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Originally Posted by mr_eh
you're issue isnt with the fact that people believe this guy built a huge boat and put 1 of every animal on it on earth in it, but that it may or may not of had dinosaurs on it?
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Some believe that it was the Flood that wiped out the dinosaurs. Not a Asteriod that hit 65 milliion years ago.
That mankind and dinosaurs inhabited the Earth at the same time untill the Flood came and wiped them out so that Mankind could inherit the and take rule over the Earth
Christianity like many other religions and cults are divided into different sects. Some handle snakes while others speak tongues, while others believe the Earth in not 2 billion years old, but more like 6,000 years old.
This belief stems form the Creation story in Genesis most of which you guy will already know quite well. That the Earth was created in 6 days and on the 7th God rested.
The 6,000 number comes from another bible verse that states 1 day with god is equal to 1,000 years. So it gets interpreted as such.
And as much as this sounds like hog wash there are very valid arguments on both sides of the debate 1 being the inaccuracy od radio-carbon dating past 600 years. Radio carbon dating has long been held as the gold standard in dating fossil and ancient relics. But as fate would have it it is very inaccurate after the 600 year mark and things known to have been made as close as 50 years ago have come back as 45,000 years old. This is fact as science knows it. And studies have proved the inaccuracy of carbon dating.
So truth is there is know way to know how old the Earth is. The Universe is a much different story though. As we all should know by now the farther a object is away from the Earth the longer it takes light to reach our telescopes. And we can accurately date the light the reaches us into a few million years or so.
But on Earth there really is no way to accurately date any object other then direct observation or documentation. I would go into more detail that supports the 6,000 year theory, and i can go into detail the supports the traditional "the Earth is 2.5 billion year old" theory.
Truth is no one fucking knows. Not yet at least. Not until we can accurately date fossil records and geographic formation. Hope this helps some of you guys out. /wall