Gordon Clark’s views on Creation.

A number of people have asked, “What were Gordon Clark’s views on creation?” That is, was he an old-earth creationist or a young-earth creationist? (It is clear that he wasn’t a theistic evolutionist.) His views on the matter, if published, have escaped my noticed. But now I’ve found a relevant note from his papers, showing his position for at least that particular moment at which he wrote. This comes from Clark’s notes on the Westminster Confession of Faith, written in about 1943.

Clark writes,

Men were created not more than 10,000 years ago; but [there is] no indication when the material universe was created.

Well, that is the main quote of interest. Below is the whole relevant section for those who are interested:

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Filed under: Notes on the thought of Gordon H. Clark