The opponents of the scriptural geologists chose to ignore them rather than engaging in a legitimate and fair debate.<ref name="HBackground"/>
The opponents of the scriptural geologists chose to ignore them rather than engaging in a legitimate and fair debate.<ref name="HBackground"/>
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The scriptural geologists believed, based on Scripture, that the six days of creation were literal days and that the earth was created around 4000 B.C.<ref name="HBackground"/> They criticized old earth proponents for several reasons, including biblical and theological, logical, as well as scientific and geological.<ref name="HBackground"/>
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While the scriptural geologists did not believe in long ages, they (unlike what secularists and evolutionists mistakenly believe of those who disagree with them) they fully supported the study of science and geology as long as the inerrant Bible was placed above man's ideas.<ref name="HBackground"/> Additionally, they argued respectfully rather than using faulty ''[[ad hominem]]'' attacks.<ref name="HBackground"/>