David Charles Cuningham Watson, (20 February 1920 – 12 January 2004) was an English teacher, author and
creationist, born in
Bharatpur, India.
Biography
Watson graduated from the
University of Cambridge
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Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
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with
First class honours in
Classics
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, winning the
Carus Greek Testament Prize in 1947. He was later a Senior Scholar at
Trinity College Trinity College may refer to:
Australia
* Trinity Anglican College, an Anglican coeducational primary and secondary school in , New South Wales
* Trinity Catholic College, Auburn, a coeducational school in the inner-western suburbs of Sydney, New ...
.
He then served as a
missionary
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in India, teaching at a Christian school near Madras (now
Chennai
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). There he came into contact with Hannington Enoch, Professor of Zoology at
Presidency College,
[History of UESI]
Union of Evangelical Students of India. whose articles Watson cited as influential on his own creationist efforts. In 1951 he was a founding member and the magazine editor of the Inter Collegiate Evangelical Union (ICEU) of Madras, which was one of a number of movements that later formed the
Union of Evangelical Students of India.
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In 1975 and 1976 he published ''The Great Brain Robbery'' and ''Myths and Miracles'', which were later translated into other languages including German, Spanish and Finnish.
In 1976 Watson, who was a member of the Evolution Protest Movement, lost his job teaching religious education at a state school in the United Kingdom. Although creationists publicly reported that this dismissal was for refusing "to teach that Genesis is myth" and rallied to his support, they privately intimated opinions about his inability to control pupils classroom behaviour and failure to follow the prescribed syllabus. The '' Times Educational Supplement'' reported that students interrupted his class with shouts of "rubbish".
As of 1980 he was Director of the Institute for Creation Research's Midwest Center in Illinois, but in September of that year Walt Brown assumed that role. In 1997, the journal of another UK creationist group published an article that included Watson's views in a table comparing the opinions of "leading creationists".
He died in ]Worthing
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in 2004.
Works
Creationism
*''The Great Brain Robbery: Creation or Evolution?'' (1975) 105pp.
eprint (Dillon's book, 1989) 140pp.
*''Myths and Miracles: A New Approach to Genesis 1–11'' (1976) 120pp.
[Reprint (Creation Science Foundation, 1991) ASIN B000WO6FOY
*Ten articles in ''Origins'', journal of the Biblical Creation Society (1989 to 1995)Contents list for ''Origins''
, journal of the Biblical Creation Society
In translation:
*''Die grosse Gehirnwäsche: Schöpfung oder Evolution?'' (1977) Schulte, .
*''Weltschöpfung und Urgeschichte aus wissenschaftlicher Sicht'' (1987) Schulte, .
*''El gran fraude intelectual'' (1981) Clie, .
*''Mitos y milagros'' (1980) Clie, .
*''Elämän synty: sattumaa vai suunnittelua?'' (1979) Ristin voitto, .
General evangelical theology
*''Fact or Fantasy: Authenticity of the Gospels'' (1980) 142pp.
*''The End is Nigh'' (
Creation Science Movement
The Creation Science Movement (CSM, founded in 1932 as the Evolution Protest Movement) is a British Creationist organisation which lays claim to the title "the oldest creationist movement in the world". It was a member of the Evangelical Alliance u ...
, Pamphlet 296, 1994)
*''Gospel According to Matthew: Commentary'' (Welsh Riviera Press, 1996),
References
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1920 births
2004 deaths
British Christian creationists
British theologians
English Anglicans
British people in colonial India