What exact specific proof do the Fundamentalist Christians have that the Earth is no more than 6000 years old?

Question

Where is your proof? The bible is not a history manual.

......hint
"proof" is not the rantings of a lunatic or well, you can't prove it's NOT true.

...and by the way, we can prove it's 'not' true, you just wouldn't accept the it because 1. you wouldn't be able to understand it 2. it doesn't fit in with your ideology

Answer 1

many conservative Chrisitans believe this, Fundamentalists is not a presise term. The best study I know which
you might be interestied in examining the RATE results
and 8 year study called Radioisotope and the Age of the Earth
There are several DVD on this and books and a conference and DVD called Thosands not Billions by ICR

the C14 in coal samples accross the geological column is roughly constant although the half life being 5.600 years would cause you to expect the lower rocks to be older and have less C14 Even Cambian diamonds have been found to have .1% c14 although they are supposed to be 300million years old


the heliun in zircons is too much, it shoulda diffused out long ago
40% of the helium produces bythe alpha particles (uranium to lead produced 8 helium nuclei as it turns to lead) and is still in the original zircons believed ot be the oldest things on earth, yet the helium should have been long gone

http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2003/0821rate.asp

Answer 2

In short there is no proof that the Earth is 6000 years old.

When attempting to mix man's scientific theories and philosophies to come to some kind of understanding of our world around us it is difficult to separate fact from fiction.

In order to get a complete understanding of the creation narrative in the Bible I would suggest the book "Life -- How did it get here? By evolution or by creation?" Published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. It provides reasonable answers to your question.

If you would like you can have a copy simply go the the link https://watch002.securesites.net/contact/submit.htm You will be contacted by one of Jehovah's Witnesses and they can supply you with a copy of the above mentioned book.

or

If you know one of Jehovah's Witnesses just ask him or her for a copy of the book. They will be happy to help you.

The study of the Bible is a most difficult task. Understanding what is being taught is even more difficult.

I hope you get some answers in your study of the Bible and the benefits it will provide to you.

Answer 3

It was mentioned above that C14 in coal and helium in zircon prove the world is young.

I know this to be false. for a complete step by step mathematical breakdown, complete with footnotes, that shows, unmistakably, that the quantities of C14 and helium do suggest a very old earth.

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/helium/a.html
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/c14.html


It is completely dishonest to have a conclusion and search for facts to support it. This is backwards and this is not science. That’s what creationism is.

science finds facts and then draws conclusions by what's indicated by those facts. When new facts come in to play that alter those conclusions than science will change the conclusion to match the new facts. Science is always self correcting by design.


In additioin, here is a critique of the entire IRC project, the source of the incorrect C14/helium argument from above.

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/icr-science.html

It is important to visit these sites, even if you don't understand the math. Most of us don't have the knowledge to challenge someone who sounds like an authority and we need to see that science has addressed these points.

Answer 4

The dates you perceive as reality are purely interpretations of observations made by technique of human beings contained in the perfect century or 2. they don't look depending in experimentation or historic previous. If I declare a layer of rock is 1000000000000 years previous, how can you tutor me top or incorrect? you could't, the reduce to the accuracy of our courting features lies contained in the oldest substances got here upon of which we may be able to also traditionally date, like Sumerian artifacts because all of us understand Sumer became a civilization round 3000BC. Fossils on the different hand are some thing which we do no longer understand even as the creature actual lived because we don't have any money owed of it. also, fossils can't be wisely carbon-dated because they don't look organic and organic remains, they're rocks which have filled the areas the position bones once were they're dated depending on the strata of rock they were modern in and assorted hypothesis and assumption. some genuinely bone or bone fragments were modern in dinosaur fossils proving they're a lot youthful than envisioned. in case you do analyze on the placement you'll locate that many of the courting procedures are depending totally on the decay prices of a few specimens got here upon close to the floor international huge and then that records is transferred into geological evaluation. between the biggest assumptions is that the international is 4.5 billion years previous, it truly is depending on the concept express rock textile in area became organic uranium 235 even as it became created by technique of organic or supernatural potential; in spite of the indisputable fact that, if the rock were created consisting of a particular share of uranium 238 the entire estimate is faulty. contained in the accurate, why does it remember? no matter if dinosaurs roamed round sixty 5 hundred or million years in the past does no longer impression us in any comprehend.

Answer 5

The Bible never states that the earth is only 6,000 years old. That information is coming from conservative Christians that can't accept the fact that God facilitated evolution in six STAGES as opposed to creating the earth in six literal days.

Answer 6

Hey edward f, I've got one for you.

The Pope is evil. How do I know? What's pope backwards? "epop", what's another 4 letter word beginning with e? EVIL! ooooooh.

Seriously though, snap the prozaks in half next time.

As for the question, they don't, they're just following the timing of the blood lines in the bible back to 6000 years ago.

Answer 7

The Bible is all the proof they need.

Answer 8

Not only is there no proof, but there is not even a shred of evidence. They are just wrong.

Answer 9

thank you, seriously, and also for saying "Fundamentalist Christians" people need to realize there are crazy ones and open minded ones.

f*cks sake edward f, who wants to read all that ranting

Answer 10

they dont have proof they have the bible, there is no evidence besides that