how old is the earth and can u prove it?
2007-11-02 01:20:20 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
by the way evolution is bull and the earth is only bout 6000 yrs old :-)
2007-11-02 01:37:46 · update #1
4.54 billion years.
*lol I got 2 thumbs down for putting a factual answer before I'd added anything at all. Got to love religious people. In any other field people would be embarrassed by their ignorance. Religious people seem to wear it with pride.*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_the_Earth
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/age.html
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-age-of-earth.html
If you're gonna say something like 'I don't believe in science' you might as well say you don't believe in rationality, logic and reality which amounts to about the same thing. The evidence is out there. Go get yourself a book on physics, then when you've mastered that look in to geology and radiological dating.
*You've added details so let me withdraw my advice about researching the topic and reading books. I expect you find reading quite difficult.*
2007-11-02 01:23:50 · answer #1 · answered by Leviathan 6 · 7⤊ 6⤋
When the sun first began to undergo fusion, it blew away most of the dust and gas surrounding it. The inner rocky planets formed during this period, including Earth.
Over the course of the 4.5 billion years, only a few traces of the planet's original crust are still on the surface. But there are a few, including sites in Australia where 4.4 billion year-old zircons have been found.
There may be older rocks, but zircons have characteristics that make them relatively straightforward to date accurately.
CD
2007-11-02 01:36:42 · answer #2 · answered by Super Atheist 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I'll stick with the around 4.5 billion years old. This is consistent with data obtained from the ratios of various radioactive isotopes as well cosmological data. There is no evidence to backup claims of a young earth, espcially since most of those claims are constructed using a 4th grade level of science.
2007-11-02 01:32:17 · answer #3 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
The Young Age of the Earth." Presenter Dr. Robert Gentry, Research Scientist. Available free for personal viewing only, complements of
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1272542059740401469
2007-11-02 01:25:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 6⤋
About 4.5 billion years old, based on radiometric dating and other scientific evidence.
2007-11-02 02:01:51 · answer #5 · answered by danhyanh 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
There are two possible answers: 6,000 years, or 4,6 billion years.
The first is based from the bible, the second is based from geological observation. I believe that the second is right. I'm not telling that the bible is wrong. But, when God create the universe, God's one day can be millions of years for Human.
2007-11-02 01:30:37 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 3⤊ 4⤋
About 6,000 years old. People who quote radiometric dating as proving the age of the earth really ought to get their facts straight. All forms of radiometric dating start with huge assumptions and are inherently flawed.
Long ages are required by Darwinian evolution and are therefore assumed to be correct. Those assumptions are carried through into geological dating. It's a circular argument.
ps I believe in science
2007-11-02 01:31:49 · answer #7 · answered by Don 5 · 3⤊ 7⤋
Can you prove that you´re really alive? Same question different subject.
2007-11-02 01:25:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
To be glib:
"Older than dirt"
(Technically factual, as what we now know as dirt took several million years to form.)
2007-11-02 01:31:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Approximately 4.5 billion year old. Yes science has already proved it.
2007-11-02 01:34:06 · answer #10 · answered by genaddt 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋