Young Earth vs. Old Earth
There is one debate that has driven me crazy over the last several years. It is because there are people on both sides who just like to call each other idiots and don’t want to listen to what each side says. I believe my hair is falling out and I might need to get a hair loss treatment because of this debate. The debate I am talking about of course is the creation versus evolution debate.
Even amongst Christian believers there are a wide variety of thoughts on the subject of creation. It is not just a debate between Christians and Atheists but this debate is also popular amongst fellow believers. There are basically two main views amongst those who espouse to believe in creationism (Christian View). They are the view of a young earth and the view of an old earth.
The Young Earth View:
The primary belief of the young earth view is that the universe and the earth are young but God had given them an appearance of age. Fossils also came about because of the flood of Noah in this view. This is also the view that believes the earth was created in a literal six days according to the account in Genesis.
The Old Earth View:
The other view that is widely espoused by believers is that of old earth creationism. As the name sounds, those who believe this view believe that the earth was created a long time ago.
Within the Old Earth view are several particular views of creation.
They are:
- The Gap Theory: This view states that there was a pre-adamic creation that was destroyed after the fall of Satan and God made the world we live in after 6 days.
- The Day-Age Theory: The six days of creation are seen as epochs representing thousands or even millions of years of time.
- Theistic Evolution- Everything evolved from lower species but God began it all.
As you can see those who want to pit this debate as just about Atheism and religion are mistaken. This is a debate about how we got here and will continue for as long as man is on this earth because we weren’t there when it all began.
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