Just curious. How do you reconcile the math discrepancy in the bible as to how long mankind has been on earth? It conflicts with science and ....

the obvious. That has been the biggest seed of doubt in my walk, other than the paradox of omniscience.

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exexec · 61-69, C

The Bible was not intended to be a science book, and it contains an understanding of the cosmos that common people had as long as 3,000 or more years ago. For example, what if God or some other source had said to a person back then, "4.7 billion years ago...." The person would have said, "4.7 what? billion? I understand a thousand, but what's a billion.)

ImperialAerosolKidFromEP · 46-50, M

@exexec even [i] today[/i] a lot don't. I once asked a woman if she believed in a young Earth or old Earth and she first waved her hand dismissively as though she was not decisive on the matter and said "all I know is God created the world many 1000s of years ago..." [i]1000s? That doesn't seem so indecisive![/i] So I said "1000s? Not billions?" She waved her hands even more dismissively and said "1000s... billions... it's all the same to me"
How more relevant do you think a billion years was to the ancients?