{"id":54,"date":"2009-03-01T16:58:47","date_gmt":"2009-03-01T22:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bibledunamai.net\/?p=54"},"modified":"2009-03-26T09:53:06","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T15:53:06","slug":"6000-or-45-billion-year-old-earth-and-christianity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bibledunamai.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/01\/6000-or-45-billion-year-old-earth-and-christianity\/","title":{"rendered":"The age of the earth and Christianity"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Easy AdSense V2.80 -->\n<!-- Post[count: 1] -->\n<div class=\"ezAdsense adsense adsense-leadin\" style=\"float:right;margin:12px; \"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-9726323159676378\";\r\n\/* 250x250, created 10\/4\/09 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0910926813\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/div><p>Many have the impression that all Christians believe the earth is 6,000 years old. This is simply not true at all. I believe that the earth is older than 6,000 years and I&#8217;m a Christian. I believe that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth period. Then he destroyed the earth and recreated it. See my post on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bibledunamai.net\/?p=3\" target=\"_blank\">Gap Theory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even though I and many Christians believe in an old earth doesn&#8217;t mean that there are no scientific grounds to deny a 6,000 year old earth. <a href=\"http:\/\/answersingenesis.org\" target=\"_blank\">AIG<\/a>, a group of Young Earth Creationists (YEC) spend a lot of <!--more-->time on this issue. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.answersingenesis.org\/docs\/4005.asp\" target=\"_blank\">This link<\/a> gives a few of their reasons. Along with AIG there is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creationscience.com\/onlinebook\" target=\"_blank\">creationscience.com<\/a>. In the FAQ of their site, they have an explanation of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creationscience.com\/onlinebook\/FAQ22.html#wp1303390\" target=\"_blank\">Radiocarbon dating<\/a> and the assumptions it makes. The author states:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Radiocarbon ages less than 3,500 years are probably accurate. Ages around 40,000 <span class=\"cItalic\">radiocarbon<\/span> years, which are typical of coal, have much younger <span class=\"cItalic\">true<\/span> dates<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He gives sound reasoning for his assumptions and are definitely worth a read.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended reading:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0890515441?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=blthdi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0890515441\">Old Earth Creationism on Trial: The Verdict Is In<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0890514410?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=blthdi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0890514410\">Thousands not Billions: Challenging the Icon of Evolution, Questioning the Age of the Earth<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many have the impression that all Christians believe the earth is 6,000 years old. This is simply not true at all. I believe that the earth is older than 6,000 years and I&#8217;m a Christian. I believe that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth period. Then he destroyed the earth and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[22,8],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evolution","tag-yec","tag-young-earth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bibledunamai.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bibledunamai.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bibledunamai.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bibledunamai.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bibledunamai.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bibledunamai.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58,"href":"https:\/\/www.bibledunamai.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bibledunamai.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bibledunamai.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bibledunamai.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}