Bible Vs Scientism

So the cult of Scientism (not science itself) claims that our world began as an explosion/expansion of a singularity about 14 billion years ago.

the bible doesnt say the exact age of the earth. if it does somewhere point me the verse(s) i stand corrected.

Science has a broad spectrum depending what area is being researched or discussed. Obviously due to the complexity of the natural world, theories are either proven or disproven, but that doesn't change the uniformity of it or that it operates in orderly process.

The Bible teaches us that God created the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them in six days - and then rested on the seventh. This occurred a little over 6000 years ago. I believe this, because God's written word is my ultimate authority.

Science is a process... an investigation and collection of raw data. Science doesn't actually "say" anything - as the common idiom "science says" indicates. Science is only the collection of the data itself. Then flawed human beings interpret that data in many different ways. Those interpretations are not science itself, but conclusions based on the data which was collected via the scientific process. Those conclusions come complete with personal biases, and much conjecture and speculation.

Scientism is a blind belief in those INTERPRETATIONS/CONCLUSIONS.

For example, we know through science that there are lights in the sky that appear to move over the earth in repeated patterns. It is not science itself, but the interpretations/conclusions/speculations of flawed men which tell us that those lights are giant fireballs in a vast vacuum, that they are moving away from us, and that this movement means that they were at one time all squished together into a hot, dense ball of energy. And Scientism is the faith-based belief IN those interpretations.

So the cult of Scientism (not science itself) claims that our world began as an explosion/expansion of a singularity about 14 billion years ago. The Bible teaches that our world began as a six day creative action taken by God... about 6000 years ago.

Which of those is the truth?

whats the difference between the number christians invented and scientists invented? both guess work in my opinion

the bible doesnt say the exact age of the earth. if it does somewhere point me the verse(s) i stand corrected.

“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand.

True enough. But the Bible does meticulously present the genealogies of the ancients, from which a very solid chronology can be derived.

But from God's perspective the earth has been around for only about six days. Yet gives the "appearance" of having been around for billions of years.

There you go, David! The point of the thread is to determine whether we hold the Bible, or the Cult of Scientism, as our ultimate authority. God told us how the foundations of the earth were created... and when. The only question is whether or not we believe Him.

Science in the hands of men who hate God = very BAD, never ends well = KABOOM

I enjoyed reading your point-of-view and agree with much of it.

"Scientism", as you called it, is very much ruled by conjecture, speculation, and mere, opinion.

However, how did you come to the conclusion of 6000 years?

The Bible teaches us that God created the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them in six days - and then rested on the seventh. This occurred a little over 6000 years ago. I believe this, because God's written word is my ultimate authority.

Science is a process... an investigation and collection of raw data. Science doesn't actually "say" anything - as the common idiom "science says" indicates. Science is only the collection of the data itself. Then flawed human beings interpret that data in many different ways. Those interpretations are not science itself, but conclusions based on the data which was collected via the scientific process. Those conclusions come complete with personal biases, and much conjecture and speculation.

Scientism is a blind belief in those INTERPRETATIONS/CONCLUSIONS.

For example, we know through science that there are lights in the sky that appear to move over the earth in repeated patterns. It is not science itself, but the interpretations/conclusions/speculations of flawed men which tell us that those lights are giant fireballs in a vast vacuum, that they are moving away from us, and that this movement means that they were at one time all squished together into a hot, dense ball of energy. And Scientism is the faith-based belief IN those interpretations.

So the cult of Scientism (not science itself) claims that our world began as an explosion/expansion of a singularity about 14 billion years ago. The Bible teaches that our world began as a six day creative action taken by God... about 6000 years ago.

Which of those is the truth?

If this is the ultimate question in the OP, perhaps one should consider and understand dthe ultimate teacher cannot be scienc nor the written Word,, rather the Holy Spirit which is clearly taught by the Word, Itself.

But science and religion are not at war i Think Because science is us asking How And the Bible is not an engineering book but a relationship book with our Creator.