Seems that no one knows for sure as several different answers as to the Earth's age were given in another question
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2007-08-01 01:37:53 · 20 answers · asked by Marvelissa VT 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A little more than 4.5 billion.
2007-08-01 01:40:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Everyone here is working on (his or her) own assumptions. Really: there’s no one here that’s as old as the Earth so no one really knows. But estimates show approximately 4.5 billion years assuming the consistency of decay of particular radioactive isotopes. This estimate could be correct and would appear to be incorrect due to mathematical estimates governing how long it would take evolution to occur. 4.5 billion years just isn't long enough according to these (secular) figures, even 20 billion years is far too short a time. To me this is the beginning of the argument that God is more likely to have created the Earth 6000 years ago and that the Bible is correct rather than 'evidence' that 'disproves' the Bible. But that’s just me and some people on this forum would consider me to be uneducated because of this view. I'm not here to take IQ tests or to verify my education. I am here to ask/seek/provide (to the best of my abilities) information. That's what I offer and my opinions are here to be taken or left depending on what you’re looking for.
God's peace be with you.
2007-08-01 02:00:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Throughout history time units have changed making the biblical theory of less than 10,000 years inaccurate. However I am not too trusting about radiometric dating. This method determines time lengths by measuring how long it would take for a radioactive substance to decay. I can't explain why, but I just never could see how accurate this could be. The earth's estimated age according to scientists is 4.55 billion years old. In my opinion, it may be 10 billion years or 100 million. No one really knows for sure.
2007-08-01 01:46:51 · answer #3 · answered by Jaws 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Billions of years.
We have dinosaur bones to prove it.
It is only MAN who has a short history on the earth.
MAN was the last of God's creations.
(Genesis 2:1) Thus the heavens and the earth and all their army came to their completion.
"All their army" means all animal life.
(Genesis 2:7) And Jehovah God proceeded to form the man out of dust from the ground and to blow into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man came to be a living soul.
MAN...its very specififc.
2007-08-01 02:32:33 · answer #4 · answered by pugjw9896 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 4.55 billion years old. Hold on while I dig up a link. I honestly don't know why people would just throw random numbers out there (religious or secular).
2007-08-01 01:39:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Right. Nobody knows for sure, but it is at least 4 billion years old.
2007-08-01 01:42:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Well, it depends on the degree of freedom you want to give the answer.
About 4.6 billion years seems reasonable.
Here's a link: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/age.html
2007-08-01 01:39:56 · answer #7 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
a little over 4.5 billion years.
2007-08-01 01:44:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
well,the grand canyon is over 2000million yrs old,and they have found rock up to 4000million,so I guess the latter...really,really old
2007-08-01 01:47:31 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
old enough to know better
too young to care
like me
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2007-08-01 01:40:16 · answer #10 · answered by Jameskan Video 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋