Genesis and World Chronology

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https://doi.org/10.19141/1809-2454.kerygma.v17.n1.pe01458

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Genesis., Chronology, Global flood, Radiocarbon, Dinosaur fossils

Abstract

Distrust of Genesis as history has been fostered by uniformitarian geoscience and Deep Time chronology.   The reality or otherwise of a global flood has a crucial bearing on world history and chronology.  Evidence of disparate kinds favouring such a flood from scripture, from geoscience and from anthropology is presented. Radiocarbon dating, suitably calibrated for the flood discontinuity, substantiates a Compact Time chronology of thousands of years for earth history.  This is reinforced by comparison of flood model radiocarbon dates for ancient near eastern sites with those independently obtained by archaeologists. Further corroboration of the Genesis chronology comes from discoveries of preserved soft tissues, proteins and even DNA in fossil dinosaur bones and in other specimens from throughout the geologic column.   Belief in a recent, rapid creation is credibly defensible by science divested of secular naturalist ideological constructs. Compact Time chronology rehabilitates belief in the historical reality of the Genesis accounts of the origin of life and the origin of death.

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John Walton, School of Chemistry - University of St Andrews, St. Andrews, (Escócia)

Joined the faculty of Dundee University in 1967 and moved to St. Andrews University in 1970, rising to full professor in 1997 and becoming Research Professor in 2007.  He has worked on the application of physical organic methods to organic mechanisms and is known for EPR spectroscopic studies of many kind of radicals.   Recently he has been developing radical-mediated synthetic protocols including those based around: “pro-aromatic” cyclohexadienyl reagents, oxime derivatives, photoredox methods employing titanium dioxide and for research on radical enhancement of heterolysis.  He has published over 300 articles in learned journals as well as 3 books.   He was awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry silver medal for Organic Reaction Mechanisms in 1994 and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1995. 

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WALTON, J. Genesis and World Chronology . Kerygma, Engenheiro coelho (SP), v. 17, n. 1, p. e01458, 2022. DOI: 10.19141/1809-2454.kerygma.v17.n1.pe01458. Disponível em: https://revistas.unasp.edu.br/kerygma/article/view/1458. Acesso em: 3 jul. 2024.

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Vol. 17 No. 1 (2022): Fluxo contínuo

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