Comments on: How old is the Creationist universe, anyway? https://habitablezone.com/2014/02/20/how-old-is-the-creationist-universe-anyway/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:50:17 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DanS https://habitablezone.com/2014/02/20/how-old-is-the-creationist-universe-anyway/#comment-29868 DanS Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:17:01 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=43183#comment-29868 Maybe they have to stay that way (what a sad thought). For the set of three, I believe it's Flood, Messiah, Armageddon. Maybe they have to stay that way (what a sad thought).

For the set of three, I believe it’s Flood, Messiah, Armageddon.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2014/02/20/how-old-is-the-creationist-universe-anyway/#comment-29865 ER Thu, 20 Feb 2014 21:08:41 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=43183#comment-29865 was that world history was divided into three parts, each two thousand years long. Two thousand years from the Creation to some major event in Bible History (I can't recall now which one). Then two thousand years from THAT event to Jesus, and then another two thousand years to the Second Coming. The factor "3" appears frequently in Biblical numerology (the Trinity, etc). So it all fits in with the End of Times apocalyptic scenario so popular with fundamentalists these days. If the '6000' figure is related to the Jewish Calendar, then I still have some time to get my affairs in order. I hate to sound so flippant about all this, I'm not really hostile to theism as a concept or belief. As I've often pointed out, although I'm inclined to believe there is no reason to believe there is a Supreme Being, neither can the concept be ruled out altogether, there is some circumstantial evidence to support it, and it is no more ridiculous than any of the alternatives proposed by science or philosophy What I find so unacceptable about the idea is the absolute certainty and precision which religionists bring to the question. Not only do they know the truth, they know the exact truth to the last final detail, and anyone who doesn't accept it totally is doomed to suffer in agony for eternity, while they get to frolic in Paradise with their harps, or wings, or 72 virgins, or whatever. was that world history was divided into three parts, each two thousand years long. Two thousand years from the Creation to some major event in Bible History (I can’t recall now which one). Then two thousand years from THAT event to Jesus, and then another two thousand years to the Second Coming. The factor “3″ appears frequently in Biblical numerology (the Trinity, etc).

So it all fits in with the End of Times apocalyptic scenario so popular with fundamentalists these days.

If the ’6000′ figure is related to the Jewish Calendar, then I still have some time to get my affairs in order.

I hate to sound so flippant about all this, I’m not really hostile to theism as a concept or belief. As I’ve often pointed out, although I’m inclined to believe there is no reason to believe there is a Supreme Being, neither can the concept be ruled out altogether, there is some circumstantial evidence to support it, and it is no more ridiculous than any of the alternatives proposed by science or philosophy

What I find so unacceptable about the idea is the absolute certainty and precision which religionists bring to the question. Not only do they know the truth, they know the exact truth to the last final detail, and anyone who doesn’t accept it totally is doomed to suffer in agony for eternity, while they get to frolic in Paradise with their harps, or wings, or 72 virgins, or whatever.

]]> By: DanS https://habitablezone.com/2014/02/20/how-old-is-the-creationist-universe-anyway/#comment-29862 DanS Thu, 20 Feb 2014 20:10:04 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=43183#comment-29862 The current Jewish year for bits of 2014 and 2015 is 5775. I had always concidered this to be the Creationist's target, though I'm pretty sure the Creationist's universe is about as old as mine. The current Jewish year for bits of 2014 and 2015 is 5775. I had always concidered this to be the Creationist’s target, though I’m pretty sure the Creationist’s universe is about as old as mine.

]]> By: FrankC https://habitablezone.com/2014/02/20/how-old-is-the-creationist-universe-anyway/#comment-29860 FrankC Thu, 20 Feb 2014 19:40:49 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=43183#comment-29860 Claims to have "scientifically" proved, based on the literal truth of the Bible, that it is 6000 years old, give or take a few years, I suppose. Claims to have “scientifically” proved, based on the literal truth of the Bible, that it is 6000 years old, give or take a few years, I suppose.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2014/02/20/how-old-is-the-creationist-universe-anyway/#comment-29856 bowser Thu, 20 Feb 2014 15:20:35 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=43183#comment-29856 Some of them think the Universe was created at the same time as Earth, some accept the "scientific" age of the Universe but say that Earth was created 6 - 10 thousand years ago. "Intelligent design" doesn't give a damn. Wikipedia under "Creationism" is a wealth of what seems to be balanced information. Some of them think the Universe was created at the same time as Earth, some accept the “scientific” age of the Universe but say that Earth was created 6 – 10 thousand years ago. “Intelligent design” doesn’t give a damn.

Wikipedia under “Creationism” is a wealth of what seems to be balanced information.

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