Creation and Time: A Biblical and Scientific Perspective on the Creation-Date Controversy

Dr Ross hits it right on the money once again!As a lifelong Christian with a fairly strong scientific background (Bachelor's degrees in both Astronomy and Physics), I strongly recommend reading this book. Many on the anti-science side (the "young-Earth creationists") have been attempting to refute the evidence of the scientific community (often with "bad science" of their own - in particular, check out Answers In Creation's archives for information regarding the Grand Canyon, the Genesis flood, and sandstone deposits), while many on the anti-God side (the "atheistic scientists") have been trying to demonstrate how God isn't even necessary to explain the existence of the universe (evolution and chance are sufficient to explain our existence).Both sides fall short of being convincing, upon in-depth study.Dr Ross is able to demonstrate how the middle ground ("old-Earth creationism") is the most consistent with both the observed scientific facts and the words of God in the Bible.Even more importantly, he stresses that as far as the young-Earth/old-Earth argument goes, the most important point is that what really matters is salvation through Jesus Christ - whether you believe that the Earth is thousands of years old, or billions of years old has no bearing on Salvation.For those who have already read this book, I would like to note that Dr Paul Davies (mentioned briefly in Chapter 12, where Dr Ross talks about the relationship between science and old-Earth creationism) won the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion the year after this book was published. (Now you've got to order the book here to understand this point...!)Far from painting a bleak picture, Dr Ross is able to look with optimism towards the future. I can vouch for the prevalence of Christianity among scientists (at least when I was in college, it was apparent that Christians are more common than in the general population - with reason!) - for those who wonder why, read this book and you'll find out.

I don't understand how someone can honestly say that Dr. Ross loosely interprets the Bible in this book. I am a very conservative Christian that takes a literal interpretation of the Bible and there is nothing in Dr. Ross' interpretation that runs counter to my interpretation. He is not loose. People can disagree with him, but to attack this book solely on the basis of the age of the universe is unscholarly, uneducated, and just plain foolish. God gave us a mind; use it! God gave us all of nature and told us it tells about Him; listen to nature and you will see it agrees with the Bible.

This book is the one "young-earth" people don't want you to read. It is filled with scientific and theological facts on the old age of the universe. Also reveals the roots of the "conflict" and some of the questionable tactics of young-earth "crusaders." Great read!!

This book illustrates perfectly how science and the Bible agree when it comes to the creation account of our universe. When people shed their preconceived notions of religion and science it opens their mind to truly objectively studying the origin of the universe. This book brings together ideas I used to think contadicted each other. The Bible and science truly do coincide.

Dr. Ross rescues the Christian church from the dubious error of maintaining a militant stance regarding the age of the earth. While Gallup reports that nearly half the adults in the United States believe that the earth was created in the last 10,000 years, 99% of America's practicing scientists disagree. Dr. Ross adeptly closes that gap with a lucid presentation of the scientific evidence for an old earth presented from a thoroughly orthodox Christian worldview. More than just a compelling contribution to the age-of-the-earth issue, Creation and Time is a definitive work. With his PhD in Astronomy, Dr. Ross applies scintallating logic to skillfully discern between accurate scientific arguments and those with faulty presuppositions, leaving the reader with overwhelming evidence for an earth that is billions of years old. Then, with all gentleness, he harmonizes this data with a conservative Christian theology which maintains the inerrancy and authority of the Bible, including Genesis Chapter 1. Although Ross himself is a Christian, reviewers have failed to recognize that his compassionate reconciliation of Genesis and science is equally suitable reading for the three largest religions of the world: Jewish, Muslim, and Christian. If you have ever wondered how it all started this is the first book you should read.