The age of the earth

[alexiscurious]

How old do Christians think/believe the earth is?

 

[dcalling]

There is some verses that talk about xxx begot yyy etc, so:

1. Some Christians derived from there and think the earth is 6 to 7k year old (not sure how that number was got since early humans can live to 900 years).
2. Some Christians believe begot does not mean "father of", but means "ancestor of", so there is no telling of the age of earth.

So there is no common answer among Christians.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

How old do Christians think/believe the earth is?

the ones who take the Bible as Truth can verify it's younger than 10,000 years old.

the ones who trust men have all kinds of other answers.

until a few years ago, all the men of Yhvh(G-D) knew how old the earth is. (it is in Torah, and accurate).

then the enemy was allowed (by Yhvh) to deceive more people , in line with Yhvh's Plan and Purpose ,
and fewer and fewer and fewer people ever even seek the Truth. (somewhere in Scripture it is written that "the wicked will get more wicked" and "the righteous will be more righteous" - (don't try to understand all about this; ask Yhvh for HIS WORD - HE DELIGHTS to TELL). (always, always, always, completely in line with Torah/ALL of Scripture)

Yhvh created all things simple. Man corrupted it. (complicated things).
This will be more and more apparent (to the ecclesia) daily now.

 

[protonbunny]

I do not know

 

[ViaCrucis]

How old do Christians think/believe the earth is?

There's no "Christian" answer to the question. It's like asking "What do Christians think about J.J. Abrams directing the new Star Wars movie?"

That said you are more than likely going to come into contact with roughly three distinct positions:

1) The earth is as old as modern science has dated it, and therefore is roughly 4.5 billion years old.

2) The earth is old, perhaps hundreds of thousands or millions of years old. This is roughly the position of Old Earth Creationists, it's a position that was much more common before the middle of the 20th century. The majority of the original Fundamentalists were Old Earth Creationists.

3) The earth is no more than 10,000 years old, probably only 6,000, based on Ussher's Chronology that adds the years of the patriarchs together. Known as Young Earth Creationism. It became incredibly popular in the United States following the publication of The Genesis Flood in the 1960s.

You may find other positions, but more-or-less these are the three that one will consistently encounter among Christians.

Because there is no "official" "Christian" position on the topic. There never has been.

-CryptoLutheran

 

[protonbunny]

There's no "Christian" answer to the question. It's like asking "What do Christians think about J.J. Abrams directing the new Star Wars movie?"

That said you are more than likely going to come into contact with roughly three distinct positions:

1) The earth is as old as modern science has dated it, and therefore is roughly 4.5 billion years old.

2) The earth is old, perhaps hundreds of thousands or millions of years old. This is roughly the position of Old Earth Creationists, it's a position that was much more common before the middle of the 20th century. The majority of the original Fundamentalists were Old Earth Creationists.

3) The earth is no more than 10,000 years old, probably only 6,000, based on Ussher's Chronology that adds the years of the patriarchs together. Known as Young Earth Creationism. It became incredibly popular in the United States following the publication of The Genesis Flood in the 1960s.

You may find other positions, but more-or-less these are the three that one will consistently encounter among Christians.

Because there is no "official" "Christian" position on the topic. There never has been.

-CryptoLutheran

Exactly!

 

[godenver1]

...then the enemy was allowed (by Yhvh) to deceive more people , in line with Yhvh's Plan and Purpose ,
and fewer and fewer and fewer people ever even seek the Truth. (somewhere in Scripture it is written that "the wicked will get more wicked" and "the righteous will be more righteous" ...

But I don't see how believing the Earth is 4.5 billion years old is wicked.

 

[graceandpeace]

As pointed out, there is no one view on the topic.

 

[dcalling]

There's no "Christian" answer to the question. It's like asking "What do Christians think about J.J. Abrams directing the new Star Wars movie?"

That said you are more than likely going to come into contact with roughly three distinct positions:

1) The earth is as old as modern science has dated it, and therefore is roughly 4.5 billion years old.

2) The earth is old, perhaps hundreds of thousands or millions of years old. This is roughly the position of Old Earth Creationists, it's a position that was much more common before the middle of the 20th century. The majority of the original Fundamentalists were Old Earth Creationists.

3) The earth is no more than 10,000 years old, probably only 6,000, based on Ussher's Chronology that adds the years of the patriarchs together. Known as Young Earth Creationism. It became incredibly popular in the United States following the publication of The Genesis Flood in the 1960s.

You may find other positions, but more-or-less these are the three that one will consistently encounter among Christians.

Because there is no "official" "Christian" position on the topic. There never has been.

-CryptoLutheran

Wow, thanks for adding the historical context to it! Very interesting.