I was a leader in VBS this year at my church. We did the 7 c's of History... Creation, corruption, catastrophe,confusion, Christ and the Cross, Consummation. It was really interesting.

I was wondering how many Christians believed that the earth is indeed only 6,000 years old and that God made the dinosaurs when he made man. We taught that Noah had dinosaurs on the ark with him. They had scientific evidence, facts about fossils. Ken Ham's group recorded it and it will be shown all over the world. Did you know that they recently found dinosaurs bones that still had blood cells and tissue in it? Interesting huh?

I was raised to believe in the"gap" theory. This is all new information for me to be honest but I am being really open to it. Any thoughts?

I believe in God but I do not believe that the earth is only 6,000 years old... it's just not logical to me.

Of course I am one of the even stranger science people I don't believe dinosaurs really existed, but the evidence of them is merely a trick of satan to cause people to fall away from the real truth.

The age from adam to now I agree is 6000, just not sure the years adam was in eden?? And if creation was one day as we know it.

Fr_Chuck... how can one find it within themselves to believe that? As much faith as I have, I'm not sure I could believe that because I'm such a logical person. Just curious!

I think the answer to this question comes down to what you believe more - scientific evidence, or your faith. You can be a Christian and not believe everything that is put out there by other Christians (consider that many sects contradict one another), so you are free to decide for yourself if the Earth is 6000 years old or not. If you have the ability to let yourself believe such things, and that belief satisfies your needs, go for it. If you think it is illogical and perhaps those who have said it/believe it are wrong, then go that way.

Maybe it will help if you do some reading on both sides of the argument. I'm sure a few Google searches will give you more information that you could ever possibly want! Visit a museum, talk to an archeologist (or paleontologist) to get the science POV. See if there is a religious leader in your area who believes the 6000 year theory and talk to him/her. Once you have more information you can make an informed decision.

Why not, I guess, how can you believe he would not ? He is called the prince of this world, he has all the power of the angels, Why could he not take some bones of some animals and move and set them them orders. Perhaps even made them from other bones and the such just to decieve mankind.

And of course I did not say it was a popular belief, but science has little understanding, carbon dating has been shown several times not to be as reliable as people are lead to believe. O2 dating has shown better promice.

And even at carbon dating, it is assuming carbon at some max level, going down, if all things were created at various "levels" or the energy used to create the earth can all change it, since carbon dating does not consider Gods power at creation as part of its formulas.

It is because I am logical I have decided this, because they just don't fit into anything, even in evolution, they were the stronger of the animals, they should have survived, if creation, and they were not created ( if they were not) then they can not exist.

I have worked in the church in areas of faith, and in area of things of the spirit so much I know there are many things that science and logic can not explain that are real,

But with that, pesonally I couldn't care less if they were real or not, since they are gone and I don't have to clean up after one.
But since they are used so much to try to destroy the idea of faith and christianity, I would say that anyone thing, that causes so much trouble, has to have been developed by satan.

I believe that the earth is very young (between 6000 & 10,000 years old). If you believe that a day is as a 1000 years to God and that we within a 7 "day" (thousand year cycle) and that we are about to embark on the 7th and final day of this earth age, then the earth is probably about 6 to 7 thousand years old.

Wooly Mammoth's were found in artic regions almost fully intact and with buttercups still in their mouths. There may have been Mammoths on the ark but those found had been swept away by the flood of Noah.

Man was made on the 6th day. Beasts were made on the 5th day but since we are talking about literal 24 hour cycles... who's counting.

If you believe that a day to God is as a 1000 years to man and that this earth age is about to embark on the millennial 7th day, then I would suggest that the earth is somewhere between 6000 to 7000 years old. Some say that it could be closer to 10,000. Regardless, ours is a young earth.

Wooly Mammaths were found in the artic region almost completely intact. They even had buttercups in their mouths. Clearly, the ones found hadn't made it on to the ark as they had been swept away by the flood of Noah.

Technically, dinosaurs fall into the category of "beast" so were created on the 5th day while man was created on the 6th day. But, since the days were literal 24 hour periods, who's counting?

Dude, I'm starting to agree with you. I'm scared... lol :)

You're right, Tessy, you asked what members here believe. I guess I got caught up in what I was writing and didn't provide my answer!

I'm a woman of science - I believe the Earth is much, much older than 6000 years.

Too much evidence suggests that dinosaurs did exist in the past.

Job 41:1, "Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? Or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? "Leviathan" represents some sort of reptilian creature.

The only trick that Satan may of performed regarding this issue is to convince people that dinosaurs did not exist.

Well, yes Satan can do many evil things but last time I checked he couldn't create. He didn't make bones and place them all over this earth. Please don't take this the wrong way but... I don't see that you are logical at all. We have dinosaur bones... we have evidence. I agree that carbon dating isn't accurate.

I mostly agree again that bones and archeology are heavily used to dispute God's creation. But I am a truth seeker and if they did exist, it's an interesting fact worth knowing.

I believe that scientists and man made measurements to determine how old is something is very much flawed and we can not truly know about the creation and aspects of it. It is all theory. Many scientific facts are just truly theories that scientists have come up with.

How the hell does somebody know that something is billions of years old. Not my idea of scientific fact.

I too believe that men and dinosaurs lived together. Not in the same bed mind you, lol JK. I hope you know what I am getting at.

6,000 years old seems a lot more realistic to me. The thing with the billions of years old theory from the scientists the only reason why they have used those numbers is so they can verify their own theory about evolution.

My thoughts are yes the earth is young. It is not as old as scientists theorize. I also believe we cohabitate with the dinasours at one time.

Tessy777 agrees: Dude... come on Satan is GOOD but he ain't that good. We got the bones!


There's NOTHING about Satan that is good. That's a fact Jack.

AJ,
I didn't mean he was "good" and you know it. I meant he was good at what he does... why do we always have to fight? You need to face the facts that I am right and you... are not... bummer huh?

I know it but knew I would get your goat. LOL. Me... fight? Nada! Just stating a few simple facts. I know that kind of makes you angry when I do that but it's my job. Someone has to do it.

First let me answer the question. Have to go with science on this one 4.5 billion years old.

Second carbon 14 dating is only accurate to 60,000 years and is done by measuring the decay of the carbon 14 atom which is an unstable isotope of carbon to the stable isotope of carbon 12. It is not used to determine the age of the earth at least not to say that it is any more than 60,000 years old.

Third let me state that it doesn't matter to me what you believe I simply try put the facts out there. If you choose to believe in something that goes against observation that is your thing and doesn't effect me. Now that said let me put some facts out there.
Scientific theory is stated as theory because it evolves as we get more evidence and isn't a law until it is proven that nothing more can be added since we don't have an exact date, hour, minute and second the earth formed it will remain a theory probably forever because we will probably never have that info just to hard to get.
Theory also is different in science than a guess. In science a guess is your first step then you gather evidence, once you have sufficient evidence to support your guess you submit your paper to be peer reviewed by a panel and if the panel agrees with your evidence your guess becomes a theory.
My last point that is that since the earth is a geologically active planet earth rocks can't be used to date earth because the get melted and reformed every couple of million years or so, because of this they used meteorites that fell to earth and dated those. Check out The Age of the Earth it has most of the reasons we feel the earth is 4.5 billion years old. I encourage everyone to read evidence on both sides and decide for yourself.

I too, believe in a young, created earth. I have wrestled with evolution being a "fact" for a number of decades. I believe that there were dinosaurs because there is concrete evidence for them. I also believe that dinosaurs existed at the same time as man.

Because I am a Christian, I believe in what the Bible says and teaches. I, by know means, am any sort of expert on the Bible, nor on the theory of evolution. But, I will keep studying the Bible and other books in order to bolster my faith. Also, I find discussions and debates on this site to be interesting and informative.

I just finished reading an excellent book titled, "In Search of the Genesis World - Debunking the Evolution Myth", by Erich A Von Fange. I liked it so much, and want to be able to use quotes from it as a tool, that I am reading it again.

Life had been started from 2 people-Adam&Eve. Now it reached to 600crore. 6000years enough for it. Other religion, especially hinduism already said this, age of kali or kaliage now reaching near 6000years.

I believe that that there were "dinosaurs" the same time as man, but I also believe the earth is far older then 6,000 years old. I am definitely a believer in the "gap theory".