>Then Morris retaliates by essentially accusing them of flirting with atheism
>because they actually have the nerve to try to look at rocks (well, maps
>according to Glenn's post, they haven't gotten to real rocks yet, but we
>won't quibble) to try to answer geological questions.
Both Steve and Kurt spend a *lot* of time in the field, and not simply
leading tours of the Grand Canyon. In November 1995, they presented
a paper at the Geological Society of America annual meeting (New Orleans)
on their analysis of a nautiloid fossil bed in the Redwall Limestone, for
instance. They jointly make regular trips to a study site in the Mojave
Desert, and Kurt explores caves near his home in Tennessee, looking
at mammalian fossil distribution. Both constantly encourage other
young-earth creationists to get out into the field, and to wean themselves
off the habitual YEC reliance on secondary literature.
So: let's please take care in dishing out the criticism about research
practices.
Paul Nelson