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Stevedye56 said:If the humanity is so smart then why can we not figure out cancer? Why have we not found cure for illness. Why can't we live forever?
Compare what we know today with what we have known 100 years ago. Ask your questions in 100 years from now. Just because we don't some answers yet, doesn't mean we will not know them in the future.
It also doesn't mean we will know them, but that's another story.
And judging Earth age from Bible is not that hard. There are long lists of genealogy in Genesis, like
- Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
- And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
- When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.
- And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
- When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.
- And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
- When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg.
- And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
- When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu.
- And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
- When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug.
- And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
- When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor.
- And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
- When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah.
- And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
- After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.
that tells who lived how long and so on. It is not a rocket science to add these numbers to trace time between Christ and Adam and Eve. That's not very accurate, but it gives around 6000 years.