How old do you believe the Earth is, roughly.

[89coupe]

Having this debate on my site, thought I would give it a try here as well.

Feel free to reply how you voted and why.

[doublepostwhore]

Scientific calculation > jesus

[Mazstyle]

I was having a debate with a good friend of mine on this very topic. He's religious and says the earth is maybe 6000 years old, and I totally disagree, just think about how long it takes for oil to be created, coral reefs, volcanically formed islands like hawaii...

[Crymson]

I voted for the scientific age, because any other "age" is ludacrous, and i feel embarassed for anyone brainwashed into thinking the bible could possibly be a credible source for anything other than evidence for humanity's gullability.

I hope this turns into another debate on religion, there cannot be enough of them. Even if only 1 person out of 10,000 takes time to rethink their religious beleif and perhaps draws a logical conclusion, it's worth it.

[Mangina]

The earth is about 35, and I'm the only real person on it. The rest of you are here to entertain me.

P.S. Who cares?

[im2fst4u]

Scientific data shows that it is 4.5 Billion but if you choose the Bible as your source, 6000 yrs old. Not likely that it is only 6000 and here is a good site that will explain.

http://www.geocities.com/questioningpage/Evolve1.html

[abyss]

science>bible in this respect.

[Hakkola]

I'm Christian and I believe the Earth is 4.5 Billion years old.

Nowhere in the Bible does it say the earth is 6000 years old.

I don't really take the whole 6 day creation thing literally, try explaining years and process of creation to someone 6000 years ago in terms of billions. I think 6000 years is a good indication of how old modern man is.

I believe in God, and evolution.

[89coupe]

Originally posted by im2fst4u
Scientific data shows that it is 4.5 Billion but if you choose the Bible as your source, 6000 yrs old. Not likely that it is only 6000 and here is a good site that will explain.

http://www.geocities.com/questioningpage/Evolve1.html

Great read.

[ashee]

It's actually 4.65 billion, according to my geology prof.

[MtYurmom]

Originally posted by ashee
It's actually 4.65 billion, according to my geology prof.

"It's actually 4.65 billion (saying it like you or he knows for fact), according to (saying as if it was his theory) my geology prof."

Anyone find the oxymoron in that?

Ashee, i know you get bashed alot about other subjects... dont let science/geology be another. <3

[Crymson]

Originally posted by MtYurmom


&quot;It's actually 4.65 billion (saying it like you or he knows for fact), according to (saying as if it was his theory) my geology prof.&quot;

Anyone find the oxymoron in that?

Ashee, i know you get bashed alot about other subjects... dont let science/geology be another. &lt;3

Hey, well at least if another Geology prof claims it's 4.5 BYO, Ashee's geology prof won't strap 25 lbs of plastic explosives onto his chest and march in into the other prof's office to have a "debate".

-1 religion.

[Hakkola]

Very good read, which brought me to this:
http://www.reasons.org/resources/apo...rs/index.shtml

Which is exactly the view I hold, didn't know so many known christians agreed.

I think the idea of a 6000 year old earth is childish, and comes from simple, uneducated christians who refuse to let go of what their mommy and daddy told them.

[Hakkola]

Originally posted by Crymson


Hey, well at least if another Geology prof claims it's 4.5 BYO, Ashee's geology prof won't strap 25 lbs of plastic explosives onto his chest and march in into the other prof's office to have a &quot;debate&quot;.

-1 religion.

I don't know of any religions that actually condone that.

-1 canadian education system.

[MtYurmom]

Originally posted by Crymson


Hey, well at least if another Geology prof claims it's 4.5 BYO, Ashee's geology prof won't strap 25 lbs of plastic explosives onto his chest and march in into the other prof's office to have a &quot;debate&quot;.

-1 religion.

Originally posted by Hakkola


I don't know of any religions that actually condone that.

-1 canadian education system.

[justincalgary]

I am totally not religous at all, but was raised religous. The whole 6000 years thing isn't literally 6000 years. If god took 7 days to create all that stuff, and 1 second to god is a lifetime for us than it would probably work out.

[hoamic11]

i'll tell you this much, earth is really OLD!!!

[lint]

Originally posted by Hakkola
I'm Christian and I believe the Earth is 4.5 Billion years old.

Nowhere in the Bible does it say the earth is 6000 years old.

I don't really take the whole 6 day creation thing literally, try explaining years and process of creation to someone 6000 years ago in terms of billions. I think 6000 years is a good indication of how old modern man is.

I believe in God, and evolution.

How do you pick what parts of the bible to take literally, and others to refute? Not trying to start a flame, but honestly interested in knowing how people chose what to believe.

This question has been in my head for a while and recently came up again as I've started reading "End of Faith" by Sam Harris.

[Q-TIP]

Originally posted by ashee
It's actually 4.65 billion, according to my geology prof.

what geology proff is that, and what year of geology are you in and what school do you attend. the earth by geologic records is between 4.4 and 4.7 bya.

send pm and we can chat geology if you are a geo major.

[MtYurmom]

Originally posted by Q-TIP


what geology proff is that, and what year of geology are you in and what school do you attend. the earth by geologic records is between 4.4 and 4.7 bya.

send pm and we can chat geology if you are a geo major.

Hittin on the one and only chick on beyond... "Show you my rock collection."