Playing god
Indholdsfortegnelse |
1650
- Who
- Archbishop James Ussher of Armagh
- Idea
- Calculated that the world was created in 4004 BC.
1820
- Event
- Many geologist thought the surface of the Earth was formed by catastrophes sent by God.
1821
- Who
- William Buckland.
- Event
- He found a cave full bones from many different including big animals.
- Idea
- That there had been a tropical climate in England, and it had been there for generations.
- Implications
- According to calculation based on the bible, the Earth was created in 4004 BC. This was not compliant with this new theory and which therefor questioned the word of the bible.
1830-33
- Who
- Charles Lyell.
- Publication
- "Priciples of Geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earth's surface, by references to cause now on operation".
- Idea
- The Earth geological changes were not formed by catastrophes.
- Implication
- This suggested that God, didn't form the Earth, since he wasn't needed to explain any changes.
1831-36
December 27 - Charles Darwin starts his voyage on HMS Beagle
1851
- Who
- John Ruskin.
- Publication
- Letter: My faith...
- Idea
- He's doubting his faith, based on with the geologists says.
1859
- Who
- Charles Darwin
- Publication
- On the origin of the Species, by means of natural selection.
- Idea
- We all descent from one common ancestor.
1860
- Event
- Public debate at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Oxford.
