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The Omphalos hypothesis is the argument that God created the world recently (in the last ten thousand years, in keeping with Flood geology), but complete with signs of great age. It was named after the title of an 1857 book, ''Omphalos'' by Philip Henry Gosse, in which Gosse argued that in order for the world to be "functional", God must have created the Earth with mountains and canyons, trees with growth rings, Adam and Eve with hair, fingernails, and navels (''omphalos'' is Greek for "navel"), and that therefore ''no'' evidence that we can see of the presumed age of the earth and universe can be taken as reliable. The idea saw some revival in the 20th century by some creationists, who extended the argument to light that appears to originate in far-off stars and galaxies (although other creationists reject this explanation〔(How can we see distant stars in a young universe? )〕). Many creationists believe that Adam and Eve had no navels, and that the trees in the Garden of Eden had no growth rings.〔(Did Adam have a belly-button? )〕 ==Support== Chateaubriand wrote in his 1802 book, ''Génie du christianisme'' (Part I Book IV Chapter V): "God might have created, and doubtless did create, the world with all the marks of antiquity and completeness which it now exhibits." Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb supports a similar position, arguing further that the evidence for an old universe〔Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb, ("The Age of the Universe" ).〕 is strong: "The bones, artifacts, partially decayed radium, potassium-argon, uranium, the red-shifted light from space, etc.– all of it points to a greater age which nevertheless is not true." Creationists still argue the same way. For instance, John D. Morris, president of the Institute for Creation Research talks about the "appearance of age": He does not extend this idea to the geological record, preferring to believe that it was all created in the Flood, but others such as Gerald E. Aardsma go further, with his idea of "virtual history". This appears to suggest that events after the creation have changed the "virtual history" we now see, including the fossils: The past president of the Missouri Association for Creation has said: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Omphalos hypothesis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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