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Rango: The Bible does not tell us how old the earth is. If we examine the history of mankind, humans have lived for more than 6000 years on earth. Looking at the history of Adam and his sons in Genesis chapter five, we can't really say the earth is only 2000 years. Adam lived for 930 years and his sons, 912, 905 and so on.
Digging deep onto the scriptures, we find that even the creation itself did not happen within 6 literal days of mere 24hrs. So we do not know the period which was between creation of the earth and creation of man.
Take an instance, the sun and the stars provide light to the earth. And yet, light from the sun takes about 20000 years to reach the earth and that from the closest star takes about 4000 years. This light could not reach the earth within a mere creation day of 24hours.
TRUE, THE EARTH IS BILLIONS OF YEARS OLD BUT THE 2000 YEARS START WITH JESUS/ISA
The Earth ranges from around 147 000 000 km to 152 000 000 km distance from the sun throughout its orbit, average that to 150 000 000 km. Divide this by the speed of light 300 000 km/s and you get 500 seconds. Light from the sun (once emitted) takes, on average, 8 minutes 20 seconds to reach earth.