2006-07-15 19:33:05 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
brainwashing
2006-07-15 19:36:33 · answer #1 · answered by duffman071 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually a bit longer. . .by the Jewish calendar. . .5,766 (as the civil year 2000 = 5,760). . .but there are two traditions about this date. . .and may explain why there has been confusion about this point for literally thousands of years. . .one tradition is that the calendar started (on a Sunday night!) when G-d's Word created our world, per Genesis. . .the other tradition. . .and the one I happen to believe. . .is that "the start of marking time" (probably when the primative peoples elected to form larger villages or even the City-States of Sumeria) is when the calendar began.
It's interesting that the creationist position has been. . .quietly. . .backing away in recent years from the 5,000 year claim. . .while retaining a core position about creationism. . .that does not somehow depend on the calendar!
Hope this helps.
2006-07-15 19:49:14 · answer #2 · answered by MIKEBAYAREA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the creation theory, and it does make sense, and is believed by a large part of the respected scientific community. It basically says God created the earth, and it was different now than it was then, it harbored an environment where lizards could grow huge and poeple could live for hundreds of years. Then when the flood came (noah) that destroyed everything, created the layers of rock which we see and how the animals were buried by their bone masss or whatever with fish on the bottom and mammals on the top. (this has been recreated in smaller scale experiments numerous times)
So that's it, God and the flood formed the earth as it is now, not billions of years of evolution and erosion.
2006-07-15 19:38:43 · answer #3 · answered by Chris K 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
How could anyone honestly believe the world is millions of years old?
You are basing this on what?
2006-07-15 19:43:47 · answer #4 · answered by My Avatar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont.... But myself and everyone else entitled to their own beliefs... Object is though not to condemn the other for believing something different...
Hmmmm,., Solution to middle east.....
To Chris K.. --
It's the creation theory, and it does make sense, and is believed by a large part of the respected scientific community
Ummmm where did u find this Fact???
2006-07-15 19:38:56 · answer #5 · answered by Fixitguy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont I just believe humans have only been here for around 7000 years,and I dont mean lucy or neanderthal because DNA says they werent human at least not genetically linked to us.I guess we need to find those primates we evolved from to tell us exactly how long we have been here until then its a friggin mystery!!
2006-07-15 19:39:24 · answer #6 · answered by big boi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how can anyone believe the earth is billions of years go to cloud ten pictures web site and go to the bottom and click a link it is all scientific reasons why evolution and the big bang wouldn't work and don't worry its not christian reasons its science. which proves that God reigns.
2006-07-15 19:48:17 · answer #7 · answered by VJ S 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
5,000?!? Yesterday someone said it was 6,000! My how time flys when you're totally ignorant. BTW, Whay aren't you asserting your claim on the SCIENCE answer board?????
2006-07-15 19:46:17 · answer #8 · answered by Rollover Mikey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you're talking about young earth creationists, they believe the earth is 6000-10000 years old
they believe in catastrophism rather than uniformitarianism
2006-07-15 19:36:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause some people flaunt the fact that their iq is only 52
2006-07-15 19:38:11 · answer #10 · answered by chevyman502 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wilful ignorance.
2006-07-15 19:35:59 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋