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Is the earth approximately 6000 years old? (as opposed to 5 billion)

Topics: Religion Science

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There are two contradictory accounts of the age of earth. One is the scientific account, which claims that the earth is approximately 5 billion years old. The other is a biblical account, which claims that the earth is approximately 6000 years old. The scientific position is that there is overwhelming evidence for their view, while Christian Science points to contradictions and anomalies in that position.

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Creationist Physicist

Nearly a dozen natural phenomena which conflict with the evolutionary idea that the universe is billions of years old...

01 Jun 1991 Source

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Born Again Atheist

Scientists tell us it would have taken billions of years for the light to have made that journey from the distant stars. If the light did indeed come from those stars, then the light left those stars billions of years ago. And if the light was traveling for billions of years, than the stars must be very old, and the universe is very old.

01 Jan 2006 Source