To me, it doesn't really matter one way or the other. However, there are some Christians out there who believe that only those who believe in a 6,000 year old earth are going to heaven. I'm not one for debating these kind of things; to me this issue is a non-essential issue, and if you want to believe that the earth is new (or old, or borrowed or blue), then that's your prerogative. However, if you tell me one of two things, I may be inclined to start debating away: (1) If you tell me that this issue is an essential, and because you don't believe the same as me, I'm wrong and you're right; and (2) If one of your rebuttals to my questioning why if the earth is so young, does it look scientifically and geologically old is "because God made it that way to confuse us/challenge our faith/weed out the real Christians from the fake Christians/whatever."
Anyway, there is a new book out that is a Christian defense of an old earth from a theological perspective rather than a scientific perspective. Sounds like something I would be interested in reading. I'm sure my friend Craig, who once wrote a forty page paper in college about The Flood and who has a masters in philosophy and apologetics from Talbot Theological Seminary has probably already picked it up.
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This sounds like something Anthony would totally get into b/c I'm sure it brings into conversation dinosaurs.
I think God would rather have us concerned about how to take care of earth now and not worry about how old it is There are really some beautiful areas out west if you ever get a chance to fly over the Rocky Mountains.
The book sounds interesting.
there is a guy in my classes at CCU who works for Answers in Genesis, the company ran by Ken Ham. AIG is a young earth creationist group the is building the Creation Museum south of Cincy. Anyway, this guy in my class is convinced(or brainwashed) that if i could even question a six day literal creation period, then how can i possibly trust the rest of the bible. He makes it a very militant issue, and for me, i really don't care how old the earth is or how God created it. That is very insignificant in light of my understanding of Jesus' message to love God and love others.
Please don't say the Rocky Mountains!
Now I'm homesick. :^(
Mike,
Ken Ham is the devil.
Not really, I just wanted to say that.
Ah, yes, a question I used to fight like a militant, to use Mike's term. I've been all over the board on the issue, from young-earth creationism to theistic evolution, to old-earth creationism and just giving it up as mystery.
I agree with Rochelle--while there's nothing wrong with contemplating the origins of our universe, our faculties would be better trained upon how to take care of this third rock from the sun.
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