The Great Turning Point: The Church's Catastrophic Mistake on Geology - before Darwin
Propaganda is usually a term that we associate with foreign enemies. It suggests a slanted version of the truth. In its milder forms, propaganda can be termed "bias," and can come from within the Christian community. Bias is a good word to describe the various positions taken within the Church regarding creation and evolution. We're all biased. The question is, whose bias is the truth? Since the rise of the modern creationism movement, the attempt to remind clergy and laity that God's Word is...
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Propaganda is usually a term that we associate with foreign enemies. It suggests a slanted version of the truth. In its milder forms, propaganda can be termed "bias," and can come from within the Christian community. Bias is a good word to describe the various positions taken within the Church regarding creation and evolution. We're all biased. The question is, whose bias is the truth? Since the rise of the modern creationism movement, the attempt to remind clergy and laity that God's Word is not in conflict with science, it has been popular in some circles to charge that "young-earth creationism" is a recent invention, as if it were not the dominant view of the Church for centuries, rooted in Scripture itself. The Great Turning Point sheds light on a time when dramatic and dangerous compromise weakened Christendom. Dr. Terry Mortenson has published an explosive body of research that proves young-earth creationism is not "young," so to speak, but was believed by Bible-believing scientists in Europe and America hundreds of years ago. This is the opposite story told by leading scholars on both sides of the Atlantic. It is a story that will open eyes and hearts to the veracity of God's Word.
Introduction11The Need for Re-examination of These Men12How This Book Is Organized16The Historical Context19Intellectual and Religious Background19The Galileo Affair19Baconian Science21The Enlightenment24Historical Developments in Geology, Palaeontology, and Cosmology25Neptunist-Vulcanist Debate27Reinterpretations of Genesis33The Early 19th Century Social and Religious Milieu36A Time of Revolution36The Make-up of the British Church36The Cambridge Network37The Oxford Movement38The Bridgewater Treatises38The BAAS and Other Scientific Organizations39Biblical Interpretation40Augustine, Luther, Calvin, and Wesley40Commentaries in the Early 19th Century43Assessing Geological Competence45Seven Individual Portraits55Granville Penn (1761-1844)57Geological Competence58Geology and Geologists61The Relationship Between Scripture and Geology62The Philosophical Foundation of Comparative Estimate65Creation According to Scripture70The Flood and Geological Changes Since the Creation71Conclusion75George Bugg (1769-1851)77The Relationship Between Scripture and Geology79Geological Competence82Geologists and Geology82Creation and the Age of the Earth84The Flood88On Human Fossils90His Argument against Cuvier90Conclusion96Andrew Ure (1778-1857)99Geological Competence102Geology and Geologists102The Relationship Between Scripture and Geology104His Book on Geology106Creation and Pre-Flood History106The Flood108Reviews of His Geology110Conclusion112George Fairholme (1789-1846)115Scientific Work and Geological Competence116The Relationship Between Scripture and Geology122On the Laws of Nature123Summary of His Two Books128Conclusion130John Murray (1786?-1851)131Geological Competence135General View of Geology139On the Laws of Nature140On Scripture144Creation and the Age of the Earth147The Flood151On the Fall of Man154Conclusion155George Young (1777-1848)157View of Geology and Geological Competence160Attitude toward His Geological Opponents164Reference to Other Scriptural Geologists164View of the Relationship of Scripture and Science165View of the Laws of Nature165The Argument of Geological Survey (1828)166The Argument of Scriptural Geology (1838)168Defense of a Global Flood172Conclusion177William Rhind (1797-1874)179Scientific and Geological Competence180Attitude Toward Geology and His Geological Opponents182The Relationship Between Scripture and Science183His Geological Arguments Against an Old Earth185Creation and the Flood190Conclusion192Generalizations and Conclusions195Collective Portrait195Similarities of the Scriptural Geologists195Differences Between the Scriptural Geologists198Key Objections of the Scriptural Geologists200Theological Objections200The Ignoring of Scripture200The Problem of Evil202Geological Objections203Insensible Transitions203Polystrate Fossil Trees205Shells and Dating the Strata206Human Fossils209Infant State of Geology210The Nature of the Debate213Motivations of the Scriptural Geologists213Contemporary Reactions to the Scriptural Geologists215Appreciation215Misrepresentation215Disregard217Marginalization: Contributing Factors219Social Problems220World View Conflict221The Problematic Nature of Geological Science228Conclusion233Bibliography239Reference Works23919th Century Periodicals240Primary Sources240Secondary Sources253Scripture Index261Name Index265Subject Index269
