[Thorliveshere]

Just how do they come up with the Earth being only 6,000 years anyway? I mean, we have evidence of civilizations 40-60,000 years ago.

[Jonty30]

Either we are misreading the Biblical story or that we are misreading the historical evidence.

I personally don’t think that it’s an attack on Scripture to affirm the Genesis events, but not necessarily the assumed dates of those events.

[SaxxonWoods]

The idea of a 6,000 year-old planet is a construct of men. God has nothing to do with the errors of man, which are profligate and ongoing.

[MHGinTN]

You might enjoy the following, from a Jewish Rabbi/astrophysicist:

http://www.geraldschroeder.com/AgeUniverse.aspx

[DannyTN]

The 6000 years is strongly implied in scripture in the genealogies.

The pre-flood geneaologies are stated as follows: "A was ### old when B was born." Therefore, you can construct a time line to the flood.

The post flood geneaologies are written a little loser but are still bounded.

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