There is a debate among Christians concerning how old the earth really is. "Young Earth" Creationists believe in a literal interpretation of Genesis in which the "Six Days of Creation" is interpreted as six 24-hour days. Many of these people also use the information contained in Genesis to calculate the age of the earth to be somewhere between 4000 to 6 thousand years. "Old Earth" Creationists interpret the "Six Days of Creation" think of "Day" as being several thousands to millions of years each. It seems that many of them accept the evidences of geology and science as to the age of the earth. I don't think the Bible gives us enough information to calculate the age of the earth. It's not that God could not make all there is in six 24-hour days. He is all-powerful. He could have done it in 6 seconds had he chosen. Even if you grant that the "day" of creation is 24 hours, we can't be certain of the geneologies because in Hebrew geneologies not every one is guaranteed to be mentioned - just the important people. Therefore we can't really use Genesis to calculate the age of the earth. So I'm gonna say that when it comes to this issue I have no idea. But checkout this debate to see what you come up with.
Old Earth Young Earth Debate MP3 Audio - Apologetics 315
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