Satann Coulter
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- gramme0
Gramme, it's not a "trend" to understand that human history alone far exceeds 6,000 years(let alone Earth, or the Universe). It's called fact. In my opinion you've been mislead.
Mimio
(Jun 15 06, 14:35)Well I'm afraid we'll have to agree to disagree. In my opinion, there is not substantial evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the earth is billions of years old. Based on the current capabilities of science, information that is gathered on the earth's age can skew in either direction (towards the billions or thousands).
Recorded human history, like it or not, only goes back about 6,000 years. I have not yet seen sufficient evidence from anyone to believe that we have descended from apes. Every 'missing link' from Lucy on down has been proven to have been either a modern human or a completely unrelated animal (I believe there was a missing link found in Britain years ago that turned out to be a part of a pig, and not part of some pre-human skeleton).
At this point, the Universe is largely a collection of unknowns. I have no idea how old the universe is. Science thus far does not seem to have the best track record on determining the age of ancient things (planets, stars, etc.), so until then any notions I have about the age and origin of our planet will be fueled by philosophy and faith.
And I won't even get started on the problem of infinite regression...I'm sure you've heard all about that one before.