Poll: How Old Is The Earth?

[Reformed]

I am a young earth guy, but I do not want to commit to 6,000 years.

 

[loDebar]

7 yom's and a few thousand years

 

[SovereignGrace]

I am a young earth guy, but I do not want to commit to 6,000 years.

I’d guess between 6,000-10,000 years old.

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

I don't know, but it would appear to be in the billions.

 

[37818]

The observable universe seems to have an age of about 13.7 billion years. The solar system seems to have Solidified some 4.5 billion years ago. God further formed the earth in those 6 earth days, placing Adam and Eve in that garden on that sixth day. And based upon the dating of the common fossil record on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, those 6 days and the flood would have taken place about some 300 million years ago.

 

[loDebar]

6 yoms.,, we do not know if it was days or ages

 

[37818]

6 yoms.,, we do not know if it was days or ages

". . . For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. . . ." -- Exodus 20:8-11?

 

[loDebar]

". . . For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. . . ." -- Exodus 20:8-11?

Hebrew is yom the same word for day, daylight, period of time, even age

 

[37818]

Hebrew is yom the same word for day, daylight, period of time, even age

How does that change the usage of the meaning in Exodus 20:11 in regards to the 6 day creation account?

 

[loDebar]

How does that change the usage of the meaning in Exodus 20:11 in regards to the 6 day creation account?

If this is the same word, there is no change

 

[37818]

If this is the same word, there is no change

Then the word refers to an earth day in the 6 days in Genesis one based on Exodus 20:11, right?

 

[HankD]

Then the word refers to an earth day in the 6 days in Genesis one based on Exodus 20:11, right?

Yes.

 

[Baptist Believer]

Then the word refers to an earth day in the 6 days in Genesis one based on Exodus 20:11, right?

No. That's a fallacy. The meaning of words, especially in a language like Hebrew, is closely tied to context.

 

[Bro. Curtis]

It’s a conundrum. The world is older than me, but I am older than dirt.

 

[loDebar]

Then the word refers to an earth day in the 6 days in Genesis one based on Exodus 20:11, right?

We do not know we only know yom

 

[loDebar]

No. That's a fallacy. The meaning of words, especially in a language like Hebrew, is closely tied to context.

The verb "to give" has over 100 different translations in the KJV. Large context.

You do not know the context to preserve for yom

 

[37818]

No. That's a fallacy. The meaning of words, especially in a language like Hebrew, is closely tied to context.

Your claim of a fallacy makes no sense.
Context? Yes. Genesis 1:3-31, Genesis 2:1-3 which Exodus 20:11 argues earth days as the context explicitly implies. Prove otherwise.

 

[37818]

We do not know we only know yom

Well you can speak for yourself. I know believers are divided on this. The fact remains earth days are called a day. If that is not what is meant then how should it be translated to be true? The Sabbath argument of Exodus 20:3 refers to the 7 days in a week in Genesis 1:3-31.

 

[HankD]

Your claim of a fallacy makes no sense.
Context? Yes. Genesis 1:3-31, Genesis 2:1-3 which Exodus 20:11 argues earth days as the context explicitly implies. Prove otherwise.

You are correct. It's a 24 hour day - maybe sidereal for whatever it was at that time currently - 23 hours 56 minutes and 4.1 seconds. Maybe a few seconds shorter then because the earth is slowing on its axis (sorry flat earthers).

 

[Yeshua1]

I was wondering about the level of diversity belief on Baptistboard.com regarding the age of the earth. You may choose multiple answers.

If you comment, please exercise grace and patience, seeking to understand differing views instead of simply attacking persons with whom you disagree.

Several thousands of yeasrs old, but not millions, much less billion sof years old!