wunder · LibrarySECTION VII.. How Long Has It Been Since the Creation of the Earth?
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How does the amount of stratified rock indicate the great antiquity of the earth?
How does the stratification show the same thing?
What is the proof that the principal strata were deposited before the creation of man, and how does this fact bear upon the question of the antiquity of the earth?
Give the argument drawn from the successive creations and disappearance of animal and vegetable species.
The argument drawn from the amount of organic matter in the stratified rocks.
The argument from slow accumulation.
What is the general conclusion from these facts?
Why is this conclusion an important one?
What objection to it has been raised?
How is this objection answered?
What additional explanation is given?
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