How old is the earth? The universe? Can any god believer answer this?

Question

God gave us plenty of evidence that they were not created 8-10 thousand years ago as one of Gods book says (and gods followers try to force on us). God is omniscient, so we won't bore you with our findings because God already knows, right? Is god planning a 2nd edition to the Bible to correct these blatant errors? Was the devil on gods editorial staff?

Read Pilgrim post. Is he/she delusional?

Answer 1

Over the past few decades, measurements of the Hubble expansion have led to estimated ages for the universe of between 7 billion and 20 billion years, with the most recent and best measurements within the range of 10 billion to 15 billion years. I like those figures.

The best estimates of Earth's age are obtained by calculating the time required for development of the observed lead isotopes in Earth's oldest lead ores. These estimates yield 4.54 billion years as the age of Earth and of meteorites, and hence of the solar system. I agree there also.

Answer 2

Time as we know had not been established at the creation of this earth. Biblically speaking, a day of the Lord's would have equaled a thousand years in earth time.

We have no idea how much time had passed until the creation of Adam and Eve, but it was only upon their transgression and ousting from the Garden of Eden did time as we know it begin. Even then, dramatic changes of the earth itself took place and that is another unsolved mystery as to how long such turbulent changes were made before everything was settled sufficiently for Adam and Eve to leave the Garden and venture out into what we'd call the telestial world that we live in now.

As for the universe's age that will remain a mystery until after we cross over to the spirit world.

A second edition of the Bible is already here in the form of the Book of Mormon as prophesied by Ezekiel 37: 16-20. He has peoples scattered throughout the earth and it is extremely likely that such peoples unknown to us have their own scripture to follow as we have the Bible and the Book of Mormon.

Answer 3

Why might want to the universe replace God ? God and the universe would nicely be one ! And by some ability the universe got here into being. each little thing is wise interior the universe - in both macro- and micro cosmos, so it sounds like the universe has a plan or is almost a huge plan/map and someone must have created this map or residing house. not some thing comes into existence with the help of itself. each little thing should be led to. possibly you need to study Thomas of Aquino. yet i will also turn the tables: why then, is it so illogical to think about that, possibly universe has continually been and has a author.

Answer 4

Why do you assume the bible came from god? What, did it float down here on a golden beam of light? The bible is man made, entirely, mans interpretation of ANYTHING should not be trusted! The first thing you learn in ancient history is about primary and secondary sources, and BIAS. The bible can be a primary historical source(if you can find an original version) but it is still BIASED. Whoever wrote it wasnt just jotting stuff down - Everything written by people in the past is deliberately embellished for us - the people of the future! They want us to think certain things, not what actually happened. Not to mention the amount of rewrites and different versions floating around. Forget the bible, anyone who believes its absolute truth has yet to see the REAL truth, and that is that you have to find out for yourself.

Answer 5

The Earth is about....is it 5 or 6 million or is it billion years old? I can't remember exactly. The universe, well can you tell me? No God believer can answer this but umm you can't either. And also not all of God's followers try to shove things down other throats. I am curious if a new edition will pop up as well. But I totally think Lucifer wasn't on his editoral staff. He's too busy making humans kill each other.

Answer 6

So far, the oldest age we can rationally give to the universe is that of how many light years we can see from us.

We know how far it takes light to travel in one year, and we can judge this distance relatively easily. Therefore, if the furthest we can see away from us, with our high powered space telescopes, is 15 billion light years, then, to the best of our knowledge, the universe is at least 15 billion years old. So far, estimates make it out to be 15-20 billion years old.

As for the Earth, there is plenty of evidence to suggest that it is 4.5 billion years old. Mathematical, chemical, and geological evidence all provide a complete record of the Earth's age.

There are believers of a god that don't subscribe to the young earth hypothesis. I'm not one of them, I'm an atheist, but I know some.

Answer 7

More commonly, advocates of an old Earth hold that the six days referred to are not ordinary 24-hour days, but rather the Hebrew word for "day" (yom) can be interpreted in this context to mean a long period of time (thousands or millions of years) rather than a 24-hour day. The Genesis account is then interpreted as an account of a progressive creation, or sometimes a summary of life's evolutionary history. This view is often called "Day-Age Creationism".

There are a variety of ways in which the events in the creation account are interpreted. Some closely resemble the order of events as held by Young Earth creationism. In this view on the first "day" God is said to have created light; on the second, the firmament of heaven; on the third, the separation between water and land, and the creation of plant life; on the fourth the sun, moon, and stars; on the fifth created marine life and birds; on the sixth land animals, and man and woman.

The order of light, then the firmament, then stars, might be taken as a simplified description of modern theories of cosmology, namely the Big Bang, followed by cosmic inflation, followed by stellar evolution. Similarly, modern zoology believes that marine animals preceded land animals.

Critics of this old Earth view of Creationism comment that the order of the days of creation are inconsistent with modern scientific interpretation. For example, the Earth is unlikely to have existed before the Sun and all other stars, plant life could not have survived millennia without sunlight, flowering plants could not have been pollinated without insect life, and most birds could not survive long without terrestrial life.

Other Old Earth creationism camps hold that the Sun, Moon and Stars were only given their mission or status by God on the fourth day, not literally created ex nihilo. Some believe that the phrase "Let there be light" implies only that light was made visible from the context of the surface of the earth (where the Spirit of the Lord was said to be moving upon the face of the waters) due to the removal of an opaque atmosphere. The Sun, Moon and stars were only made completely visible "for signs and for seasons and for days and years" in the fourth period when the atmosphere was made fully transparent and that the Sun was in existence well before the Earth. The "earth" mentioned in the first verse would be the cosmos as it existed in before the Big Bang, not literally the Earth itself in its modern form. The Hebrew phrase "shamayim erets" (Heavens and the earth) always refers to the entire Universe. It is also possible that the first verse "In the beginning ..." was only a summary of the account that would follow. The exact placement of particular creatures within the creation account such as insects and other forms of life are not necessarily mentioned in the text. The exact length and equality or overlap of "days" may vary from model to model.

Answer 8

"So perfect and comprehensive is His creation that no mind nor heart, however keen or pure, can ever grasp the nature of the most insignificant of His creatures; much less fathom the mystery of Him Who is the Day Star of Truth, Who is the invisible and unknowable Essence. The conceptions of the devoutest of mystics, the attainments of the most accomplished amongst men, the highest praise which human tongue or pen can render are all the product of man's finite mind and are conditioned by its limitations. Ten thousand Prophets, each a Moses, are thunderstruck upon the Sinai of their search at His forbidding voice, 'Thou shalt never behold Me!'; whilst a myriad Messengers, each as great as Jesus, stand dismayed upon their heavenly thrones by the indiction, 'Mine Essence thou shalt never apprehend!' From time immemorial He hath been veiled in the ineffable sanctity of His exalted Self, and will everlastingly continue to be wrapt in the impenetrable mystery of His unknowable Essence. Every attempt to attain to an understanding of His inaccessible Reality hath ended in complete bewilderment, and every effort to approach His exalted Self and envisage His Essence hath resulted in hopelessness and failure." -Baha'u'llah

Answer 9

The present heavens and earth are approximately 6,000 years old give or take 6 or 7.

If you have a problem with that, argue with God. I figured out a long time ago that God is a whole lot smarter than me. I just take His Word on stuff.

I mean, he created it, you'd think He'd know.
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Answer 10

who exactly are you angry with? God or believers in God?..all believers don't believe the same thing in the same way..i believe and do NOT force anything on anyone..you forget that the BIBLE was written by MEN..so therefore, there will be inaccuracies..dont generalize me..please..what difference does it make about the age of the planet anyway? who says our form of dating is right anyway..think deeper