I have read that according to Biblical references the age of earth is 6000 years. Even if you quote Young Earth Creationism, they too, will give a number no more than 10,000 years old. But in different belief systems like Hinduism, the age of the earth is comparable to that arrived to by contemporary scientific cosmology. Doesn't this imply that the Bible isn't perfect at all? **Can you compare various Biblical theories on the age of the earth?**

The Genesis account of creation tells of YHWH creating the earth and heavens on the **first day**. Then **3 days later** He created the luminaries. ***From a literal interpretation, is there an alternative explanation besides a geocentric earth(dryland), which is also more RATIONAL?*** *Geocentrism* (noun) - the concept that the earth is the center of God's creation. *Rational* (adj) - Consistent with or based on reason or good judgment; logical or sensible. **Premise** Genesis 1 KJV 10 And God called the dry land ***earth***; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. 14 And God said, **Let there be *lights in the firmament of the heaven* to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:** 15 And let them be for *lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth*: and it was so. 16 And God made **two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also**. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the morning were the **fourth day**. -------------------------------------------- Edit: Please to not down vote this good question because you can't provide a good answer. We are all searching for Truth here. **Science is a method, not a body of knowledge.** Any science that is contrary to the words of God must be assumed to have been conducted from bias or without precision and therefore are subjective and wrong. A rational scientific concept is a logically true explanation. What are the logically true explanations of the OT verses in the premise? I can only think of one which spawned the question in my mind.

Young Earth Creationism posits that the Earth is much younger than scientific evidence suggests. My question is, could time dilation be used to explain and reconcile the apparent differences? Time dilation, in simplified terms, is the phenomenon in which time either speeds up or slows down for something. For example, time moves slower for an observer in motion in an inertial reference frame (although this is negligible at low speeds). If the Earth was subject to (significant) time dilation, all earthly methods of measuring the age of the earth would be incorrect. For example, if the time dilation speed up time on Earth by a factor of 365, trees would grow rings once a day instead of once a year, causing those using tree rings to measure the passage of time to be way off (assuming they where unaware of the time dilation occurring). This would be a "boon", so to speak, for Young Earth Creationists. The idea that any scientific method of measuring the time of the Earth could be wrong, and a reasonable and logically consistient way to explain it, would be big. That said, there are certain caveats: - Time dilation doesn't happen *spontaneously*, or without reason, so Young Earth Creationists would have to explain *how* the earth is being subject to it. Additionally, the time dilation needs to be of the precisely the right "intensity" if it is to provide reconciliation. - Since we are talking about time dilation, we need to bring up one more, very *very* important thing: the relativity of time. The passage of time is *relative* to an observer. In this sense, asking what the "age of the earth" is ambiguous. It *literally* depends on who you ask. To make the term precise again, we need to specify a frame of reference. Note, in particular, *this can not be the Earth's reference frame*. That is because an observer can never experience time dilation from it's own vantage point. Indeed, that would not even make sense. That means that we must use some other frame of reference. In particular, Young Earth Creationists need to explain why the Bible would use this frame of reference, instead of the Earth's. Also, although you do not need to be a physicist or a Young Earth Creationist to answer this question, you should have at least *some* understanding of physics and Young Earth Creationism to answer this question. In particular, I ask that if you only understand of Einstein's theory of relativity is from popular science , you may want to refrain from answering this question.

A Jehovah Witness and I spoke the other day and he explained to me that JWs believe that we'll live on earth after we die. What scripture, if any, do they use to back this belief?

Many creationists and Christians believe the earth is around 6000 years old. I am taking art history and some of the artifacts or pieces of art that were created by humans back then had been carbon dated back to 10,000 to 20,000 years ago or even longer. How do Young Earth Creationists explain this?

From time to time I've come across Christians who claim that the Bible teaches a flat earth (e.g. see [this book](https://www.amazon.com/My-Flat-Earth-Believe-Creation/dp/1548224065) and the reviews). There are also Christians who have reacted against these (e.g. (https://www.amazon.com/False-Doctrine-Flat-Earth-perspective/dp/1686422571) , (https://www.biola.edu/blogs/good-book-blog/2018/does-the-bible-teach-a-flat-earth)) . In pursuit of impartiality and to give Flat Earth Christians the benefit of the doubt, I ask: What passages of the Bible are commonly cited to make a case for the belief in a Flat Earth?

According to Catholicism can Satan and his satellites, roam the earth for the destruction of souls, while still being in hell? Do demons on earth 🌎 take their own form of hell with them or does God give them leave from hell to torment and persecute souls before they die?

What I mean "all YEC" is : since from the past until now there is not one person of YEC believe that the earth is a ball shape. For example, God said in : > Daniel 4:11 (ESV)
The tree grew and became strong, and its top > reached to heaven, and **it was visible to the end of the whole earth** > > Matthew 4:8 (ESV)
Again, the devil took him to a very high > mountain and **showed him all the kingdoms of the world** and their glory. Since if the earth is a ball shape then it's impossible that the bold event to occur, so is there any YEC who don't believe that the bold event in those two verses really happen ? Also in the creation event : > Genesis 1:6 (ESV)
And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the > midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

This is something that has confused me over the years. It appears that many Christians stand against the belief that global warming or climate change is occurring. But I have yet to hear any biblical reasoning. What is the biblical basis, if any, that some Christians claim that there is no (potentially devastating) climate change? Furthermore, how does this affect how a Christian should believe and act regarding this issue?

The Book of Revelation gives a lot of pictures on how the world as we know it will end,as we know it today.But it does not explain that the North Pole will be gone or that The weather will be so warm we can't live on earth anymore or That we can't live in the air we have today.Of course there are cities like Tokyo that have major problems with the climate and they are "man made" in a way.But the bible does not tell us That the End of the world or the return of Jesus has anything to do with The climate on the earth. How does the RCC see this.Should Christians use their time fighting climate change? I would think THE RCC would have a opinion on what our focus should be on this topic.

Scripture tells us in [Genesis 6:3](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+6%3A3&version=ESV) that God saw fit to shorten the lifespan of mankind. He did something that dramatically reduced humans years from close to a thousand years (Methusala) to 100 or less. Some speculate that the flood opened the earth's atmosphere up to greater UV light and changed atmospheric pressure and those things changed the environment thus shortening human lifespans. Recently I had a interesting dialogue with a Christian who had been taught that the Creator accomplished the goal of shortening lifespan by tilting the earth from original setting to a more extreme setting that changed "normal" to a new "Normal," which caused the dramatic climate changes and led to a much different habitat for humanity and shortened the life expectancy. This was partially supported by [scientists quoted here](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earths-tilt-spawns-rise-a/#) who theorize that the orbit and tilt of the earth causes emergence and extinction of mammals in 2.5 million year cycles. I know the YEC Christians have much to say about the meanings of Genesis history. Have any YECs ever written about the effect of the earth's tilt on the way lifespan or other environmental decline occurred?

My question is concerning the Creation (with literal interpretation, but accepting that the Earth could be millions of years old with the gap theory). The Bible starts with a statement: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth..." At this point there is no reference to the Sun or the other planets. The next verse show us Tohu and Bohu. Some say that between these two verses there is a gap, so the second verse is actually the picture of the Earth after a doom. The next verses about the Creation concerning the Earth: light, darkness, vault, water, land, seas, plant, trees (interesting that according to this, plants were created earlier than the Sun). After these, we read that "God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars". And what about the other planets? These are not mentioned here. So, according to the scripture it seems to be clear that the Earth was earlier than the Sun. However more interesting question is about, what was earlier the Earth or the other planets (e.g.: Mars, Saturn)? Later in the book of Job (26,12) [you can find it as well in Isaiah 51,9] there is a mysterious verse: "By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces." [in Hebrew means shake or smash] Of course, this Rahab is not about the hero of faith. There is an interpretation that here Rahab is about a rebel being or a planet (some say it's the Earth before Adam), which was penetrated (if it's a planet some say, then it could collide with an other smaller planet). Here we can mention that there are theories concerning that the Earth collided with a smaller planet (it could be a doom). Some say that there are angels whose tasks is to protect planets. Anyway the angels are told to be connected to stars as well. What is more, in many culture planets are connected to gods or spiritual beings (Venus-Aphrodite, Mars, Hades-Pluto, Hermes-Mercurius, Kronos-Saturn, Poseidon-Neptune, Zeus-Jupiter). So one of the angels could be the protector of Rahab. The above mentioned things would be references to pre adamic planets. What do you know about this topic? Thank you for your answers in advance!

I've heard from my parents/grandparents that God is in the process of building a new Earth. Where in the Bible does it say God is creating a new Earth? Why would God build a new Earth? I know it says in the Bible that God loves all of man kind, but didn't he also regret creating man once he saw what they did? Why would he do this?

The other day, me and my friends were discussing about End times pertaining to Mat 24, and came across this verse > "My words are always true and always here with you. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away" Mat 24:35 Which says, the earth will be destroyed and a new earth and heaven will be formed according to Rev 21:1 . And how Isiah predicts the calamities can be read from this answer. But I was thinking, maybe if this earth will have such problems, what they can be avoided by migrating to other planets? Hence the question, do those verses mean only our Earth or the whole land in both Mat 24:35 and Gen 1 ??? I think there is no mention of other planets of this universe in the Bible. So, when God was referring to "Earth" in Gen 1, could it be considered as all the land in this universe that God is referring to as Earth? or Should it be considered as he's being specific about only our planet "Earth"? So, my question is in general How is "earth" interpreted. Could the word be applied to the land of the whole universe? I request you to focus on the title "Is all the land in the universe called Earth?"

I've heard the term "flat earthers" mentioned in regards to Christians. Does the Bible suggest that the earth is flat or that the earth is round? What scripture is there that suggest a round earth or flat earth?

What does Psalm 37:29 mean when it said "The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it.” Does this mean an earthly paradise that God has promised to restore?

Through the scriptures we know that God created the world and the species and saw that it was good. He also created us and we were good in the beginning. Before Adam and Eve ate from the tree, we were not capable of doing evil. We were in some way, perfect beings as well. Was the world (and I guess therefore the universe as well) perfect in the beginning? Didn't it suffer from any natural disasters such as earthquakes, tornadoes, storms...?

**Are humans fallen angels who are being given the chance to earn their place in heaven again?** I was reading somewhere that this is true. The source gave no scripture references, however. Please give all answers from a biblical standpoint. I do not care of what denomination you are. Just show me in the word. Is there any scripture that backs up the claim that humans wew once angels? Thank You.

Or, the better question is: did the earth really stop rotating? >Joshua 10:12-14 > New International Version (NIV) >12: On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the Lord in the presence of Israel: >“Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.” >13: So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on[a] its enemies, as it is written in the Book of Jashar. >The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day. >14: There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the Lord listened to a human being. Surely the Lord was fighting for Israel! Obviously, if the earth really did stop spinning for extended period of time, it would have severe implications. For one, rotation velocity is 1,674.4 km/h at the equator. This means that if the Earth suddenly stopped spinning everything would be launched in a ballistic trajectory sideways. All of the masses would be scoured clean of anything. This means rocks, trees, buildings, warriors fighting right then and there, and etc, would be swept away into the atmosphere. And/or, Earth would be torn apart by the gigantic deceleration forces. Seismic waves will flow through the earth causing massive earthquakes. The atmosphere would possibly boil over. Also lets not forget the 2.58x10^29 Joules of rotational energy. all that energy has to go somewhere. Why do I feel like I am writing xkcd what-if article? Anyway... Unless by some miracle God was able to stop the Earth from spinning without the consequences, this act would be impossible. So did he really stop the Earth from spinning? Or was it only an illusion?