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Geological Provincialism - Jun 1, 2007
/article/geological-provincialismWilliam A. Hoesch, M.S. - Geologists tend to be very provincial. Rarely do they stand back and look at "the whole canvas" of the sedimentary rock record. When they do, some remarkable things emerge. For example, consider the Tonto Group, a succession of three...
Great Turnovers! - May 1, 2007
/article/great-turnoversWilliam A. Hoesch, M.S. - The book of Job contains interesting allusions to "overturning" of mountains and of the earth that, on the surface, appear to have relevance to geology. One must say "appear," because Biblical creationists like me can be accused...
The Prestige of Historical Geology - Apr 1, 2007
/article/prestige-historical-geologyWilliam A. Hoesch, M.S. - As an incoming university student of geology I was required to take a class in Historical Geology. I can recall my professor saying, "back in the Dark Ages . . ." intelligent people actually believed the Bible, including doctrines like a...
Flood Geology and Intelligent Design - Mar 1, 2007
/article/flood-geology-intelligent-designWilliam A. Hoesch, M.S. - Modern earth science owes quite a debt to both Flood geology and intelligent design. According to some, both movements had their start in the twentieth century, but actually these movements played a big role in the history of geology centuries ago...
Vulgar Notions of a Universal Flood - Feb 1, 2007
/article/vulgar-notions-universal-floodWilliam A. Hoesch, M.S. - Scientists of the early sixteenth century faced a dilemma: how did fossils originate? Tradition had held for centuries that the existence of marine shells on hilltops was due to the Genesis Flood. On the other hand, pagan philosophies like...
Fossil Political Correctness in the Sixteenth Century - Jan 1, 2007
/article/fossil-political-correctness-sixteenth-centuryWilliam A. Hoesch, M.S. - The history of thinking about fossils is a study in worldviews. Conrad Gesner of Zurich (1516-1565) is considered by some the greatest naturalist of his century. His book, On Fossil Objects, in many ways reflects his Protestant upbringing. The fact...
The Big Thaw - Dec 1, 2006
/article/big-thawWilliam A. Hoesch, M.S. - Ask anybody who has experienced spring "break-up" along the banks of an Alaskan river, and you will quickly learn that large amounts of ice seldom melt placidly. Consider an ice cap several thousand feet thick that once occupied much of...
Mudcracks and the Flood - Nov 1, 2006
/article/mudcracks-floodWilliam A. Hoesch, M.S. - Some people have an intellectual problem with the Flood because of mud cracks. We have all seen cracks that form in a dried (or "desiccated") mud puddle. But did you know mud cracks are also found in sedimentary rocks that are...
The Fossil Record: Commending the Gnostics - Oct 1, 2006
/article/fossil-record-commending-gnosticsWilliam A. Hoesch, M.S. - What a man does with the fossil record tells a lot about his worldview. Is it the result of a world-covering deluge? Or did this sorry chronicle of pain, suffering, and death precede humans (and the reign of death) by millions of years? A lot...
Out of Ararat? - Sep 1, 2006
/article/out-araratWilliam A. Hoesch, M.S. - Paleoanthropologists are not usually known for shying away from discord, debate, or disagreement. Yet for several decades there has been near-unanimity on two fronts: (1) the so-called fact of evolution, and more specifically that, (2) an African...