Posted on 02/21/2009 6:03:46 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1).
The question of the age of the earth has produced heated discussions on debate boards, classrooms, TV, radio, and in many churches, Christian colleges, and seminaries. The primary sides are:
*Young earth proponents (biblical age of the earth and universe of about 6,000 years)1
*Old earth proponents (secular age of the earth of about 4.5 billion years and a universe about 14 billion years old)2
The difference is immense! Let’s give a little history of where these two basic calculations came from and which worldview is more reasonable...
(Excerpt) Read more at answersingenesis.org ...
Answers in Genesis has a great museum somewhere up in Kentucky. I hope to get out that way someday soon to see it.
It’s a good organization and provides some good information. I like Ken Ham, too...
Whoo hoo! The same topic as yesterday but with a different name. GGG can keep spammin’ this forever.
There’s no way to use the bible to estimate the age of the planet. First of all, we dont’ know how many generations were left out in the “begats”. THere’s no reason to believe that those lineages were without gaps. I would guesstimate that only the really important and memorable individuals were included.
It was here when I got here, so I know it’s at least 49 years old.
No one knows
Just got back from God’s snow covered mountains. I felt like I was sitting atop a glimmering 11,000 foot cathedral. My wife had to drag me up there. But boy was I glad once we arrived! I could actually see where we live way off in the distance. Pure bliss.
That’s a truly good start :o)
gaaaa!
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The geneologies in the Bible give us a pretty good idea IMHO.
That's easy. Just Google it, Wikipedia, or any good geology or science book will tell ya!
“First of all, we dont’ know how many generations were left out in the “begats”. THere’s no reason to believe that those lineages were without gaps. I would guesstimate that only the really important and memorable individuals were included.”
Read the Bible. There are no “gaps”.
Here’s a good summary.
http://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/LVSermons/LineageOfJesus.htm
4.5 Billion is the most likely answer.
The 6000 year argument is based on the "generations of man" mentioned in Genesis 5:1.
Man and the Universe were not born in the same "Day."
Save the protests of what it actually "says" in the Bible for Sunday School where all of the arguments are of equal stature with these so called "young earth proponents."
“How old is the earth?”
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Which part?
You are quite right. The Universe was created two days before Adam.
The answers are all there. Look up and see the moon. Out of 159 moons in this solar system, it is the only one that is the same size as the sun in the sky, enabling perfect solar eclipses. It is the only one whose periods of rotation and revolution are synchronized, so that the same side always faces the earth, which revolves around our sun at the perfect distance for liquid water. Our unusually large moon gives those waters tides and the wobble of the earth gives us seasons, all enabling and challenging life. Coincidence? Just lucky I guess.
I am a christian and one who reads the Bible daily, and I think that Yale University answered some of those questions in the Carbon dating study they did twenty years ago.
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