When at the same time they believe the earth has been around for 65 billion years? What makes it last 5 billion more years as opposed to the "65 billion" it has already done? Why cant it last another 65 billion? This thinking doesnt seem very logical, and this is coming from people how claim to be "more" logical.
2007-01-12 05:37:36 · 26 answers · asked by dean 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
haha, so i guess people put a thermometer in the sun and said, yea, its burning this much every year, its got 5 billion left. haha. and yes i know the sun will burn out someday, but scientists put a number on it. you cant determine that. you cant even determine the sun has been around for 65 billion years. has it been carbon tested?!?!? hahaha, NOOOO!!! please, the age of the sun is an illogical dispute against creationists.
2007-01-12 05:57:03 · update #1
They heard it on the TV.
2007-01-12 05:41:06 · answer #1 · answered by Royal Racer Hell=Grave © 7 · 1⤊ 5⤋
What are you talking about?
The earth hasn't been around for 65 BILLION years (no one has ever said it is), its been around for 4.5 Billion.
You're right, its not logical because you've just made an assumption thats totally based on lies.
Now, the dinosaurs were around for 65 MILLION years old (billion is different from million, just so you know. Million is less).
Now... to get the FACTS straight....
The sun is a middle aged star about half way through its life span. The Sun's current age, determined using computer models of stellar evolution and nucleocosmochronology, is thought to be about 4.57 billion years.[3] (not 65. Where in hell did you get that number anyway?).
Now, observations of age are based on mathematical calculations from the knowing how hydrogen (what the sun is made of) burns (its half life).
The Sun is about halfway through its main-sequence evolution, during which nuclear fusion reactions in its core fuse hydrogen into helium. Each second, more than 4 million tonnes of matter are converted into energy within the Sun's core, producing neutrinos and solar radiation. The Sun will spend a total of approximately 10 billion years as a main sequence star.
It will eventually become a red giant and will kind of die with a whimper because its not big enough to become a supernova.
Honestly, where do you people get these things? Learn the facts, not things pulled from your imagination.
Dean, please don't be an idiot. No one put a thermometer up the suns butt to get a reading. Its based on math. Pretty much everything can be explained through math. Honestly, you need to go back to school and learn about physics and chemistry.
You've totally ignored the explanations you're being given. If you're going to be a Christian, at least be an educated Christian because right now you're an embarassment to your religion.
2007-01-12 05:48:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Big numbers are impressive. To say that the sun will not die for another 5 billion years removes any fear of being around when it does die. I think you mean 6 1/2 billions years, rather than 65 billion years. Even the most liberal evolutionist would not say that the earth has been around for 65,000,000,000 years. Again, big number are impressive and when they deal with the past there is comfort in them. It is the here and now that is threatening, not the distant past or the distant future.
2007-01-12 05:49:32 · answer #3 · answered by Preacher 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You have obviously never stepped foot into the science department of a university. Let me put this in perspective and give you the correct numbers:
age of universe: 12-18 billion years old
age of the sun: 4.5-5 billion years old
age of the earth: 4-4.6 billion years old
...your 65 billion mark is slightly off as you can see....and with that the sun has run through roughly half of its life. It has to do with the size of the star as to how fast it runs through its fuel. Surprisingly smaller stars live much longer while the largest stars can live and die in millions of years.
Go to school.
2007-01-12 05:52:14 · answer #4 · answered by bc_munkee 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's very logical if you really think about it, because the Sun is nothing but a ball of burning gases and it's not going to burn forever you know. I would say it has done right well to have been able to burn for 70 billion years wouldn't you? Besides, neither you nor I will have to worry about being around when it burns out. The odds are that mankind will either not exist or will have moved on to another planet in a different solar system or we will have killed ourselves off or Jesus will have come by then and we will have been judged and either be in heaven or hell. Think about it.
2007-01-12 05:48:04 · answer #5 · answered by golden rider 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The earth is 4 and a half billion years old and the sun WILL die out in a couple billion more years (we know this because we have watched suns die out before)
read a science book or something.
2007-01-12 05:49:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Where did you hear that someone thinks the world is 65 billion years old? Last I heard it was only about 4.5 to 5 billion years old and the whole universe is only 13-14 billion years old.
2007-01-12 05:52:53 · answer #7 · answered by Alan 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have never seen the figure 65 billion years. Where did you come up with it? 13 - 15 billion. But not 65.
2007-01-12 05:46:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
EDIT:
Why do you keep saying that the sun has beein around for 65 billion years? Are you confusing that with the 65 million year estimate for how long ago the dinosaurs lived?
By your recent statement, it is actually very sad and frightening about how ignorant you truly are. Why do you seek to make a fool of yourself when you have never opened an astronomy book or tried to comprehend it ever. Please spare yourself further humiliation and just shut up.
Do you know anything about the lifespan of stars or what happens when they go 'supernova"?
Do you know anything at all about astronomy?>
No? Get a book and read...
um, you do know our "sun" is the closest "star" , right?
Go to the NASA website and see all the hundreds of pictures we have taken of the reminents of 'suns'/stars which have gone supernova and have burned out their fuel and dispersed it out into the surrounding space in the universe...it is breathtaking.
You might also be interested in what nebula look like, where stars are born.
Have you ever thought about how many 'suns' there are out there? Think of it this way, every single star you see most likely has it's own solar system of little planets orbiting around them, just like ours has.
You see, we are not so unique after all..
2007-01-12 05:41:12 · answer #9 · answered by janesweetjane 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
5 billion years, i don't think we've go much to worry about do you?
in 5 billion years, none of us idiot's will be around, i don't even think humans will be here. Forgive me, i live in Oklahoma, and it's a ice storm. I can't get out I'll be stuck hear all weekend. Bottom line is I'm just plain bored.
2007-01-12 05:42:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Because of scientific evidence, oh yes and because our sun is a main sequence star, not a neutron star. Also, where on earth did you read that our sun is 65 billion years old? It is estimated to be around FIVE billion years. Man, really you need to take a science class.
Here is some links explaining the life cycle of stars.
http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni/uni_101stars.html
http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/39/sun2.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/stars/death/index.shtml
2007-01-12 05:41:00 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋