Do you believe that the Earth is only just over 5,000 years old?

Answer 1

Nope I think that's just silly!

Answer 2

No, this Christian does not. I believe in the Gap Theory of Genesis 1:1 - 1:2.

If that is a new idea for you, I will breifly explain it to you:

The Gap Theory of Genesis 1:1 - 1:2 places a Gap in time between the two verses. It is not typical that a Christian would believe in this theory. The Hebrew language is much like English in that one word may mean more than one thing. So instead of being ' 2 And the earth was without form, and void; it would just as validly be translated. 2 And the earth was a waste and a desolation. So a waste and a desolation would infer that there was something there before, a pre-Adam earth and a pre-Satan Earth that was destroyed when Satan and those that rebelled along with him were changed. Lucifer became Satan, was cast down out of heaven, and perhaps was the cause or 'coincided with the destruction that killed the dinosaurs. The meteor that destroyed the dinosaur era was the end of that era.

I think that this is likely. I also warn you that I departed the typical use of the Gap Theory when I said that Satan's downfall was a part of the destruction.

So I hope that you realize that Christians cannotbe luimped together with the interpretation of an ancient monk declaring the age of the Earth.

Answer 3

No. I believe this comes from a misunderstanding of Hebrew. Genesis 1:1 states that in the beginning God created the Heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:2 starts with And the earth was without form and void. The phrase "without form and void" in ancient Hebrew actually means that it existed but was destroyed. Many people call it the Genesis Gap or Gap Theory. I do believe that this present age where God created life on earth and humans is not very old but the earth and universe are far older.

Answer 4

No - there are rocks in Greenland that have been scientifically dated as being around 3.7 billion years old. With all the fossil evidence for dinosaurs living on earth about 65 million years ago, along with evidence that humans have been around for over 10,000 years, how can religions continue to persist in the myth that the earth is only 5,000 years old? Look at the evidence!

Answer 5

Good thing you didnt ask these same people whether the earth was round 1,000 years ago....I'm sure they would have made fun of you then, as well. Don't you remember when all of those smart scientists said that one.

Truth is noone knows for sure. It is interesting however when you look at a population chart, how it looks as if 5,000 to 10,000 years ago is exactly where human existence seems to start. Evolutionists always have trouble with that. Also their lack of transitional fossils, ever witnessing any macro-evolutionistic changes in species, and ever creating life from nothing in their sophisticated laboratories.

Its a good thing That my conscience evolved from Godless monkeys and alligators, or I might be running around eating children and throwing feces in people's faces......wait a minute...

Answer 6

Absolutely not! Proven science, not evolution has estimated the earth as being 4-5 Billions years old, The Bible does not disagree with that possibility.
--Mankinds' beginning--historical mankind, is definetly around 6,000 years. old--Adam's being created!

*** ce chap. 7 p. 97 par. 40 “Ape-Men”—What Were They? ***

The Fate of the Earth we read: “Only six or seven thousand years ago . . . civilization emerged, enabling us to build up a human world.” The Last Two Million Years states: “In the Old World, most of the critical steps in the farming revolution were taken between 10,000 and 5000 BC.” It also says: “Only for the last 5000 years has man left written records.”

Answer 7

No. The Earth is very old. First, there was God - 'In the beginning, God'.

After that, 'Created the Heaven and the Earth'.

Then, a long time later - 'And the Earth was without form, and void'. And God said 'Let there be light...'

We know the rest.

So God was there, and the material for creation ,of the planets etc., was there, but hadn't been formed into anything.

The whole 'seven days' thing is to help us to understand, to put it into some form of context for us; he wroked for six days and rested the seventh. But God is outside our Time - 'To God, a day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day'.

I have a friend who lectures on cosmology. He's a Christian, and says that the Bible version is correct, written in layman's terms, of how the Universe happened.

Answer 8

Actually there are several interesting alternative interpretations of biblical scriptures (the lineage accounts) which indicate that the world would be older than originally thought (currently ~5000k) if a literal interpretaiton is used in accounting the lineages (which is how the bible is used to determine time)

The alternative interpretaions outline a much longer time from Adam to Abraham.

Sorry I can't remember the link.

Answer 9

No. The Earth is a lot older than that. Try more like 400 billion years old, and you'd be closer to earths age.

Answer 10

No.

The Bhagavad-Gita was spoken from Krsna to Arjuna over 5,000 years ago. Also, if it was, what was here before? I'm not sure the background behind your question, considering that I'm sure there's a lot of reasons and things behind the question.

Actually, I don't agree with most of these peoples posts...Man is eternal...this Earth has been here and will always be here.

Answer 11

Just a little over 5,000 years, a few billion maybe