We are now prepared to consider individually seven of the scriptural geologists.
“Maybe it is survival of the fittest, maybe some of us are meant to just give up, and maybe that would help the species.”
Before considering some of the individual scriptural geologists, we need to consider the intellectual and religious background and the history of geology leading up to the early 19th century, the cultural milieu at that time, what the Bible commentaries on Genesis were saying, and the marks of geological competence in the early 1800s.
The late Dr. Henry M. Morris was founder and president emeritus of the Institute for Creation Research and coauthor of The Genesis Flood.