How old is the earth.?

Question

Science says it is around 4.5 billion years old.

Answer 1

That sounds about right. I read a National Geographic article a few years back about the aging of the earth, and the writer had a 4 billion year old piece of basalt sitting on his desk. It's believed to be the oldest known rock, it dates back almost to the formation of the earth. Can you imagine? I have a fair sized fossil collection, but mine only date back to about the Devonian Period (410 to 360 million years ago). I just can't picture a rock lying around for 4 billion years, waiting to be picked up. Literally all of the world's history occurred while that little piece of basalt sat alongside a Canadian river.

Answer 2

The Bible states that the earth is eons and eons old; that in fact, there was an entire earth age before this one. 4.5 Billion? Uh - probably older, I think.
I realize that there is a group who say the Bible states the earth is 6000 years old; They are unlearned and I wish they would just shut up, or else learn what Scriptures do actually say.
I'm a Christian who has gotten reported twelve (12) times so far TONIGHT by my "fellow Christians"; I am getting the idea that they want someone to tell them a lie, just as long as it adds up with what little Biblical knowledge they do have; and they also want someone very very quiet, void of life, not willing to talk with an athiest, not willing to laugh at a joke, etc. Well, God didn't set me upon this earth so that I could act like a holier-than-thou hippocrit; in fact, God does say that those types of people are like a smoke that gets into his nose, and irritates Him the whole day through. Do you know what you do with smoke that gets into your nose? You get rid of it.
Forgive me the rant; I'm disgusted to the point of vomit.

Answer 3

Most people acknowledge that fact, actually it is more than 4.5 billions! Yes there is scientific proof fossils, carbon dating etc!

What annoys me is not only my fellow christians that still believe its 6000, what annoys me even more is when some people claim to understand science when they don't and put other people down because of their religious beliefs, and mock them based on something they don't even understand themselves!

Not everyone but, I'm talking about those who mock the christians who believe it is 6000!
Live and let live for goodness's sake!

I also get annoyed when some of my fellow christians say that either G-d is testing us or its the devil's doing...Sigh!

So to answer your question I would say: if it is 6000 then it must be flat! lol

Oh, and I agree with spike (She's 29) :)
And I also agreewith Jan about the abusive abuse reports!

Answer 4

THE TIME IN THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS IS IN THE BIBLE AND NO OTHER TIME

TIME INVOLVED IN THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS [ No age of earth given in bible].
0000 ][ Gen.1:1,2; All exist, is it billions? Gen.1:3-25; Preparation of existing earth.
0000 ][ John 17:3,5,24; Col.1:15-17; Rev.3:12,14; Jesus was with God first.
0000 ][ Jesus first creation created in image of God. Gen.1:26; Adam in their image.
0000 ][ Gen.5:3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 25, 28 is 1056 Noah age 600 Gen.7:6; is
1656 ][ 130, 105, 90, 70, 65, 162, 65, 187, 182 is 1056 Noah Son #10, age 600 flood.
0000 ][ Gen.11:10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 is 222 Gen.11:32 is 205 to 427
0427 ][ 2, 35, 30, 34, 30, 32, 30, 29 is 222 + 205 Gen.11:32; 427 after flood.
0000 ][ Abrahan son #20 Matt.1:1-17; Has Promised Land Covenant 427th year.
0000 ][ Gen.21:5; 25:26; 47:9,28; 50:26; Job 42:16; Exo.7:7; Moses age 80.
0000 ][ 25 Isaac age 60, 147 Jacob, Joseph 53, Job 65, Moses at 80 is 430 years.
0430 ][ Exodus 12:40,41 [430 ]Gal.3:16-18; heirs & law 857 to 897 after Flood.
0040 ][ Aaron & Moses die 40th year Num.33:38,39; Deut.34:7; Arnon Heirs.
0000 ][ Josh,5:6,10,12; 14th day New Year 898, Judges 11:26; 300 is 1198th.
0000 ][ Acts 13:20; 450 & 857 is 1307 Samuel age 80, David age 4. 1103 BC
0000 ][ Samuel 1103 to 1083 BC, all want a king, at Saul 1117 to 1077 BC
0000 ][ David 1303-1327-1333-1373 after Flood, 1107-1083-1077-1037 BC
0000 ][ Ruth 4:18-22; 1Chr.3:1-17 [ David's family, Mary from Nathan line ];
0480 ][ 1Ki.6:1; 480 & 897 at heirs is 1377 after flood, Solomon 4th. 1033 BC
0036 ][ 1Ki.2:10,11; David #34. 1Ki.11:42; Solomon 36 [ of 40 ], dies at 997 BC
0391 ][ 17, 3, 41, 23, 8, 1, 6, 40, 29, 52, 16, 16, 29, 55, 2, 31, 11, 11 kings end.
~~~~~~ Jehoiachin son #48 captive 2Ki.25:27-30. Eze.1:2; Jer.52:31-34;
3460 kings end, 606 BC bible years end, 2007 years ago at 6073 after Adam.

THERE WILL BE NO KING UNTIL JESUS AT HIS SECOND COMING = PROPHECY.

Answer 5

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 of course assumes that the Genesis account is accurate, that the six days of creation described in Genesis were literal 24-hour periods, and that there were no ambiguous chronological gaps.
The genealogies listed in Genesis chapters five and eleven provide the age at which Adam and his descendants each begot the next generation in a successive ancestral line from Adam to Abraham. By determining where Abraham fits into history chronologically and by adding up the ages provided in Genesis chapters five and eleven, it becomes apparent that the Bible teaches the earth to be about 6,000 years old, give or take a few hundred years.

What about the popular age of about 4.6 billion 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 6,000 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 [see our articles on radiometric dating and the geologic timescale]. 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 [see our article on evidences for a young earth]. 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 6,000 years or 4.6 billion years – both viewpoints (and everything in between) rests on faith and assumptions. Those who hold to 4.6 billion 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 6,000 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 creating the universe in a state that “appears” to give it an very long age. As an example, God created Adam and Eve as fully-grown adult human beings. If a doctor were to have 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.

Answer 6

Somewhere between 4.5 billion and 4.6 billion years old

Brent Dalrymple's book "The Age of the Earth" is still the best book on the subject. It covers all the different means of dating, the history of the topic, as well as the various pieces of evidence.

Dalrymple gives a best estimate of 4.54 billion based on four different lead ore samples and states that the age is certainly between 4.5 billion and 4.6 billion.

Answer 7

Around 4.6 Billion Years Old

Answer 8

I don't know but why can't it be like 20 billion years old? Or maybe 30 billion? What's a couple of billions years in the big picture?

Answer 9

It is. Maybe 5 billion years old.

Answer 10

4.5 billion years old