The Earth is 6000 years old , why do some Christians believe this to be fact ?

Question

I do not think so

I am not a christian

Answer 1

how many more times will this question be asked today?

Answer 2

I am Jehovah ´s witnesses and that is incorrect, Adam has 6000 years but our planet is too much older.

The facts disagree with such a conclusion: (1) Light from the Andromeda nebula can be seen on a clear night in the northern hemisphere. It takes about 2,000,000 years for that light to reach the earth, indicating that the universe must be at least millions of years old. (2) End products of radioactive decay in rocks in the earth testify that some rock formations have been undisturbed for billions of years.
Genesis 1:3-31 is not discussing the original creation of matter or of the heavenly bodies. It describes the preparation of the already existing earth for human habitation. This included creation of the basic kinds of vegetation, marine life, flying creatures, land animals, and the first human pair. All of this is said to have been done within a period of six “days.” However, the Hebrew word translated “day” has a variety of meanings, including ‘a long time; the time covering an extraordinary event.’ (Old Testament Word Studies, Grand Rapids, Mich.; 1978, W. Wilson, p. 109) The term used allows for the thought that each “day” could have been thousands of years in length.

Answer 3

Some fundamentalists claim that creationism rather than evolution explains pre-human history. They assert that all physical creation was produced in just six days of 24 hours each sometime between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago. But in doing so, they promote an unscriptural teaching that has caused many to ridicule the Bible.

Is a day in the Bible always literally 24 hours in length? Genesis 2:4 speaks of “the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.” This one day encompasses all six of the creative days of Genesis chapter 1. According to Bible usage, a day is a measured period of time and can be a thousand years or many thousands of years. The Bible’s creative days allow for thousands of years of time each. Further, the earth was already in existence before the creative days began. (Genesis 1:1) On this point, therefore, the Bible account is compatible with true science.

Commenting on claims that the creative days were only 24 literal hours in length, molecular biologist Francis Collins remarks: “Creationism has done more harm to serious notions of belief than anything in modern history.”

when we understand that the Bible uses the term “day” to represent various periods of time, we see that the account of the six creative days in Genesis need not conflict with the scientific conclusion that the age of the earth is about four and a half billion years. According to the Bible, the earth existed for an unstated period before the creative days began. Even if science corrects itself and suggests a different age for our planet, the statements made in the Bible still hold true.

A person can see this from what the Bible says about the seventh “day.” The record of each of the first six “days” ends saying, ‘and there came to be evening and morning, a first day,’ and so on. Yet, you will not find that comment after the record of the seventh “day.” And in the first century C.E., some 4,000 years downstream in history, the Bible referred to the seventh rest “day” as still continuing. (Hebrews 4:4-6) So the seventh “day” was a period spanning thousands of years, and we can logically conclude the same about the first six “days.”

Answer 4

•. There are many scientific arguments based upon serious data that point to a Young Earth. As you can see from my posted questions, when I bring them up for discussion, I am just called an uneducated idiot. I have a lot of degrees and have read a lot on both sides to be so uneducated. What I am is informed and inquisitive. It is discouraging to see so many people who only know how to throw insults, but are afraid to step into the fray of new ideas and discuss the possibilities.

2. Carbon 14 Data is Swiss-cheesed with problems. It is a very unreliable system of dating.

3. The system of dating rocks & Carbon 14 are a circular argument. A rock contains a plant that has been C14 dated in one place to be X-million years old. But in this section of rock, the plant gives a dramatically different ready (but look it is unevolved in its DNA). So the Rock is declared to be X-million years old. No other possible reason for a skewed reading is even considered, and the assumption is always - we take the oldest reading as our starting point. Why? Because we WANT Evolution to be true, or because the data supports it.

The data in fact produces too many conflicting results.

4. The transitional forms that do exist are few. The conjecture and outright deception used to claim that man evolved from monkeys is laughable. The skulls shown as proof of Evolution are skulls of primates, not man. It is obvious to the naked eye, much less the scrutiny of an unbiased biologist.

5. The assumption that there is a Creator and that He suddenly created our world is more mathematically probable, than complex organisms evolving in the limited time of 4.6 billion years the earth is supposed to have existed. It is a mathematical miracle that many have complete faith in, never question, and have never OJECTIVELY looked at.

The numbers on this one are not good for Evolution.

Answer 5

Because the bible is true. Let me now ask you a question. If you thought that something was thought to have went extinct millions of years ago and it was found recently what would you think. This happened. A fish was found and the atheists are saying wow they survived 70 millions years. This could happen to a dinosaur. http://www.unexplainable.net/artman/publish/article_6961.shtml
The earth cannot be millions of years old for many reasons. For instance the human population shows it could have not been here for millions of years and the atheist’s response is they come from other planets. Go to http://drdino.com/downloads.php and watch the age of the earth. Proof is out here but people are not willing to even hear it. If you value your life you should look at the possibility.

Answer 6

MISLED OR LIED TO...

The Bible MAKES NO SUCH STATEMENT and ONLY by studying it IMPROPERLY could someone make such a claim.

The claim of Ussher and others that the creation took place on a certain date can only be justified by ignoring the significance of CONTEXT. Several passages were taken and applied OUTSIDE THEIR OWN CONTEXT in a manner INCONSISTENT with their purpose and intent to arrive at this conclusion.

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2. C14 dating is only appropriate for samples of ORGANIC matter less than 50,000 years old. It has NOTHING to do with "age of the earth."

3. Rocks are NOT dated by C14 since it is inappropriate and CANNOT date ANYTHING in millions of years.

-- NO ARGUMENT ON THE VALIDITY OF CARBON 14 DATING IS APPROPRIATE IN DISCUSSING THE AGE OF THE EARTH SINCE CARBON DATING IS NOT USED IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE AGE OF THE EARTH.

4&5. The "age of the earth" question is NOT RELATED TO EVOLUTION BY NATURAL SELECTION which is arguably FALSE and is NOT supported by good science.

...The site you are pasting from is obviously filled with lies and deceptions. Please disregard it and use ONLY those sources which argue based on FACTS in your discussion so the case for God's creation is not weakened by propagating LIES.

Answer 7

There are many accounts of where our modern dating methods have failed and proven unreliable. There are many factors that go into determining the date of something, for instance using carbon dating. If any of those assumptions are incorrect, the method will give an artificial date. Therefore, there are those of us who trust in God even more than the science of man. Because God's Word has never failed. And with God, anything is possible!

Answer 8

You should read the book "The Evolution Cruncher" by Vance Ferrell. It contains thousands of scientific facts that deny evoluiton and explain quite well why the Earth cannot possibly be more than 6,000-10,000 years old.

Answer 9

since there is no recorded history before about 4000bc ... then saying the earth is older than that is conjecture ..

Answer 10

'cuz Jesus said so