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I just wanted to mention that the concept of the age of the earth as based on the genealogy is Christian-denomination-specific. For example it is almost ironic that the Orthodox Christians do not take that literal interpretation but instead have no problem accepting the fact that the Earth and the universe is billions of years old. The age of the Earth does not negative or strengthen the argument for the existence of God. As others mentioned above, focusing on that and trying to extrapolate from that is missing the forest for the trees when it comes to Christianity. And overall, is a very weak argument against God since the explanation of it not being literal works perfectly well. The sun was created on the 4th day -- that alone tells you the first few days couldn't have been 'days' in our regular understanding.
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