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==How Old is the Earth==

==How Old is the Earth==

The modern science of geology is based upon our increasingly improving capacity for observation, the application of the scientific method and established ideas culled from generations of geological research. <ref>http://abcworld.net/Earth.html</ref> Today, satellites are capable of detecting the movement of the land even if that movement is measured in inches per year. <ref>http://www.cliffshade.com/colorado/tectonics.htm</ref> Applying these varied and complicated sciences with careful observations and math, scientists who believe the earth is billions of years old assert that one can calculate and [[extrapolation|extrapolate]] a presumed age of the Earth. The consensus is approximately 4.6 billion years.

No one knows how old the Earth is.  However, modern geologists armed with increasingly improving capacity for observation and established ideas culled from generations of geological research can calculate an apparent age for the Earth. <ref>http://abcworld.net/Earth.html</ref> For example, satellites are capable of detecting the movement of land even if that movement is measured in inches per year. <ref>http://www.cliffshade.com/colorado/tectonics.htm</ref> Applying these varied and complicated sciences with careful observations and [[mathematics]], one can calculate and [[extrapolation|extrapolate]] an apparent age of the Earth. Of course with any human endeavor there is a margin for error. The consensus is that the Earth appears to be approximately 4.6 billion years.

[[Young earth creationism|Young earth creationist]] scientists state the earth is approximately 6,000 years old.

[[Young earth creationism|Young earth creationists]] state the earth is approximately 6,000 years old.

<ref>http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3007/</ref><ref>http://www.allaboutcreation.org/geologic-time-scale.htm</ref> In addition, young earth creationist scientist state that there are numerous lines of evidence pointing to a young earth and that the old earth paradigm is errant and has scores of [[anomaly|anomalies]] (for details please see: [[Geologic system]] and [[Young Earth Creationism]]).

<ref>http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3007/</ref><ref>http://www.allaboutcreation.org/geologic-time-scale.htm</ref> This is primarily based upon their interpretation of Biblical text in Genesis coupled with assumptions akin to those made by most scientists prior to 19th Century. Young Earth creationists point to unexplained anomalies and other questions in standard geology as proof of creation geology. This remains a tiny minority position because of two foundational problems. Firstly, most scientists do not accept the Bible as a scientific resource. Secondly, anomalies in a theory and absence of certain knowledge are not accepted as scientific proof in any science.

==Geology Today==

==Geology Today==