Where does this proof come from about the world being 8000 years old? What dr. or scientist reported it?

Question

What kind of proof is there? Where can I find the research on this?

Answer 1

tangerine,

I don't know of any scientist, or creationist for that matter, who has ever claimed the earth to be 8000 years old. If you told us where you heard this, we may be able to provide more assistance. But you will definitely not find any proof, or even research, on this idea so it really isn't worth your time to look into. Radiometric dating of rocks on earth, radiometric dating of early solar system materials, calculations of the earth's heat loss over time, and a host of other means have conclusively shown beyond any reasonable doubt that the earth is about 4.5 billion years old.

And by the way, I would not trust Jim's answer if I were you, he makes several erroneous statements. The radiometric dating techniques that are used to find these ages involve no assumptions that are not directly tested during the process of applying the method. He is only able to say this because he heard it somewhere else and assumes that it's true, but hasn't actually used the method and doesn't understand how it works. I'm afraid he is just another one of the many creationists who think they understand what's going on, but really don't have a clue.

Answer 2

The most accurate method for aging the earth is radio carbon dating. It is possible to tell how old
a particular area is by dating materials from the area. Radio carbon dating has been around for quite a while and I'm surprised more people don't know about it..Punch it into any browser search and you should get about 300000 hits. Wikapedia has quite a library on radio carbon dating.

When peoploe try to "prove" one theory against a competing theory, the truth requires that wer use rigid scientific principles. Sonce no one was around
what was it, 8000 years ago to write anything down, it is necessary to depend on physical science to come up with the proof. Why not depend on religion
for the answer? The books of the Bible were written at a time when only a few people could read and write. Much of the information in the Bible is based on telling listeners a story. How beautiful and brilliant this turned out to be. So when they say a man lived 800 years, the year as they used it
was just a space of time. the Bible wasn't written in English but Jewish. Actually "borrowed" Then the church became responsible for caring for the Bible and things get lost in translation. So for most Christians it doesn't matter that dates and times don't match with science. People are saved through faith and works, right? Science is not based on faith. It is a search for the truth. Trying to compare religion and science is futile. Like comparing apples and oranges.
Before radio carbon dating scientists drilled deep into the earth and retreived samples...each period in the sample represents a period of time and can teach many things, including rainfall, ice, drought, and yes, even the age of the sample.

Darwin was a christian and never said we decended from apes. That lie was spread around during the monkey trial of a teacher who was teaching evolution
in a high school in the 1930's. What Darwin taught was that one species emerged and split into two, distinct species, one man, one ape. So we could say that ape decended from man; we even share 99% of DNA. Nature, selects the species most likely to evolve and thrive. Is the ape surviving? Hardly. There are only a few left. (Well, maybe a few men could be catorgorised as apes!
I hope this has not confused you. I don't profess to be a science teacher but I make it as simple as possible. You, as a child are definitely blessed.
It is so great when our youth question. PS. check out the shroud of turin website.
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Answer 3

It's not science. It is not even Christian theology. Young Earth creationism is based on 19th century ideas which did not see "the real light of day" until the 1920s.

If you ask a Jewish Rabbi or a Catholic priest what they think about literal exegesis of the bible, the word "rubbish" will come to mind and probably even be used.

Answer 4

There is no "proof". Some people believe the bible is absolutely literal (and ignore the internal inconsistencies). They believe things such as fossils were planted by God to make the Earth appear older. Their only proof is the bible itself.

The link below gives both arguments of certain indicators of Earth's age.

Answer 5

Actually, biblical accounts (as suggested by some answers) put the age of the earth at nearly 6,000 years (example http://www.albatrus.org/english/theology/creation/biblical_age_earth.htm ). This is also demonstrated by the Jewish year - currently 5768. I have never heard of a biblically-based 8,000-year-age for the earth, and I suspect that this is not a biblically-founded deduction at all.

One impractical answer stated "but it is beyond theory and going into certainty". However, evidence supporting the scientific estimation of the earth's age is by no means beyond theory, and does not even *begin* to approach certainty. Indeed, aging techniques are wholly based on techniques which *require* scientific assumptions. Not only is the theory of the earth's age *not* going to become law any time soon, we do not even know how it *could* depart from the realm of theory, considering the present state of technology.

If, someday, we developed faster-than-light technology, we could (perhaps!) determine the age of the earth - but I know of no other theoretical means of determining the approximate age of the earth with certainty, and there is no evidence that faster-than-light travel is possible.

Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/

Answer 6

It is based on the Bible. Our calendar was actually based on the biblical accounts like AD which means in the year of our Lord and BC is before Christ. The Bible is the living proof that the world is 8000 years old. Scientists are just guessing that the world is more than a million years without any proof. There only proof is them being a scientist.

Answer 7

I'm sorry to break the news to you, but it is beyond theory and going into certainty that the Earth is billions of years old. I'm pretty sure the scientist you refer to used the Bible for his reference.