Hey, this is Alan and today we're going to deal with one of my favorite subjects, young
earth creationism.
Let's just say you wanted to present a case for the earth and universe not being very
old at all, let's say you claimed it was a mere 6,000 years old.
How would you go about presenting your case?
One of the ways to succeed in such an endeavor would be to present a scientific measurement
which was honest, verifiable by others, easily repeatable by scientists who study such things
and understandable by almost everyone.
If the Earth were truly just 6,000 years old, do you think it would be an easy thing to
do to come up with such a measurement?
Wouldn't there be simple astronomical measurements pointing to such an age?
Wouldn't there be many geological measurements that conclude the same thing?
It seems like if the universe were really only 6,000 years old, it would be very easy
to prove?
You would think so, correct?
If such a thing were true, the evidence for a specifically young earth of 6,000 years
old would plentiful and abundant, right?
You want to know a funny thing about this fact though…
There isn't any evidence.
None exists.
There is no scientific measurement of 6,000 years.
Zero.
Zip.
Not a shred.
And what do you get when you ask pointed questions of young earth creationist organizations which
promote these baseless claims of such an age?
Not only do you get endless links to the exact same articles over and over again which give
multiple claims of a supposedly young earth, but no measurement of a 6,000 year old earth,
you also get insulted almost as a matter of policy.
And by the way, all of their claims of even a young Earth have been repeatedly refuted
and debunked,
One group in particular insults anyone who asks even the most innocent of questions that
happen to fall outside of the very scripted and allowable line of inquiry.
The Biblical Creationist and Apologetics Ministries Facebook page is the place to go and get abused
and insulted if you just happen to ask the wrong questions.
Ask them what scientific measurement gives credence to such an age and you get a link
to that same page that has multiple supposed proofs of a young earth, but NEVER do you
get a single measurement of anything even approaching 6,000 years.
Point that out to them in any way, shape or form and the insults start flying.
Would you like to see a few examples of those insults?
Here they are:
An old earth is described by them as, "The idea that evolutionists cling to like a fly
to manure…"
Present evidence to them of a multi-billion year old universe and you get, "So you were
there at the beginning with your little notepad…"
Disagree with their assertion the world is 6,000 years old and you get, "your delusional
zeal to your atheistic worldview won't allow you to process that reality."
Try and reiterate multiple times to them, that yes you are a Christian, you don't believe
in evolution, but you do hold to an old universe position and they label you and talk about,
"Your intellectually and morally vacuous evolutionist based philosophical paradigm" And that is
somehow apparently inferior to their position?
And this to someone who lives in Europe, "Obviously delusional tendencies run high in today's
European seculartard community."
Followed up by, "European left wing seculartards have real mental pathological disorders that
need to be treated"
And finally there is this, "it tells the absolute truth of basement atheist keyboard warriors
living in their mom's basement and endlessly trolling Creationist social media sites" This
was the position they took and used to describe this meme posted by the group featuring a
dildo, a jar of anal lube and a picture of Richard Dawkins on the wall with a semen stain
on it.
From a Christian group?
This is how young earth creationists present their case for a 6,000 year old earth, and
then what happens when you disagree with them.
Not very convincing, are they?