(February 7, 2014 at 7:30 pm)Rampant.A.I. Wrote:Can he even provide one example of a materalist who is stupid enough to say the earth is "thousands of years" old?(February 6, 2014 at 9:41 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: Young in comparison to what? I believe that if you start with the axiom that God does not exist you will arrive at an age for the Earth somewhere around 4.5 billion years (for now, this number will probably eclipse five billion soon). On the other hand, if you start with the axiom that God does exist and that the Bible is what it claims to be (as I do) then you will arrive at the conclusion that the Earth is just over 6,000 years old. Same evidence; two very different conclusions. Both of these positions are far more consistent than a Christian who believes it is billions of years old or a materialist who believes it is thousands of years old.
Can you provide an example of the evidence that proves earth is only 6,000 years old?
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