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How Old is the Earth?
Q: How can you believe the Bible story of Creation, and claim the Earth is only 10,000 years old, when there’s so much scientific proof that the Universe is billions of years old?
A: Let me correct you on two points;
The Earth is Young not Old
- Firstly, the Earth and Universe are 6,000 years old, not 10,000.
- Secondly, there’s not a shred of scientific proof that the Universe is billions of years old. Fairy tales aplenty. Proof: None
Your question, “How can I believe in biblical Creation?” is very simple to answer.
The Proof of the Pudding
I believe all the Holy Bible, including God’s eyewitness account of Creation, because He is The Truth, and the Truth does not lie. God came in the Flesh and told us, Jn. 14:6 KJV;
I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Is In The Eating
I believe God’s word because I’ve personally experienced the reality of Jn. 7:16-17 KJV;
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
His doctrine and teaching is the word of Almighty God, perfect and without error.
God’s word in English, the King James Bible (KJV) is infallible truth, to be believed by all men unto salvation.
God Says it: I Believe It
When I read what God says, I believe it.
You can do that too, and when you put it into practise, you discover it works, because it is the absolute Truth, and there is no other.
If at any point your mind differs from what God has written, then change your mind, and you’ll be thinking straight.
Don’t try and change God’s word to suit your thoughts. Rom. 12:1-2 KJV;
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
We conform to the Word, not the other way around.
Truth or Fable?
Every word of Genesis is true; pure Truth, it is not a “story”, nor allegory, fable, or a “Creation myth” it is an accurate historical account of how God Created the Earth, the cosmos, and everything that is created.
The first chapters of Genesis (1-11) relate the history of Creation, the remaining chapters (12-50) are accounts of the lives of the Patriarchs, through whom God formed the Semites (the Jews and Arabs), and the nation of Israel.
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The Gospel of Salvation
I did not become a Christian by reading Genesis.
I became a Christian after reading the Gospel of John, then I repented from unbelief and believed in The LORD Jesus Christ.
Though I was a scientist trained, and indoctrinated with a scientific world-view, the instant I was born of God, He showed me what I’d previously believed was completely false.
The Scales Fall
He revealed, by His Spirit to my heart, that every word of the Bible is true, including the Genesis account of Creation.
There was no struggle, I simply knew in my spirit that all things were Created by God just like He said in the Holy Bible.
6,000 Years: Not Billions
God’s chronology and methodology of Creation are detailed in Genesis chapters 1-11.
They show that the Earth and Cosmos are no more than 6,000 years old.
The cosmologists’ 20th. century “Big Bang” myth is scientifically and logically disproved.
Cosmologists are a whacky group of fantasists, no real scientist takes them seriously.
Darwin’s Daddy and Molecules-to-Man Myths
Neo-Darwinian evolution is another nonsensical concept without a shred of valid scientific proof.
We’ve experienced 150 years of fair-ground chicanery, blatant blagging, and a handful of phoney “transitional” forms.
Darwin’s ludicrous idea is dead. Adherents with any integrity are waking up to the fact.
Atheistic scientists are in panic-mode trying to keep their “from nothing to man” evolutionary theory afloat.
It’s an utterly absurd unscientific fabrication.
But one that I used to believe with all my heart.
I studied zoology and evolution under John Krebs (subsequently Sir John and now Lord Krebs), who was my personal tutor at university. He’s Richard Dawkins’ right-hand man, and wrote the foreword to one of Dawkins’ notorious antiChristian books.
Light Overcomes Darkness
Yet, the day I became a Christian, Jesus opened my eyes to see The Truth, and reject everything that opposes it.
It was the Gospel, the message of Christ, that caused the change of heart.
That’s the power of a personal encounter with the Living God.
Witnessing Tip:
The way to reach those blinded by evolution and humanism is to present the Gospel of Christ in love, in the power of the Holy Ghost. Preach Jesus to them. After they have received Him as LORD, then they will repent of the sins of evolution and worldliness.
The Importance of Genesis
Bookmark our homepage and check the daily headlines so you don’t miss: Why it is vital that you believe God’s Creation account in Genesis is historical.
You may also be interested in reading my response to Sir David Attenborough, and How to Witness to Atheists and Humanists
The case against evolution has massive scientific proof that proponents choose to blindly ignore. Here are some excellent Creationist tools to help you convince sceptics
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