[betty boop]

The two are irreconcilable, and they do refer to the same thing; the age of the Earth.

No, the 6000 figure refers, not to the age of the Earth, but to the lapse of time from the ensoulment of Adam to the present. BTW, the 6000 figure isn't necessarily incompatible with Darwin's theory, even though Darwin expressed no interest whatever in "souls."

[Right Wing Professor]

No, the 6000 figure refers, not to the age of the Earth, but to the lapse of time from the ensoulment of Adam to the present.

You're now speaking for yourself. The biblical literalists here on FR, and elsewhere, clearly state that it's the age of the earth.

BTW, the 6000 figure isn't necessarily incompatible with Darwin's theory, even though Darwin expressed no interest whatever in "souls."

But, stipulating said ensoulment, are we all descendants of Adam, or can souls be laterally transferred? You must be aware human population genetics are incompatible with common ancestry as recent as 6000 years. Aborigines have been in Australia for far more than 6000 years.