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The Great Turning Point: The Church’s Catastrophic Mistake on Geology - Before Darwin af Terry Mortenson. Stort og grundigt værk om Creationism / Skabelsen fra et Bibelsk synspunkt. Større end A4. Helt ny. Paperback. Fra røgfrit hjem.
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Many 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?
This book is a thoroughly researched work of reference for every library - certainly every creationist library. Terry Mortenson spent much time and work on this project in both the United States and Great Britain. The history of the Church and evolution is fascinating, and it is interesting to see not only the tremendous influence that evolution has had on the Church, but on society as well.
This book is about the dawn of geology as a science in England. It recounts the early days when men first started studying the earth's crust and recording and interpreting their observations. Soon, many of these pioneers began to arrange these observations into theories about the history of earth. These theories became the center of much controversy at the time. It is this controversy and a forgotten group of men, the `Scriptural Geologists', who were involved in it that this book focuses on.
In the early 1800s, geology did not exist as a profession. At the time, many who had the time and money began to study the earth's crust. Among these men, there were three main groups;
1) materialists who insisted on interpreting geology exclusively in terms of natural processes at rates of occurrence observable in the present;
2) clergymen who spent much of their spare time doing geology;
3) a group of men, dubbed `Scriptural Geologists' by their opponents, who insisted on the integrity of Genesis 1-11 as a broad framework within which to interpret geological observations.
The materialist camp was divided into uniformitarians and catastrophists. The former postulated that natural processes had always proceeded at the same gradual pace they witnessed in their day. The latter added periodic cataclysms to this picture. Both envisioned untold eons of time - millions upon millions of years.
Meanwhile, the `Scriptural Geologists' vehemently disagreed with the materialists' theories (both uniformitarian and catastrophic). They did so for three main reasons; 1) geological science was still in its infancy; it was much to early to be posing any theories of earth history; 2) the few observations and facts that were available were contradicted the idea of millions of years; and 3) `millions of years' theories undermined Genesis (and therefore the Gospel) and would lead to profound moral and social decay. These men, some of whom were eminently qualified in geology and others who were merely astute observers, published widely. Their books included in depth analysis of geological observations and theories. Further, they demonstrated empirically why Genesis was a sound framework within which geological theories could and should be developed.
So, what of the clergymen-geologists? Most, in not all, were in full agreement with the materialist theories. However, they realized that this put them in a quandary. The book of Genesis clearly taught an earth history of thousands , as opposed to millions, of years interrupted about 4,500 years ago by a violent global flood. They tried to have their cake and eat it too. In order to harmonize these mutually exclusive approaches to earth history, they had to find the millions of years that were missing from the first three chapters of Genesis. Scripture-twisting commenced, and thus were born the Gap Theory, the Day-Age theory and various ideas about local floods or tranquil global floods. These clergymen joined with the materialists (atheists) in heaping scorn on the `Scriptural Geologists'. First, they insisted that the `Scriptural Geologists' were naïve to take God at his Word. Secondly, they accused them of being ignorant of geology and incompetent. These charges were largely without merit. Some of the `Scriptural Geologists' were at least as qualified as Hutton and Lyell (i.e. Young and Fairholme). The others, while not being technically qualified, were well-read in the field, conversant with the observations and facts.
This book has several important lessons. First, compromise has long-ranging consequences. The Church's acceptance of long ages in this particular controversy long preceded the advent of Darwinism. In fact, it is clear that this compromise `greased the skids' for the Church's later slide into acceptance of Evolutionism. Secondly, this book provides yet more evidence that Young Earth Creationism (YEC) is not a newfangled theory being foisted on the Church in these recent decades; nor did it have its origins in Seventh-Day Adventist theology, as some have claimed. YEC has a rich heritage in both Church history (from the first century forward) and in the history of science. In fact, the founders of most, if not all, of the modern scientific disciplines were Bible-believing, young earth creationists (i.e. they took God at his Word). These men included Newton, Faraday, Boyle, Pascal, Kepler, Linneaus, Mendel, Pasteur, Maxwell, and countless others. We can now add to this `hall of fame' the `Scriptural Geologists' profiled in this book (and in supplemental articles at AnswersinGenesis.org). Third, we are brought face to face with the old adage that those who forget history are condemned to repeat it. These men and the controversy at the dawn of geologic science have been largely forgotten and indeed we see history repeating itself in the Church today. Eager to be well-thought-of and accepted by the scientific establishment, many have swallowed the claims of modern materialistic scientism and insist that there is no conflict with Genesis. Thus, for instance, we have Hugh Ross recycling the Day-Age theory and promoting a theology that is heavily dependent on the Big Bang and even much-debated String Theory (see his book Beyond the Cosmos). As well intentioned as I am sure he is, what happens when these currently fashionable theories collapse under the weight of contrary evidence and fall out of favor with the establishment?
The `Scriptural Geologists' were concerned that compromising the clear teaching of Genesis would lead to profound moral and social decay. Their worst fears have proven true. One only has to look at the very post-Christian society of England to see that. Modern YECs share this concern here in America. Let us heed the warnings of history.
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Om forfatteren:
Like most people, Dr. Mortenson grew up in an educational system that taught evolution as fact. During his first year at the University of Minnesota and shortly after becoming a Christian, he began to see that the idea of millions of years of evolution is false. He has a B.A. in math from the University of Minnesota, an M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago, and a Ph.D. in the history of geology from Coventry University in England. Before joining Answers in Genesis in 2001 as a speaker, writer and researcher, he served as a missionary with Campus Crusade for Christ for 26 years (mostly in Eastern Europe: 10 years focused on communist Czechoslovakia). Since the late 1970s he has spoken on creation and evolution in 27 countries in homes, schools, colleges, universities and seminaries and he has participated in 7 formal debates with evolutionist university professors in 4 countries. As a member of the Evangelical Theological Society, he has presented papers and helped to organize other papers on this subject at the annual meeting of the Society. Since joining AiG, he has authored numerous popular-level and technical articles on this subject. A shortened version of his Ph.D. thesis is "The Great Turning Point: The Church’s Catastrophic Mistake on Geology—Before Darwin" He and his wife, Margie, have been happily married since 1976 and have 8 children and 13 grandchildren.
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