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==The scriptural geologists==
==The scriptural geologists==
Not every scriptural geologist was actually a geologist, but they all believed that the inerrant Bible's account of creation was true and that science, if performed correctly, would affirm that account.<ref name="HBackground"/> While some scriptural geologists came from the [[United States of America|United States]], they came primarily from [[Britain]].<ref name="HBackground"/> They were a very diverse group, from very different denominational, occupational, wealth backgrounds, and they contributed to the debate in various ways.<ref name="HBackground"/><ref name="ThenAndNow"/> While some of them admitted to not having first-hand knowledge of geology (preferring to argue on biblical or logical grounds, which is equally legitimate), others were experts in geology and used geological arguments alongside biblical ones.<ref name="HBackground"/> Regardless of their backgrounds, they were very intelligent scholars and biblically sound.<ref name="ThenAndNow"/>
Not every scriptural geologist was actually a geologist, but they (particularly in the 1820s, 30s, and 40s<ref name="ThenAndNow"/>) all believed that the inerrant Bible's account of creation was true and that science, if performed correctly, would affirm that account.<ref name="HBackground"/> While some scriptural geologists came from the [[United States of America|United States]], they came primarily from [[Britain]].<ref name="HBackground"/> They were a very diverse group, from very different denominational, occupational, wealth backgrounds, and they contributed to the debate in various ways.<ref name="HBackground"/><ref name="ThenAndNow"/> While some of them admitted to not having first-hand knowledge of geology (preferring to argue on biblical or logical grounds, which is equally legitimate), others were experts in geology and used geological arguments alongside biblical ones.<ref name="HBackground"/> Regardless of their backgrounds, they were very intelligent scholars and biblically sound.<ref name="ThenAndNow"/>
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"/>
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"/>
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"/>
==Decline and downfall==
The scriptural geologist movement started to decline when it began to compromise on important issues of the origins debate.<ref name="ThenAndNow"/> The decline started when George Bugg anonymously wrote his ''Scriptural Geology'' in 1826-27, which gave the name to the movement.<ref name="ThenAndNow"/> While ''Scriptural Geology'' appears to have been in line with biblical authority, an 1839 work by a "Biblicus Delvinus," who is believed to have been Bugg, showed considerable compromise, such as believing in a "pre-creation" earth.<ref name="ThenAndNow"/> In the 1850s, the scriptural geology movement started to diverge from biblical authority and the writings of previous scriptural geologists.<ref name="ThenAndNow"/>
While several theories exist on the decline and demise of the scriptural geology movement, the best theories are the compromise of biblical authority on the biblical account of creation for man's ideas and the association of speculative fringe theories with no biblical or scientific support (which advocated the ex nihilo creation of fossils alongside the rest of the creation) with the movement as a whole.<ref name="ThenAndNow"/>
With the exception of a small amount of scriptural geology writings (some of which continued to accept compromise on a pre-creation period), the scriptural geologists died out by about 1860.<ref name="ThenAndNow"/>
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