This prediction, as we have seen, is in
complete and accurate accord with the present situation; for the
doctrine of Evolution is chiefly supported by the accepted theories of
geology that there never was a universal Flood. Belief in the current
theories of geology and in a universal Deluge cannot be held by the same
mind, for they are mutually exclusive: either one makes the other
meaningless. And as the popular geology is the foundation of the
Evolution theory, so does the latter render useless and incredible what
the Bible calls "that blessed hope," the second coming of Christ and the
purification of the earth by fire.
2. The mockers here described certainly talk exactly like our modern
_uniformitarians_; for they argue that "from the days that the fathers
fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the
creation." They imply that in the days of "the fathers" some people were
foolish enough to believe differently; but since they "fell asleep" we
have learned better. It should also be carefully noted that their theory
of uniformity stretches back, not to the _close_ of Creation, but to
"the _beginning_ of the Creation." Plainly, then, _Creation itself is
embraced in their scheme of absolute uniformity_; and according to their
view all distinction is smoothed out between Creation and the present
perpetuation of the world by second causes.
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