[CarolinaGuitarman]

Well, yeah, they believed in an oscillating universe come to think of it. But I was talking about countries whose religions were based on the Bible. I was arguing against the contention that idea of a young earth arose about the same time that Darwin came onto the scene. That is of course the opposite of what happened.

[Virginia-American]

You're quite right, I just mentioned the Hindus to emphasize the Biblical/Koranic basis for the young Earth hypothesis.

There are radical Hindus who reject the ToE because it conflicts with reincarnation, (and also reject radiometric dating because it gives an answer that's too young) whereas others claim that the Hindus understood it millenia before Darwin. (As near as I can tell, the "undirected" aspect gives them all trouble)