The Great Turning Point: The Church's Catastrophic Mistake on Geology - Before DarwinMany people in the Church today have the idea that young-earth creationism is a fairly recent invention, popularized by fundamentalist Christians in the mid-20th century. Is this view correct? In fact, scholar Terry Mortenson has done fascinating original research on this subject in England, and documents that several leading, pre-Darwin scholars and scientists, known as scriptural geologists did not believe in long ages for the earth. Mortenson sheds light on the following: Before Darwin, what did the Church believe about the age of the earth? Why did it believe this way? What was the controversy that rocked the Church in 19th-century England? Who were the scriptural geologists? What influences did the Church contend with even before Darwin's book? What is the stance of the Church today? |
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Introduction | 11 |
Seven Individual Portraits | |
George Bugg 17691851 | |
Andrew Ure 17781857 | |
John Murray 17861851 | |
George Young 17771848 | |
William Rhind 17971874 | |
Generalizations and Conclusions | |
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