How old is the Earth?

Answer 1

The traditional answer to this question is 6,000 years according to religious texts, but as these documents have traded hands innumerable times and been revised to promote the powers of various leaders (such as the King James Bible), they cannot be taken as scientifically accurate.

The Scientific American helps shed light on the process that took us from religious explanations to scientific ones:

"It was not until 1926, when (under the influence of Arthur Holmes, whose name recurs throughout this story) the National Academy of Sciences adopted the radiometric timescale, that we can regard the controversy as finally resolved. Critical to this resolution were improved methods of dating, which incorporated advances in mass spectrometry, sampling and laser heating. The resulting knowledge has led to the current understanding that the earth is 4.55 billion years old."

Answer 2

The answer 4.5 billion years give or take is the best answer. Radiometric dating of the transuranic elements gives us this number. The Bible says 6000. Now, the decay rates of say uranium are known., from this we can calculate the age of the uranium by its lead and uranium content. If the bibles 6000 years were true that would mean the decay rate of these elements would have had to have been much much much faster "in the beginning" and slowed down over time since. With decay rate required"in the beginning" ....every natural deposit of uranium on the planet would have gone critical the instant it formed. If the bible 6000 years were accurate the earth now would be a great glowing globe of molten material...having insufficent time to cool in only 6000 years.

Answer 3

One Answer Radiometric dating techniques (and not just one) associated with investigation of materials originating on Earth and from space allow for the estimate of 4.567 billion years (4.567 × 109 years). A link can be found below which has more information on how the figure was arrived at. This estimate of the age of the Earth is broadly accepted by the vast majority of scientists and scientific organizations around the world. Another AnswerThe Christian and Jewish view of the age of the Earth is widely varied; they fall at some point on a range from acceptance of the mainstream scientific view to a belief that the Earth is around 6,000 years old based on chronologies in the Bible. In Sikhism, the age of the Earth is not a major concern. God created the Earth no matter how long the Earth has existed. Creation occurs repeatedly throughout time according to Buddhist beliefs. There is no philosophy or doctrine on the age of the Earth. With Jainism, the Earth and the universe endure under the compulsion of their own nature. There is also no specific philosophy on the age of the Earth.

Some religious groups believe in Archbishop Ussher's biblical estimate of the Earth's age being 6,000 years, but the scientific consensus is about 4.5 billion years based on radiometric dating, fossil records and the estimated formation date of the other planets in the solar system.

There are two contradictory accounts of the age of earth. One is the scientific account, which claims that the earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old. The other is a biblical account, which claims that the earth is approximately 6000 years old. The scientific position is that there is overwhelming evidence for their view, while Christian Science points to contradictions and anomalies in that position.

Answer 4

The earth and all the universe is approximately 6000 years old, this is biblical

Answer 5

It's more than 1,000,000,000 years old it is 1,000,000,000 years old

Answer 6

4.567 billon years old

Answer 7

4.5 billion years old

Answer 8

4.6 billion years

Answer 9

hmph i would say how old would my moms pusy be?