I Got Two Questions For Christians Here. How Old Is Earth & How Can The Bible Be The Word Of God?

[MMS]

My faith is nowhere even close to shaken but one thing that is a problem is plants were made on the third day but the sun and moon were made on day four. I don't believe plants can go millions of years with no light because of photosynthesis and all....

Genesis 1:9-19 KJV
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. [10] And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. [11] And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. [12] And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. [13] And the evening and the morning were the third day. [14] And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: [15] And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. [16] And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. [17] And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, [18] And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. [19] And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

lets study this together then, but preferably the hebrew text analysis

Genesis 1:14

Genesis 1:14 Hebrew Text Analysis

lights is mentioned but not with an exact quantity in mind

the passage where two lights are mentioned an interesting thing i found

Genesis 1:16 Hebrew Text Analysis

the word "greater" used in hebrew is "haggadol" which in other places in the OT means "Elder" or "Older" light

Hebrew Concordance: hag·gā·ḏōl -- 106 Occurrences

While the word "Lesser" in hebrew is "hakkaton" which means Younger or Youngest...

Hebrew Concordance: haq·qā·ṭōn -- 21 Occurrences

the first thing that comes to mind with these two are Esau and Jacob. Not necessarily the Sun and the Moon. The moon does not produce light but it reflects it. Many ancient religions also gave stars like Sirius, Aldebaran, Betelgeuse, Procyon Rasalhague, Hamal and Rigel (just to name a few) high esteem for the coming of seasons. They unlike the moon do produce light.

 

[null]

Who said the animals were all full grown adults?

you? the guy in the video? the pope?

who e-grow? who?

Genesis 1:24-25 KJV
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. [25] And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

good. at least it doesn't say that there were only "two" of each kind.

You don't need evolution when you can mix within the same kind (Liger = Tiger + Lion).

are you saying that noah could substitute a lion and a tiger with just a single liger? and that that could be repeated for all animals?

i'm working on my babbleese breh but i'm gonna need some help here bruv.

can you string a few asseertions together that directly answer the questions?

 

[null]

Also, I'll be honest. I watched part of the video but not all.

no problemo. could you answer MY questions?

I dont understand how he has a problem with Noah and his kids. The canopy theory would explain how the world pre flood had an ice sphere above the planet. Oxygen was increased on the Earth and people lived to long ages. The flood was both rain from above and water from beneath (could not be 100% from above due to rules of physics).

which rule of physics is that? no biggie tho as i'm really interested to know the answers to my first questions.

Genesis 7:11-12 KJV
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. [12] And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

 

[Thsnnor]

This is untrue, but I'll let you cook.

Potassium-Argon dating, for example--which isn't used for biological samples--is reliable for anything older than 100,000 years. (Link)



How is the Bible different from "prophecy"?

Carbon - 14 dating is used for biological samples but it maxes out at 50,000 years.

Prophecy is given in advance. If I said you will be a moderator once a great seed has been sown and your faith increases to the next level no one would believe that. If I said you will be a moderator on Nov. 30th at 3:15 pm after 12 threads made by Nap in-between 1:10 and 1:11 pm and it comes to pass than there we go.

 

[Still Benefited]

Lmao @ anyone who thinks the earth is 6000 years old. The Sumerian civilization is that old in itself.

Were you around back then? So truly you dont know that.

 

[hatealot]

I don't believe carbon dating. There's way too many assumptions in the dating model.

 

[Mr swag]

Do you christians here really believe the Earth is 6000 old?
And also how can you claim the bible is the word of god?

Can you point to where in the Bible it says the earth is 6k years old?

 

[F*ckthemkids]

Were you around back then? So truly you dont know that.

Neither were you.

 

[BlackCinema]

how did all the animals fit on the ark? or how did evolution work so fast without people noticing?



@BlackCinema

When you say evolution what are you specifically speaking of that people didn't "notice"?

 

[null]

When you say evolution what are you specifically speaking of that people didn't "notice"?

many different species evolving into several others during recorded history. (which means the original common ancestor vanishes).

if this happaned on a large scale then images of animals from 4000 - 6000 years ago in Egypt, Turkey etc ...

 

[null]

Were you around back then? So truly you dont know that.

Neither were you.

 

[null]

Can you point to where in the Bible it says the earth is 6k years old?

they calculate backwards using dates of events, ages of people, family geneologies and mafs to get roughly 6000 years.

 

[Still Benefited]

Neither were you.

My point is you dont even know what this all is to make that kind of statement.


We dont even know if Martin Luther King existed technically. If God created this as some sort of a simulation,our "history" may just be a fabrication,but apart of our journey in this life cycle. Would certainly be a lot less messy than having to destroy the planet and rebuild every time humans turn it into a disaster. Just blink everyone out of existence. Start another season with a new cast,new location like Love And Hiphop

 

[MMS]

they calculate backwards using dates of events, ages of people, family geneologies and mafs to get roughly 6000 years.

this is assuming the bible doesnt loop

We are living in a world of illusion

Matthew 17:14-20 14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, 15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. 16 And I brought him to thy...

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[null]

this is assuming the bible doesnt loop

We are living in a world of illusion

Matthew 17:14-20 14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, 15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. 16 And I brought him to thy...

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dunno. that is how they do it tho