“Bible-believing Christian says about six thousand.”
That’s false.
Bishop Usher (sp?) said that, not the Bible.
“Bishop Usher (sp?) said that, not the Bible.”
Thank you for pointing this out. It generally does not appear on these creationist threads.
If you're going to even pretend to believe the Bible, then that is about the age of humanity. We have two genealogies of Jesus, one going back to Adam, and we know roughly that 2,000 years have elapsed since His earthly appearance. It doesn't take a mathematician to crunch the numbers.
That’s false.
Bishop Usher (sp?) said that, not the Bible.
Actually, the Bible DOES claim exactly 1656 years from Creation to the flood (Genesis 5), and 427 years from the beginning of the flood to the Covenant with Abraham (Genesis 11).
There is some debate on the timing of Abraham, but looking at contemporary history (Egypt, Sodom & Gomorrah, etc.) many place him between 2000-1800 BC. Of course, this assumes the Genesis records skips no generations, which appears unlikely based on the narrative. Nevertheless, it is there for you to study youself.
It's fairly easy to get to a 6,000 year old Earth, for "Bible Believing Christians", of which I am one.
Doesn't matter if it's 6,000 or 10,000, or even 100,000, you run into the same issues.
How many creationists believe in an Earth older than one billion years?