Does the mention of Adam in Luke 3 suggest a young earth?

[Justin108]

Does the mention of Adam in Luke 3:23-38 suggest a young earth? If Adam is indeed the first man, surely the genealogy in Luke would be much longer

[JehovahsWitness]

[Replying to post 3 by Justin108]

Yes definitely, bible chronology dates humanity to about 6,000 years. I believe 6,0042 to be exact.

And you believe this is true, despite science suggesting otherwise?

Yes I do. I have no problem at all with the bible chronology.

Care to explain the 160 000 year old human fossil found in Ethiopia?

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/rele ... altu.shtml

My explanation would be somebody's dating is wrong, and it's not God.

[earl]

At this point it would be desirable to define human.
If carbon dating and other techniques is useless on humans is it also useless on the labors of humans?
A human's labor will tell us an age in which a man lived.
What is the oldest known thing that is not natural but created by labor?

[Tired of the Nonsense]

[Replying to post 3 by Justin108]

Yes definitely, bible chronology dates humanity to about 6,000 years. I believe 6,0042 to be exact.

And you believe this is true, despite science suggesting otherwise?

Yes I do. I have no problem at all with the bible chronology.

Care to explain the 160 000 year old human fossil found in Ethiopia?

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/rele ... altu.shtml

My explanation would be somebody's dating is wrong, and it's not God.

That would be a pertinent observation if God had ACTUALLY WRITTEN THE BIBLE. But none of the various available Gods, and there are thousands, wrote the Bible. It was written by humans beginning some 3,000 years ago. Humans then declared that God "inspired" the Bible. Because they declared it to be so. Muslims can do even better. They declare that the Qur'an was giving to Mohammad word for word by the angel Gabriel. But declaring it to be so, doesn't really make it so, does it! Not even JW's believe everything they hear. And then there is the guy Joseph Smith, who declared that his book was given to him by an angel named Moroni. There is an awful lot of fulla-bulla being passed around, and apparently a never ending supply of gullible people willing to swallow it down.

[Justin108]

[Replying to post 3 by Justin108]

Yes definitely, bible chronology dates humanity to about 6,000 years. I believe 6,0042 to be exact.

And you believe this is true, despite science suggesting otherwise?

Yes I do. I have no problem at all with the bible chronology.

Care to explain the 160 000 year old human fossil found in Ethiopia?

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/rele ... altu.shtml

My explanation would be somebody's dating is wrong, and it's not God.

Do you make this assumption for every single human fossil dated to be older than 6000 years?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

[JehovahsWitness]

[Replying to post 13 by Tired of the Nonsense]

No I don't believe God has to literally write the bible for him to be considered it's author; He just has to ensure it contains his thoughts and ideas.

JW

Further information: Who is the author of the bible.


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[JehovahsWitness]

Do you make this assumption for every single human fossil dated to be older than 6000 years?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

Yes I do. I believe mankind has only been on this planet for about 6000 yearso.

[Justin108]

Do you make this assumption for every single human fossil dated to be older than 6000 years?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

Yes I do. I believe mankind has only been on this planet for about 6000 yearso.

Do you have a reason for this belief, other than "because the Bible says so"?

[JehovahsWitness]

[Replying to post 10 by Tired of the Nonsense]

Or, as I said somebody's dating is wrong. I personally believe the latter.

Do you have a reason for this belief, other than "because the Bible says so"?

None that I will be presently sharing with you.


JW

[Tired of the Nonsense]

[Replying to post 15 by JehovahsWitness]

No I don't believe God has to literally write the bible for him to be considered it's author; He just has to ensure it contains his thoughts and ideas.

Do you have a reason for this belief (physical evidence), other than "because the Bible says so," I believe it, and that settles it? "It's true because I say so," is not really debatable... is it!

[JehovahsWitness]

[Replying to post 19 by Tired of the Nonsense]

Yes, in my opinion the bible record of correctly fulfilled prophecy provides evidence of its divine authorship. Humans cannot accurately foretell the future.

JW


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