WHAT DOES NATURE-INFORMATION TEACH ABOUT AGE?
A POTENTIAL PROBLEM Prominent young-earth creationists insist that the Bible definitely teaches a young earth (less than 10,000 years old) so “if the Bible is true, the earth is young.” Unfortunately, this claim is logically equivalent to saying “if the earth is not young, the Bible is not true.” This can produce a problem, as described in Section 3D of my Overview-FAQ: What happens when a person who thinks “the Bible requires a young earth” examines the scientific evidence and concludes “the universe and earth are old”? Another conclusion may be that “if the Bible is wrong about the earth’s age, maybe it’s also wrong about the rest,” so the Bible’s authority is weakened, and faith is weakened or abandoned. This is a real dilemma for many of our brothers and sisters in Christ, so we should help them and pray that they emerge from the experience with renewed faith in the Bible and faith in God. Another problem is that non-Christians who are earnest seekers of spiritual truth — and who t
