Once people accepted the false notion that the earth was older than 6,000-years, regardless of how they justified it with the plain teachings of Scripture, the door was open for acceptance of the evolution theory, which became popular in 1859 after Darwin published his book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, of the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life. It's been downhill ever since!
pp. 34-35 - What On Earth Is About To Happen… For Heaven's Sake? (2013)