6,000 years or 10,000 years or billions of years -- does it matter

Today's culture has 2 main views.

One view is that the earth and universe is billions of years old --

The other view is that the earth is young -- in the thousands of years instead of millions or billions.

Even among those who believe in the young earth -- there are some that debate between 6,000 vs. 10,000 years.

So what is the real story?

And why is it important?

For a very good answer

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