Would you believe the Bible if it said the Earth was 5billion years old, no of course not. Why?

Question

Cause it would still be saying God is the cause

Answer 1

Some believe the Bible scripture and see no errors.

However scant, people may think, the scientific evidence is, it is still more evidence than there is for a god.

Answer 2

I think your question is aimed at discovering who would - or does - follow the Bible and its beliefs based purely on (blind) faith, and who would choose to consider outside sources as well.

Being a Christian, I would believe anything written in the Bible before considering anything else at all, if I even looked for information elsewhere. That's not to say that I would refute legitimate and credible evidence found in outside sources, especially if it corroborated the assertions found in the Bible.

I do not, however, consider it purely blind faith. It is faith, yes. By all means. You cannot be a Christian but by faith. But it's not blind because I find proof enough in the Bible of its authenticity and credibility. To believe what is written in there is one of the few things absolutely required of me as a Christian, and to do that, it would be foolish to feel it necessary to have my beliefs - from the Bible - supported by other sources before I'd be willing to believe it. In fact, it'd be more than foolish - it would be wrong of me.

If you're actually focused on the age of the Earth here, I'd have to say that while there are different perspectives (e.g. Young-Earth Creationists or Theistic Evolutionists), the most important point is to believe that God is our Creator, however he did it. I still consider it important *how* he did it, but recognize that the most important belief is that God is the one behind it all. In that case, it would make little difference if the Bible presented us with a 10,000 or a 5 billion year-old Earth. It's not something I need to consider, however, because the Bible doesn't say the Earth is 5 billion years old (right, I'm great with hypothetical situations, eh? lol).

I think I'm rambling, but to sum up my point(s): I think that as a Christian it's absolutely essential to believe what the Bible says. If that doesn't always conform to what others - outside sources - say, then so be it. My faith in God is greater than my faith in man(kind).

Answer 3

The creation story is a parable about how man is born nothing and must be reformed and regenerated by God. The creation story does not provide a literal timeline of the generations on this earth. The Bible is universal and the literal sense cannot be matched with worldly events on this earth.

Answer 4

Here's the problem with your statement. If I say yes, I am denying a fundamental truth that the Bible does currently teach. So the question is moot, since the Bible does not teach the earth is 5 billion years old. This is the same effectiveness as me saying, "What if you wore yellow socks, would you still say you wore white ones?" The obvious answer is no, but the obvious rejoinder is "who cares? This is pointless since I am wearing white socks..." Get the point?

Answer 5

But God did Design the Earth 5 billion years ago.

Answer 6

Yes. I would.

But again... the Bible doesn't say how old the earth is.

We use the genealogy that begins in Genesis and try to come up with the age. No, it isn't exact but it is close.

As others have posted, science is not exact.

They have found wolly mammoths frozen with buttercups inside their stomach. That means that the ice age happened extremely quickly..instantaneous almost? The food wasn't digested or decayed.

There is much science disproving evolution and other viewpoints that try to go against Christian beliefs.

The facts are there...it's just how we look at it.

Answer 7

yes i would because whatever the bible says is true. the bible says in the last days there will be food shortages and wars and earthquakes, don't you believe that. the bible says that there will be a paradise and God will destroy all the wicked you should also believe that, soon enough you all will see..
the bible only speaks the truth and there is evidence, just look around you earthquakes hurricanes and everything you can or can't imagine is going on in the world now there evidence

Answer 8

The problem with your question is that there is no way for evolutionists to prove it. Fossiliztion can occur within minutes from a volcanic erruption and carbon dating is a joke. I can hold a rock in my hand and say it is 1 trillion years old and another rock in the other hand and say it is 100 years old. If you believe in evolution, go to this website and hear from a man who was one for 20 years.

Answer 9

albinoturtle, you have an interesting point, but his question is pertaining to:

Do you believe that bible no matter what it tells you? Or do you look at other sources. You seem to have answerd the question that you believe the bible whatever it tells you.

Answer 10

actually i would tend to believe it more if it said that. it would be more credible if it talked about dinosaurs and that this rock is 5 billion yrs old. of course, the people who wrote it had no idea how old it was so...they wrote scene 1 act 1.