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.
在十九世纪初期，如果你是一个地质学家 你发表了关于地球年龄的言论， 你需要解释，地球是不是一直存在的， 它是如何一直存在或者不存在的， 因为在《创世纪》中已经