"I usually like to know what someone thinks about the age of the earth before I start talking evolution with them, anyway. Anyone who thinks scientific evidence points to a 6000 year-old earth has even deeper problems with scientific literacy & isn't even ready for Evolution 101 yet."
I haven't come across anyone who can state with certainty the age of this earth. Estimation is the closest I seen produced. By the way for the anti-Creator bunch the Bible does NOT say the age of this earth, I know cause I read it.
I haven't come across anyone who can state with certainty the age of this earth. Estimation is the closest I seen produced. By the way for the anti-Creator bunch the Bible does NOT say the age of this earth, I know cause I read it. 4.55 billion years +/- ~1-2%; not exact, but pretty certain. Radiometric dating gives us our most accurate determination, but is certainly not the only evidence along those lines. Link Here
The Bible doesn't explicitly state the earth is 6000 years old, but if every word is taken exactly to be literal, it does say that the age of the earth up till the creation of man is 6 days, and lists a complete lineage from Adam through Christ (actually 2 lineages that differ, curiously enough). If this is taken to be literal fact, it would mean an upper limit on the age of the earth somewhere in the thousands of years (maybe not 6000 exactly, but certainly not millions or billions).