When God created Adam and Eve, they were fully developed human beings, capable of communication, society, and development (Genesis 2:19-25; 3:1-20; 4:1-12). It is almost entertaining to consider the lengths evolutionary scientists go to prove the existence of prehistoric cavemen. They find a misshapen tooth in a cave and from that create a misshapen human being who lived in a cave, hunched over like an ape. There is no way that science can prove the existence of cavemen by a fossil. Evolutionary scientists simply have a theory, and then they force the evidence to fit the theory. Adam and Eve were the first human beings ever created and were fully-formed, intelligent, and upright.

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s2s2s2: This is the question scientists should be asking Christians:

Where in the Bible does it say "6000 years" in relation to the age of the earth?

Beginning with the archeological landmark event of the fall of Jerusalem (which has now been corrected to 588 B.C., instead of 586-587 B.C.) and counting backwards the prophesied number of years between this event and the division of Solomon's kingdom (390 yrs. + 40 yrs., according to Ezekiel 4:4-7), brings us to 1018 B.C.

From the end of Solomon's 40-year reign to the start of the Temple in the 4th year of his reign takes us back another 37 years to 1055 B.C.

From the start of Solomon's Temple "in the 480th year" (1 Kings 6:1) back to the Exodus from Egypt (hence 479 years previous) brings us to near 1534 B.C.

From the Exodus out of Egypt to Abraham's entering Canaan from Haran was exactly 430 years to the day (Gen 12:10/ Exodus 12:40/ Gal 3:17), thus around 1964 B.C.

Since Abraham entered Canaan at age 75 (Gen 12:4), he was born approximately 2039 B.C.

From Abraham's birth to Noah's grandson (Shem's son), Arpachshad's birth, 2 years after the Flood started, was 290 years (Gen 11:11-26), this places the onset of the Flood at around 2331 B.C. [definitely 4,300-4,400 years ago].

The genealogy of Genesis 5:3-32 precludes any gaps due to its tight chronological structure and gives us 1,656 years between Creation and the Flood, thus bringing Creation Week back to near 3987 B.C. or approximately 4000 B.C.

Therefore, the biblical age of the Earth (using Scripture itself as a guide) is 6,000 years !! Mankind did not evolve 4 million years ago on an Earth which is 4.5 billion years old in a universe which was "big-banged" into existence 18-20 billion years in the distant past. Jesus Christ, the Creator Incarnate, said He made mankind male and female in the beginning (Mark 10:6), and that when the heavens and the earth were commanded into being (Gen 1:1), they "stood up together" (Isa 48:13) not billions of years apart !!

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s2s2s2: Nope. That is insufficient

The young earth creation perspective is the result of a literal interpretation of the description of creation in Genesis 1. The Bible says that the world was created in 6 days with the many life forms required have a functional ecosystem. Subsequently a genealogy from Adam to Jesus can be used to easily calculate the age of the world. According to this Biblical chronology, the universe and the earth were created approximately 6000 years ago.

The language of the Bible is quite specific about the age of the world. We must also remember that God created time and language, and described the creation period in terms we could correlate to our definitions of time. The description of the creation very specifically defines the work performed during the length of time we equate to a solar day, and confirms the amount of elapsed time on each occasion with the phrase "And there was evening, and there was morning--the first day".

Genesis 1:5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning--the first day. (Exodus 20:11, 31:17)

Although there are a great many Christians who have accepted the secular scientific communities assessments of the age of the earth, the majority of creation scientists are young-earth creationist. Other than the interpretation of the "days of creation", the other major point of contention between young and old-earth advocates is the global flood of Noah. The Bible says there was a devastating global flood that is most likely responsible for the layers of sediments and fossils known of as the geological column. Although some try to interpret these passages as describing a local flood, the text clearly states that all the high mountains were covered to a depth of more than 20 feet. The catastrophe was so devastating that nothing could survive without supernatural intervention via the ark. This event can simply not be interpreted by a naturalist, but instead the conclusion has been drawn that the deposits from the flood accumulated slowly and gradually at a rate that the animals alive today could have survived naturally.

Genesis 7:19 They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered. 20 The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than twenty feet.

Our earth has the appearance of great age because it was created fully mature, and subsequently experienced a devastating flood. The history of our world cannot be correctly interpreted from physical evidence without recognizing it has experienced acts of supernatural intervention. Today, the scientific community is largely atheistic and adamant that natural processes alone must be used to explain the earth's history. Do not so quickly accept an interpretation from someone who, although intelligent, can not see the evidence of intelligent design all around them.

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Wishes to see more proof:

As far as I know, the first TRULY modern human was Andy Warhol.