Okay, so, the world could date back billions of years, a lot believe that, but some see it in another way. What do you think?

I believe that it's billions of years old too. I know that some Christians believe that it's only a few thousand years old, but science has proved that it is much older then that.

At the moment, and probably forever, we can only give a wide ranged estimate upon the actual lifespan it has so far. We only have the years listed from what knowledge the human race has gained over the centuries, but left out key time marks of when knowledge wasn't gained that much....
I do believe it's Billions of years old too, maybe even older.

i don't know how the world was created and i don't know how its gonna end but people say god created it how did god create it i'm not saying that i dont believe in god im just saying. now where do people come from i know but who was the first person on earth people said it was a girl from people in the sky she fell and landed on a turtle witch formed the world it may be where grottle came from . but those are storys i heard i dont know if its true or not.

I believe that it was create billions of years ago and it will last for billions of years more, or when ever the sun is supposed to go kapoey.

Do you mean the Earth or literally the world? If you are asking about the earth, it is about 4.6 billions years old.

I'm a Christian (or call myself one ) and I still believe that the world is old rather than young. Doesn't mean I'm right or wrong.... that's simply what I believe.

hoguan : that number changes all the time and it varies depending on who you ask. Some say as early as 3 billion years ago and others say up to 5 or even 6 billion years ago. Also depends on what you how you date the "start" of the earth.

The planet Earth I think has been around for about 3 billion years or so, but it took a while for life to begin developing on it, unless you count slime as life. The universe has been around for about 13 billion years though, I think.

I believe it's as old as science will prove it to believe. The whole "earth is only a few thousand years old because God made it then" thing is a bit ridiculous, and promotes ignorance and disassociates science and religion, when I believe both can peacefully exist hand in hand. What is oil, then, if not the remains of organics exposed to millions of years of pressure? Did God decide to just put it there for our use, magically, with no science or order behind it, and decided to create all the laws of physics, our organs and the living systems of every creature alive, just for kicks? God is a very careful, intelligent, and calculating being, so I believe he would create the earth with a little more method to it than that. As for other religions beliefs on earths age, I'm unsure, but as for my own I believe it to number in the billions of years.

Billions of years old, I am not sure what the current estimate is, but I know Earth is ancient beyond our comprehension. And jmc, "slime" does count as life... single celled organisms are the building blocks of higher life forms.

Well, I guess I'll be the only one here so far that says about 6000 years. That's how people think the bible dates it, so that's what I believe.

alexanyways : billion's'o'billion's of years maybe we may never know

I believe tghe earth is as old as the day it was formed. I'm a christian and a scientist and from what I can determine from both is that I don't know exactly what either is saying. Science tries to be more specific but it is all based on theory so.... I believe I can just say well who really cares and move on with it.

BTW yea wtfe haters

Robert7 : Don't worry, you are not the only one.

I'm a young earther. Although I would date it more than 6000 years. I don't think it is billions of years.

However, I'm not that critical with the age of the earth issue. I am highly critical on marcoevolution.

There is some problem with the terminology here concerning "science" and "prove." Maybe I'll make another thread about it.