2007-08-29 11:53:21 · 11 answers · asked by tati e 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
About 4.5 billion years old.
Note that that doesn't mean there was no Creator. It just means they didn't do it 6000 years ago. If they exist, they started the whole thing with a Bang 13 billion years ago, and used a very elegant process. Quite grand.
If you're a person of faith who is troubled about that, check out this site:
http://www.reasons.org/
2007-08-29 12:01:29 · answer #1 · answered by Bob 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Scientists have settled on the age of the earth of about 4.6 billion years as a result of research started almost 50 years ago. This conclusion was based upon carefully designed and conducted experiments that compared the ratios in rock samples of parent elements to daughter elements ( some of which would have been from radioactive decay of the parent, some of which may have been present in the sample at the time of formation).
On the other hand, basing one’s ideas on the Bible gives a very different picture. The Bible states that man was made six days after creation, about 6,000 years ago. So a time-line of the world constructed on biblical data would have man almost at the beginning, not the end.
2007-08-30 16:09:29 · answer #2 · answered by Mary 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
4.55 billion years old.
Anon - not ALL Christians believe that the earth is 6000 years old. I am a Christian and I definitely do NOT accept that as either good science or a good biblical interpretation.
2007-08-31 19:02:43 · answer #3 · answered by Wayner 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
about 5 to 6 billion years young
2007-08-29 21:38:30 · answer #4 · answered by confused 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Using uranium-lead dating techniques the age falls into the 4.55 billion year zone.
****Anon - Not all Christians believe that. I am a Christian and I firmly believe the Earth is 4.55 byo.
2007-08-30 00:07:44 · answer #5 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
About 4.57 billion years
2007-08-29 19:01:10 · answer #6 · answered by LaughingMan 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
4.6 billion hears ago i just learned that in science today!
2007-08-29 19:00:40 · answer #7 · answered by kaiteee 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A little over 6,000 bar none, fact, no other answer is acceptable. Billions of years is completely false.
2007-08-29 20:46:05 · answer #8 · answered by worker 1 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋
The book says its 4.6BY but why is that true?
2007-08-29 19:03:26 · answer #9 · answered by jim m 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
4.7 billion yrs
2007-08-29 19:44:09 · answer #10 · answered by ... Idk 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋