Aristotle believed that the earth... - answer always existed.
Chinese once believed the earth to be repeatedly... - answer created and destroyed
over 23 bil. yr. cycles, age of the earth is thus less than 23 bil yr.
Hindu scripture suggests repeated... - answer bangs and crunches every 4.3 bil yr, at
1.97 bil. yr. we have 2.35 bil yrs to go.
before and after Darwin many Christians. - answer believed the earth to be old or
young, both views were (are) found in all branches of Christianity
Origin (early 300s) De Principis IV - answer “What person of intelligence would think
that there existed a first, second, and third day and an evening and morning, without
sun moon and stars?"
Basil (mid 300s) - answer regarded the creation days as 24 hr. days where "light caused
day and night by being drawn back and forth" before the fourth day
Augustine (early 400s) City of God XI - answer"What kind of days these were is
extremely difficult, or perhaps impossible to conceive."
- held instantaneous creation view
Calvin (mid 1500's) - answerdoes not address the exact nature of the six days but
insists on 6 creation days
Bishop Usher (1654) - answer4004 BC creation date based on Biblical genealogies
gives an old idea new popularity
19th Century Gap theory (Charles Hodge), Day age theory (B. Warfield) affects view of
age of earth by.. - answergive new energy to old theories, young earth popularity
declines
20th- - 21st Century - answerOld earth theories are maintained, Young earth
resurgence in many denominations following Seventh Day Adventists' articulation of it in
1920s
Scripture gives 3 options for the age of the earth, not 2 - answer1.) created short time
ago
2.) created long time ago
3.) time element is not taught
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