In sunday school, how old do they say the Earth is?

Question

I heared somewhere that God created the Earth six thousand years ago, and then I read they found human artifacts and bones from 11,000 years ago in one place, and parts of skeletons from 35,000 years ago in Europe. Come on people, we all need to get our story straight, okay? And how come scientists keep changing the names of their fossils?

Answer 1

isn't the earth supposed to be millions if not billions of years old if thats so then christians and many other religions are making up exactly how old the earth is to try to prove their point that god created the earth and whatnot anyway that's an opinion from an agnostic such as myself

Answer 2

Here is the problem.

The Bible gives enough information to date the earth at about 6229 years old.
The oldest artifact that can be dated and "agreed" upon by most all scientist is about 5,500 years old. Every date older than that is very debatable (no one knows for sure).
All the older dates, like dinosaur bones and such, is "all" based on the "assumed" ages assigned to the geologic strata and its designated index fossil. This is "all" speculation, "no" confirmation to any of it.
So to answer "how can the Bible say the earth is 6000 years old and some scientist say that we have human artifacts 35,000 years old and older"? The simple answer is they don't really know that the artifacts are 35,000 years old, some just assume that they can be. The ages given to the geologic column are even worse-these are speculations based on an assumption. They do not know-don't bet on it!

Answer 3

Some people want to assert that everything around us is only 6000 years old. That is false. That does not allow near enough time for all the things that have happened to have happened.

Ex. The Native North Americans started crossing the Bering Strait into present day Alaska and Canada roughly 10,000 years ago.

Answer 4

There are 3 heaven and earth ages, same heaven and earth but different ages.

II Pet.3:5-7 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
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THE WORLD THAT THEN WAS
Gen.1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

To that earth age the world that then was, belongs all fossils and remains. Scientific estimates or guesses; universe or heavens 20 billion years old, earth 4.6 billion years old, moon 200 to 300 million years younger than earth, dinosaur extinction 65 million years ago, Ice Age 2.5 million years ago.
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BEING OVERFLOWED WITH WATER PERISHED
Gen.1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.

AND THE EARTH WAS
The word “was” (hayah) in Hebrew, was not distinguished by the Revisers, that is the verb “to be” from “to become”. The same Hebrew word “hayah” is translated “became” in Gen.2:7.
AND THE EARTH BECAME

WITHOUT FORM H8414 tohu (to'-hoo) From an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), that is, desert; figuratively a worthless thing; adverbially in vain: - confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.

VOID H922 bohu (bo'-hoo) From an unused root (meaning to be empty); a vacuity, that is, (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin: - emptiness, void.
AND THE EARTH BECAME DESOLATE AND EMPTY
Earth was not created that way but became desolate and empty due to Satan’s rebellion. A global overflowing of water, but not Noah’s deluge. Darkness was upon the (face) of the deep, in other words the whole earth.
Into this we can read; dinosaur extinction, destruction of Atlantis, breakup of Gondwana Land, and the Ice Age.
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BUT THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WHICH ARE NOW
Gen.1:2 And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Gen.1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

About 63 A.D. Peter writes, the heavens and the earth which are now. The heaven and earth age we are in now, today.
BY THE SAME WORD ARE KEPT IN STORE
RESERVED UNTO FIRE
AGAINST THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
AND PERDITION OF UNGODLY MEN
PERDITION G684 apoleia (ap-o'-li-a) From a presumed derivative of G622; ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or eternal): - damnable (-nation), destruction, die, perdition, X perish, pernicious ways, waste.
Some will perish eternally and not see the third heaven and earth age.

Answer 5

We dont talk about how old the earth is...we study the Bible and the teachings in it...not earth science...and to be honest, most of the time we dont even have Sunday School because the Holy Ghost takes our service over before we get to Sunday school..

Answer 6

By golly, Mr. GoodGolly I think your on to something. As far as the fossil names are concerned, as more information is discovered and sorted through, the correlation of there position in the time frame of history sometimes shifts. Therefore, sometimes a change in name.

Answer 7

I believe in God, BUT I also believe that science is correct. Yes! The earth is between 4-6 Billion years old, and scientific proofs are solid.

Answer 8

In Sunday school they talk about things that are truly significant to our lives. =)

Answer 9

the bible is not a science textbook> It is concerned with our salvation, not how old the earth is..