How old do u think the earth really is???

Answer 1

Modern geologists consider the age of the Earth to be around 4.567 billion years (4.567×109 years).

Answer 2

I have a geology book published in the 1940s that references 4.5 billion years. That value has not changed in more than sixty years, and is highly unlikely to now, as russian scientists came up with the same estimate in the 1960s, and astronomers confirmed that age again in the 70s through careful analysis of a broad range of meteorites. Subsequent research in the 80s and 90s also produced concordant results.

When you have sixty years of science backing up a particular result, what would it take to overturn it?

I'll tell you what. It would take a whole lot more than a chronology based on the geneology delineated in some ancient manuscript.

Answer 3

Somewhere between 6k and 5b. It is true that scientific consensus leans toward 5b. Keep in mind however that scientific consensus also usually rules out God and consensus in and of itself is never a good indicator of truth. The theological significance of the answer is less than you might think. Remember that old or young earth, science cannot answer the question of origins. The answers they do suggest are guesses at best and offer no answers for meaning at worst.

Answer 4

All scientific research shows that Earth is approximately 4.5-billion years old. Until someone shows indisputable proof that this is incorrect, I'll accept it.

P.S.
Standby to get 'answers' from the religious fundamentalist wackos that Earth is only 6,000 years old : )

Answer 5

15 years ago I was told it was 4.5 billion years old, so it must be 4,500,000,015 years old now.

Answer 6

4.5 or so billion years old, when the solar system formed.

Answer 7

'Bout four and a half billion years, give or take a couple weeks ☺

Doug

Answer 8

Older than dirt.