The geologic timescale has stood as a fortress of uniformitarian natural history for nearly two centuries. It is an intellectual idol that must be overthrown in order to reassert biblical authority in the realm of natural history. Most creationist critiques focus on empirical detail and thus fail to address the weak religious and philosophical foundations of the timescale. These foundations, rooted in the worldview of naturalism, are the key to overthrowing the flawed and misleading timescale.