How Old Is the Earth?

Creation-Evolution Headlines ^ | 6/05/2003 | Creation-Evolution Headlines

[bondserv]

Continuing to shift the momentum.

[bondserv]

And Ping again!

[dasboot]

beat the ping...tx

[BCrago66]

There is no momentum toward creationism among those who respect reality.

Creationism is hedonism: Believing something because it makes you feel good to believe it.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

With all due respect, insofar as I can see, God does not play an explicit role in the formation of our Solar System (not withstanding the Bible)or for that matter our every day lives. I would much rather rely on a 20th or 21 St Century rationalist than a 5000 year old goat herder. But then again, call me close-minded.

[Hajman]

There is no momentum toward creationism among those who respect reality.

Yet another nice, false ad hominem to add to my collection.

-The Hajman-

[bondserv]

Creationism is hedonism: Believing something because it makes you feel good to believe it.

Take some time to get to know your enemy. We tend to be rather friendly, and open to rational discussion.

[txzman]

"Creationism is hedonism: Believing something because it makes you feel good to believe it."

My my, aren't you sure of yourself. Care to share your "proof positive" with the rest of us? Seems all the other scientists keep having problems in having to revise their theories.

You may think you know sir, I also think I know. Don't act so pompous in your view.

[f.Christian]

Thanks to evolution ...

you are sufficiently dumb downed ---

you can go along -- believe all the the liberal tripe - trickery !

[microgood]

There is no momentum toward creationism among those who respect reality.

Yes. Reality is that a 3 billion long strand of double helix DNA just formed in a bubbling pot of primordial soup. I did not know that even evolutionists were still pushing this fantasy, but I guess there are still a few left.

[YourAdHere]

How old is the Earth?

Depends. How old is George Clooney? You know it's his world, and we just live in it.

[Truth666]

Let's start with the basics.

Can someone explain why there are fossiles of subtropical and tropical life all over the planet ?

[Just mythoughts]

"How Old Is the Earth?" No flesh man knows, and we are not told by our Heavenly Father.

[KeyWest]

I really dislike these threads. I am a BAC but scientist and have no problem with "a thousand years are like a day". There are many BACs who are not Creationists. What bothers me is we are discounted as not possibly Christian since we do not ascribe to Creationism.

Darwin's God is an excellent book by a believer who brings out an important point. If you go back in time an look at how the whole story of creation has grown more complex with time as well as all science, it shows not a simple God but a complex God well beyond our understanding. Life goes from a simple act into something that is truly miraculous because it should never have happened.

Rare Earth, written by secular scientists, makes the same point but in regard to earth and life. Science shows it cannot happen.

Both books show a God who is in charge of all, because he defies probability and is beyond our comprehension.

All the points that were in the post rely on a false premise that science is frozen at this date. For example- why not dustless, why not random, etc.. Most can be answered by hypothesis but any good scientist will say "We do not know yet." That is what science is all about. Finding answers.

The truth is, God could have created everything one second ago. That would not be rational, so He did not. So when did He do it? We will find out eventually. In the meantime, let us worry more about the creation of a new believer, and not putting things in their way that have no bearing on their eternal soul.

[Gwaihir]

I find it interesting that you regulate Christians (and presumably Jews, too) to the status of followers of a "5000 year old goat herder". You say your faith is placed in the hands of "20th or 21st Century rationalist(s)". Yet, I do not see where you present any justification for the thoughts of these rationalists within the context of the post. Your post is nothing more than a stream of bitter statements. If your belief system is superior, please tell us why.

[R. Scott]

And the Earth is flat, at the center of the universe, and everything revolves around us.(/sarcasm)

[nightdriver]

"For the absolute age, he refers to a 4.567 billion year figure.........."

This figure is interesting as it comes up often with studies of isotopes. It assumes that there were equal amounts of, say U₂₃₈and U₂₃₅, created at the beginning (a reasonal assumption, but an assumption none the less) so the ratios of these isotopes still present and their known decay rates give a marker for their supposed date of creation.

All indications are that the earth is very old, certainly more than 10,000 years, and that still doesn't threaten the Biblical record or substantiate the theory of evolution.

[Fester Chugabrew]

"How old is the earth?"

The answer has been surmised enough. No human was there to observe its beginning who also is able to report with accuracy how much time has passed since. And even if he were, his report would have to be received with as much faith as anything that purports to be divine revelation.

The question assumes the earth has a beginning. In the end all of us make a leap of faith when we decide whether matter has a beginning or not, let alone the planet we inhabit. I've always wondered r.e. carbon dating whether scientists are measuring the age of a FORM or a SUBSTANCE.

[cb]

So, what are they saying? The earth isn't 4.6By old? There are a lot of rocks, 3.5Byo and there is little disagreement on that. This discussion of the real origin, is one of the first billion years or so and how much does it really matter? Lets say it isn't 4.6b but only 4.4b or 4.3b, does it really negate all the rest? Of course, it could also be 4.7b or 4.8b.

You can talk to me all day about was life created or was it an accident, but the ages of the earth... that is the age of rocks is settled. Get over it.

[Prodigal Son]

So, the author never says how old he figures the Earth and Solar System are, nor does he really say what he's driving at. There are always going to be unexplained anomalies when you weren't there to see something- it's the same in crime investigation. That didn't stop us from putting OJ, for example, on trial. Is this fellow saying we shouldn't investigate the universe- or what exactly?