How Old is the Earth ?

[QUOTE]Originally posted by TrueCreation:"they could go back 4150 years counting the genealogy of men who supposadly lived to by 900+ year all the way to Adam,the alledged human on earth after the 6 day creation thereof. And on the other extreme,you have people who studied the question for years,decades and even centuries(not the same guys,since we dont live 900 like the patriarch of christianity alledgedly did),and in many fields of study,have converged toward the ball park conclusion(aside from math,nothing is ever 100% precise in science) that our world is ABOUT 4 billion years old. Based on these facts,who would you say sounds like the more plausible alternative?"
--I don't at all argue, and I should hope no other creatinist does unless they have a very, and I mean very good reason for it, that the earth is young by geneological records. Also what are these facts that say that the world is in the billions of years (4.5 at estimate), that the young earth cannot deal with.[/B][/QUOTE]TC, I think you are very naive about young earth creationism. Such organisations as answereingenesis and ICR DO view the earth as being 10,000 years or less old. They are very active in trying to discredit and rebut all evidence (geological, astronomical etc.) of a 4.5 billion year old earth.If you find their "evidence" on the age of the earth unconvincing, you might wonder how good their "evidence" against biological evolution is.

TC, you are merely diverting attention from the question to which we are awaiting an answer with bated breath. What is the evidence to support the assertion that the earth, at least, is no more than 10,000 years old?

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Originally posted by Cobra_snake:
Just to enter a notion into the discussion, how about the salinity of the sea argument?

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Yes, a notion, and a very wrong one at that. Are you going to present data on the rates of input of (presumably) sodium into the oceans, its current concentration and the rates of output by various mechanisms? Don't forget albitization, whcih removes significant amount of sodium, thus resulting in a system which is near equilibrium. How do you calculate the age of a system in equilibrium?Or are you going to select another mineral? Morris (Scientific creationism, 1974, p154) presented a whole range of ages for the average time metals remain in oceans. Will you pick nickel, as he did, with a retention period of 18,000 years. Why not magnesium with a retention period of 45 M years?Just a notion.