The age of the earth is accurately represented by Christian Scripture (approximately 6000 years).

There is alot of controversy on this topic. I will just state the facts and the assertions that I make from then and see if my opponent can refute them. I will rely on con's knowledge so that I can be more concise and use fewer characters. "Scientists have described over 1.7 million of the world's species of animals, plants and algae, as of 2010." http://www.currentresults.com... It cannot be argued that there are many species in the world. How did all this diversity come about in the last 6000 years? This is simple. Dogs that went north gradually became dogs with thick, white coats; dogs that went south got short, colored fur. This is diversity in a kind, not change or development of new species. This can happen very quickly, not taking millions of years to do. Now for some age-of-the-earth shrinkers. The saltiness of the ocean. "The concentration of salt in seawater (salinity) is about 35 parts per thousand. In other words, about 35 of 1,000 (3.5%) of the weight of seawater comes from the dissolved salts." http://ga.water.usgs.gov... The decaying magnetic field limits earth’s age to less than billions. So, the question is, if the earth is billions of years old, why aren't they saltier? After 4 billion years, they would be as salty as the Dead Sea. So why aren't they? The decaying magnetic field limits earth’s age to about 10,000 years. If you were to go back several million years, the earth would be to hot to support life. Yet evolution claims that the earth is BILLIONS of years old. That would be far to hot. "The erosion rate of the continents is such that they would erode to sea level in less than 14,000,000 years, destroying all old fossils." McLean, G. S.; McLean, Larry; Oakland, Roger. The Bible: Key to Understanding the Early Earth. Oklahoma City, Okla. 1987 So why aren't the continents flat? "The rock-encasing oil deposits could not withstand the pressure for more than a few thousand years." (also from the above source) So why are we still finding oil that supposedly has been underground for millions of years? The Sahara desert is expanding. It is about 4,000 years old. Hovind, Kent E. Creation Seminar So why isn't there an older desert? Why did the oldest desert originate right after the time that creationists believe the flood to have happened? "The Moon's orbit (its circular path around the Earth) is indeed getting larger, at a rate of about 3.8 centimeters per year." http://curious.astro.cornell.edu... If the moon is getting farther away, that means it used to be closer. Go back one million years and the moon would be about 2,339 miles closer. The moon is about 236,363 right now, but just the 2,339 mile difference would make tidal changes so large that life would be impossible on earth. Even fish would get torn apart in the currents. And that is just one million years. Go back a couple hundred million and the moon would be right above the earth. That explains what happened to the tall dinosaurs: they got "mooned" to death:>) All these things have never been refuted by evolutionists. They have tried to come up with some semi-logical argument, but in the end fall short everytime. If the earth is not old, then it is impossible for evolution to have occurred. The only other option then is creation (unless someone would like to debate if the earth could evolve in 6000 years)