by David Phillips
Many scientists today tell us that the Earth is 4.543 billion years old, and they say that without batting an eye. But if you examine their arguments, you’ll find that conclusion to be based on evolutionary oriented assumptions. Evolutionists believe that early life evolved from nonliving chemicals 4 to 5 billion years ago and gradually developed over “geologic ages”. They say man (in one form or another) came on the scene about 1 or 2 million years ago. On the other hand, the Biblical record plainly indicates that living things were placed on the newly created Earth during the 6-day creative process that took place around 6 thousand years ago. Obviously, the Biblical timetable is about a million times shorter than the evolutionary one.
One source behind the “Old-Earth theory” is an idea that is based on the multiple layers of geologic formations that are clearly visible all around the world. The belief is that untold ages were needed for the formation of the various rock layers of the earth’s crust. Since the layering effect which takes place now is so gradual as to be unnoticeable, the reasoning goes that it was only ever possible with the passing of millions of years. Therefore, the Earth must be many millions of years old. This line of reasoning, combined with things like radiometric dating, have led to some rather wild conclusions.
A world-wide flood, such as we read of in Genesis 6-8, could cause sufficient dirt and rock shifting and movement to easily produce the layering effects that evolutionary science claims took millions of years to accomplish. How old is the Earth? According to the chronology of the Bible, just barely over 6,000 years!