Age of EARTH

Concerning the age of the Earth, the Bible's genealogical records combined with the Genesis 1 account of creation are used to estimate an age for the Earth and universe of about 6000 years, with a bit of uncertainty on the completeness of the genealogical records, allowing for a few thousand years more.

Earth is estimated to be 4.54 billion years old, plus or minus about 50 million years. Scientists have scoured the Earth searching for the oldest rocks to radiometrically date.

6,000 YEARS  Versus  4.54 Billion YEARS

Something ain't right here...  that is a significant amount of difference...  and yet, the religious community says don't pay any attention to this discrepency, instead focus on the overall message that the Bible is trying to convey...

That's all fine and dandy but if the timeline is incorrect how much other stuff in the Bible is incorrect as well?

I understand that the books of the Bible were written by man, but theoretically those words and those men were inspired by God...  or so our religious leaders claim...

Another issue that has always bothers me about the Bible and the creation of mankind is the Adam and Eve story...  and the fact that all of mankind came from those two individuals...  a male and female...  

Well, if that is true, then Adam and Eve committed INCEST in order to grow the population.

Church leaders want us to overlook the INCEST that was created and focus on the bigger picture...

WHY?

Are all the illnesses that we have today, the result of the INCEST that was committed by Adam and Eve?

Makes you wonder, doesn't it?