19세기 초, 지질학자로서 지구의 나이에 대해 주장하려면 그것이 창세기에 쓰인 내용에 부합하는지, 어떻게 부합하는지 혹은 그렇지 않은지를 설명해야만 했습니다.
In the early 19th century, if you were a geologist and made a claim about the age of the Earth, you had to explain whether that was consistent or how it was or wasn't consistent with the age of the Earth implied by the account in Genesis.