If according to the Bible, the Universe is About 6,000 years old..how do we explain this?

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Discovery of oldest primate skeleton, ancestor of humans and apes
Grenoble, 5 June 2013: An international team of researchers has announced the discovery of the world's oldest known fossil primate skeleton representing a previously unknown genus and species named Archicebus achilles. The fossil was unearthed from an ancient lake bed in central China's Hubei Province, near the course of the modern Yangtze River. In addition to being the oldest known example of an early primate skeleton, the new fossil is crucial in elucidating a pivotal event in primate and human evolution—the evolutionary divergence that led to modern monkeys, apes and humans (collectively known as anthropoids) on one branch, and to living tarsiers on the other. The scientific paper describing the discovery is published today in the prestigious journal Nature.

The fossil was recovered from sedimentary rock strata that were deposited in an ancient lake roughly 55 million years ago, during the early part of the Eocene Epoch. This was an interval of global "greenhouse" conditions, when much of the world was shrouded in tropical rainforests and palm trees grew as far north as Alaska. Like most other fossils recovered from ancient lake strata, the skeleton of Archicebus was found by splitting apart the thin layers of rock containing the fossil. As a result, the skeleton of Archicebus is now preserved in two complementary pieces called a "part" and a "counterpart," each of which contain elements of the actual skeleton as well as impressions of bones from the other side
http://www.sciencecodex.com/discovery_of_oldest_primate_skeleton_ancestor_of_humans_and_apes-113506

Answer 1

Simple answer: The bible is wrong. It tells an allegorical story and it is not meant to be read literary, only figuratively.



Extensive Answer: The Earth is not 6000 years old. It is about 4.5 Billion years old (yes that's 4500000000). Even the Pope has admitted that the scientific community is right. A study of a number of sciences can tell you more about this, geology, in particular the study of sedimentary rocks, plate tectonics and the various methods of dating rocks, of which radiometric dating is just one. Also, Paleontology and Biology can give you a great idea of the story of life on Earth.



Hope that helps

Answer 2

The Bible does not say the world is only 6000 years old, only that the recorded history of man on the earth is approximately 6000 years. There is a lot that we do not yet know.



I do find it interesting to see someone take virtually a nano second of knowledge and understanding and then extrapolating it to thousands if not millions of years. Any person who thinks they know it all are probably in for a very rude awakening when they discover that in fact they know virtually nothing.



After all isn't the world flat?? Oh, but that was proven false. Well at least we know that the sun revolves around the earth. Oops, that was also debunked. Well at least we've discovered the smallest particle, the Atom. What there are particles smaller than the atom??



Well you get my point. There are still plenty of examples where the audacity of men is evident.

Answer 3

First off the bible does not give the age of the universe or the earth. Also the universe was not included in the first day of creation, so the universe existed before the first day and there is no indication of how long it existed before God began creation. There is also no indication of how long a creation day was since the sun did not exist for the first two days.



Next, without DNA you will never be able to show any relation between the fossils they are finding and man and you will never find DNA because it never existed. Man was created independently from the rest of the animals. You perceive a relationship between similar skeletons, but the duck billed platypus clearly proves that things that look the same are not necessarily related.



And ...Your sciencecodex link does not work.

Answer 4

I'm sure others have been found that were older than a day, maybe even years older!



Now to answer your question....

I have heard a thought line that might explain some of it.



If we look at the Mazeroth, the original pure form of the zodiak. There are 12 bodies represented. Originally they represented the twelve tribes of Israel.

If we accept that the world that we know is about six thousand years old and look at the Mazeroth. One celestial sign is equal to one thousand years.

That only covers six thousand years, what about the other six?



Maybe that was the time when much of what we can't explain happened. We don't know exactly when the other part occurred...maybe millions of years ago, maybe not.



Just a thought.....

Answer 5

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Hold it right there. The Bible does NOT say the universe is 6,000 years old. That is an interpretation developed by a Bishop named James Ussher in the mid 1600's using the genealogies of Genesis. (He made assumptions that I won't get into here. Feel free to write if you want to discuss.)



The rest of the question is not a problem to the 40-50% of Christians who do not hold a "young earth view". (However, hominids are only /assumed/ to be ancestors to humans because naturalism requires it.)

Answer 6

Most religionists will tell you that time is a human construct and God time isn't the same as people time.



In otherwords a day in God time isn't the 24 hours we use, and a year isn't the 365 days of people time.



And others simply don't believe anything other than the literal words of the bible, and that, for them, is that. Faith isn't rational, its a belief.

Answer 7

They will refuse to accept the methods used to date the fossil, and/or refuse to accept the statement that the fossil represents an evolutionary ancestor to humans. These refusals will not be based in an understanding of the science involved.

Answer 8

Simple the geographic location of a skeleton has no bearing on age.

All dating methods we use arent even accurate on things we know the dates. Obviously they are wrong about this as well.



The universe is 6k

In the beginning God created the heavens (universe) and earth 6 days later adam is born. The gospel of luke i think records adams age at death and all his descendants till Christ. Add i up plus these years after Christ u get about 6k

Answer 9

Only a small number of Christians think the world is that young.



The bible gives NO age of the Earth.

Answer 10

Thanks for the lesson, but the assumption in your question is entirely false. The Bible makes no reference to the age of the earth.

Answer 11

Because they will go: BLAH BLAH BLAH I am not listen. i believe in a talking snake , furit that grants immortality, and that two people are responsible for billions of people.

Answer 12

obviously someone has made an error in measurement



hint: it wasn't God



Psa 118:8 [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.





Deu 32:4 [He is] the Rock, his work [is] perfect: for all his ways [are] judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right [is] he.

Answer 13

the bible said it took almost 6000 years to create and God rested for 1000 years and now it has been 6000 more years since that 7th day of rest so it would be more like 13000 years

Answer 14

The bible does not say how old the Universe is.



In fact, each of those days in Genesis was 1,000 yrs.



And, there was an age before this one, and there will be yet another one to come

Answer 15

when humans first appeared, they thought the universe appeared the same time they did

Answer 16

You're reading wrong and filling in the gaps.



The Bible doesn't state that.



@God help us....in antiquity 1000 symbolizes an eon; any pagan or Jew or Christian in those days could tell you that. Don't state what the Bible doesn't state.

Answer 17

the bible was written long ago when most people were illiterate and had no idea what science was

that's why it's foolish to take it seriously

Answer 18

well you start off with an error...so your whole question is screwed



MAN is 6000 years old





(Funnily enough, that is the historical impact of man as well)





The earth's age is unnamed

Answer 19

God Did It.!!!!





Or Satan Did It!!!!











You can not educate the willfully ignorant.