Young Earth Creationists vs Old Earth Creationists

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I’m interested to know how many Catholics here take the part in Genesis literally that adds up the earth as being 6,000 to 10,000 years old vs how many believe the earth is millions or billions of years old?
Also, if the latter, how old? Millions or billions?
 
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I think God created the Heavens and the Earth. I think he was capable of creating it through a slow process of billions of years. I also think he was capable of creating it in 6 days but in the state of being already billions of years old. I don’t think the difference between the two is terribly important.

I also don’t think there has to be a difference between the two. If an author spends a week fleshing out the last thousand years of history in his world before he starts writing, is that world a week old or a thousand years?
 
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You might wanna do a search on this topic here…this gets asked quite often and usually devolves into a donnybrook…

Bottom line, some do, some don’t…some think anyone who believes in a young earth is a science denying knuckle dragging troglodyte, and anyone who believes in old earth is a heretic for doubting Gods word but they have the science to back it up…allegory vs. science…

Or to sum it up…

 
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When the earth was born is a matter of indeterminate history. When it dies is of much more concern to me.
 
I’m not concerned with how long it took God to create the earth but WHEN He did it. 6,000 years ago? Millions? Billions?
 
Hope1960 said:
how many Catholics here take the part in Genesis literally that adds up the earth as being 6,000 to 10,000 years old vs how many believe the earth is millions or billions of years old?
Also, if the latter, how old? Millions or billions?
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not concerned with how long it took God to create the earth but WHEN He did it. 6,000 years ago?
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you want to know how old the earth is? or when God created it? Two different questions
 
Hope, how many times have you asked variants of this very question on this board? It’s been discussed to death and the conversation is always the same.
 
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I’m not concerned with how long it took God to create the earth but WHEN He did it.
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I am not trying to be snarky here, but the best answer I think you will get is “in the beginning”. All else is unimportant. That was an intriguing idea in the post by @Inquiry. Post # 2 I think.
 
Just the earth. Scientists say the earth is billions of years old, the Lutheran Church I’ve been going to lately says it’s between 6,000 and10,000 years old. I think Catholics are free to believe either, and I’m wanting to know how many Catholics here now adopt a YEC position.
 
Then tell the mods on me. BTW, there’s only so much we can discuss once or twice. Repeat threads will happen. And mine isn’t a repeat…I was asking about Lutheran beliefs on the NON CATHOLIC forum. Unless you’re talking about long ago.
 
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I believe He created the earth in six days. My question is when? Did He do this a million years ago? Billions of years ago? Thousands of years ago? And how many here are now YEC?
 
Yes, Catholics are allowed to believe either one.

However, it is really irrelevant which way it was. Speculation such as that on something for which there is no definitive answer is a waste of time in terms of how we will spend eternity. We need to spend our time focused on things that will help us grow in holiness so that we are ready for our death, whenever that comes.
 
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Ok. Four. I also believe we probably evolved so I guess I change my answer to maybe the earth did too. I don’t know.
 
I say it’s most likely billions. Unless the science proves to be way off, I think this is totally believable.

I don’t think there is anything in the Bible that truely contradicts the planet being billions of years old.
 
Neither do I. There IS a chronology of people from Adam to Jesus or whatever, but it’s been said that some generations were skipped over.
 
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