When Marcia Mcnutt was nominated for Director USGS, I hurried a note of congratulations to her [with the above open file anecdote, my friendship with her new boss and hope for her to be able to help Secretary Salazar with his science knowledge as opposed to a 6000
year old Earth.]
Even if we were talking about your mythical 6000
year old earth that statement is still grossly inaccurate.
He who can do all things can make a 6000
year old earth look like billions of years old, just so those who refuse to love the truth will be deluded (paraphrase of Apostle Paul's words.)
And Evangelical, you seemed to be confusing your brand of brainwashed with the rest of Christianity which has no problem with God and the Bible, and a 4.5 billion
year old Earth.
EarthenVessel, the charactarization of religion as being anti-science has resulted from the resistance to change long espoused by the Catholic Church and the creationist resistance to evolution and a ~ 14 billion
year old earth.
Not saying I believe in the 6 - 10K
year old Earth myself but when people of faith start believing science over scripture they cease to be «people of faith» anymore.
None of them can be explained by a 6,000
year old Earth and Noah's flood.
Evolution is not a drastic process wherein huge, noticeable changes occur quickly — it is a slow and gradual process that takes enormous amounts of time (far more than the creationist posited 6,000
year old Earth).
He will be totally infused with Toper's 6,000
year old Earth views before he even gets to middle school science, natural history, geology and biology.
Theo Lets see you are a creationist, 6000
year old earth guy, the great flood is a fact, the tower of Babel was real, that a supernatural messiah actually existed, that the bible was not written by men but is the inspired word of god, etc., sorry but mockery is clearly in order, Baptist or not.
One obvious flaw is just where you began which was in linking intelligent design with a 6000
year old earth.
Scroll through these comments and you'll see many responses and lump all Christians as «delusional,» «believing in 6k
year old earth,» etc..
The 6,000
year old earth is quite a joke, seeing that modern humans were living in northwest Europe about 42,500 years ago, in close proximity with neanderthals..
63 where I address the lie that you've been fed, that states that Christians believe in a 6,000 -
year old earth.
Creationism means believing in a literal 6 day creation, believing that the words in the Bible were written in English and the term day was used (it wasn't but that's another argument), and a young 6000 — 10000
year old Earth.
what you do nt beileve in virgin births, noahs arc, parting of the seas, 6,000
year old earth, talking snakes?
Until the rise of the creationist movement amongst southern baptists over the last couple of centuries, belief in a 6000
year old earth was never doctrine in any christian church.
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..
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?
You continue to reassert yourself, just like you did in your old view of a 6 - 10
year old earth.
The probability of Jesus being a huge up start for the Romans, the Romans never mentioning him is on par with a 6,000
year old Earth, it just didn't happen.
It's not like the «ol King James that tells of 10,000
year old earths and 6 day creations.
With regards to creation / evolution, that isn't something that determines the validity of the Bible as many Christians, (even pastors / priests) believe in millions of
years old earth.
Not exact matches
James is a
year older, and his hot 3 - point shooting has predictably fallen back to
earth.
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.
Less than 0.1 % of the 6 billion people on
earth live past 110
years old.
The
Earth is 14 million +
years old.
That the
Earth is only 5,000
years old.
Some believe the
earth is only 6000
years old, some much
older.
So Karen, how do you integrate the religious belief that the
earth was made 6000
years ago, and was made before any stars, with the fact that the
earth is 4.54 billion
years old and coalesced 9 billion
years after the first stars began fusion?
Yes, but the
earth is nearly 4.5 billion
years old.
It was largely a debate about timing and if the
earth could be only 600
years old.
Its mind numbing that there are people out there that believe the
earth is only 6000
years old.
You talk about infinity, and also say that the
earth is only 8,000
years old.
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..
But your example of them saying the
earth is 6000
years old but looks 3.5 billion is different from the Catholics accepting evolution.
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.
He's just refuting the ridiculous assertions by some creationists to refute clear evidence of evolutionary theory, or suggest that the
Earth is only 6,000
years old.
Kent don't waste you time with Topher, but if you enjoy conversing with people whose stupidity makes you want to bang your head into a wall then you should have him explain to you why the moon proves that the
Earth is 6,000 - 10,000
years old.
Note that many of them do NOT believe dinosaurs ever existed, and that the
Earth is only 10,000
years old.
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 us.
They claim her discoveries support their belief, based on their interpretation of Genesis, that the
earth is only a few thousand
years old.
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.
The
Earth is NOT just 5,000
years old.
How does something dated to be no younger than 1.9 million
years prove that the
earth is only 6,000
years old?
Still, it is correct to say the
earth is more than 14 million
years old.
CNN: U.S. Protestant pastor reject evolution, split on
Earth's age America's Protestant pastors overwhelmingly reject the theory of evolution and are evenly split on whether the earth is 6,000 years old, according to a survey released Monday by the Southern Baptist Conven
Earth's age America's Protestant pastors overwhelmingly reject the theory of evolution and are evenly split on whether the
earth is 6,000 years old, according to a survey released Monday by the Southern Baptist Conven
earth is 6,000
years old, according to a survey released Monday by the Southern Baptist Convention.
The» 6,000
year old» age of the
Earth and dinosaurs ARE NOT mentioned anywhere in the Bible.
Where those who push «intelligent design» go wrong is they distort or deny real physical evidence to promote the notion that the
earth is only 5000
years old and the world we see is as it was initially created.
And yes, you have stated that you believe the
earth to be 6 - 10 thousand
years old.