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How old is the earth?
AiG ^ | Bodie Hodge

Posted on 02/21/2009 6:03:46 PM PST by GodGunsGuts

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1).

The question of the age of the earth has produced heated discussions on debate boards, classrooms, TV, radio, and in many churches, Christian colleges, and seminaries. The primary sides are:

*Young earth proponents (biblical age of the earth and universe of about 6,000 years)1

*Old earth proponents (secular age of the earth of about 4.5 billion years and a universe about 14 billion years old)2

The difference is immense! Let’s give a little history of where these two basic calculations came from and which worldview is more reasonable...

(Excerpt) Read more at answersingenesis.org ...


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To: GodGunsGuts

old enough to know better


121 posted on 02/21/2009 8:31:16 PM PST by woofie
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To: count-your-change

I am inclined to think so. For instance, when we examine Exodus 20:9–11, we find the Lord once again equating Day 7 (His day of rest) to an Earth day:

‘Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, not thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.’


122 posted on 02/21/2009 8:31:48 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: txnativegop
"4.5 Billion is the most likely answer."

Let me guess - you believe that Vince Foster committed suicide?

123 posted on 02/21/2009 8:32:05 PM PST by editor-surveyor (The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
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To: editor-surveyor

Excellent point, E-S!!!


124 posted on 02/21/2009 8:32:26 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: ColdWater

did you miss this part:

Quote:
“Another problem that calls into question the credibility of radiometric dating is heat contamination. For example, In 1973, in Alberta, Canada (near the town of Grand Prarie) a high voltage line fell which caused nearby tree roots to fossilize almost instantly. When scientists at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan were asked what the results would be if these roots were dated by Potassium Argon method. Their response was that the results:

“WOULD BE MEANINGLESS; it would indicate an age of millions of years BECAUSE HEAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE PETRIFICATION PROCESS.” The Mysteries of Creation, by Dennis Petersen, p. 47.

Two well-documented examples of “heat contamination” are the 1800 and 1801 eruptions from two Hawaiian volcanoes. Although these eruptions were less than 200 years old, the radiometric “dates” obtained from them were 140 million to 2.96 billion years for one, and from 0 to 29 million years for the other — depending upon the (ocean) depth at which the lava sample was obtained. This is documented in Table 1 below.” unquote.


125 posted on 02/21/2009 8:32:46 PM PST by Kackikat (.It's NOT over until it's over and it's NOT over yet....The Trumpet will sound....)
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To: Kackikat
To understand please read the above link about it.

Your are under the illusion that the article supports a 6000 year old Earth? EPIC FAIL

126 posted on 02/21/2009 8:33:10 PM PST by Oztrich Boy ( As for a future life, every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague probabilities. - D)
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To: saganite

Too bad, so sad to see that the beliefs of conservative Christians get under your skin like that that. Maybe you can appeal to the admin moderator to censor posts that don’t agree with your world view.

Let us all know how that works out for you.
..in Jim’s living room.

Or...here’s an interesting idea...
You could simply ignore threads that don’t interest you.


127 posted on 02/21/2009 8:33:43 PM PST by woollyone (I believe God created me- you believe you're related to monkeys. Of course I laughed at you!)
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To: editor-surveyor

No, the clintons had him knocked off for sure, but who can prove it.


128 posted on 02/21/2009 8:35:26 PM PST by txnativegop (God Bless America! (NRA-Endowment))
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To: PapaBear3625
"All it takes to disprove Genesis-creation is to be able to prove ONE event as having taken place significantly earlier than 4000 BC."

Yep, easy! - - But it hasn't happened yet.

129 posted on 02/21/2009 8:37:26 PM PST by editor-surveyor (The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
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To: Oztrich Boy

No it doesn’t make my point, it is an unbeliever scientist condemning the creationist argument...it shows that the argument will not be resolved. I don’t have a copy of the Yale Study...but this link will show what I mean by fallible science when carbon dating:

This link validates my point, and that is that scientific research is “relative” to what has happened at the site the sample is taken and when:

http://www.earthage.org/OKyougotmyattention/Radiometric%20Dating,%20and%20The%20Age%20of%20the%20Earth.htm

be sure to read about HEAT CONTAMINATION.


130 posted on 02/21/2009 8:40:07 PM PST by Kackikat (.It's NOT over until it's over and it's NOT over yet....The Trumpet will sound....)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Sounds wonderful!!!


131 posted on 02/21/2009 8:40:13 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: GodGunsGuts

Keyword spamming again......

And this time I would bet that you didn’t put them all in.


132 posted on 02/21/2009 8:40:46 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Oztrich Boy

No it doesn’t make my point, it is an unbeliever scientist condemning the creationist argument...it shows that the argument will not be resolved. I don’t have a copy of the Yale Study...but this link will show what I mean by fallible science when carbon dating:

This link validates my point, and that is that scientific research is “relative” to what has happened at the site the sample is taken and when:

http://www.earthage.org/OKyougotmyattention/Radiometric%20Dating,%20and%20The%20Age%20of%20the%20Earth.htm

be sure to read about HEAT CONTAMINATION.


133 posted on 02/21/2009 8:41:53 PM PST by Kackikat (.It's NOT over until it's over and it's NOT over yet....The Trumpet will sound....)
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To: Oztrich Boy

No it doesn’t make my point, it is an unbeliever scientist condemning the creationist argument...it shows that the argument will not be resolved. I don’t have a copy of the Yale Study...but this link will show what I mean by fallible science when carbon dating:

This link validates my point, and that is that scientific research is “relative” to what has happened at the site the sample is taken and when:

http://www.earthage.org/OKyougotmyattention/Radiometric%20Dating,%20and%20The%20Age%20of%20the%20Earth.htm

be sure to read about HEAT CONTAMINATION.


134 posted on 02/21/2009 8:42:53 PM PST by Kackikat (.It's NOT over until it's over and it's NOT over yet....The Trumpet will sound....)
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To: ColdWater
I thought he rode the dinosaurs?

Or he was at a dinosaur rodeo?

135 posted on 02/21/2009 8:43:27 PM PST by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: Kackikat
I relate the “big bang theory” to God’s “speaking” the world into existance.

If he "spoke" the world into existence, why would he need to "rest" after doing so?

136 posted on 02/21/2009 8:43:28 PM PST by dragnet2
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To: dragnet2
If he "spoke" the world into existence, why would he need to "rest" after doing so?

And why would it take him six times 24 hours?

137 posted on 02/21/2009 8:47:54 PM PST by ColdWater
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To: mowowie
"People that for some reason can’t get over it get over it."

??*&%$*? - Did you read that before posting?

Anyway, what you need to "get over," is that time itself was created at the same time as the Earth, 5769 years ago (regardless of how long those years may have been)

138 posted on 02/21/2009 8:48:25 PM PST by editor-surveyor (The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
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To: metmom

You are right. No big deal. Let them have their fun. They’re just upset that that God’s creation keeps falsifying Darwin’s fanciful creation myth.


139 posted on 02/21/2009 8:48:45 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: dragnet2

Take a look at the complexity of the earth, and wouldn’t you want to rest after that?


140 posted on 02/21/2009 8:49:26 PM PST by Kackikat (.It's NOT over until it's over and it's NOT over yet....The Trumpet will sound....)
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