Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Flood geology (also creation geology or diluvial geology) is the concept that geology describes features of the Earth which have been shaped by the global flood described in Genesis 6-8. In the early 19th century, diluvial geologists hypothesized that specific surface features were evidence of a worldwide flood which had followed earlier geological eras; after further investigation they agreed that these features resulted from local floods or glaciers. In the 20th century, young Earth creationists revived flood geology as an overarching concept in their opposition to evolution, assuming a recent six-day Creation and cataclysmic geological changes during the Biblical Deluge, and incorporating creationist explanations of the sequence of rock strata.In the early stages of development of the science of geology, fossils were interpreted as evidence of past flooding. The "theories of the Earth" of the 17th century proposed mechanisms based on natural laws, within a timescale set by the biblical chronology calculated at that time. As modern geology developed, geologists found increasing evidence of an ancient Earth, and disputed whether the world was indefinitely old, or had developed in a series of cataclysms, the most recent of which could be attributed to the Genesis flood. In early 19th century Britain, "Diluvialism" attributed landforms and surface features such as beds of gravel and erratic boulders to the destructive effects of this supposed global Deluge, but by 1830 geologists increasingly found that the evidence only showed relatively local floods. Attempts were made by so-called scriptural geologists to give primacy to literal Biblical explanations, but they lacked background in geology and were marginalised by the scientific community, as well as having little influence on the church.Flood geology was revived as a field of study within creation science, which is a part of young Earth creationism.Proponents hold to a literal reading of Genesis 6-9 and view its passages to be historically accurate, using the Bible's internal chronology to place the Flood and the story of Noah's Ark within the last five thousand years. The scientific community considers flood geology to be a myth or pseudoscience because it contradicts the scientific consensus in geology, paleontology, biology, physics, geophysics and stratigraphy."@en }
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- Flood_geology abstract "Flood geology (also creation geology or diluvial geology) is the concept that geology describes features of the Earth which have been shaped by the global flood described in Genesis 6-8. In the early 19th century, diluvial geologists hypothesized that specific surface features were evidence of a worldwide flood which had followed earlier geological eras; after further investigation they agreed that these features resulted from local floods or glaciers. In the 20th century, young Earth creationists revived flood geology as an overarching concept in their opposition to evolution, assuming a recent six-day Creation and cataclysmic geological changes during the Biblical Deluge, and incorporating creationist explanations of the sequence of rock strata.In the early stages of development of the science of geology, fossils were interpreted as evidence of past flooding. The "theories of the Earth" of the 17th century proposed mechanisms based on natural laws, within a timescale set by the biblical chronology calculated at that time. As modern geology developed, geologists found increasing evidence of an ancient Earth, and disputed whether the world was indefinitely old, or had developed in a series of cataclysms, the most recent of which could be attributed to the Genesis flood. In early 19th century Britain, "Diluvialism" attributed landforms and surface features such as beds of gravel and erratic boulders to the destructive effects of this supposed global Deluge, but by 1830 geologists increasingly found that the evidence only showed relatively local floods. Attempts were made by so-called scriptural geologists to give primacy to literal Biblical explanations, but they lacked background in geology and were marginalised by the scientific community, as well as having little influence on the church.Flood geology was revived as a field of study within creation science, which is a part of young Earth creationism.Proponents hold to a literal reading of Genesis 6-9 and view its passages to be historically accurate, using the Bible's internal chronology to place the Flood and the story of Noah's Ark within the last five thousand years. The scientific community considers flood geology to be a myth or pseudoscience because it contradicts the scientific consensus in geology, paleontology, biology, physics, geophysics and stratigraphy.".