4 A Different View of the Grand Canyon

We loved our trip to the Grand Canyon in August 2003--particularly the raft trip down the Colorado River. Nothing in nature has ever made me feel so close to God.

But why are evolutionists so fearful that a point view other than their own about Earth's origins might work its way out to the public? Surely, one little book that goes against the tide can’t be that scary. They remind me of the church and state teams of the 16th century who tried to keep the Bible in vernacular languages away from the people for fear they might lose some power and wealth.

Here’s a rather hostile account (in full context it includes snide remarks about religion) of a book at a park service book store at the Grand Canyon.

“But starting this summer the Park's bookstore began offering a volume titled The Grand Canyon: a Different View. The view is indeed different. This book of lavish photographs and essays presents the creationist account of the origins of the great canyon of the Colorado River. The book is edited by Tom Vail, a river guide, who offers Christian float trips through the canyon.

"For years, as a Colorado River guide I told people how the Grand Canyon was formed over the evolutionary time scale of millions of years," Vail writes in the introduction to the book. "Then I met the Lord. Now, I have "a different view" of the Canyon, which, according to a biblical time scale, can't possibly be more than about a few thousand years old."

One of the contributors is creation "scientist" Dr. Gary Parker who observes: "Where did the Grand Canyon itself come from? The Flood may have stacked the rock like a giant layer cake, but what cut the cake? One thing is sure: the Colorado River did not do it." Jeffrey St. Clair

Update: Jan. 7, 2004: Noticed this on Religion News Blog.