He was a lawyer by profession, an amateur geologist - and a well trained Jesuit. His worthless book was well financed by the Tiber on the Thames to destroy the Book of Genesis. Written history only goes back about 5000 years. True science deals with that which can be observed . You can observe the motion of the earth.
Evolutionists begin by ASSuming that the earth is billions of years old.
Basing any belief on theory is fatal. Abraham actually existed. The Exodus really happened. King David actually existed. And last of all Jesus is an historical person.