Omphalos hypothesis

English Etymology Named after the book Omphalos (1857) by Philip Henry Gosse, in which it was argued that, in order for the world to be "functional", God must have created the Earth with mountains, canyons, trees, etc. The word Omphalos comes from en grc ὀμφαλός navel, an example of one such feature putatively needed for completion. Proper noun Omphalos hypothesis 1 en creationism The proposition that God created the universe within the past few thousands of years but also introduced false evidence that the universe is of great age. See also en creationism en Young Earth Creationism en Last Thursdayism en God hypothesis en Pseudoscience