Dr. Robert Carter speaking on the topic "The Biblical Minimum and Maximum Age of the Earth" at the "Getting Back to the Bible on the Age of the Earth" Conference at Mt. Zion Lutheran Church in Denver, Colorado, May 19, 2023.

The age of the earth is a critical question for the creationist, but different 'young-earth' authors have provided age estimates from 6,000 to up to 10,000 years. However, by carefully examining the text and by accounting for multiple ambiguities in the wording, one can put tight limits on the range of possibilities. In the end, the age cannot be dated to a specific year (e.g., Ussher), but neither can it be as old as 10,000 years (e.g., Morris). The largest effects on the age estimation deal with arguments about the length of the Sojourn in Egypt (~215 years), the LXX vs Masoretic texts (~1,300 years), and questions about the king’s reigns during the divided monarchy (~50 years). Using a straightforward, Masoretic timeline, creation happened in approximately 4000 BC, plus or minus a few centuries.

Dr. Robert Carter received his Bachelor of Science in Applied Biology from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1992, spent four years teaching high school science, and went on to obtain his Ph.D. in Coral Reef Ecology from the University of Miami in 2003. Rob has studied the genetics of fluorescent proteins in corals and sea anemones and holds one patent on a particular fluorescent protein gene. His current research involves looking for new genetic patterns in the human genome and the development of a Biblical model of human genetic history. Rob works as a speaker and scientist at CMI-US and is passionate about displaying the Truthfulness of God’s word using science

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