First, our brother Michael Gungor, one of the most thoughtful musical artists of our time, has been publicly vilified across Christian media — both traditional, online, and social — for openly discussing his belief
in an old earth rather than a young earth.
Not only are there reasons not to trust
in an old earth, there's plenty of evidence in support of a young earth.
Not exact matches
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What's more, the maps hint that shallow pools existed between about 3.5 billion and 3 billion years ago;
in an
older yet similar blink of a geologic eye, life on
Earth may have appeared.
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Most of the observers appear to be people who believe
in evolution and an
old earth and watched for entertainment.
That trees were created already decades
old, with existing tree rings demonstrating their age; that dinosaur bones were placed
in the
Earth already millions of years
old; canyons were created with layers of sedimentary rock AS IF they had been carved out by water over eons, etc..
An Australian geologist who got his credentials dating rocks billions of years
old, still selling his services as a qualified geologist, but also employed as as a «Creationist Assistant Professor of Geology» by the Institute for Creation Research
in the USA, where he supports a young
earth.
We can observe the
earth is much
older, and that evolution over time has played a fundamental process
in complex life on
earth.
Second: The Creation tale is simply a way for early humans to explain mans creation and «fall» from God's predetermined path... The
old testament is full of stuff more related to philosophy and health advice then «Gods word» However, this revelation has not made me less of a christian...
In Contrast to those stuck in «the old ways» regarding faith (not believing in neanderthals and championing the claim that earth is only 6000 years old), I believe God created the universe on the very principle of physics and evolution (and other sciencey stuff)... Thus the first clash of atoms was the first step in the billionyear long recipe in creating the universe, the galaxies, the stars, the planets, life itself and u
In Contrast to those stuck
in «the old ways» regarding faith (not believing in neanderthals and championing the claim that earth is only 6000 years old), I believe God created the universe on the very principle of physics and evolution (and other sciencey stuff)... Thus the first clash of atoms was the first step in the billionyear long recipe in creating the universe, the galaxies, the stars, the planets, life itself and u
in «the
old ways» regarding faith (not believing
in neanderthals and championing the claim that earth is only 6000 years old), I believe God created the universe on the very principle of physics and evolution (and other sciencey stuff)... Thus the first clash of atoms was the first step in the billionyear long recipe in creating the universe, the galaxies, the stars, the planets, life itself and u
in neanderthals and championing the claim that
earth is only 6000 years
old), I believe God created the universe on the very principle of physics and evolution (and other sciencey stuff)... Thus the first clash of atoms was the first step
in the billionyear long recipe in creating the universe, the galaxies, the stars, the planets, life itself and u
in the billionyear long recipe
in creating the universe, the galaxies, the stars, the planets, life itself and u
in creating the universe, the galaxies, the stars, the planets, life itself and us.
Hello Hadz — As a practicing Mormon we believe one of the purposes of the millennial period (the 1,000 year return of Christ to the
earth) is to complete the promise
in the
Old Testament's Malachi 4:6 to turn the hearts of the children to their fathers, and fathers to children.
Joshua 23:14 relates also to the truth found
in Scripture that this
Earth, just as person, will,» wax
old like a garment» (Psalm 102:26; Hebrews 1:11) KJB.
Few biologists, few geologists, few physicists and astronomers are creationists, they see the evidence for evolution and an
old — indeed, ancient —
Earth in what they work with every day.
«There were giants
in the
earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came
in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men which were of
old, men of renown.»
The» 6,000 year
old» age of the
Earth and dinosaurs ARE NOT mentioned anywhere
in the Bible.
Either way, HeavenSent has stated
in the past that she thinks the
earth is 6 - 10,000 years
old and that evolution is a lie of the devil meant to steer people away from Jeebus.
You continue to reassert yourself, just like you did
in your
old view of a 6 - 10 year
old earth.
If anything with those time frames, I wrote that THIS 2ND
EARTH AGE (that we currently live
in) is between 6,000 — 13,000 years
old.
It seems rather to say to its flock that such talk of transcendent life is just
old - fashioned, «overly sentimentalized» rubbish, and that salvation comes
in reality through progressive politics here on
earth.
I said, when Christians speak of this
earth age (the 2nd one we currently live
in) they will say that it is between 6,000 - 13,000 years
old.
It's as illogical as saying:
in the good
old days (when the
earth was still flat) people were» t Vegans.
You do of course realize that it is reasonable to believe
in God and accept the big bang theory, evolution and a 4.5 billion year
old earth?
According to the
Old Testament, he and his angels used to walk the
Earth and had to actually see something
in person to know the truth of it.
Dala, you believe (as I understand)
in evolution and the accepted conclusion that the
earth is over 4B years
old.
Christians can't believe
in techtonic plate movement, after all, since the
earth isn't
old enough for that.
Assuming we're all taking about the same sin (Adam and Eve),
in their own stories the entire population was wiped off the face of the
Earth once (except for Noah's family, who apparently «God» had forgiven for the sin or he wouldn't have saved him); and then absolved of all
Old Testament sins by «God» letting his own son (or himself if you think that way) get tortured and killed.
They are discrediting bible through their wit, intellectual, articulate, scientific and logical but sly arguments to convince every people here on
earth that it's a 2000 year
old hoax and everything written
in it which includes the prophecies
in Revelations and the book of Apocalypses that had prophecized their comming.
They are discrediting bible through their wit, intellectual, articulate, scientific and logical arguments to convince every people here on
earth that it's a 2000 year
old hoax and everything written
in it which includes the prophecies
in Revelations and the book of Apocalypses that had prophecized their comming.
Many Christian denominations do not think one will burn
in hell if they accept that the
earth is billions of years
old.
A belief
in God does not necessitate that a person accept the position that the
earth is just six thousand years
old.
A man rising from the dead, a 10,000 year
old Earth, the Red sea splitting, water being turned into wine, dead people being
in a «heaven» and still influencing matters on
Earth, etc..
The
earth is approximately 4.5 billion years
old whether you believe
in evolution or not.
But despite their best attempts to reconcile their discoveries with the Bible, their findings kept pointing
in the other direction: namely, the
earth was several billion years
old, not 6,000.
Genesis 19:31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is
old, and there is not a man
in the
earth to come
in unto us after the manner of all the
earth: 19:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
Jesus Christ, during the time of His earthly ministry, set up a spiritual kingdom on
earth,
in fulfillment of
Old Testament prophecy; He being the King and all born again believers the subjects of the Kingdom, and they are now reigning with Him as Kings and priests on the
earth.
Most importantly, note this: I am a Christian, I'm gay, I'm a recovering alcoholic, I believe
in Evolution, I believe the universe is 13 billion years
old and that the
Earth is 4.5 or so billion years
old, I believe man evolved from lower primates and that Adam was the first man who God gave a soul and sentience, I do not believe
in hell but I do believe
in Satan, I do not believe the Bible is a book of rules meant to imprison man or condemn him but that it is rather a «Human Existence for Dummies» guide, I believe Christ was the son of God but I do not believe Christianity is the only «valid» religion, I do not believe atheists will go to hell, while the English Bible says God should be feared, the Hebrew word used for fear, «yara», such as that used
in the Book of Job, actually means respect / reverence, not fear as one would fear death or a spider.
It is part of a much larger pattern of abuse and exploitation, of the
earth and of people, which has occurred
in South and Central America, and which is itself part of an age -
old historical pattern of ecological destruction.
However,
in what is probably the
oldest book of the Bible, Job, living
in an ancient culture that knew nothing about space or planets, asserted that God hung the
earth on nothing (1500 B.C.) or,
in other words, the
earth free floats
in space.
The new testament (Hebrews 8:8) * And
in the Torah, the
old testament (Jeremiah 31:31) What names are written on the kingdom gates of new Jerusalem coming down to
earth?
5 — You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes
in the scientifically established age of
Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting
in their tents and guessing that
Earth is a few generations
old.
We do not need to know how
old the
earth is
in order to be saved... it's not a trivia game... so God leaves that to us to «search out» (though He has given us some clues)...
I've watched
in growing frustration as this false dichotomy has convinced my friends to leave the faith altogether when they examine the science and find it incompatible with a 6,000 - year -
old earth.
Ben... sorry to disappoint you, but I just can't take seriously anything that a person who believes the
earth is only 6000 years
old because they read it
in a book says.
I think some
in this group, MUST explain away the evidence that points to the
Earth being very, very
old,
in order to speak with authority on evolution.
I am
old and tire of all the world and
earth, I see only evil, from a little to a lot and I do not see any good
in the world at all, never have.
While I no longer believe the
earth is just 6,000 years
old, I still live
in the tension of unanswered questions about the universe, and death, and brains, and Neanderthals, and whatever Neil deGrasse Tyson's got to say on public television about the
earth getting burned up by the sun or our species going extinct after an asteroid hits.
and so this New Covenant birth, on one of grace, mercy and love, and it is better than the
old testament
in this way, because like the rainbow was a sign that God would never flood the
earth again wiping us out, so too Christ lifts the O.T. curse that was a result of sin.
Having examined evidence such as Big Bang cosmology (yup, I'm what you'd call an «
old earth» creationist), the Cambrian explosion
in the fossil record, the problems of abiogenesis, and textual criticism of the Bible, I've found that the Bible describes historical events and other aspects of reality much more plausibly than any other faith system.
I thought: He is «not now that strength which
in old days moved heaven and
earth,» when, for several years, he accompanied his
old blind father to the synagogue and, for an hour, whispered
in his ear every word of the prayers the
old man did not know by heart, then going off to another service to fulfill his own duty to pray.