who believes this crap that the earth is merely 5-6,000 years old?

Question

where do these bible people get this nonsense.

when you have to take leave of you common sense to believe something , it aint worth believing

As we speak I await the "Quotations" from this book of fables which those who live in fear eel compelled to detail.

By the way The evolution theory remains just that - a theory. I hppen not to believe the origin of life is as simple as survival of the fittest or

obviously there is evolution , that is what explains the Galapagos islands (animals) but is/was there another less than terrestrial answer (other than the fairy tale let there be ...man

Answer 1

answering the who believes part: only people who can't read or who so mistrust science that they refuse to believe anything but the bible (and biblical scholars, paradoxically).

As to where they get that nonsense, well, that'd be those bible scholars. Strangely I suspect those same scholars may in many cases be more open to other theories (evolution!) than they're given credit for. After all, it's one thing to read the bible and infer from all the details there that genesis must have described a date 4600 years ago; it's quite another to believe that is a true account of the time since creation.

Answer 2

I am a "bible person" (I'm a Catholic Christian). I personally believe in evolution and that the earth is older than 6,000 years old, but I believe that God had a hand in it. I have no problem whatsoever with the theories scientists come up with, as long as they do not deny that God created the world. Notice I didn't say instantaneously. If there was a "big bang" then I believe that God somehow had a hand in it.

I think it's "crap" NOT to believe in God. There's an EXCELLENT
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It is called "Unlocking the Mystery of Life." Please check it out. It will be worth your time and is only 65 minutes.

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Answer 3

According to fundies, the universe is about 6000 years old, which means the light from the stars less than halfway across our own galaxy should not be visible yet. Every night new stars should appear in the sky as their light finally reaches earth and the light from the nearest galaxy to ours (Andromeda) should not arrive for another almost 2.2 million years. These fundies should be kept away from all children.

Answer 4

LOL, these are the same people that had the nation burning Beatle albums and memorabilia.

Q: What's the difference between a Cult and a Religion?

A: The Religion has the backing of a Government.

Answer 5

Its funny they didn't even GET the nonsense all they did was get a 2k+ year old hand me down idea, from a printed paper that comes to together to form a book, but I found why one particular person worships god and follows Jesus like a sheep. I asked why did he believe it, Believe it or not he said and I quote " I'd rather take the easier way" That should be the answer to to your rhetorical question. he he

Answer 6

Yes, there is a "Young Earth" movement out there. They even have rafting on several large canyon rivers to show folks how God did all that laying of strata in a day or two. It is a sad statement on the state of scientific education in this country. (Yes, there are VERY FEW "Young Earthers" outside of the U.S.)

Answer 7

I just can't believe there are wacky lunatic creationists that claim something that even they know isn't true. A mere book claims no authority, less one that's been edited so many times.

Answer 8

"That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand." 2 Thessalonians 2:2

Here's an update then. People can almost prove that what happened years ago in history and stuff, like how the declaration of independence happened, what it actually looked like, or who really discovered the US, but people can disprove that, too. NO ONE knows if the Bible is the truth, so that means we can't disprove it.

Answer 9

you need to read about the three earth ages this is the second its only 6000 years old the first was billions of years old its in the bible i think Ezekiel.

Answer 10

it is quite ridiculous and sad, really. considering the fact that the bulk of micro- and cell biology, behavioral sciences, botany, oceanography, geology, etc. etc. etc. are all predicated upon the knowledge that the Earth is billions of years old.

i think that people should be able to believe whatever crackpot theories they like to, but they need to keep their mythology out of our science and our classrooms.