How Old is the Earth ?

Just to enter a notion into the discussion, how about the salinity of the sea argument?

From: Edge
"Other than the fact that everything else can be logically explained by natural means. Why should origins be different?"This has become a very common argument, so I will try to answer it.First of all, there is good reason for believing that there is something of greater power than humans know of. Existence itself does not make much sense, since nothing can ever turn into something, and nothing could have always existed.But wait- don't these rules also apply to a hypothetical Creator? Afterall, God did indeed make something out of nothing and God always has been. The answer is, God is above natural laws. God always has been and always will be, and because of this, he does not need a cause.Since there are no natural laws that show that something can arise from nothing, it is very reasonable to infer a designer. I wouldn't hold my breath for a forthcoming theory that explains why something can come from nothing due to natural laws. The very idea seems to be absolutely ridiculous.Another problem with your argument is that there is no reason that we would be expected to observe supernatural phenomenon. Humans are in an intellectual box, we can only observe WHAT God created.

Hi Quetzal:"Hi Cobra - since you didn't see fit to answer my last post on your theory, I guess I'll jump in here (btw, you're rapidly losing credibility with me)."Once again, I must apologize for not answering your post on my theory. I am very busy with Basketball, School (gotta keep up that 3.95!), youth group, and even Poms (one of the poms convinced me to participate in the guy/girls pom routine ) It may seem to you that I am making excuses, after all, I am still posting in these boards, but the reason I can't reply to that particular post is that I wish to take a long time and do a high-quality job on my next post on the matter. Most of the other posts I've managed to fit in around here have not required me to spend a great deal of time on. Still, I understand that you want to continue discussion as soon as possible, so I will try my best to get a reply up in two days. For now I have to go to bed. Goodnight.