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8 February, 22:15

Compared to the age of Earth accepted as correct today, how did 17th - and 18th-century proponents of catastrophism envision Earth's age?

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    They believed Earth to be much younger than current estimates.

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    Proponents of Catastrophism believed that the Earth has mainly been shaped throughout history by short and sudden violent catastrophic events. Such as comets, solar flares, and other world changing events. So much so that they envisioned Earth's age as being much younger than the current estimates provided by modern scientists.
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