Is the Earth 6000 Years Old?
Posted on May 17, 2008
Filed Under Creationism vs. Evolutionism
Steven Collin’s has written a lengthy report to answer this question. He starts:
The answer to this question has caused a seismic divide between Christians and the modern scientific community. Both sides think that there is no possible way of reconciling their respective differences on this question. Many Christians, thinking that the Bible teaches that the earth and all life on it can be no more than 6,000 years old, answer this question in the affirmative. The scientific community, seeing physical evidence which indicates that the earth and physical Universe is much older than 6,000 years, answers this question in the negative. Additionally, scientists have heard so many Christians assert that the Bible teaches the earth is only 6,000 years old that they reject the Bible as unscientific because of that Christian assertion. Who is right? The answer may surprise you. I believe that each side has a lot of truth on its side, but they have been in disagreement because of a misunderstanding about what the Bible actually says on this subject.
To read the full article, go here: Is the Earth 6000 Years Old?
His reports describes an intriguing version of the “GAP Theory“, held by many Old Earth Creationists (opposed to Young Earth Creationists or YECists). In short, the theory indicates mankind is only about 6,000 years old, but the Earth and the Universe are much older (defined indefinitely by Scripture).
Because of my exposure to Young Earth Creationist David Hovind, I never really gave the GAP Theory much consideration, but Collins has given me much more to chew on. You can see a short snip bit of Hovind’s thoughts on the matter in Are there billions of years between verses one and two?
The Young Earth argument (against GAP Creationism) regarding “sin entering the world” is becoming less convincing to me, for Lucifer’s desire to exalt himself above the Most High was most certainly sin and likely occurred before Adam and Havah’s sin. Regardless, it seems preposterous to think Lucifer could have only sinned after the initial sin of man. Lucifer was not a man or hu-man. He himself was a mutually exclusive entity capable of making decisions which “miss the mark” of righteousness.
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