A billion years is more than a million of Methuselah's lifetimes (969 years). It is more than 600,000 times longer than the span between the creation of the world and the Great Flood (1656 years).
Maybe that might help some of them grasp the actual time spans involved.
944 posted on 09/15/2005 10:46:19 AM PDT by Junior
(Just because the voices in your head tell you to do things doesn't mean you have to listen to them)