having trouble believing...

[Jase]

I don't know where this whole "christians think the world is only 4 thousand years old" thing came from;

The 6000 year old Earth concept comes from Bishop Usher who added up all the geneologies in Genesis which put the creation of the Earth and Adam at 4004 B.C.

but the reality is that there are no specific dates and times as to when our creation, or the creation of life before humans, actually occured.

Science has a pretty good estimate.

Just as, we don't know exactly when the, so called fall of man, occurred, or the great flood that covered the earth. We know these things happened.

Actually, we know a global flood did not occur.

but before roughly 4500 years ago when history started being recorded, all we have are specutlations. .

History has been recorded longer than that. Ancient Egypt existed before that.

 

[laptoppop]

fact: Dinosaurs lived before humans
fact: creatures lived before dinosaurs
fact: an asteroid landed off of the coast of the Youkatan Peninsula right around the time the dinosaurs became extinct. Possible cause?

You need to learn the differnce between direct observable facts and conclusions based on observations and theory.

 

[laptoppop]

Actually, we know a global flood did not occur.

You *know* or you think? Were you there?

We can't both be right on this one. Tell you what -- when we get to heaven, I'm sure we can all laugh at how wrong each of us were, in various different ways. I'll buy the first round of whatever we end up drinking.

 

[philadiddle]

can someone please try to explain how dinosaurs supposed of have lived 7 million years ago

much longer then 7 million years ago

and the bible refers to the earth as here ony around 4 thousand?

it doesn't give an age to the earth. some fundamentalists take the geneologies and apply that to a literal interpretation of genesis, getting a figure of about 6000 years

also, if Adam and Eve were the first creatures on earth when did the dinosaurs show up?

man was made after the other animals, read Genesis chapter 1.

i love and believe God but i am a fact based person.

where did you get your facts from for this post? the 3 "facts" you stated that i quoted are all wrong

i need facts to back up stories. can someone please help. serious replies please?
stumped?

no quick answer to sum up all that i have learned. Keep discussing things here and you will learn more and more.

 

[philadiddle]

You *know* or you think? Were you there?

We can't both be right on this one. Tell you what -- when we get to heaven, I'm sure we can all laugh at how wrong each of us were, in various different ways. I'll buy the first round of whatever we end up drinking.

A better way to say it;
According to all the evidence that geologists have gathered through countless hours of research and study, there has been no global flood.

 

[laptoppop]

A better way to say it;
According to all the evidence that geologists have gathered through countless hours of research and study, there has been no global flood.

How about: According to the majority of the evidence that geologists have gathered through countless hours of research and study and interpreted using commonly accepted methodology, the probability is that there has been no global flood.

I do not pretend that a global flood is currently held as true by anything but an extreme minority of scientists. This of course, does not mean it is not true and historical.

 

[Assyrian]

You *know* or you think? Were you there?

I was there when there wasn't a global flood

How about: According to the majority of the evidence that geologists have gathered through countless hours of research and study and interpreted using commonly accepted methodology, the probability is that there has been no global flood.

Or: In all the evidence that geologists have gathered through countless hours of research and study, no one has been able to identify a geological horizon that can be coherently explained by the sort of destruction a global flood would cause.

 

[Jase]

You *know* or you think? Were you there?

Well, we know beyond all reasonable doubt unless God deceived us. The evidence against the flood is beyond overwhelming.