OUR YOUNG EARTH

The clear implication of Scripture is that our earth is less than 10,000 years old. Evolution, on the other hand, insists it must be at least 4.5 billion years old. So...which is it?

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Education

Tags:

• Earth
• Creation
• Origins
• Evolution

[Raherin]

If I apply the same standards of evidence for Creation that I do for Evolution, Creation would not stand a chance. This is a double standard. You ask for more and more evidence, yet we all know how much evidence that is required for you to believe in something you WANT to believe. You dismiss everything science has proven, yet you cannot even come close to explaining these things with your religion.

This is a horrible double standard.

[Ads4Christ]

With all due respect, I don't think you have an clue when it comes to the amount of science that supports intelligent design, for you haven't even bothered to really look at it. Evolutionary theorists, most of whom are either atheists or agnostics, are about as open minded as the climate scientists at East Anglia University who "cooked" the books to support their view while silencing the scientists who disagreed with them. And they call that science?

[Raherin]

Creationist intelligent design? Or God in general? I think the prospects of there being a God is possible. However, the creationist story is completely full of gaps that are not being filled like the quickly filling gaps of transitional fossils. Many extraordinary claims (there are tons) have no extraordinary evidence.

I highly doubt there is a conspiracy going on with scientists (they are not afraid to be incorrect and will adjust if new evidence is brought up). What would be the purpose?

[Ads4Christ]

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree my friend. It seems the climate scientists at the Univesity of East Anglia were more than willing to destroy contradictorary evidence, refuse to let their results be peer reviewed, and to cook the books to get the results they wanted. The purpose? The scientist who stepped down stood to lose 20 million dollars in research funds. I suspect he's lost it. That's a lot of motivation.

[PrincesseJen]

As a Christian I hate to disagree with this but the Earth itself wasn't created during those 6 days. When God says "Let there be light" (Gen 1:3) the Earth is already in existence and we are given 5 characteristics of it (Gen 1:2) Since you cannot successfully measure days without light, anything created before the light cannot be considered a part of a day. Therefore the Earth is not limited to be only 6,000 yrs old.

[deluxo7]

Very good. God Bless you! *****

[robisnum1]

I can't wrap my mind around the fact that people still take the stories of the bible literally. The story of the flood, women being turned into pillars of salt, virgin's having babies.......it seems like only stupid or completely ignorant people would believe this stuff but I run into otherwise intelligent people who buy into it. It truly baffles me.

[tomisdabomb19]

If the uniiverse is less than 10,000 years old then how do you explain the fact that we can see the light from the andromeda galaxy that is 3 million lightyears away, therefore meaning it takes light 3 million years to reach us. How would light be able to make a 3 million year journey if God had only created it 10,000 years ago? There is such a huge amount of evidence that creationism is wrong and there is no evidence that creationism is right. To believe in it is pure stupidity.

[darkskies11]

@PrincesseJen Well, I hadnt thought of that one, Great comment.

[wentlanc]

It is very interesting to me that New Earth Creationists can expect a single bible verse to hold up against countless reams of testable and repeatable scientific evidence. It tells absolutely nothing, except for a vague concept. Creationists believe the word of the bible with no evidence at all, but demand so much evidence from science. And when they get the evidence, they make a new argument, or challenge the new evidence with an equally ignorant position.

[Knr911]

What a laughable load of bullcrap.

[yuriclaes]

exactly, i couldn't agree more

[yuriclaes]

Point 2, what the hell does it matter that scientist are atheists? does that make them wrong immediatly on everything they say? No it doesnt. Thats a stupid argument. And there's more then carbon dating. Look at all the telescope and satelite images. They also prove the universe and earth are as old as said by science. Im not claiming there is no god, but saying that earth is 10000 years old is ignoring modern science. Next thing u know you're gonna say light doesn't travel at aprox. 300000km/s.

[Imaginefree69]

Why is there no historical or archaeological evidence

for these "actual historical events"?

It takes more than a soothing voice to create facts.

[Imaginefree69]

Well said, lizazoon.