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Where does the Bible say the Earth & Universe is only 6,000 years old?
Where does the Bible say the Earth & Universe is only 6,000 years old?
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If you narrowly and mindlessly trace back the events in the Bible, and insist that a “day” is only a 24 hour period (which even the Bible says it isn’t), then yes, the Earth and the Universe is only 6,000 and some years old. I’m sure there are even more misguided calculations that say the Universe began on Monday, April xx, 6xxx BC. At 6:00 am, EST.
Pure Creationism is unfortunately misguided. Ken Ham did a horrendous job of representing the Biblical viewpoint in his debate with Bill Nye.
Read “I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist” by Dr. Norman Geisler.
Intelligent Design (which is completely Biblical and completely scientific) is where it’s at. Which is why the unbelievers wanted to debate Ken Ham instead.
At points in the past, individuals have attempted to work out the age of the earth by working backwards through the genealogies provided in Holy Scripture and using the stated ages of people like Adam, Moses, etc. Using that method, and assuming 6 24-hour days for creation, with a 7th for rest, creation took place in approximately 4000 BC. Those years, plus the 2014 years AD we’ve recorded makes approximately 6,000 years. I’m not sure about the methodology and to be honest, don’t know what I personally think about it. The argument is that the Bible says it, but indirectly.