Modern geologists consider the age of the Earth to be around 4.54 billion years (4.54×109 years). Here is my walk through of Oxford University Museum of Natural History’s collection of evidence of an old Earth, a very old Earth and evolutionary evidence. Here's just one university’s collection, more than fundamentalist give total credit for, and there are countless other collections around the world. Christian fundamentalists, as well as many Haredi Jews, advocate Young Earth creationism. I began talking about Earthism over a decade ago and shortly after I began seeing the Earthism idea being used by fundamentalists as their title: young Earthism (this made me very upset to say the least). Dependent on religious texts (primarily the book of Genesis; Hebrew), they seek to provide a model for understanding Earth history in simpleton terms. Both camps normally hold that the Earth is 6,000 to 10,000 years old(???), based on the initial creation account of Genesis 1:1 to 2:4, as well as the genealogies of humanity provided in the Bible thereafter. Other religions have a bigger imagination, namely Hindu cosmology states a universe endures for about 4,320,000,000 years. It is interesting to research cultures around the world and look through their perspective from time to time. When it comes down to it, though, religion desperately holds onto a superseded concept, which prevents humanity to move forward. Our progress as a culture is poorly affected by the reactionary notion of fundamentalists and their archaic understanding of the Earth and the universe, which most were developed during the Bronze Age. Imagine if we took a cue from reactionaries and our entire understanding of the world relied on what humans thought they knew thousands of years ago.. Well, say goodbye to basically everything you have around you. You can think naively about how simple life would be and much easier, but I doubt anyone reading this on their state-of-the-art computer could last more than a week in conditions of the Bronze Age, including myself, let alone an entire day. We need to stop grasping onto obsolete notions and allow one's perspective to adapt and evolve with the times. It is fine and wonderful to look at religious myth as metaphors, but it is dangerous to take such silly stories literally. That is a major goal of the Spective Earthian concept. Specific information is from Wikipedia.com, "The Earth Book," and the top of my head. Music respectfully Pink Floyd Echoes: Best of Pink Floyd (an awesome collection as is Pulse, check them out).