Why is the biblical age of the earth just over 6000 years?

Question

When theres a living christmas tree that is over 9000 years old?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080414-oldest-tree.html

Answer 1

The biblical age of the Earth was calculated by someone painstakingly going through the Bible and calculating all of the time measurements.

That produced a time of about 6000 years ago.

The guy must have had a LOT of time on his hands.

Answer 2

becuz pepl r tht retarded.

Answer 3

Yeah but just think about how out dated the presents under it must be.

Answer 4

If you ask this at the right time, a bunch of people will tell you that God either made it that age when he made the planet, or Satan put it there so we would question God.

Of course, I'm not someone that would say that.

Answer 5

I'll bet 'they' don't believe it's 9000 years old; they'd suggest something like a conspiracy among scientists or something else ... original.

To your first part ...

"The Ussher chronology is a 17th-century chronology of the history of the world formulated from a literal reading of the Bible by James Ussher, the Anglican Archbishop of Armagh (in what is now Northern Ireland). The chronology is sometimes associated with Young Earth Creationism, which holds that the universe was created only a few millennia ago."

Apparently he added up all the begets and ages mentioned in the goat herders' guide to the galaxy and ...

VOILA !

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Answer 6

because adam/eve  is 9000 years old, and according to the bible nothing is older,

god made the earth a few days before adam.

Answer 7

because the bible was written by goat herders with primitive minds

Answer 8

This is because it's a prevention of the belief of evolution which occured millions of years ago. The intial human-like species were hominids, which is 100% factual, but Christianity denies this.

I'm a Catholic but believe 100% in evolution.

Answer 9

Don't you just want to strangle some sense into them?  I do.  Fat lot of good it ever does, they are so stubborn and cling to their preposterous dogma so tightly.

Christians who say that the Earth is 6,000 years old are so friggin ignorant and blind it totally appalls me!

I wonder if Sara Palin thinks that is the state of things...

sheeeeeeeeeeeeeyut!

But telling them the truth and even wrapping it up with a big bow and shoving it in front of their noses doesn't help.  It is so so so so frustrating.

Answer 10

Ages were not years. Lets use common sense also. The Bible calls them ages. Do you believe the earth is 6 thousand years old? come on be real. I'm a Jesus freak but have a little common sense. Hears one for you to think about. Noah lived to be 666 years old or so I think. How did he live so long? think. Could that be the length of time that his family name was carried through generations before the male lineage was lost and the name was no longer transferred to the descendents? Just a thought. The Bible from what I understand says that man has dwelled on the earth for 6000 years. The earth is much older and we are but a speck in time. But our generation has succeeded in destroying earth faster than any human that has been in existence to this point. The spirit of sin has worked through humanity through mans greed and lust for power and is succeeding in destroying earth. The marks that the spirit of sin, working through humanity, is leaving on earth and heaven may never be healed. Satan is called the Destroyer, his spirit serves his purpose well. THE SPIRIT OF SIN! The fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The spirit of sin indwelling in the soul of humanity. The manifestation of the spitit of sin. Get it? good!

Answer 11

    When you read your Bible, it begins like this...

Gen 1:1 "In [the] beginning God created the heavens and the earth."

It doesn't give the date the earth was actually started.

     Some fundamentalists claim that creationism rather than evolution explains pre-human history. They assert that all physical creation was produced in just six days of 24 hours each sometime between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago. But in doing so, they promote an unscriptural teaching that has caused many to ridicule the Bible.

      Is a day in the Bible always literally 24 hours in length? Genesis 2:4 speaks of “the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.” This one day encompasses all six of the creative days of Genesis chapter 1. According to Bible usage, a day is a measured period of time and can be a thousand years or many thousands of years. The Bible’s creative days allow for thousands of years of time each. Further, the earth was already in existence before the creative days began. (Genesis 1:1) On this point, therefore, the Bible account is compatible with true science.—2 Peter 3:8.

Hope this helps you...have a nice day!

Answer 12

The Biblical age of the earth is a little over 6,000 years cuz that is when God created it. Don't waste your time trying to prove that the earth is older than it is. Spend your time learning about the One who created the earth, Jesus the Son of God. Then your time will be well spent.

Answer 13

there is much controversy about this but an educated guess would be abouit 6.000 to like 8 or 10,000

Answer 14

According to Jewish dates, it is 5,768.

Answer 15

The men who wrote the OT couldn't have possibly known how old the earth really was.

The article is interesting. Thanks.

Answer 16

The educated seem to know the truth, while the uneducated tend to follow creationism. Simple answer I think !!!

Answer 17

I don't think that there is a tree that old. The oldest trees live to be 2-3thousand years old.  

Answer 18

Christian math.  It's a miracle they could count up to 6,000

Answer 19

Radio carbon dating is by no means without error. It is essentially an assumption that the ratio of carbon 14 to carbon 12 in the atmosphere at the time of death of an organism is the same today, from which the ratio in the tested organism is subtracted. But there are many factors that influence the the carbon content of the atmosphere(volcanic activity, giant floods, cosmic rays, pollution, nuclear testing, etc..), and thus no object can be carbon dated by mankind with absolute certainty. In addition, the basis of the dating method is an assumption of the carbon ratio of digested plant material, which itself is subject to error as plants are known to resist intake of carbon 14. (1) So those roots are not proven to be as old as the article would have us believe, not that it can even make up its own mind(in one place its says over 9000 years in another 8000, just as an example of their uncertainty).

Answer 20

6000 years is the age of the Earth according to the Bible. There is a vast amount of scientific evidence which says it is actually over 4.5 billions years old. Although their are those who refute anything that contradicts the bible many christians resolve the creation/evolution question by accepting that God created the Earth but science explains how.    

Answer 21

It's obviously a fake created by evolutionists!

Answer 22

Don't go there, you will cause people to re-think religion and we couldn't have that could we.

Answer 23

The date was established by Bishop Ussher by counting up all the begats and stuff.

Just regarding the seal carbon dating thing mentioned below - this is a known effect of creatures feeding at the bottom of the ocean - http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CD/CD...

Answer 24

because it was written by some very stupid people...

Answer 25

Because the bible likes to out-stupid all competition.

Answer 26

Because the people who wrote the bible had no clue as to how old the earth was, and because people today read that old book and try to make it say what they want it to say.

Obviously they are wrong.... and not just because of one old tree.

Answer 27

Well first off they didnt count the rings of the tree like they usually do and carbon dating has been known to be inaccurate.  They found a dead seal once and carbon dated it and the results said it was 5000 years old.  

Answer 28

Because the bible likes to out-stupid all competition.

Whoever said this WINS.