Biography
Like most people, Dr. Mortenson grew up in an education system that taught evolution as fact. He started to see the fallacy of billions of years of evolution shortly after becoming a Christian during his first year in the university and has been studying and speaking on the creation-evolution issue since the late 1970's.
Much of his M.Div. studies focused on various (Biblical, historical and philosophical) aspects of this subject. His Ph.D. thesis analyzed the origins of old-earth geology in the early 19th century and particularly the writings of the ‘scriptural geologists', a group of scientists and non-scientists who wrote Biblical, geological and philosophical arguments against these budding old-earth theories. Through study and personal interaction he has been exposed to the many different Christian and non-Christian responses to this controversy. He has spoken on the subject to various kinds of audiences in various settings and in many countries. All of this study and teaching has deepened his conviction of the literal truth and foundational importance of Genesis 1-11.