How long has the earth existed?

     How long has the earth existed?

     How long has the earth been around for? If you ask a christian they will most likely tell you 6,000 years. Ask a scientist and you will get a different answer. So who is right? The scientists of course. We have dated the earth through Radiometric dating. Some of you might be thinking, "Radiometric dating is not perfect." and you would be right on that. However,  it's not going to be billions of years off.

     Holy books are for fantasy not science. There are other evidences for an old earth, the fact we can see the light of deceased stars that are many light years away from us proves it. This is based on the time it takes for the light to reach us. Do you know how fast light travels? Light travels at about 671 million miles per hour and a light year is about 6 trillion miles long. The farthest star away we can see with the naked eye is 16,308 light years away. This fact alone disproves the young earth hypothesis.