Do you believe the Earth is closer to 4,000 or 4 billion years old

[Phx0808]

I beleive the earth is closer to 4000 years as I further believe the earth is about 10,000 years old.

[vp44]

well im not sure but my guess is 4 billion

[JediJohnnie]

Does it really make any difference?

[Falconer02]

Does it really make any difference?

Well yeah. You have life evolving with horrendous death rates in humans for hundreds of thousands of years- pain and suffering for men, women, and children. Disease is rampant, education is practically non-existant, people are very prone to predatory animals, groups are generally savage. Then all of the sudden this one god jumps into the picture 4,000-10,000 years ago in a very barbaric and illiterate time around the Middle East (not paying attention to other parts of the world at all) and only then starts doing things. Kind of an *bleep* thing to do, you know? Could have used a deity for those couple hundreds of thousands of years there, Yahweh! 

On the other hand, young-earth creationists don't have this burden due to their ignorance of the natural world.

[falcon9]

Does it really make any difference?

Yep, it's one more nail in the coffin of superstition, (which is much like a long-dead corpse stumbling around like a zombie).

[falcon9]

I beleive the earth is closer to 4000 years as I further believe the earth is about 10,000 years old.

Which is it?  Pick a superstitious belief, man.

[JediJohnnie]

Does it really make any difference?

Well yeah. You have life evolving with horrendous death rates in humans for hundreds of thousands of years- pain and suffering for men, women, and children. Disease is rampant, education is practically non-existant, people are very prone to predatory animals, groups are generally savage. Then all of the sudden this one god jumps into the picture 4,000-10,000 years ago in a very barbaric and illiterate time around the Middle East (not paying attention to other parts of the world at all) and only then starts doing things. Kind of an *bleep* thing to do, you know? Could have used a deity for those couple hundreds of thousands of years there, Yahweh! 

On the other hand, young-earth creationists don't have this burden due to their ignorance of the natural world.

Actually,it was a rhetorical question.I'm not surprised you chose to be more verbose here,than in the archeology & the Bible thread.

[Falconer02]

Actually,it was a rhetorical question.I'm not surprised you chose to be more verbose here,than in the archeology & the Bible thread.

Umm...this is debate and discuss. You obviously weren't thinking much if that was your actual goal. And I have no reason to add much to the archaeology thread as it's based upon coupling magic with history. However I will post something now to show you your obvious errors (as usual).