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7 lip 2022 · Evidence from astronomy and various earth sciences, however, suggests that our universe and our earth are billions of years old. In the absence of a clear biblical stance on the issue, Christians should be willing to consider interpretations of Genesis 1 that fit with an old creation.
24 sie 2023 · One of the issues that most divides Christians is the relationship between the book of Genesis and modern science. A central question is the age of the earth; closely related questions include the impact of the Fall of humanity on the world, as well as the extent of the Genesis flood.
The Bible does not explicitly state the age of the Earth. However, some people interpret the genealogies in the Old Testament to estimate the Earth’s age. According to this interpretation, the Earth would be around 6,000 to 10,000 years old.
That is why many people who believe the Bible think the earth is about 6,000 years old. But that isn’t what the Bible says. Notice here in the first chapter of the Bible, that the first two verses are separate from the rest of the chapter.
30 maj 2007 · The age of the earth can be estimated by taking the first five days of creation (from earth’s creation to Adam), then following the genealogies from Adam to Abraham in Genesis 5 and 11, then adding in the time from Abraham to today. Adam was created on day 6, so there were five days before him.
The first biblical clue that the earth is not 4.5 billion years old is found in Genesis 1-2 when it reveals that the first human parents were created by God as adults who were capable of having babies. They could have been teenagers, but they did not start as some sea creature emerging onto land.
scientific evidence that points to an age of 4.6 billion years for the Earth and about 14 billion years for the entire universe. Who is right? No amount of semantics can give validity to both claims. Interestingly enough, attempts have been made. One suggestion uses Einstein’s theory of relativity, in which time measurements are
