Age of the Earth 2

[stevehut]

I've been watching this thread with great interest, and find it enlightening to see the wide array of views here. One thing I can't quite understand, and maybe someone can help me:

Why is the age of the earth a religious issue? Does it really matter if the planet is 1000 years old or 50 trillion?

[truseek]

I've been watching this thread with great interest, and find it enlightening to see the wide array of views here. One thing I can't quite understand, and maybe someone can help me:

Why is the age of the earth a religious issue? Does it really matter if the planet is 1000 years old ot 50 trillion?

I have answered this question previously. According to every old Earth theory I am familiar with dinosaurs died off long before humans came into being. This contradicts scripture.

In Christ

Truseek

[truseek]

-The true scientists have proven the 6 day creation.

-Now "That"is a FACT right down to the missing 1hour when-GOD made the sun stop while the hebrew children were engaged in a battle--They used computers to check out the time & where the stars were at a given point & they came up an hour short till they read GODS WORD & "Found"that lost hour----

-bddeeee0---bdddeeee-tthaasa-thassss -THATS ALL FOLKS--

I really do hate to burst your bubble on this one, but scientists have not proven this. It is a legend, and makes no sense when you think about it. Trying to find out if the universe, our solar system, the Earth, or anything else has "lost time" is akin to having someone give you a stopped clock, and askin you to tell them when the clock stopped without having an inkling as to what the actual time is. There is no constant with which to compare, we simply do not have enough information to determine this.

In Christ

Truseek

[stevehut]

I have answered this question previously. According to every old Earth theory I am familiar with dinosaurs died off long before humans came into being. This contradicts scripture.

And this changes your religious doctrine and practice how...?? Sorry, I'm lost here.

[Guest Saint Wes]

Stevehut,

The reason it is a religious issue is because that the Bible records 6 literal days of creation and under 6000 years of history since the creation of the world.

If this is in fact not the case, then the documented events of creation are faulty - and you would have to be able to question the legitamicy of the rest of the Word as well.

This whole thread IS a religious issue, not a doctrinal issue. What is being questioned here are the events of our Holy Scriptures, and the fact that some do not believe them credible.

I for one hold to the fact that the Bible is God's truth delivered to man. No, every detail since the creation of the universe is not contained in it, but I believe that what the Bible contains IS trustworthy and accurate.

[truseek]

I have answered this question previously. According to every old Earth theory I am familiar with dinosaurs died off long before humans came into being. This contradicts scripture.

And this changes your religious doctrine and practice how...?? Sorry, I'm lost here.

I believe the Bible to be the inerrant word of God.

In Christ

Truseek

[truseek]

Stevehut,

The reason it is a religious issue is because that the Bible records 6 literal days of creation and under 6000 years of history since the creation of the world.

If this is in fact not the case, then the documented events of creation are faulty - and you would have to be able to question the legitamicy of the rest of the Word as well.

This whole thread IS a religious issue, not a doctrinal issue. What is being questioned here are the events of our Holy Scriptures, and the fact that some do not believe them credible.

I for one hold to the fact that the Bible is God's truth delivered to man. No, every detail since the creation of the universe is not contained in it, but I believe that what the Bible contains IS trustworthy and accurate.

Whether or not scripture specifies six literal days is debateable, as the Hebrew word yom, the word used in Genesis, is used elsewhere to describe periods of time that are not a 24 hour period. Though I do believe God created the world in six literal days, this is not 100% verifiable.

In Christ

Truseek

[stevehut]

I believe the Bible to be the inerrant word of God. 

Sorry, I still don't understand.

Six literal days, before the creation of the sun or rotation of the earth? How d'ya figger? How can we be sure, when that type of timekeeping mechanism didn't yet exist?

[truseek]

I believe the Bible to be the inerrant word of God. 

Sorry, I still don't understand.

Six literal days, before the creation of the sun or rotation of the earth? How d'ya figger? How can we be sure, when that type of timekeeping mechanism didn't yet exist?

I believe the bible to be the inerrant word of God. If the evolutionists or old Earth theorists are correct, it is unlikely that dinosaurs and man lived simultaneously. I believe that God di create the world in six literal days, though this cannot be 100% verified as "yom" is used to refer to periods that are not specifically 24 hours.

In Christ

truseek

[artsylady]

The writer of Genesis sure seems to go out of his way to make sure we think 'day' means a 24-hour period. Light he called day, darkness night, there was evening and morning the first day- read it again.

As well, in Genesis 5, it mentions how long Adam lived. He lived to be 939.

"And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died."

Now, Adam was created on the 6TH day. Then the writer mentions the 7th day, THEN the writer mentions Adams age. He lived through the 6th day or period. If the sixth day was really a million years, then in Genesis 5, Adam's age would have been 1,000,939, which it was not.