Of course the earth, and the universe, "Appears" old. If it didn't the scriptures would be wrong. According to scripture the Chicken was created first, not eggs. According to scripture adult trees were created first, not seeds ...
In other words, if you took the top scientists back to day 7 of creation they would all say that the universe was billions of years old then. All of the star light would be there (If they could see it. You could only see a greater and a lesser light due to the water canopy.). The point is, I thank evolutionists who tell me that the universe appears to have great age, and quote reasons, because that is what God says He did. If they didn't it would be inconsistent.
The problem is, from an evolutionistic standpoint, they cannot come up with a consistent date ANYWHERE. All they can say is that it appears to be very old, and depending on what they are measuring, be it dust on the moon, or expansion due to a presumed big bang, you get 3000 years or 3 billion, and they don't have any explanation for all of the tremendous variations. My answer: God made it that way. Bugs the heck out of you that you can't explain it, huh?
In other words, if you took the top scientists back to day 7 of creation they would all say that the universe was billions of years old then. All of the star light would be there (If they could see it. You could only see a greater and a lesser light due to the water canopy.). The point is, I thank evolutionists who tell me that the universe appears to have great age, and quote reasons, because that is what God says He did. If they didn't it would be inconsistent.
The problem is, from an evolutionistic standpoint, they cannot come up with a consistent date ANYWHERE. All they can say is that it appears to be very old, and depending on what they are measuring, be it dust on the moon, or expansion due to a presumed big bang, you get 3000 years or 3 billion, and they don't have any explanation for all of the tremendous variations. My answer: God made it that way. Bugs the heck out of you that you can't explain it, huh?