How Old Is The Earth

[BNR32FAN]

Its in Scriptures, but you do not have the ability to see it there, without knowing what the text means - what the waters/seas are, what or who is Leviathan, Rahab, why they were/are in a conflict with God etc.

You would need to study it, because Scriptures do not include explanatory notes for modern readers.

Ok so why pretend that you know something if you’re never willing to discuss it because I’m starting to see a pattern here. You make statements then when I question them you refuse to elaborate or discuss them. I really think you just get all this from commentaries and you have no idea where your commentators got their ideas from but you just accept them as truth anyways because they have a degree in theology then you post their ideas here in CF but can’t ever explain what they actually mean or how you arrived to that particular interpretation. Basically you post it because some “smart guy” said it but you actually don’t know how they came to that conclusion so you just accept it as truth anyway because they have a degree in theology. I can post dozens of theological debates between theologians with a doctorate in theology who have polar opposite opinions. If you can’t actually explain why you believe what you believe then what use is it to accept it as truth and why even bring it up in a forum setting if your not even willing to discuss it? Honestly it’s like a slap and run away technique.

 

[Neogaia777]

The Bible says Creation was approximately 6000 years ago and took God 6 days to complete. That’s what I believe. Adam was not created as a baby, he was created as a man. Whatever age God determine was appropriate for him to be fully functionally. God knew the complete life cycle of Adam - I repeat. God knew the complete life cycle of Adam before he created him. And God chose the appropriate age in his life cycle to create him. As a man. He did the same thing with EVERYTHING that he created. Whether it was a tree, a fruit, an animal, the Earth. God created everything to be fully functional from the beginning. That includes the Universe. God knows the entire life cycle of the universe. And just like He created Adam He created the universe in the perfect point in its life cycle to sustain life on Earth. That’s where the universe is right now - perfect for life on earth. Science will tell you it hasn’t always been that way and won’t always be that way. But it is right now as was created by God 6000 years ago.

Not sure but billions as has been estimated seems reasonable to me 13.6 I think

Your last post contradicts what you said earlier when I asked you how old you thought all of this was.

 

[trophy33]

Ok so why pretend that you know something if you’re never willing to discuss it because I’m starting to see a pattern here. You make statements then when I question them you refuse to elaborate or discuss them. I really think you just get all this from commentaries and you have no idea where your commentators got their ideas from but you just accept them as truth anyways because they have a degree in theology then you post their ideas here in CF but can’t ever explain what they actually mean or how you arrived to that particular interpretation. Basically you post it because some “smart guy” said it but you actually don’t know how they came to that conclusion so you just accept it as truth anyway because they have a degree in theology. I can post dozens of theological debates between theologians with a doctorate in theology who have polar opposite opinions. If you can’t actually explain why you believe what you believe then what use is it to accept it as truth and why even bring it up in a forum setting if your not even willing to discuss it? Honestly it’s like a slap and run away technique.

We can talk about Leviathan, what seas/waters meant in the Hebrew thinking etc. But its impossible without quoting sources. And you reject the sources. So what do you want, exactly? How do you want to talk about it, just with feelings, inventing opinions from the thin air?

Its like talking with a flat earther who does not believe space agencies, scientists, photos etc and wants everything to be proven to him personally, from the invention of a wheel. This is a forum, not a research center.

We could make it shorter and simpler if you just responded that you believe that God literally killed with a literal sword a literal multi-headed dragon in a literal sea. No deeper meaning, no cultural context.

 

[Neogaia777]

@Platte

As a reminder, that discussion about the one way speed of light that came up earlier in this discussion/thread is going on here:

Is the speed of light a constant? Or can it vary? If so, in what kinds of situations, or how much?

Is the speed of light truly a constant? Or can it vary? If so, in what kind of situations, or how much can it vary? I'm asking for someone in another thread, told him I would bring it here and ask some honest questions about it here. He posted this article...

www.christianforums.com

And it has not been fully resolved yet, but is still ongoing for anyone who is interested, or wants to participate, etc.

God Bless.

 

[Platte]

@Platte

As a reminder, that discussion about the one way speed of light that came up earlier in this discussion/thread is going on here:

Is the speed of light a constant? Or can it vary? If so, in what kinds of situations, or how much?

Is the speed of light truly a constant? Or can it vary? If so, in what kind of situations, or how much can it vary? I'm asking for someone in another thread, told him I would bring it here and ask some honest questions about it here. He posted this article...

www.christianforums.com

And it has not been fully resolved yet, but is still ongoing for anyone who is interested, or wants to participate, etc.

God Bless.

Ok keep me posted. The speed of 1 way direct light can not be measured only 2 way reflected light.

 

[Platte]

Your last post contradicts what you said earlier when I asked you how old you thought all of this was.

Not at all. I just explained that. Just like Adam was created at the appropriate age to be functional as determined by God. So was the universe. If science says that age is 13 billion I’d have no reason to dispute that.

 

[Neogaia777]

Ok keep me posted. The speed of 1 way direct light can not be measured only 2 way reflected light.

I posted it here so you could keep track of it yourself if your truly interested.

 

[Neogaia777]

Not at all. I just explained that

When/where/how?

Are you saying that it was created/made 6000 years ago pretty much like it is now, or something?

But that it is billions of years old or something?

Cause I'm not seeing how those two ideas do not directly contradict, etc?

God Bless.

 

[Platte]

When/where/how?

Are you saying that it was created/made 6000 years ago pretty much like it is now, or something?

But that it is billions of years old or something?

Cause I'm not seeing how those two ideas do not directly contradict, etc?

God Bless.

Adam. He was created at a Man. He was most likely 18-35 years old when he was created obviously we don’t know his age but he wasn’t a newborn. Whatever functional age God determine is the age that Adam and everything else He created was.

 

[Neogaia777]

Adam. He was created at a Man. He was most likely 18-35 years old when he was created obviously we don’t know his age but he wasn’t a newborn. Whatever functional age God determine is the age that Adam and everything else He created was.

God did not create Adam at the same time created the earth and the universe though?

But that was well, well after, or was already well, well, well, already long into that already, etc.

Bible says he made man on day 6, etc.

So how long ago do you think that was, etc?

And I'm not arguing anything about Adam not being specially created/made already older or fully formed, etc, even if some others are, or might be, etc.

I just simply want to get a straight answer out of you as to how old you think the universe/this earth is or was when it was first started or made, etc?

God Bless.

 

[Neogaia777]

I think that there were two competing races or species of man/human on earth at the same time, etc. One that was evolved, and the other ones that were specially created or made, etc. And that God decided to at one point in time all but completely wipe out all of those who were specially created or made, etc.

So, I am not arguing against the fact that God made Adam fully matured/formed, or that he and his descendants were not of those that were specially created or made, etc.

God Bless.

 

[Job 33:6]

I would agree for the most part. I do find it interesting, though certain stories have unnatural details for their time period, but coincide with later scientific or religious understanding, meaning they make sense today, but would seem to not make sense back then.

For instance, in the story of Og, the floodwaters and the rain are said to be boiling hot, but God protected the area around the ark. Now why would someone think to add that the flood water was hot? It certainly isn't indicated in Genesis or by anyone's experience with rain. But one of catastrophism models for the flood involves a comet. An argument against a comet being the source of the flood is that as it entered the atmosphere, the friction would heat the water to a lethal point. So could the writer know, was it coincidence, or was this passed down, but never noted in the Bible?

what page number of Ogs story mentions boiling water?

 

[tdidymas]

The Bible says Creation was approximately 6000 years ago and took God 6 days to complete. That’s what I believe. Adam was not created as a baby, he was created as a man. Whatever age God determine was appropriate for him to be fully functionally. God knew the complete life cycle of Adam - I repeat. God knew the complete life cycle of Adam before he created him. And God chose the appropriate age in his life cycle to create him. As a man. He did the same thing with EVERYTHING that he created. Whether it was a tree, a fruit, an animal, the Earth. God created everything to be fully functional from the beginning. That includes the Universe. God knows the entire life cycle of the universe. And just like He created Adam He created the universe in the perfect point in its life cycle to sustain life on Earth. That’s where the universe is right now - perfect for life on earth. Science will tell you it hasn’t always been that way and won’t always be that way. But it is right now as was created by God 6000 years ago.

I wonder where you were when I started talking about supernovas observed. God did not create Adam with a fake history, complete with scars as if he had been working the garden for 20 years. Yet the U as it is has a 10BY history, complete with supernovas which have been observed, up to 10BLY away from us.

So I guess it begs the question, do you believe that light from a source instantaneously appears throughout the whole universe? (Since it can't be measured in a single direction)? And then when reflected becomes 186kmps?

 

[Platte]

God did not create Adam at the same time created the earth and the universe though?

But that was well, well after, or was already well, well, well, already long into that already, etc.

Bible says he made man on day 6, etc.

So how long ago do you think that was, etc?

And I'm not arguing anything about Adam not being specially created/made already older or fully formed, etc, even if some others are, or might be, etc.

I just simply want to get a straight answer out of you as to how old you think the universe/this earth is or was when it was first started or made, etc?

God Bless.

God created Adam on day 6. He was the first man.

Look at the universe today. What you see is what He created 6000 years ago (aside from some minute changes that have occurred to the universe in the past 6000 years)

 

[Neogaia777]

God created Adam on day 6. He was the first man.

Look at the universe today. What you see is what He created 6000 years ago (aside from some minute changes that have occurred to the universe in the past 6000 years)

So he created it just as it is now (aside from some minute changes that have happened since then) but with the appearance that it's history is much, much, much older than that?

Is that to somehow "test" us or something?

Or just "what" exactly?

And is it only the ones who are not "decieved" by this that are the only ones who are going to be saved?

Yes or No?

And this still directly contradicts what you said earlier when I directly asked you about it's age and you replied around 13.6 Billion years, which isn't exactly correct, but I let that part slide, as it's close enough, etc.

God Bless.

 

[Platte]

I wonder where you were when I started talking about supernovas observed. God did not create Adam with a fake history, complete with scars as if he had been working the garden for 20 years. Yet the U as it is has a 10BY history, complete with supernovas which have been observed, up to 10BLY away from us.

So I guess it begs the question, do you believe that light from a source instantaneously appears throughout the whole universe? (Since it can't be measured in a single direction)? And then when reflected becomes 186kmps?

You don’t think Adam was created with hair, fingernails, adult size bones?

God obviously created the stars and they could immediately be seen from earth. I already stated that God created the universe as we see it today. If he created a 25 year old Adam then Adam had hair, etc. If God created a 13b universe that that would include the light extending as we see it.

 

[Platte]

So he created it just as it is now (aside from some minute changes that have happened since then) but with the appearance that it's history is much, much, much older than that?

Is that to somehow "test" us or something?

Or just "what" exactly?

And is it only the ones who are not "decieved" by this that are the only ones who are going to be saved?

Yes or No?

And this still directly contradicts what you said earlier when I directly asked you about it's age and you replied around 13.6 Billion years, which isn't exactly correct, but I let that part slide, as it's close enough, etc.

God Bless.

He didn’t create Adam as a man to deceive someone. He created Adam as a man because he wanted Adam to be the appropriate age for Adam to be functional. Same goes with the Universe. He created a universe that could immediately support life on earth. He gave us His Word - The Bible so that we would know. The only ones that my be confused are those that reject the Bible and God.

 

[Neogaia777]

Yet the U as it is has a 10BY history, complete with supernovas which have been observed, up to 10BLY away from us.

So I guess it begs the question, do you believe that light from a source instantaneously appears throughout the whole universe? (Since it can't be measured in a single direction)? And then when reflected becomes 186kmps?

That's their argument basically. That everything we are seeing out away from us that we think is older is actually how the light instantly appeared to us around 6000 years ago or so, and that that light is only 6000 years old, etc. And that if we were able to go to them in an instant, they would still be just as we are right now seeing them right now, instead of that light/time catching up to us when we traveled there, or as we were traveling there, etc. It's ridiculous, I know, but as of yet there is no way to disprove it yet except for maybe one way that I just postulated here in this thread below maybe, etc.

Is the speed of light a constant? Or can it vary? If so, in what kinds of situations, or how much?

and what evidence do you have thus far that the speed of light is constant in both directions? just asking... None of us do. But it's the most logical assumption and I'm not going to be changing my mind until we find out otherwise.

www.christianforums.com

God Bless.

 

[Neogaia777]

Same goes with the Universe. He created a universe that could immediately support life on earth. He gave us His Word - The Bible so that we would know. The only ones that my be confused are those that reject the Bible and God.

Is there any way to "prove" this, or does it just have to be taken on 100% blind faith, etc?

And God wouldn't attempt to decieve us like that also, sorry, etc.

Your explanation is just "bunk", sorry.

And the creation of Adam and him being a special creation has nothing to do with the rest of the universe, sorry.

And the Bible itself says that Adam was not made at the same time or on the same day as the rest of the universe, or was made in the same kind of way as Adam, sorry.

So you are just wrong, sorry.

God Bless.

 

[Platte]

Is there any way to "prove" this, or does it just have to be taken on 100% blind faith, etc?

And God wouldn't attempt to decieve us like that also, sorry, etc.

Your explanation is just "bunk", sorry.

And the creation of Adam and him being a special creation has nothing to do with the rest of the universe, sorry.

And the Bible itself says that Adam was not made at the same time or on the same day as the rest of the universe, or was made in the same kind of way as Adam, sorry.

So you are just wrong, sorry.

God Bless.

Keep studying the Bible and praying about what you are reading. God will open your mind to understanding what His Word says.