![]() Gosse effectively introduced the argument of “appearance of age” into the young earth creationist repertoire of arguments for their position, and he did it before the evidence for evolution had reached the stage it has now. In Gosse’s book, written before the publication of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, he argues that the fossil record was actually created with the appearance of age and thus doesn’t give evidence of the actual age of the earth. ![]() Readers who have done a lot of digging into the esoteric origins of young earth creationism will recognize the title of this short story a nod to one of the most obscure but also earliest examples of young earth literature, Omphalos: An Attempt to Untie the Geological Knotby Philip Henry Gosse. There will be SPOILERS for some of these stories ahead. I wanted to discuss his religious vision and critique in this book. What struck me is that, despite Chiang being an atheist, his is remarkably knowledgeable about religion and, though he challenges various religious traditions at points, he also writes stories that resonate with them. His latest collection, Exhalation: Storiesis another thought-provoking, moving collection of stories that will make readers think deeply about many questions. His short story, “Stories of Your Life” was the basis for the film “Arrival” (which I discussed here). ![]() ![]() ![]() Ted Chiang is one of the more well-known names publishing science fiction and fantasy short stories today. ![]()
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