A Christian or non- Christian can tell it's older than that
2007-10-02 12:39:52 · 17 answers · asked by M-S 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Bible gives evidence that MAN has been on earth for nearly 6,000 years. But no one seems to be realizing this question: Why does that HAVE to mean that the "heavens and earth" have only been around that long too?
Why couldn't God have created the earth billions of years ago and THEN created man only 6,000 years ago?
Billions of years could have passed (and probably did, considering the scientific evidence) between Gen. 1:1 and Gen. 1:2. The ORIGINAL creation of the "heavens and earth" should not be confused with the completely seperate time period of earth's fomation described in Genesis.
2007-10-02 13:50:53 · answer #1 · answered by tik_of_totg 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, they can't. There is a direct extrapolation of time for the 6000 years. For example. there is the lineage of Jesus in Mather 1. There is a total of 42 generations from Abraham to Jesus. Assuming each is an average of 50 years at that time so 2100 years. From Jesus to now about 2000 years, a total of 4100.
In 1 Chronicles 1 there is a lineage from Adam to Abraham. This is a total of 20 generations. The average for these people was about 100-130 before the next son was born, so, 2600 roughly, making the age of the earth about 6700 years.
THIS is how the age of the earth is worked out. And you have your approximately 6000 years (if you take the age 100 and not 130)
2007-10-02 13:19:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The correct answer is "G" none of the above.
The earth doesnt even exsist. All the pictures you see from "space" are just an artist rendition of what earth could look like.
we really live in a computer generated program called the Hatrix. I think they might make a movie outta it one day. But its way too top secret to be told now.
2007-10-02 12:49:16 · answer #3 · answered by pillsbury_whiteboy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let me help you out on this, since you are woefully ignorant. Maybe modern bibles may now omit it out of humiliation and embarrassment. But older bibles like the one I have (mine is from 1813) give 4004 BC as the date the earth was formed. Not only that, it gives exact yearly dates for the important happenings in all the other chapters too. So, no, people are not going to quit quoting this hilariously idiotic date. ------and if you want, I will give you some of those dates.
2007-10-02 12:43:02 · answer #4 · answered by Milepost 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The Bible does not SPECIFICALLY say how old the earth is, but is does give a lineage of people being born and how long they lived. So, if you were to add those up, up to the time Jesus was born and then add 2007 years you can get a good estimate.
2007-10-02 12:46:25 · answer #5 · answered by Kim 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
This argument usually starts from Bishop Usher's chronology (do a search, you'll find it) and ends with a prediction defining the world's end. SInce no one has gotten the conclusion correct yet, it's hard to give much credence to the premise. :-)
People haven't quit for 2,000 years, and that's just the Christians (I'm one, too.) I doubt this post will change that. Sorry!
2007-10-02 12:47:06 · answer #6 · answered by brother_roger_osl 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A solid study of the scriptures reveals that is indeed the case. It is revealed through genealogies, events and other timelines and timeframes. Earth has entered the "seventh day" which is the Lord's day of rest. He will be coming shortly.
2007-10-02 12:47:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible say,s it was 2 thousand year,s from when God
created it all to the flood, 2 thousand year,s later Jesus
was born,from Jesus birth it has been 2 thousand years,
you do the math, I get 6 thousand every time.
2007-10-02 12:47:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Uh, are you forgetting that the bible lays out the genealogy of Adam to Abraham and then some? An infallible word of a supreme deity should be, well, without mistakes. If it wasn't infallible, why would anyone trust it?
2007-10-02 12:46:24 · answer #9 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
actually the earth is about 6000 years old, and science supports that fact, see if evolutionist would admit to that, then the theory of evolution would be even more fictional, and it would lose its funding, atheist don't want that
2007-10-02 12:53:30 · answer #10 · answered by JpCreation101 2 · 3⤊ 3⤋