How old is the earth?

It is curious that most people accept assurances that the earth is old, despite the fact that most dating methods suggest the earth is young. These methods range across many different scientific disciplines. The existence of short lived comets (they...

Historical ideas about the age of the Earth Put theses sentences in order to win 10POINTS!!!!!!! 1. Sir Charles Lyell showed that the Earth was very ancient, and was shaped by rivers and volcanoes. He estimated that the Earth was several Hundred millions...

I see a lot of people wondering how old the earth is and I see a lot of people answering 4.5 billion years old. Nobody really has the answer for the earth being 6000 ish years old. I won't bring up the bible in telling you the earth 6000 years old, but...

My friend and I disagree on the age of the earth. I said it was approximately 4.5 billion years. One of the reasons why i say this is because of all the data we have. Fossils, carbon dating, earth's iron core and hosts of other reasons including the...

I have heard some people state that the Earth is actually "only" about 6,000 years old. Some people say that the Bible sort of hints that this is true. But then science says that the Earth is - what, 5 Billion years old? What can account for...

I have many many questions,I am not wasteing all my points on them, so if you know them, please just answer the ones you know. How old is the earth? What was the first living thing on earth? what year did dinosaurs die,and do any still live today? how...

I was looking up how old our earth is and i cant find a realy straight answear. they say they found rocks that are 4bill years old but the rocks could have fallen from space giving me no real proof and on top of that oldest REAL civilization is only...

I'm taking a poll. Could you state: I. How old is the earth: a. The earth is between 5,000 to 15,000 years old (young earth scenario) b. The earth is roughly 4.5 billion ...show more

Young Earth Creationists make an interesting point that you cannot believe the Bible and believe in an earth older than 6-10k years old because any other viewpoint than this indicates that there were many years of death (whether animals or human) before...