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The Age of the Earth and Evidence of Human Occupation
Posted By Alice C. Linsley, Saturday, September 26, 2015

   

 77,000 year python carved into the side of a mountain in Botswana

The Age of the Earth and the Evidence of Human Occupation

Alice C. Linsley

Students often ask questions that pertain to things they have heard about the Bible or read in the Bible. Over the years I have collected commonly asked questions and provided answers from the perspective of Biblical Anthropology. 

In this article, I focus on three questions: the age of the Earth, the time that humans have been on Earth, and how we are to understand the biblical figure of Adam.

 

Read it all here.

 

70,000 year old python stone carved into the side of a mountain in Botswana. The stone has over 300 indentations made by humans to give it the shape of a python.
70,000 year old python stone carved into the side of a mountain in Botswana. The stone has over 300 indentations made by humans to give it the shape of a python.
70,000 year old python stone carved into the side of a mountain in Botswana. The stone has over 300 indentations made by humans to give it the shape of a python.

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Lynn L. Billman says...
Posted Sunday, September 27, 2015
This is very interesting, Alice! Thanks so much for sharing this with the CWIS crowd. By the way, there was a member survey done by ASA with results posted from June 2010 (admittedly 5+ years old now) about members' opinions about origins. http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/network.asa3.org/resource/resmgr/OriginsResults.pdf In summary, at that point in time, about 84% of ASA member respondents agreed with a 4.6 billion year old earth. I don't know how it stands now. I suspect there are still some members who subscribe to a young earth view, but they are certainly a minority in ASA. Of course, a particular view of the age of the earth, or other origins-related viewpoint, is not a requirement for membership - just involvement or interest in in science and agreeing with the statement of faith. Thanks again!
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Alice C. Linsley says...
Posted Sunday, September 27, 2015
Thanks, Lynn. I wasn't aware that a survey had been done. I imagine that the percentage of "old Earthers" might be higher today.
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