'''Marcus S. Ross''' is a [[Young Earth Creationist]] (YEC) who was awarded a Ph.D. in geology by the [[University of Rhode Island]] in December 2006.
'''Marcus S. Ross''' is a [[Young Earth Creationist]] (YEC) who was awarded a Ph.D. in geology by the [[University of Rhode Island]] in December 2006.
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Ross' receiving his doctorate, which was publicized in a ''[[New York Times]]'' article, raised eyebrows in the notoriously bitter liberal academic community; as a group, liberals cannot understand why someone who openly believes that the earth is less than 10,000 years old could be judged an expert in earth science by fully qualified faculty.
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Ross' receiving his doctorate, which was publicized in a ''[[New York Times]]'' article, raised eyebrows in the notoriously bitter liberal academic community; as a group, liberals cannot understand why someone who openly believes that the earth is less than 10,000 years old could be judged an expert in earth science by fully qualified faculty.
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Labeling Ross an exemplar of "intelecual dishonesty," what these liberals again fail to grasp is that lying for [[Jesus]] and personal gain is a far cry from lying about, for example, being gay or wanting to have sexual intercourse prior to marriage, urges which no true [[Christian]] ever feels, much less succumbs to.