What makes the catholics believe the world is only at most 6k-10k years old? What scriputre or reference says?

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Answer 1

Catholics support an old earth concept, not what you are assuming above.

In any case, here is a timeline for you:

Creation of Adam
Biblical 0 Modern 11013 B.C.

Birth of Seth: Adam was 130 when Seth was born (Genesis 5:6)
Biblical 130 Modern 10883 B.C.

Birth of Enos. Seth was 105 when Enos was born (Genesis 5:6)
Biblical 235 Modern 10778 B.C.

End of Enos’ period, 905 years after his birth (Genesis 5:11), which is the year Cainan was born and his period began.
Biblical 1140 Modern 9873 B.C.

End of Cainan’s period, 910 years after his birth (Genesis 5:14). This is the year Mahalaleel was born and his period began.
Biblical 2050 Modern 8963 B.C.

End of Mahalaleel’s period, 895 years after his birth (Genesis 5:17). This is the year Jared was born and his period began.
Biblical 2945 Modern 8068 B.C.

End of Jared’s period, 962 years after his birth (Genesis 5:20). This is the year Enoch was born and his period began.
Biblical 3907 Modern 7106 B.C.

End of Enoch’s period, 365 years after his birth (Genesis 5:23). This is the year Methuselah was born and his period began.
Biblical 4272 Modern 6741 B.C.

End of Methuselah’s period, 969 years after his birth (Genesis 5:27). This is the year Lamech was born and his period began.
Biblical 5241 Modern 5772 B.C.

Birth of Noah. Lamech was 182 when Noah was born (Genesis 5:28-29).
Biblical 5423 Modern 5590 B.C.

The Flood. Noah was 600 when the Flood came (Genesis 7:6).
Biblical 6023 Modern 4990 B.C.

Death of Shem, 502 years after the Flood (Genesis 11:10-11). This is the year Arphaxad was born and his period began.
Biblical 6525 Modern 4488 B.C.

End of Arphaxad’s period, 438 years after his birth (Genesis 11:12-13). This is the year Salah was born and his period began.
Biblical 6963 Modern 4050 B.C.

End of Salah’s period, 433 years after his birth (Genesis 11:14-15). This is the year Eber was born and his period began.
Biblical 7396 Modern 3617 B.C.

End of Eber’s period, 464 years after his birth (Genesis 11:16- 17). This is the year Peleg was born and his period began.
Biblical 7860 Modern 3153 B.C.

The building of the tower of Babel must have occurred between the dates 3153 B.C. and 2914 B.C. (Genesis 10:25; 11:1-9).

End of Peleg’s period, 239 yrs. after his birth (Genesis 11:18- 19). This is the year Reu was born and his period began.
Biblical 8099 Modern 2914 B.C.

End of Reu’s period, 239 years after his birth (Genesis 11:20- 21). This is the year Serug was born and his period began.
Biblical 8338 Modern 2675 B.C.

End of Serug’s period, 230 years after his birth (Gen. 11:22-23). This is the year Nahor was born born and his period began.
Biblical 8568 Modern 2445 B.C.

End of Nahor’s period, 148 years after his birth (Genesis 11:24-25). This is the year Terah was born and his period began.
Biblical 8716 Modern 2297 B.C.

Birth of Abram to Terah. Terah was 130 years old at the birth of Abram (Genesis 11:26, 32, 12:4).
Biblical 8846 Modern 2167 B.C.

Circumcision of Abraham. He was ninety-nine years of age (Genesis 17:24).
Biblical 8945 Modern 2068 B.C.

Birth of Isaac. Abraham was 100 years old at the birth of Isaac (Genesis 21:5).
Biblical 8946 Modern 2067 B.C.

Birth of Jacob. Isaac was 60 years old at the birth of Jacob (Genesis 25:26).
Biblical 9006 Modern 2007 B.C.

Jacob enters Egypt at the age of 130. This is the year that begins the 430 years Israel was in Egypt (Genesis 47:9).
Biblical 9136 Modern 1877 B.C.

Exodus of Israel from Egypt, 430 years after entrance (Exodus 12:40-41).
Biblical 9566 Modern 1447 B.C.

The beginning of the building of the temple in the fourth year of Solomon (I Kings 6:1).
Biblical 10,046 Modern 967 B.C.

2007 A.D. + 967 B.C. + 10,046 elapsed years = 13,020 years of existence

Answer 2

Catholics don't believe what you stated above. In fact Vatican II helped clergy and laity see beyond the whole "pope is infallible" belief. Science and Religion are blending together much better now that we Catholics have accepted some fundamental truths about how the world works by using science to explain things.

Your question is really talking about ultra conservative protestants. Typically called "creationists" because they believe that the bible should be interpreted literally and that is how they come up with their "6-10k year old" world. There is actually a "creationist museum" being built right up the interstate from where I live . . . kind of weird if you ask me.

Answer 3

Dear ry s,

The Bible contains many time references. These references are often hidden in the various geneologies given in the Bible and are difficult to comprehend unless one follows God's rules of Scripture interpretation (Isaiah 28:9-11; 1 Corithians 2:13).

The Lord is opening more of the Bible up to His people because now we are in the Great Tribulation of Matthew 24. Much of the Bible was closed to our understanding until this time (Daniel 12:6-9).

From the Bible we see that the world was created in 11, 013 B.C. From all the Scriptures God has opened to us in this time, it appears that 2011 will be a highly probable year for Christ's second advent. That day will also mark the end of the universe and Judgment Day. However, we keep searching the Scriptures.

Answer 4

The christians who do believe that, not necessarily the catholics so I'm not sure where you're getting your information from, get it from counting the generations in the bible backward. The bible only accounts for a few thousand years of history even though the bible officially begins with the creation of the world and people in it.

Many modern christians believe that the world was created in 7 days according to God and God experiences time differently than we do. For God, a "day" can be several million years or millenia and thus the time difference between when humans recorded time compared to the way God experiences time. Or that's the way it was explained to me, at any rate.

Answer 5

I think you are a bit mistaken.

The Catholic Church does not take the stories of creation in the Bible literally. Catholics believe the book of Genesis tells religious truth and not necessarily historical fact.

One of the religious truths is that God created everything and declared all was good.

Catholics can believe in the theory of evolution. Or not. The Church does not require belief in evolution.

On August 12, 1950 Pope Pius XII said in his encyclical Humani generis:

The Teaching Authority of the Church does not forbid that, in conformity with the present state of human sciences and sacred theology, research and discussions, on the part of men experienced in both fields, take place with regard to the doctrine of evolution, in as far as it inquires into the origin of the human body as coming from pre-existent and living matter - for the Catholic faith obliges us to hold that souls are immediately created by God.

Here is the complete encyclical: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_12081950_humani-generis_en.html

The Church supports science in the discovery of God's creation. At this time, the theory of evolution is the most logical scientific explanation. However tomorrow someone may come up with a better idea.

As long as we believe that God started the whole thing, both the Bible and modern science can live in harmony.

With love in Christ.

Answer 6

I'm not sure if this is true for Catholics. I think many Christians determined the age of the earth by carefully reading the Bible and figuring out how long it said people lived and working backwards. I think it says how long Bible figures lived in their genealogies and talks about the generations of.... It does not say directly how old the earth is.
There is an Age of the Earth article at Wikipedia

Answer 7

This is not a 'Catholic' view presently, but I believe the asker will find the Jewish year is at (about) 5767; 0 being creation. Bear in mind the night and day, are defined differently in Genesis 1 than our 24 hours presently.

Answer 8

I was raised as a catholic and I never once heard anything about the world being only 6 to 10 thousands years old.

Answer 9

Catholics are not required to believe the world is only "x" number of years old. Catholics are free to interpret the creationa narratives in Genesis. The point of said narratives is to teach that God is is the source of all creation.

Answer 10

You have some funny ideas about what Catholics believe! No Catholic I know believes that. It is not a teaching of our Church.

Answer 11

You are confusing Catholics with evangelical Christians.