The age of the earth

[7,052,770]

Billions of years old created under circumstances in the universe created by God.

You deist you! 

Nah, I'm a progressive Christian except with views on Catholics and Mormons similar to fundies.

That's not very progressive of you.

Are the Mormon and Catholic churches progressive? No, and that's where my issue with them lies.

Catholics don't condemn the gays to Hell, don't try to block evolution from being taught, and extensively run charities that care about the poor.  That's far superior than virtually any protestant church around here.

[Sensei]

Billions of years old. No clue how in the world it happened though. Guth's theory of expansion helps explain it, though.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Billions of years old created under circumstances in the universe created by God.

You deist you! 

Nah, I'm a progressive Christian except with views on Catholics and Mormons similar to fundies.

That's not very progressive of you.

Are the Mormon and Catholic churches progressive? No, and that's where my issue with them lies.

Catholics don't condemn the gays to Hell

Uh...

don't try to block evolution from being taught, and extensively run charities that care about the poor.  That's far superior than virtually any protestant church around here.

Yeah, that's MISSISSIPPI.

You don't have any of these there? That's the only type of church I've gone to in quite awhile.

[Person Man]

The Earth probably was created 4.6 Billion years ago, by the Abramiac God. Though, the "First Day" was probably 14 billion years ago. I think the Bible has inconsistencies with day, night and the sun because days and nights occured around other stars or other planets before it did on Earth. Adam probably lived about 40,000 years ago in the Garden of Eden, which is under the Sahara in modern times. 40,000 years ago was when humans can be first identified to have modern behavior, though anatomically modern humans were along at least three times longer. I suspect Adam was the first human being to know of God's existence and somehow ate of tree of knowledge, creating what we know as the human condition today. I believe the Biblical Flood probably occurred 12000 years ago when a meteor hit the Canadian Ice Caps, causing a global storm. 

[Јas]

Don't know, I wasn't around at the time (or at least I don't think I was).
Smart guys say billions, so I'll throw my lot in with them on this one.

All this stuff about Tuesday is clearly nonsense though, nothing cool ever happens on a Tuesday.

[DownWithTheLeft]

Anyone see the Family Guy episdoe when science edited for rednecks?

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Anyone see the Family Guy episdoe when science edited for rednecks?

Yeah; that was pretty funny.

[Josh/Devilman88]

6,008 years ago by God himself.

[Franzl]

6,008 years ago by God himself.

was that serious?

[Josh/Devilman88]

6,008 years ago by God himself.

was that serious?

Well, according to the bible, it was 2,000 years from Adam to Abraham; 2,000 years from Abrahan to Jesus; and 2,008 year from Jesus to today.

[Franzl]

6,008 years ago by God himself.

was that serious?

Well, according to the bible, it was 2,000 years from Adam to Abraham; 2,000 years from Abrahan to Jesus; and 2,008 year from Jesus to today.

I think I've detected sarcasm here. I certainly hope so....

[Josh/Devilman88]

6,008 years ago by God himself.

was that serious?

Well, according to the bible, it was 2,000 years from Adam to Abraham; 2,000 years from Abrahan to Jesus; and 2,008 year from Jesus to today.

I think I've detected sarcasm here. I certainly hope so....

Nope no sarcasm, I really believe the earth is 6,008 years old. I believe what the Bible says or should I say hints towards. I am one of them christians who believe what the bible saids, even if I might now agree with it. 

[John Dibble]

6,008 years ago by God himself.

was that serious?

Well, according to the bible, it was 2,000 years from Adam to Abraham; 2,000 years from Abrahan to Jesus; and 2,008 year from Jesus to today.

Well, Biblically speaking you might be a bit off, depending on your calculations it's less than 6008:

http://www.albatrus.org/english/theology/creation/biblical_age_earth.htm

[Franzl]

I am one of them christians who believe what the bible saids, even if I might now agree with it. 

what does this sentence mean, in English?

[Josh/Devilman88]

I am one of them christians who believe what the bible saids, even if I might now agree with it. 

what does this sentence mean, in English?

Sorry, not****

[Franzl]

I am one of them christians who believe what the bible saids, even if I might now agree with it. 

what does this sentence mean, in English?

Sorry, not****

Seriously though, what does it mean?

You believe everything in the Bible, but don't necessarily agree with it? That's completely illogical. If the Bible supposedly contains facts, what is there to agree or disagree with?

[Josh/Devilman88]

I am one of them christians who believe what the bible saids, even if I might now agree with it. 

what does this sentence mean, in English?

Sorry, not****

Seriously though, what does it mean?

You believe everything in the Bible, but don't necessarily agree with it? That's completely illogical. If the Bible supposedly contains facts, what is there to agree or disagree with?

The bible doesn't just have facts in it. I has a road map on how you are suppose to live your like for Christ, anyways. The only thing I don't agree with the Bible on is homosexuality, but hey life goes on.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     As someone who aspires to be a physicist, I'll trust the peer-reviewed professional opinion of my colleagues in astronomy & say that the Earth was created 5 minutes ago is billions of years old.

[Sbane]

I am one of them christians who believe what the bible saids, even if I might now agree with it. 

what does this sentence mean, in English?

Sorry, not****

Seriously though, what does it mean?

You believe everything in the Bible, but don't necessarily agree with it? That's completely illogical. If the Bible supposedly contains facts, what is there to agree or disagree with?

The bible doesn't just have facts in it. I has a road map on how you are suppose to live your like for Christ, anyways. The only thing I don't agree with the Bible on is homosexuality, but hey life goes on.

So I am guessing you do not believe in evolution? If so how do you explain little inconvenient facts such as drug resistant tuberculosis?

[Associate Justice PiT]

I am one of them christians who believe what the bible saids, even if I might now agree with it. 

what does this sentence mean, in English?

Sorry, not****

Seriously though, what does it mean?

You believe everything in the Bible, but don't necessarily agree with it? That's completely illogical. If the Bible supposedly contains facts, what is there to agree or disagree with?

The bible doesn't just have facts in it. I has a road map on how you are suppose to live your like for Christ, anyways. The only thing I don't agree with the Bible on is homosexuality, but hey life goes on.

So I am guessing you do not believe in evolution? If so how do you explain little inconvenient facts such as drug resistant tuberculosis?

     In addition to Creationism, the Bible endorses some other really controversial positions. For example, the Bible supports the death penalty for:

adulterers
children who swear at their parents
people who work on Sunday.

     Josh, since you said that the only thing you don't agree with the Bible on is homosexuality, does that mean you support the execution of people who commit these offenses?