How old do you believe the earth is?

[Jredrum]

I heard on the radio today some guy saying that fifty percent of the people in the U.S. think the world is just a tad over 6,000 years old.

Wondering how many folks feel that way

Please no flaming, trolling, or baiting I really am just curious to know how many think that life on this planet is that new.

[noob]

I believe our planet and its life forms have existed for billions of years, that belief based on current scientific knowledge.

6,000 years falls in line with Creationism, which I do not believe.

[lostintexas]

4.5 billion? something like that.

[Oppai]

i am a practicing christian and i firmly believe the earth is billions of years old.

[up|dn]

I believe the world is four seconds old and everything was just very recently programmed into my brain.

[More&Faster]

the world didnt exist until i was born 25 years ago

[Clyde_Barrow]

I have to go with carbon dating and such and say "old." I don't get the 6k Earth theory, but I'm really religious.

[ahura zo]

I would rather believe a scientist who's made this field of study his life's work than a preacher who works intentionally to keep his flock in opposition to scientific fact.

[noob]

There are many polls on this subject all over the internet, some broken down by education & income levels as well as religious beliefs. You'll find the segments of our population with higher education & incomes are more likely to agree with scientific estimates, regardless of their religions.

[tryfuhl]

I voted for 100k+ with life

If you mean with human life, I'd prob have to change that.

[JGAC]

old enough to be called old :dunno:

Get back to me when it matters for a good reason.

[CaseLogic]

I think Creationism is a big load... don't want to offend anyone but seriously it makes no sense

[soohanay]

i'm with you on creationism..

[kendog]

I'd like to know where that guy got his stats. :ugh:

[Hops]

4.5 billion? something like that.

Sounds about right.

[Flanders]

about 4.5 byo. it's scary that that many people (according to the first post, at least) believe that it's only about 6000 years old

[porsch1909]

mtDNA shows that we all came out of Africa about 100,000 years ago.

[sheesh721]

The earth is billions of years old. For some reason, I'm still shocked whenever I hear professors say otherwise.

[17%]

my bible says the world is a lot younger than what all you noobs are saying.

noobs.

[Amateur Corpse]

This pretty much sums it up. I think the guy on the radio pulled that number out of his ass, or we have a serious problem in this country.:dunno:
http://atropos.as.arizona.edu/aiz/teaching/a204/images/life_timeline.gif

[Fred Smulavich]

i am a practicing christian and i firmly believe the earth is billions of years old.

You just pwned youself...

[Fred Smulavich]

I voted for 100k+ with life

If you mean with human life, I'd prob have to change that.

WTF, you are a fucking moron. Homo sapiens emerged in Africa around 200,000 years ago. That shit is scientifically proven.

[killafornia]

Please no flaming, trolling, or baiting I really am just curious to know how many think that life on this planet is that new.

WTF, you are a fucking moron. Homo sapiens emerged in Africa around 200,000 years ago. That shit is scientifically proven.

great job, you can sit the fuck down now

[hodd]

4.6 billion years old.... i just had to write a research paper about it

[Exys]

lol at 6 thousand

And don't forget, dinosaur bones are just testing your faith:ugh:

[JUSTIN]

i said over 100k

[illectronic]

6000 year old makes absolutely no scientific or logical sense if you think about it. Do people think the new species coming out today were created spontaneously as well?

[killafornia]

6000 year old makes absolutely no scientific or logical sense if you think about it. Do people think the new species coming out today were created spontaneously as well?

bible says it
must be true

[Dog]

Im a catholic and probably billions of years old.


But i dont really know or care. the 6000 years old thing doesnt really have any effect on anything though and isnt supposed to be literal...


But also for the people who think it is supposed to be literal or whatever, what is to say that the earth wasnt just created with Dinosaur bones and aged rocks and shit already on it? I mean if god was making earth, he could do that....

But really, i dont care

[GFlem]

You just pwned youself...

Where?

:oopsie:

[Dr. Petar]

no idea, but DEFINATELY more than 6k years old

[Jredrum]

Where?

:oopsie:

I think he means that you are a practicing Christian that doesn't follow the beliefs?

[Dr. Petar]

I think he means that you are a practicing Christian that doesn't follow the beliefs?

tell me where in the Bible the earth is only 6k years old?

[SmokeTheFly]

lol at 6 thousand

And don't forget, dinosaur bones are just testing your faith:ugh:
:bowdown::rofl::rofl:
I lol'ed

[Dezert Runner]

the world didnt exist until i was born 25 years ago
:oopsie: Thats a pretty good one.

[Jredrum]

tell me where in the Bible the earth is only 6k years old?

beats the fuck outta me, but that's what "christian theologist" believe and spread around. :dunno:

[urmama]

this thread reminds me of this video

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zrh9w_X4i-0

[Familyguy1]

Earth as 6000k years old:rofl:
Not Possible, Chinese have been around since 4000B.C.(heard that somewhere.., i forget where).

And the egyptians have been around for shit loads of years. Probably just a tad over or under the Chinese

[steezMcgee]

4.5BYA with prokaryotes evolving 2-3BYA, eukaryotes ~2BYA and an explosion of diversification around 500MYA in the Cambrian period. I have an evolution test in under an hour