“Shall it any longer be said that a science [geology], which unfolds such abundant evidence of the Being and Attributes of God, can reasonably be viewed in any other light than as the efficient Auxiliary and Handmaid of Religion?” SaidGodLightScienceEvidenceAttributesEfficientGeologyHandmaidsAttributes Of God Book:Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology Source: Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology
“With respect to those points, on which the declaration of Scripture is positive and decisive, as, for instance, in asserting the low antiquity of the human race; the evidence of all facts that have yet been established in Geology coincides with the records of Sacred History and Profane Tradition to confirm the conclusion that the existence of mankind can on no account be supposed to have taken its beginning before that time which is assigned to it in the Mosaic writings.” WritingHumansFactsScienceRaceExistenceTakenRecordsMankindLowsEvidenceTraditionAccountsSacredScriptureConclusionInstanceHuman RaceDeclarationAntiquityGeologyProfaneMosaics Author:William Buckland
