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Do you believe the story the earth is only 6000 years old? What is your reference for this belief and can you explain it rationally?
I know of the biblical references that supposedly support this belief, but as I have explained many times on this site- I am a believer in the bible but I don't take everything in the bible as literal fact. It is evident much of the bible is allegory and metaphor meant to convey a message. Where things get tricky is knowing what is factual and what is not. Keep in mind that in 1616 Galileo was chastised and imprisoned by the church for heresy because he believed the earth and all the planets revolved around the sun instead of the earth being the center of the universe, as the church believed at the time. There are myriad examples over time that show discrepancies in biblical stories but I don't feel that should affect the true meaning that is being conveyed by biblical stories.
To further complicate this discussion, what other discrepancies in church teachings or biblical stories have you read that disprove some of the church beliefs but are insufficient to dim your belief in God's written word or has impacted your view of how to envision the Bible and, in the larger picture , your view of Christianity over the millennia.
I think we have beat the Moses and the Ark story to death a bit already...
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No! But, who’s to say what a day was to the Lord at the time of creation! memtb
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Keep in mind that in 1616 Galileo was chastised and imprisoned by the church for heresy because he believed the earth and all the planets revolved around the sun instead of the earth being the center of the universe, as the church believed at the time. Also keep in mind that at that time, the RCC was anything BUT Christian. The Inquisition was totally Satanic and the church was all about power and money. They wouldn't allow anything that might decrease their power and influence over the governments of Europe.
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Gee think about it... if God was to make the earth to support life as it is right now and as He intended, he would have had to create a "old earth" or an earth as it is right now. Hmm... if there was fruit in the garden of Eden then the plants and trees had to be created "old" as we call them... I do not see a 5 day old tree producing fruit... God also had to create layers of earth for things to live in and the nutrients in the soil to support the life on the earth... I certainly believe God had knowledge that we would - could use oil as we do and thus created it... not just some chance happening over a billion years.
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Nope I believe the earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old
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yes plus several billion years...
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No. IIRC at one time scientists to the best of their knowledge thought that the Earth was 500 million years old. Then someone else said it is likely 1 billion years old. Then another guy looked at it and said it should be 2 billion. Presently the best scientific minds think it is about 4.5 billion years old. The only question is when will the next scientist come up with another age.
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Do you believe the story the earth is only 6000 years old? What is your reference for this belief and can you explain it rationally?
I know of the biblical references that supposedly support this belief, but as I have explained many times on this site- I am a believer in the bible but I don't take everything in the bible as literal fact. It is evident much of the bible is allegory and metaphor meant to convey a message. Where things get tricky is knowing what is factual and what is not. Keep in mind that in 1616 Galileo was chastised and imprisoned by the church for heresy because he believed the earth and all the planets revolved around the sun instead of the earth being the center of the universe, as the church believed at the time. There are myriad examples over time that show discrepancies in biblical stories but I don't feel that should affect the true meaning that is being conveyed by biblical stories.
To further complicate this discussion, what other discrepancies in church teachings or biblical stories have you read that disprove some of the church beliefs but are insufficient to dim your belief in God's written word or has impacted your view of how to envision the Bible and, in the larger picture , your view of Christianity over the millennia.
I think we have beat the Moses and the Ark story to death a bit already... You are obviously trying to push me out of my job.
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No. For Chrissakes my ex mother in law was older than that.
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Yes, I do. God created it as aged like he did Adam and Eve and all the animals. The chicken came first in order to produce eggs.
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Yes. At least that and maybe more given there are living trees (bristlecone) that are 5K+.
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I have no idea how old the Earth is. I am a follower of Christ. There are lots of things I do not know. I believe what the Bible teaches. I further believe the Bible is not a complete history of everything that ever happened.
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Yes, I do. God created it as aged like he did Adam and Eve and all the animals. The chicken came first in order to produce eggs.
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