do you believe the earth is only 6000 years old as the Christan religion says?

Question

if god created the earth in genesis as stated it was created 6000 years ago

and it was supported by the churches/I do not no if it still is

Answer 1

While they disagree with the label, adherents of the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses are sometimes referred to as fundamentalists. Jehovah's Witnesses utterly reject the idea that the earth is only 6000 years old, and reject the idea that Genesis implies that.

Of course, true science harmonizes with the bible.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/19960122/
http://watchtower.org/e/20020608/article_01.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20040622/article_03.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20000922/article_02.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20040122a/article_01.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/t13/
http://watchtower.org/e/20001008/article_03.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20000122/article_02.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20001008/article_02.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/lmn/index.htm?article=article_04.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/19960122/
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/

Answer 2

First of all, there is nothing in the Bible that supports this.
Genesis does not give us specific time limits as to how long a "day" is to God...we do know that a "day" isn't even the same length here on earth...then there are all the other planets, just in this solar system, and who knows how many others?
Some try to count up the lifespans of "begats" given...but who knows how accurate that method is? Moses was repeating what had been handed down as oral tradition...for all I know, he might have been reciting "begats" up to the begetting of Judaism...or not.
SOME Christians believe that the earth is only 6,000 years old...and who can say for a dead certainty that they're wrong? Who can tell what God might have done on this planet, or what He might not have done?
Most Christians don't agree with that assessment, going along with the scientific view that our planet is something like five or six million years old.
While I suspect it is probably the latter, I do not intend to ignore the power of God. Anyhow, it doesn't really matter much in the end, does it? My own lifespan on this rock is limited...sooner or later I will die.
When that happens, I believe that I will be taken home to my God...
If the atheists are right, I'll be dead-and-thats-all, so what difference does it really make?

Answer 3

You say that the Christian religion says this -- I disagree strongly. Some groups and individuals say this -- but it has nothing to do with what the Bible says.

The Bible permits any age that scientists may believe to be true! --and, that is a fact. How old is "in the beginning?"

The creative days may themselves be eons long -- there is no terminator found in the Bible limiting their length except that they are shorter than the "beginning."

See this link:
http://bythebible.page.tl/Creation.htm

You can probably skip one or two of the first two paragraphs since you don't sound like the Bible student type of person.

But be sure to read till the end of page two for the discussion about the creative days.

Answer 4

The Christian religion does not say that the earth is only 6,000 years old. Adherents of the geneology theory for 1 adhere to that date. Christianity itself does not speak about the age of the earth--like other things that screw up religion it is mans interpretations that came up with this.

Answer 5

We have no real idea how long a 'day' is to our Creator... and so we have no real idea how long the 5 days until mankind was created were. It could have been billions of years to US, as we are finite. God in infinite, and would have a different view of time. So, in direct answer to your question, no. I do not believe that the earth is only 6,000 years old. Mankind, however, is a different matter! :)

Answer 6

I am a Christian.

I am a Pastor.

I teach seminary-level "Dogmatics" (What the Church believes)

Nowhere do I see the necessity of believing any such thing in "the Christan (sic) religion"

To the best of my knowledge and study, I believe that the earth is 4.56 billion years old.

And this has no effect on my Christianity or belief that Jesus Christ is Who He said He is.

Answer 7

Oh please! Of course I don't believe the earth is only 6000 years old. Not even in dog years. There are fossils that date back millions of years.

Answer 8

Not all Christains believe that. Also, it is not biblical. There is about 6,000 years between now and when Man was kicked out of the Garden. It's a stretch to believe that. But, it could be true...

Answer 9

Yes but there are some who believe in an old earth. IT is secondary issue.

Answer 10

i believe its somewhere around there. theres no way that the earth can be billions of years old starting from genesis to present day. Adam and Eve were only a few days younger than the earth.