6 days or 5 billion years ?

[caesar44]

This is confusing, one figure is for how long the biblical creation took, and one appears to be for how old the Earth is...I'm not sure what to make of this.

As far as the earth being older than a few thousand years, I'm pretty sure the fact that we can see stars millions of light years away is pretty strong evidence for that. But then again, I'm not sure whether that's what the question's about.

The biblical creation reffers to the Earth also !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Yes, it does. I don't see how this affects what I said.

[Steppe Merc]

Ive heard some false impressions of America but this one takes the cake. Yes most Americans are bible thumping Christain zealots determined to spread christianity around the world. What kind of crap do they feed you over there. Is this the impression most Israelis have of their greatest ally?

Heh, I was wondering about that. Probably most Americans have at least some religon, but I don't think most of them believe the 6 days thing, at least from what I've seen. Some people I know say that they don't know how long god's days are, so it may end up being billions of years long, and it's an analogy for the scientific explination. I think I only know one person personally that believes it was litteraly made in 6 days.

edit: BKS' point is that the 6 days takes in the creation of all of the universe, while the earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago. It's not really compatible, as it doesn't say how long Earth was created in, or the whole universe itself.

[caesar44]

Yes, it does. I don't see how this affects what I said.

If both theories mentioned are talking about the creation , what is to explain , or you are just playing wise