and laid down the fossil record less than ten thousand years ago is not a scientifically credible position to hold, Montgomery’s task here is not to belittle modern creationists. He provides an argument, and backs it up with evidence, respectfully. And that evidence is plenty of geology and plenty of history. As a geologist, Montgomery does a wonderful job of describing the history of his field. Most importantly, the author rightly emphasizes throughout that it is incorrect to assume that all Christians are young earth creationists. There are those who, while holding their faith close, accept what modern science has to say about the age of the earth, while others take Genesis as allegory over actual events. If anything, Montgomery shows that for a truthful account of the history of Earth, one should not look to an old book but to the rocks themselves. Reviewed by Michael Barton
Book Review - The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood
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"The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood" is an examination of earth's geologic history that poses some interesting questions on how to best interpret Scripture. Is there a conflict between true biblical understanding and honest science? After all, both come from our Creator.
David R. Montgomery
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date
2012-08-27
ISBN
0393082393
Recommendation
Many Christians and many scientists still fuel the conflict between science and religion. Yet, if both are honest with the facts, a new appreciation for the Bible and for science emerges. They are not in conflict but merge gracefully and offer an increased understanding of our origins. Science can be a friend, not a foe, of divine revelation.
David R. Montgomery spends 13 chapters and more than 250 pages exploring the history of our planet and how our Earth came to be what we see today—from both a scientific perspective and the biblical interpretation. He introduces us to the mainstream beliefs of scientists and religionists throughout history. Over time, as more evidence has emerged and been discovered, the beliefs of both scientists and theologians has been challenged, and those who are willing to look at the facts honestly, have grown in their faith and in their understanding of our planet’s vast history. The facts bear out that our terra firm is very, very (even unimaginably) old—much older than 6,000 years for sure. So, how can religion and science together explain our world?
This particular work by Montgomery focuses on the story of Noah’s flood. Do “the rocks” support the biblical story of catastrophic loss of life at the hands of immense floodwaters? Does the geologic record indicate how widespread such a flood could be or was? How do we explain the many stories from antiquity, by civilizations around the world, of destruction by giant floods? The book makes an honest attempt at answers and is well worth the read.
Montgomery is a geologist, not a theologian. As a result, I do take exception with some of his interpretations of Scripture—particularly in chapter 9 of his book. I don’t believe that some verses even say what he says they say. For example, he sees contradictions in the creation accounts between Genesis 1 and Genesis 2. But a more careful reading does not indicate a contradiction but two supporting accounts. He also sees contradictions in the biblical record about the animals going onto the ark in pairs of seven of each “clean” kind in Genesis 7:2-3
, versus one pair of every kind twelve verses later. But, once again, an easy explanation for the difference can be made. I might add that the few items I take issue on with Montgomery, mostly in chapter 9, do not overly take away from the overwhelming geological evidence he presents in making his case about Noah, his Ark and a great deluge.
Here’s something for us all to consider: It’s hard to see evidence for what you’ve been told cannot exist. It’s hard to change our mindset. Perhaps the evidence is there and our understanding of what exists and what came to be needs expanding. As a result, Montgomery says he has come to see the biblical story of Noah’s Flood as rooted in truth. The discoveries of science have revealed the world and our universe to be far more spectacular than many of us have ever imagined. We must not minimize the wonder of creation.
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