While most believe that the earth is 4.5 billion years old based upon the scientific evidence available, there are a significant number of people who believe that the earth is only 6000 years old.
Here is a logical thought exercise that might solve this difference.
If there is a God who has existed forever, then time surely has a different meaning for this God than it does for humans. Perhaps this God thinks in terms of a million years for every year that we experience.
The bible was interpreted and translated in terms that humans understood, so many things were expressed in terms of the then current understandings of humans. At the time the Bible was written, anything longer than 6000 years in human understanding probably seemed impossible or even incomprehensible. So while God was thinking in terms of "God years" ie: almost a million years for every "Human year", it was interpreted or translated by humans to mean "Human years".
Considering there are over 400 translations of the Bible and still endless controversy about the exact interpretation of various passages, it seems that the above interpretation of the time difference is logically possible.
So, time can still be called 6000 years (but understood as God years) and thus be consistent with the Bible and scientific evidence.
Simple eh?
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