David Charles Cuningham Watson, (20 February 1920 – 12 January 2004) was an English teacher, author and

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, born in

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Biography

Watson graduated from the

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with

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, winning the Carus Greek Testament Prize in 1947. He was later a Senior Scholar at

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. He then served as a

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in India, teaching at a Christian school near Madras (now

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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. 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 ''

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'' reported that students interrupted his class with shouts of "rubbish". As of 1980 he was Director of the

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'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

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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.
eprint (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, Pamphlet 296, 1994) *''Gospel According to Matthew: Commentary'' (Welsh Riviera Press, 1996),

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, David C C 1920 births 2004 deaths British Christian creationists British theologians English Anglicans British people in colonial India