The truth of what Christianity believed about creation has long been forgotten by a recent rise of Young Earth Creationism.

In reality, there is a lot of evidence that prior to the 1960s most Christians believed the earth was much older than 6000 years.

Produced by Dr. Ronald Leslie Numbers – Professor of History of Science at UoWisconsin. He holds a B.A. from Southern Missionary College, and a M.A. and Ph. D. in the history of science from Berkeley. Ronald is a leading scholar in the history of science and religion and an authority on the history of creationism.