Biblical and Scriptural Age of the Earth, whit Dr. Don Patton Ph.D

[stratocaster539]

4.6 billion years.What IS this 'hick' babbling on about?

[earlysda]

This is the straight truth. No fudging, and no "evolving" to try and reach a consensus of what the current flavor of truth is.

God bless you Mr. Patton.

[ndzoko]

Why would god have a need, in his manuscript for human morality, for determin the age of the earth ? If he wanted modern man to believe in him, all he had to do was (3000 years ago)insert e = mC2 . Of course he didn`t think of that. Your god seems to be like the doctor, who knows his patient, who knows his illness, who knows the cure for it, but gives him a placebo or an aspirin to keep going.

[ptango101]

So millions of years (it's actually billions) is just asserted without evidence?? May I suggest some fields of study where you might find more than just assertions. Physics, geology, astronomy, palaeontology, biology, genetics, dendrochronology, cosmology and..oh. I don't know, frikin' basket weaving!! The most attractive thing about being a religious fool is you can just say stuff that has no real basis in reality and legions of other fools will just agree with you. 

[aRistho]

In support that gen 1 and 2 are primarily symbolical is the second creation in the end of the Bible with the new Jerusalem. That one is quite obviously symbolical with the tree of life and everything. The Bible is not so concerned with how the world was created but more with WHY!

[aRistho]

Its strange that no creationists bring up Gen 2. There we have the reversed account with man created first, then plants, then animals and lastly woman. Why is Gen 1 the scientific blueprint and not Gen 2? If they are taken literal then one must be wrong. If they are theological stories however order serves a diffrent purpose. In both cases its that humans are the crown of Gods creation but also beneath him.

[aRistho]

... So that they wouldnt be confused with gods. God created the seamonsters. At that time they symbolized chaos which the gods struggle against. The Israeli god is different, he stands above them.

[aRistho]

He makes one fundamental error which makes his whole argument crumble: He treats Genesis one as a scientific thesis which it is not. Its a theoligical statement. The books of the law as a whole is there to give the israeli people a clear identity seperated from the gentiles. The layout of gen 1 refutes the worldview of the the surrounding peoples. They worshiped the sun and moon as gods. Thats why they arent created until the third day. They are called lights rather than sun and moon so that th

[parrishstuckey1]

Great video....