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What was the evidence that the earth was older than it was suggested in the bible?
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The Bible never actually suggested the age of the earth, certain people have decided using what they believed to be clues to dates to determine that the world is six thousand years old. The evidence disproving their conclusions is great. The fossil and geologic record show that the Earth is billions of years old, and human records in Asia and the Middle East show that civilization existed over six thousand years ago.
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What was Comte george de buffons evidence that the earth was much older than suggested in the bible?
In Les époques de la nature (1778) Buffon discussed the origins of the solar system, speculating that the planets had been created by comet collisions with the sun. He also suggested that the earth originated much earlier than the 4004 BC date proclaimed by Archbishop James Usher. Based on the cooling rate of iron, he calculated that the age of the earth was 75,000 years.
How does evidence of glaciation support the theory?
Evidence of past glaciations have nothing to do with evolution except to show that the Earth is much older than 10,000 years old.
Who questioned the Bible's suggested age for the earth and what evidence did he use?
For a long time, the Earth was thought to be only a few thousand years old. This was in line with Biblical teaching. The first "jump" in the estimates of the age of the earth were made by James Hutton, the father of geology. What did he provide for evidence? He discovered rock formations that were laid down in a way that suggested to him that it took a long time for them to take the form in which he now observed them - a lot longer than a few thousand years. (Pictures of the rock formations can be found by using the link to the James Hutton post in Wikipedia.) Needless to say, this raised the alarm of Christians almost across the board. They were up in arms. And many of them were scientists, too. But as he continued to make his point and others began to investigate further, the age of the earth was increased by tens of thousands and then hundreds of thousands of years. After some time, it was suggested that the earth was really millions of years old. And the estimates kind of hung around there with a few suspecting that the earth was even older than that. At last advances in chemistry and (in particular) physics, allowed the assessment of radioactivity within rocks to be used to determine the age of the rocks themselves, and, therefore, the age of the earth. We now know the earth is some 4.5 billion years old. A link to the Wikipedia article on this early investigator is provided.
Which is older Greek mythology or the Bible?
Greek Mythology is older.
Is the bhagavad gita older than the bible?
Yes, 3000 years older.
What evidence did Darwin observe that led him to believe that Earth was older than 6000 years?
Darwin found fossils that were similar but not the same as living species.Living species might have some relationship to the fossil form. In order for such changes to occur, Darwin figured that earth must be much older than 6000 years.
Does the Bible encourage marriage at an older age?
No
How old did James Hutton think Earth was?
James Hutton was one of first people to put forward the idea that the earth was much older than what it said in the Bible. He did not put an actually age on it because he lacked the relevant data.
Is the book of book of mirrors older then the bible?
no because the bible was always hidden in Gods heart
Who theorist suggested that the young child processes knowledge differently from older children and adults?
Piaget
How much older is older mercury that earth?
mercury is 1,000,000 years older than earth the mith says it got to the range hola nachos nacos!
Why is the moon older then Earth?
The earth is not younger than the moon
