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Dr. '''Hugh Ross''' is an [[astronomer]] who is President and founder of the ministry [[Reasons to Believe]].<ref>http://reasons.org</ref> He is an [[Old Earth Creationist]].

Dr. '''Hugh Ross''' is an [[astronomer]] who is President and founder of the ministry [[Reasons to Believe]].<ref>http://reasons.org</ref> He is an [[Old Earth Creationist]] and has authored many books, including ''Why the Universe is the Way it is'', ''Creation as Science'', and ''The Creator and the Cosmos''.

World-renowned Christian apologist Dr. [[William Lane Craig]] describes Dr. Ross in the following way: "Hugh Ross is evangelicalism’s most important scientific apologist." Dr. Craig goes on to state "[Ross] has vigorously defended scientifically the cosmological and teleological arguments for a Creator and Designer of the universe and has championed progressive creationism over against naturalistic accounts of biological evolution on the one hand and so-called “young earth” creationism on the other."<ref>http://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/42/42-2/42-2-pp293-304_JETS.pdf</ref>

Christian apologist Dr. [[William Lane Craig]], who agrees with Ross, describes him as "evangelicalism’s most important scientific apologist."<ref>http://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/42/42-2/42-2-pp293-304_JETS.pdf</ref> On the other hand, young Earth creationists, including [[Creation Scientists]] at [[Answers in Genesis]], have strongly criticized his views.<ref>Multiple references:

*Mitchell, Elizabeth (October 8, 2014). [https://answersingenesis.org/creationism/old-earth/examining-hugh-ross-navigating-genesis/ Examining Hugh Ross’s Navigating Genesis]. ''Answers in Genesis''. Retrieved April 26, 2018.</ref>

Ross does not believe that the Flood of Noah covered the whole Earth, as shown in Bible passages such as Genesis 7:17–23 and 2 Peter 3:6, instead believing it to be a local flood that was "universal" only in the sense of it killing "the entire human race and all of the nephesh (soulish) animals associated with humans."<ref>Ross, Hugh (November 2, 2016). [http://www.reasons.org/explore/blogs/todays-new-reason-to-believe/read/todays-new-reason-to-believe/2016/11/02/does-the-bible-say-noah-s-flood-was-global-or-universal Does the Bible Say Noah’s Flood Was Global or Universal?] ''Reasons to Believe''. Retrieved April 26, 2018.</ref> Young Earth creationists have criticized this view for being unscriptural and not agreeing with geology.<ref>Snelling, Andrew A.; Ham, Ken (April 17, 2013). [https://answersingenesis.org/the-flood/global/was-the-flood-of-noah-global-or-local-in-extent/ Chapter 6 -- Was the Flood of Noah Global or Local in Extent?] ''Answers in Genesis''. Retrieved April 26, 2018.</ref><ref>Faulkner, Danny R. (April 15, 2015). [https://answersingenesis.org/the-flood/physical-difficulties-with-hugh-ross-local-flood-model/ Physical Difficulties with Hugh Ross’ Local Flood Model]. ''Answers in Genesis''. Retrieved April 26, 2018.</ref>

 

Ross does not believe in the global flood of Noah's day, as in 2 Peter 3:6, "Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:". He squirmed out of the problem by saying it was a "universal", not "global" flood, meaning that it "flooded Noah's little universe". This position is unscriptural and does not agree with geology.<ref>https://answersingenesis.org/the-flood/global/was-the-flood-of-noah-global-or-local-in-extent/</ref>

Ross, like other Christian who have compromised by adopting unbiblical philosophies, is ignorant about the global flood, believes uniformitarianism, and considers the [[Starlight Problem]] a problem for the Young Earth model.  

Ross, like other Christian who have compromised by adopting unbiblical philosophies, is ignorant about the global flood, believes uniformitarianism, and considers the [[Starlight Problem]] a problem for the Young Earth model.  

==References==

==References==

==External links==

==External links==

*[http://creation.com/false-claims-hugh-ross More false claims by Hugh Ross] by Dr. [[Jonathan Sarfati]] of [[Creation Ministries International]]

*[http://creation.com/false-claims-hugh-ross More false claims by Hugh Ross] by Dr. [[Jonathan Sarfati]] of [[Creation Ministries International]]

*[http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n93-47010 Ross' Worldcat identity]

*[http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n93-47010 Ross' Worldcat identity]

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[[Category:Old Earth Creationists]]

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