Something for Young Earth Creationists to consider:
Nowhere in the Bible is the age of the Earth mentioned. Not 6,000 years, not 10,000 years. There's is no mention at all. That young age comes from a MAN; A fallible, mortal man called Bishop Usher who did what he reckoned were some good calculations to get it.
So when you're saying that science like evolution, geology or physics cannot disprove God's word...remember that the age of the earth is NOT God's word. It's MAN's word.
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I agree there is nowhere in the Bible that says the Earth is 6000 years old - that was calculated by some man at some point in time.
Even the Hebrew word "Yom" which means day in English, could mean a period of time and was mistranslated then taught to mean a literal 24-hour day. Again man's interpretation of ancient Hebrew, probably trying to aid in the Divinity of God.
Reading Genesis 1, appears that something happened, and everything became chaotic and God put it back together. **It is said by some scholars the correct translation is the earth "became" void and without form.** That would explain why God said for man and woman to be fruitful and multiply and **replenish** the Earth.
