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1 | How old is the earth scripturally? | Gen 1:1 | didi2k | 93 | ||
According to sriptural reference, how old is the earth? | ||||||
2 | How old is the earth scripturally? | Gen 1:1 | 101 | |||
There is no solid conclusive evidence in scripture to give a date of how old the earth is. It is possible to calculate the ages of Adam and his discendants and GUESS the date, but this is not conclusive either. Many have suggested that the earth could be as old as evolutionist say, justifying that answer by saying God could have created it that way or a day with God is like a thousand years to us. This dont stand either if you understand the Bible as Gods perfect Word...inerrant and infalliable, God Breathed...It says that a day is a day, morning and night and it was a day...period. Nothing in the text...which is where our answers have to come from...says that we should belive otherwise. Lets not limit God by suggesting that He would NEED billions of years to create the world and all that is in it. As far as scientist dating the earth by carbon dating and such, note...conclusively, one must first date an object that has a known age to be sure that your dating method is accurate. I dont think we have and witnesses to items billions of years ago. How can they be sure the date is correct. Is it accurate plus or minus a few million years. Think about it, a few million is a huge amount of time to be off. Also note... It does not require millions of years to form land masses like the Grand Canyon. Scientist know for certain that massive gorges were formed in just hours when Mt St. Helens erupted. Evolutionist have a real hard time with events like a world wide flood. It messes up the Geological column...ie. fossils are stirred up and settle in a ramdon order, not in the approiate strata layer like they need... For a really good argument to give and evolutionist, ask they How do scientist date fossils? They say by the strata layer that they are found in...Then ask How do you date the strata layer then? The answer is in any Encyclopedia...strata is dated by the fossils found in them! This is a circular argument. These types of Evolution break downs are limitless. Consult the Institute for Creation Research, ..ICR.. on the web for more. By the way, The THEORY of evolution is not even a theory. The scientific method requires a theory be something that is testable and retestable with reasonably close results...evolution is not testable first of all and definately not retestable. It is only a hypothisis or maybe better said a scientific guess. Last, as you try to find out how old the earth is, keep these thoughts in mind...1.God does not need millions of years to create. 2.In the beginning God created the heavens and earth...and not once after that did He feel it necessary to prove it to anyone, nor do we bare that burden. 3.ONLY, evolutionist NEED the earth to be a certain age, and that is very, very old. Else their guess would not have enough time to make all of those mutations. How old is the earth? Im not really sure. Not billions for certain! The Biblical guess is somewhere between 6 to 15 thousand years. My answer is ..it is not as important as many think.. Did God create all of it just the way He said He did?...is a more improtant question. If you dont believe Genesis chapters 1-11 to be totally accurate and literal, then the rest of your Bible is of no use to you. God does not need a human justification or scientific explanation of His ability to create. | ||||||
3 | How old is the earth scripturally? | Gen 1:1 | Daninjapan | 4246 | ||
The previous answer reflects a position taken by a number of Christians, but there are other perfectly respectable views on this issue as well. It is perfectly possible to interpret Genesis 1 and 2 in a way that allows for the earth to be billions of years old without violating the integrity of Scripture. In fact, it is very likely that the majority of Christians interpret Genesis 1 in a way that allows for an old earth. The fact is, the Bible does not tell us how old the earth is, but instead presents creation in a way that can be interpreted to indicate a young earth or an old earth depending on the assumptions that you bring to the text. I believe that God deliberately chose to leave the age of the earth unrevealed in the text so that the it would not have to be a stumbling block to the many different cultures that the Bible ahs to communicate to. Dr Hugh Ross, Reasons to Believe Ministries, gives an excellent defense of his interpretation of Genesis which leads to an old earth perspective. I would suggest that interested parties consider the writings of Dr Hugh Ross and other old earth supporters carefully before assuming that the Bible teaches that the earth is "young". In any case, the most important thing to take away from Genesis 1 is that God created the heavens and the earth from nothing as a sovereign act of His will - thus displaying His power and glory and showing us that we are beholden to Him and dependent on Him for all things. Genesis 2 then reveals to us how we have fallen into a sinful state and shows us that without a new and special work by God salvation is impossible. The rest of the Bible tells us how God has provided salvation through Jesus Christ and shows us how to accept Jesus through faith. |
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4 | How old is the earth scripturally? | Gen 1:1 | Phillip | 4312 | ||
There is an important difficulty regarding the Gospel as to the assumption of an Earth of millions or billions of years old. The Bible is clear that death did not enter into the world until after sin. Rom 5:12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned -- In the case of an old Earth, there could have been no death for m's or b's of years while the Earth was being formed. That would mean that the theory of evolution and the Bible cannot both be true as evolution contends that there has been death for m's and b's of years. That would also mean that God did not create Heaven and Earth in 6 days as He said He did. Ex 31:17 "It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever; for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He ceased from labor, and was refreshed." I am not prepared to call God a liar. Heb 6:18...in which it is impossible for God to lie, The only possibility for a different assumption would be that Adam lived in the Garden of Eden for m's or b's of years before the fall. My question to that is why would God take m's and b's of years for the Earth to evolve and only one day to create all of the solar system or all of the fish or animals? Since the Bible says that Adam brought sin and death into the world after the seventh day of creation, there could not have been death before that. Jesus died for the sins of the world from Adam on and not before. If you change the account of Genesis to fit man's account of creation, you will also have to change the Gospel. May His Name be Blessed Forevermore, Phillip |
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5 | How old is the earth scripturally? | Gen 1:1 | JonnyRay49423 | 4328 | ||
The earth is six to seven thousand old. The Bible does not give the idea the earth is billions or millions of years old. Genesis chapters 1 and 2 clearly teach God made the earth and man in six days and rested on the seventh day. |
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