Millions of Years

Millions of Years and the Gospel

What is at stake here is the authority of Scripture, the character of God, the doctrine of death, and the very foundation of the gospel. If the early chapters of Genesis are not true literal history, then faith in the rest of the Bible is undermined, including its teaching about salvation and morality.

Does the Age of the Earth Matter?

It is evident that secularists don’t really care if Christians reject evolution. But the minute people reject billions of years, they are labeled antiscience, anti-academic, and anti-intellectual. The pressure to believe in an old earth is extremely great.

History of Old-earth Teaching

Opponents of the old-earth theories rightly understood that the historical portions of the Bible are foundational to the theological and moral teachings of Scripture. Destroy the credibility of the former and sooner or later you will see rejection of the latter, both inside and outside the Church.

The RATE Research Project

The RATE project has carefully investigated the method of radioisotope dating: a method that allegedly shows rocks to be millions or billions of years old. The RATE researchers have uncovered powerful evidence that supports a recent creation, and explains the radioisotope data within the biblical timescale.

Articles About Millions of Years

RATE: Overturning Millions of Years

Cutting-edge research by the RATE team has vividly shown that radiometric dating is founded upon unprovable assumptions and cannot accurately date rocks.

Magazine Department Article

How Old Is the Earth?

Nov. 26, 2023 from Answers Magazine

Where’s the supposed evidence that the earth is 4.54 billion years old? It’s not on earth at all!

Suspicious of “Majority”

March 18, 2022 from Ken Ham Blog

Over the years, I’ve had many Christians use much of the argument that we need to trust the majority when it comes to evolution and millions of years.

Jesus Devastates an Old Earth

Nov. 3, 2021

Sadly, many people are willing to reinterpret Christ’s plain meaning in Mark 10 because of their adherence to billions of years. But it undermines the authority of the Bible, and the gospel itself.

Book Chapter

Where Did the Idea of “Millions of Years” Come From?

Nov. 1, 2021 from The New Answers Book 2

Today, most people in the world, including most people in the Church, take for granted that the earth and universe are millions and millions of years old.

Semi-Technical In-Depth Article

The Fall and the Problem of Millions of Years of Natural Evil

Sept. 29, 2021 from Answers in Depth

Can the evolutionist view of the history of natural evil be harmonized with the Bible’s apparent teaching that all of this evil is the consequence of the Fall?

Magazine Article

Evolution or Millions of Years—Which Is the Greater Threat?

Jan. 3, 2021 from Answers Magazine

When you talk to an evolutionist, which subject arouses the strongest reaction?

“Sedimentary Layers Show Millions of Years of Geological Activity.”

July 19, 2018 from Refuting Common Evolutionist Claims

Riding the rapids between walls of the Grand Canyon, a rafter supposedly peers up at millions of years. How do scientists arrive at such an old age?

Seven Reasons Why We Should Not Accept Millions of Years

March 28, 2016

There is an intensifying controversy in the church all over the world regarding the age of the earth.

Magazine Department Article

Four Ways to Destroy the Creation Account

Oct. 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine

Many Christians reject the straightforward, historical reading of the Genesis creation account simply because they believe it cannot be verified by science.

Magazine Article

Millions of Years—Are Souls at Stake?

Jan. 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine

When creationists take a strong stand that God created the earth six thousand years ago, they’re often accused of making this a salvation issue. Well, it isn’t a salvation issue—but it is!

The “Disease” of Millions of Years

May 21, 2012 from Answers Update

The idea of millions of years is like a disease, and biological evolution is like the symptom. Many Christians are willing to deal with the “symptom,” but not the “disease.”

Book Chapter

Why Shouldn’t Christians Accept Millions of Years?

Aug. 16, 2007 from The New Answers Book 1

Is the age of the earth unimportant and divisive, as some Christians claim? Answers in Genesis thinks not.

Feedback Article

Does Answers in Genesis Accept “Billions of Years”?

Sept. 29, 2006 from Feedback

With a better understanding of the concept of time, we will see that the article in question was in no way saying or implying the possibility of billions of years.

RATE Research Reveals Remarkable Results—A Fatal Blow to Billions of Years

Nov. 7, 2005

This past weekend I had the privilege of attending the "Thousands ... Not Billions" conference where the results of the RATE (Radioisotopes and the age of the earth) project were presented.

Magazine Article

Would Planes Sink into Ice?

Sept. 1, 1997, pp. 29–30

Recalling the common school experiment in which a wire tensioned with weights ‘sinks’ through a block of ice, some wondered whether the planes could have sunk to that depth.

Magazine Article

Top Geology Student: Millions of Years Needs Imagination

June 1, 1994, pp. 44–45

Exceptional geology student Karen Odling is only the second woman since World War II to win the University Medal in Geology from Australia’s University of Sydney.

Semi-Technical Magazine Article

Australia’s Burning Mountain

March 1, 1993, pp. 42–46

For as long as anyone can remember Mt Wingen has been burning, with an acrid smell of sulphur in the fumes issuing from cracks along its summit.