The Earth is how old???

I have some friends who are Baptist, (They did not grow up that way) and I was having a conversation with the wife on Saturday morning about some things, and we ended up talking about some old testament Genesis type stuff.

Then she dropped the BOMBSHELL on me. She and her husband ( both smart people, he is a computer programmer) believe that the biblical accounts that the earth is basically only 6,000 years old are 100% factual and correct...:wow:


Now I have faith, and I believe in God, but 6,000 years? Really? I didn't really know what to say to that, so I kind of let it drop after that.


Thoughts on this?

 

It's 100% factual that the moon is made of cheese.

Through factual scientific proof, don't scientists believe the earth is somewhere around 5,000,000,000 years old?

 

Something like that. I remember 4.5 Billion, but close enough.


Either way...

 

4.5-4.6 Billion is what I usually hear, but I do remember hearing something about it possibly being longer with this new element or what ever it was that was recently discovered in February.

 

Yep... 4.2 - 4.5 billion.

 

Well... according to my friends ( mostly the wife is the one driving this I think) all this information are lies that are basically Satans way of driving people away from God.


It would be kind of funny, if she weren't so SERIOUS about the depth of her belief in this. I was listening to her go on and I was thinking that she was sounding like a borderline ZEALOT in the matter...

 

I like how you think programmers are smart.

Every one I have ever met was more of an Idiot Savant.

Christians seem to ignore the mountain of scientific evidence in front of them.

 

Ah, the Satan excuse.
Satan, single-handedly keeping the church in business for over 4,000 years.

 

Actually the threat of Satan has been keeping Priest's, and Ministers in power and full of money.

With out Satan they'd be out of business.

Go Satan!

 

I'm with your friends.. 6,000 - 10,000

 

If Satan was indeed real, and he wanted to better his position, he wouldn't be trying to steer people from God. He'd be attempting a hostile take-over of Payless shoes.

 

I work with a guy who's a member of the Protestant religion, and he says the same thing. about 5000 years. Myself and most of the rest of the workforce are dedicated dickheads that make fun of everything we can, so he gets his share for that. He takes it quite well despite our laughter.

No amount of reasoning can sway a bible beater... Or is it thumper?

I was raised Catholic, hence my anti-religious stance.

 

Don't give a shit how old it is. Not like it really matters if it's 6000 or 6.5 bazillion.

 

Is there an empirical basis for your belief in that age other than the bible?

 

It does matter. Not to you. But to those who are trying to discover things that might be useful to us.

Personally I think we need to build space ships so we can get off this rock if needed...I want to go to the planet where those hot green chicks are from on Star Trek.

 

What? Why does it matter to Joe Microscope if it's older than Orvis? What is 20,000,000 years going to give them that 6000 won't?

In other words, you're full of beans.

 

My thoughts?

Quite succinctly - Your friends are sheep, following blindly, oops, sorry, with much faith, the teachings of their (tax exempt) church leaders.

 

The wife says,
" We know that god created the earth in seven days, But we dont know what seven days to god is " . "Days to man is sun up to sun down. Days to god could be thousands of years "
Just throwing it out there ....

 

Sorda related

I remember hearing not too long ago that, they, whoever they are, took a cross sample of DNA from the present and traced it backwards, and it traced back to just two people. Was that Adam and Eve?

 

Those beans are giving you gas Dave....and I now know you're the cause of climate change.

There's a incalculably amount of reason why the difference between 6,000 and 4.46 Billion makes a huge difference. I just figured your own apathy and giving convention and "the finger" is a good enough reason for me to respond with more trite and trivial bullshit.