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==Decline and downfall==

==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"/>

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 fallible ideas<ref name="ThenAndNow"/><ref>Johns, Warren H. (1975). [https://www.ministrymagazine.org/archive/1975/11/the-downfall-of-scriptural-geology The Downfall of Scriptural Geology]. ''Ministry Magazine''. Retrieved December 31, 2016.</ref> 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"/>

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 fallible ideas<ref name="ThenAndNow"/><ref>Johns, Warren H. (1975). [https://www.ministrymagazine.org/archive/1975/11/the-downfall-of-scriptural-geology The Downfall of Scriptural Geology]. ''Ministry Magazine''. Retrieved December 31, 2016.</ref> 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"/>

With the exception of a few 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"/>

==Aftermath==

==Aftermath==