Do you believe the earth is only 6000 years old as the bible states?

Question

Do you believe the earth is only 6000 years old as the bible states?

Answer 1

No. This seemed a clear case of a Bible teaching being disproved. The fact is, though, that the Bible nowhere states how old the earth is. The very first words of the Bible are: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) This statement, that there was a beginning, is in harmony with current scientific observations. Then, according to the Bible, there was a period when the earth was “formless and waste,” uninhabited and uninhabitable. (Genesis 1:2) Geologists who try to reconstruct the early history of the earth suggest that at one time this was indeed the case. Following that, the Bible describes how seas and landmasses were formed. Plant life appeared, then sea creatures, birds, and, eventually, land animals. Finally, man himself appeared. Overall, this is very similar to what scientists have discovered by digging through the old geological strata of the earth, even to the general order of the appearance of life. (Genesis 1:1-28)

Answer 2

Yes. Counting back from Jesus' birth to the captivity of the Jews by the Babylonians and certain major events during the history of the Jews gives a very good idea of how old the earth is. People would like to think that God took longer that six literal day, but the Bible says it was the evening and the morning of the first day, the evening and the morning of the second day etc. The evening and morning could only be 24 hours.

Answer 3

1000 years of man's time is but 1 day to God. So it took God 6000 years of man's time to create the Universe and all that is in it. Now the Old Testament was written over 8000 years ago during the BC Era. The New Testament is a little under 2000 years old written about 400 AD Era. So no, the Earth is Billions of years old.

Answer 4

Nowhere in the Bible does it state the age of the Earth.

Some people have interpreted the wording in Genesis chapters 1 and 2 to mean that the 6 'days' of creation are literal, 24-hour Earth days, and some of them include the creation of the universe in that.



However, Genesis itself uses the Hebrew word we translate as 'days' in various ways, proving that it cannot always be taken to mean a literal, 24-hour period (though that is usually what it means). The fact that Adam was told he would die in the day that he ate the forbidden fruit, yet he did not die until over 900 years later, proves that 'day' is a fluid term with regard to how long it is to be understood.



We also read in the Bible that a day with God is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day, but elsewhere we also read that a day to God is like a watch in the night - a four hour period in human terms.



Those who stick to Earth being 6,000 years old assume that the genealogies given in the Old Testament are exhaustive - complete - but ancient traditions of listing generations in genealogical lists often just skipped over some to only detail the main characters in a family line of descent. So when they calculate how many years have passed from Adam and Eve being created (on 'day' six), they use the OT lists to arrive at when Jesus was born, and that's what gives them this 6,000 year time-line.



As both lines of calculation are open to interpretation, we can only say that some Christians take the age of the Earth to be 6,000 years, but the Bible itself simply does not say that. Fortunately for all of us, nobody's salvation depends on making a statement of faith about that! We DO have to believe that, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth", but we are not called to state how God did that, or how long it took Him.

Answer 5

No. The Bible also doesn't state that. Interpretations of the Bible state that. As a young Christian, I was taught that the age of the Earth is unknown according to scripture and that there was a gap between the initial creation of the universe in Genesis 1:1 and the events thereafter, in which the rebellion of Satan and his angels occurred, leading to the judgment of all creation effectively causing God to wipe the slate clean and start over with the six day creation story.



The church I grew up in had a lot of well-educated people in leadership roles, including a number of engineers and scientists (one was an astrophysicist). They generally ascribe to Galileo's perspective on the role of faith - The bible was meant to tell men how to go to heaven, not how the heavens go.

Answer 6

The Bible does not say when the earth was created.However it does say in Exodus 20 that God created the heaven and the earth and all that is in it in 6 days.Those days obviously were 24 hour days.To say that those days were 1,000 years each is ridiculous and only makes it more difficult.Also the gap theory does not solve the problem.We either believe in God almighty and His Word the Bible to be true or we don't.There is no other way.

Answer 7

The Bible says it is 6000 years since Adam. There was a civilization ruled by Lucifer before that that was so evil God totally destroyed it.



In between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 thousands or even millions of years may have passed. See link below.





http://www.joel2army.simplesite.com/400453207 Origins

Answer 8

- The Bible does not support fundamentalists and creationists who claim that the creative days were literal 24-hour days.

- The Bible frequently uses the term "day" to designate various periods of time. In some cases these periods are of an unspecified length. The account of creation found in the Bible book of Genesis is one example of this.

- In the Bible account, each of the six creative days could have lasted for thousands of years.

- God had already created the universe, including a lifeless planet Earth, by the time the first creative day began.

- Evidently the six creative days, were long periods during which Jehovah God prepared the earth for human habitation.

- The Bible account of creation does not conflict with scientific conclusions about the age of the universe.

Answer 9

Where do you say the bible says such a thing?

I've been studying scripture for 30 years and have only ever seen support for the earth being millions of years old.

Are you getting confused with the time mankind has been on this earth?

Answer 10

The Bible does not state that the earth is 6,000 years old.

Using true science and the Bible, you must conclude that 6,000 years is near the appropriate age of the earth.

The Bible does tell us that the earth is 5 days older than Adam.

Answer 11

The bible doesn't clearly give a timeline in Genesis 1, we don't know. Literal creationists would point to the description of the day to day creating of God to nail down a time element, and as a Christian I can not prove that time element because I do not believe that account in Genesis was ever meant to describe such timeline. So the answer would be NO I reject the 6,000 years theory. I do the bible to be true, but I do not believe God gave the writer the inspiration for Genesis to give us a detailed account of much of the lapse of time.

Answer 12

Yes I do ,

our earth and all life on it, is only a few thousand years old. Those who teach this doctrine—known as creationism—may have high regard for the Bible, but they contend that God created all things in six 24-hour days just a few thousand years ago. They reject credible scientific evidence that contradicts their view. As a result, the teaching of creationism actually discredits the Bible, making it appear unreasonable and inaccurate. Individuals who promote such views might remind us of some in the first century who had a zeal for God “but not according to accurate knowledge.” (Rom. 10:2) How can we use God’s Word to overturn the “strongly entrenched” doctrines of evolution and creationism?* We can do so only if we personally work hard to gain an accurate knowledge of what the Bible teaches.

Answer 13

The Bible does not state that at all! You should have done a bit of research.



The only reference we have is the time man has been on the planet - and this is worked out from the genealogy of Jesus back to Adam, which IS given.



The world could be billions of years old before God almighty began his creations.

Answer 14

No one believes that, most Christians will tell you God took billions of years to make this planet habitable. He made all the creatures big and small and put in a perfect eco system. After making lot's of different kinds of animals and then removing some until he got what he wanted. Then and only then did he make humans. I remember in San Francisco planarian has a red line down the hall way and describes when each animal roamed the earth. Growing up I thought it was amazing that when we got to the end of the long hall way, seeing all the animals coming and going. Was a small section of the red line that said, "Humans" We just got here.

Answer 15

No, and please realize the Bible does not state the age of Earth, and it certainly does NOT say 6,000 years old. Those who think it does are hard-pressed to prove it. And it is even harder for those believers to prove Earth is so young without referring to the Bible, since there are cities that have been occupied for more than 10,000 years, and all the empirical evidence, evidence tested and reviewed by experts in various fields, clearly indicates Earth is billions of years old. It's sad that some people want to lock themselves into a corner about this odd belief. Every Antarctic and Greenland ice core proves them wrong, yet they persist. It's just stubbornness, or else hands over ears saying, "I can't hear you."

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Answer 16

Irrespective of one’s religious beliefs, the overwhelming scientific evidence points to an age of the earth and even the universe closer to thousands of years rather than billions. The following videos and article provide some of that evidence as well as evidence against the deep time theory.



“Billions of years” came about in the late 19th and early 20th century because it helps the case for evolution and thus hurts the case for God. If the situation were reversed and somehow “thousands of years” helped evolution and hurt the case for God, you’d see mainstream scientists do a complete backflip on the matter, extoling all the evidence for a young earth, and dismissing old earthers as fringe nut cases. Enjoy.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc5GzeoA84I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr8Az3QQZdI

http://www.apologeticspress.org/APContent.aspx?category=9&article=111&topic=56



The main arguments you hear for deep time, in this forum at least, are usually just the same old tired ad hominems (e.g. “Anyone who doesn’t believe the universe is billions of years old is a total retard.”)

Answer 17

No I do not. I'm a Roman Catholic, and if you look up even what the Roman Catholic church teaches, we believe the earth is billions of years old. The bible is important for us to read and and it uses such language so we can percieve through it's artistic expression, the meaning of the message, but not a literal day of creation.

Answer 18

The fact of the matter, The bible states that the earth is exactly 13,0027 years to the exact date of creation. When you go by God word the bible only.

Answer 19

If the earth was 6000 old, we wouldn't be able to see the Milky Way, which is 25,000 light years away, or view the Andromeda Galaxy, which is 2.5 million light years away.......or have the Hubble deep field view galaxies that are 13 BILLION light years away.



Do you understand what I'm saying?

Answer 20

NASA proved that the Earth is young when they sent man to the moon. When man first landed on the moon NASA was worried about the lander sinking into billions of years’ worth of space dust, so they made very large landing pads. When they landed they found the dust to be 1/2 inch thick about 6000 years worth.

Answer 21

They know it is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbh7S6WWdMc These are the laws of science, not the sunday school lecture as the man says! These are the laws of science! Get a kjversion Bible and believe.

Jesus Christ is the truth. They admit the rock layers formed rapidly! It's over for the lies of evolution. They admit the "geologic column" does not exist! They admit they can't explain anything! Wake up! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX9eDTNfQHY The planets themselves are showing you 6000yrs! That man made prediction on Bible and 6000yrs. The evolutionists made them on "millions of years". The data came back from OUTER SPACE! And guess which one was shown? Evolution destroyed again! And the Bible shown correct again! Wake up! Jesus loves you. Get a kjversion Bible and believe.

Answer 22

The Bible says no such thing. All it says is that "in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."



Too bad so many have a hard time understanding what is written!

Answer 23

The Bible does not state such a thing.

What's more: it requires the use of poor (or careless) reasoning to deduce that based on what the Bible *does* state.

Answer 24

Every Christian should own a Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and dictionary (your pastor owns one). The term "days" (6 days of creation) is more accurately translated "periods of time" (of undetermined length). So, no, the Bible does not state the world is 6,000 years old.

Answer 25

Bible and its illicit lover Christians are dumb fools

In Sanatan Dharma(eternal religion) tell us the correctly the Age of this earth and the universe

Ancient hindus used to fly chariots and built atom bombs

Jai Sri Krishna

Answer 26

No, because the Bible never explicitly states how old the Earth is.

Answer 27

nowhere does the Bible state the age of the earth. TIme is not implied directly. I am not familiar with the age of the earth.

Answer 28

Human remains dating over four and a half million years have been found to disprove the earth is only 6,000 years old.

Answer 29

Yes

Answer 30

2nd PETER 3:8 says a day to GOD is like a thousand year. Honestly a day to GOD could be a million years . So creation could have been 7000yrs or 7 million years???

Answer 31

It doesn't help to just invent statements as if they were fact. No where does it say the age of the earth.

Answer 32

Yes, I do believe it. No dating method of modern science is completely accurate, and every single one of those methods is based upon certain assumptions. And scientists use circular reasoning when using the geologic column and fossils to date items.

Answer 33

I believe that God created the earth in it's mature state....just as Adam & Eve were created in their mature state

Answer 34

The Bible doesn't state that anywhere and no I don't believe it. I suggest you actually read it.

Answer 35

Do you believe the earth is only 6000 years old as the bible states? Next false flag: Statue of Liberty. Earth is flat; stands on 3 pillars (the Most Holy Trinity); pillars stand on water at zero Kelvin. Zodiac is planetary prison of demons; don't believe in horoscopes or you'll exhibit the traits of the trapped demons. Most thoughts and dreams are from demons; demons never do good. Sleep fully clothed; pray the Jesus prayer. Pray to your guardian angel to have normal sleep. Vyacheslav Krasheninnikov was the last prophet before Enoch and Elijah return to preach against the antichrist. According to Ruski Orthodox Christian Vyacheslav Krasheninnikov: Humans were created about 7525 years ago.



Birds participate in time creation. It's a sin to kill birds. Dinosaurs live under our level. They will get out through sinkholes and lakes. To kill them, go for their nerves. Save the birds; but kill the dinosaurs. First dinosaur will come out of Volga River in Russia. Demons grow human skin (from a sample taken during abduction) and put it on so as to look like us. Demons will invite people to be healed inside their UFOs; those who go will be like zombies after. Gov't provides demons with diamonds and allows demons to abduct people. If you're being abducted, slowly pray the Jesus prayer.



Don't panic. Demons use diamonds and souls to power their UFO craft. The bigger the diamond, the more it lasts. Demons have 4 UFO bases: 1)Moon 2)Inside fake mountain Kailash in Tibet 3)In lake Baikal in Russia 4)In Atlantis which is underneath the Mariana Trench in Pacific Ocean. There are no aliens. Nobody lives on other planets. Airplanes that go down are hit by demons because they need the airspace to fight Jesus. Antichrist is pale with red eyes. He's possessed by Satan since he's 12 years old. He flies. He wears gloves to hide long nails. He's surrounded by demons who appear as angels of light.



Don't go into a UFO to be healed by demons. 666 is given by isotope rays on wrist or forehead when people stretch hands to receive small plastic grey card with no name on it (World Passport). Police will microchip and isotope ray people on highways. Food stores will isotope ray people too. Antichrist will also release prisoners to mark people. Reject 666 at all cost. If you're about to be marked, pray the Jesus prayer. Hide with Orthodox Christians to escape 666; leave all electronics behind so that antichrist's minions can't track you. Give to charity in the name of Archangel Michael; he rescues people from hell twice a year (or brings them up a level, that is, to a level with less punishment; eventually, people are freed). Feed the pigeons; when pigeons bow down, people are saved from hell. Forgive me.

Answer 36

The Bible originated 5000 years ago.

So use your head, what do you think?

Answer 37

The Bible never says that.

Answer 38

I believe in God's power so I believe he is truthful Jesus Christ is Lord

Answer 39

The bible 'states' no such thing.

Answer 40

No. I tally up about 7700 years using scriptural chronology

Answer 41

Yes cuz there's no room on this cake for the 6001st candle.

Answer 42

Do I believe the bible as translated by the ignorant? no.

Answer 43

No, and I don't believe that Methusalah died when he was 969 either. (Genesis 5:27).

Answer 44

Yes, although I would say a little less than 7,000 is closer to correct.

Answer 45

It doesn't state that

Answer 46

no i dont belive what the bible states

Answer 47

For some, yes, and the operative word is "believe" not "think".

Answer 48

no

Answer 49

No.