Approx. how old is the earth?

Answer 1

The oldest mineral grains on the Earth found in Western Australia are 4.5 Billion years old as dated by radioactive decay. Similar techniques used to date meteorites which are thought to have formed in the early solar system suggest that they are 4.6 billion years old. Hydrogen to helium ratios observed in the sun using spectral analysis show that at it's present rate of fusion, the sun is approximately 4.7 Billion years old, and it is likely that the planets formed at the same time as the sun. The properties of the chemical elements can mathematically show how long it takes to form various different types of rock. Studying these rocks and how they are arranged on the earth also suggests that the Earth must be approximately 4.7 billion years old There are many independent sources of evidence that suggest this figure, therefore it is likely that it is correct. Alternately Christians (one of many religions on the planet) believe that the Earth is only 6,000 years old, because it says so in a book.

Answer 2

Given the fact that, according to the Bible, Adam was created on the sixth day of our planet’s existence, we can determine a biblically based, approximate age for the earth by looking at the chronological details of the human race. This assumes that the Genesis account is accurate, that the six days of creation were literal 24-hour periods, and that there were no ambiguous gaps in the chronology of Genesis.

The genealogies listed in Genesis chapters 5 and 11 provide the age at which Adam and his descendants each fathered the next generation in a successive ancestral line from Adam to Abraham. By determining where Abraham fits into history chronologically and adding up the ages provided in Genesis 5 and 11, it becomes apparent that the Bible teaches the earth to be about 6000 years old, give or take a few hundred years.

What about the billions of years accepted by most scientists today and taught in the vast majority of our academic institutions? This age is primarily derived from two dating techniques: radiometric dating and the geologic timescale. Scientists who advocate the younger age of about 6000 years insist that radiometric dating is flawed in that it is founded upon a series of faulty assumptions, while the geologic timescale is flawed in that it employs circular reasoning. Moreover, they point to the debunking of old-earth myths, like the popular misconception that it takes long periods of time for stratification, fossilization and the formation of diamonds, coal, oil, stalactites, stalagmites, etc, to occur. Finally, young-earth advocates present positive evidence for a young age for the earth in place of the old-earth evidences which they debunk. Young-earth scientists acknowledge that they are in the minority today but insist that their ranks will swell over time as more and more scientists reexamine the evidence and take a closer look at the currently accepted old-earth paradigm.

Ultimately, the age of the earth cannot be proven. Whether 6000 years or billions of years, both viewpoints (and everything in between) rest on faith and assumptions. Those who hold to billions of years trust that methods such as radiometric dating are reliable and that nothing has occurred in history that may have disrupted the normal decay of radio-isotopes. Those who hold to 6000 years trust that the Bible is true and that other factors explain the “apparent” age of the earth, such as the global flood, or God’s creating the universe in a state that “appears” to give it a very long age. As an example, God created Adam and Eve as fully-grown adult human beings. If a doctor had examined Adam and Eve on the day of their creation, the doctor would have estimated their age at 20 years (or whatever age they appeared to be) when, in fact, Adam and Eve were less than one day old. Whatever the case, there is always good reason to trust the Word of God over the words of atheistic scientists with an evolutionary agenda.

http://www.gotquestions.org/earth-age.html

Thousands - Not Billions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ5qran1sS4

The Young Age of the Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk1vJ7BN0Xw

Answer 3

Based on evolution and the big bang theory, the answer would be somewhere around 4.6 billion years old.

Many Christians believe there is a sufficient amount of evidence pointing to the Earth being only 10,000 years old.

Depends on what and who you want to believe.

Answer 4

Approx. 4,500,000,000 years, given the present length of a terrestrial year.

Answer 5

The concensus of opinion right now is that the Earth is 4.5
Billion Years old.

Answer 6

I'm more concerned with how long she has left

Answer 7

i think its somewhere in the neighborhood of 4.7 billion years old
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update-

according to wikipedia its is 4.567 billion years old, so i was close