To clarify, the modern young Earth creationism that formed as an alternative to scientific consensus. We've had strong evidence that the Earth is very, very old

To clarify, the modern young Earth creationism that formed as an alternative to scientific consensus. We've had strong evidence that the Earth is very, very old for hundreds of years, which was the scientific and religiously backed conclusion in the early 1800s. At the time this article was written, it would have been well understood and accepted, with no religiously driven explanation counter to scientific evidence. Any explanation put forth for an old or young Earth prior to scientific evidence for it is just blind guessing by philosophers.