Dating creation: Difference between revisions

'''Dating creation''' is the attempt to provide an estimate of the [[age of Earth]] or the [[age of the universe]] as understood through the [[creation myth]]s of various [[religious tradition]]s. Various [[traditional story|traditional beliefs]] heldhold that the [[Earth]], or the entire [[universe]], was brought into being in a grand creation event by one or more [[deity|deities]]. After these cultures develop [[calendar]]s, a question arises: Precisely how long ago did this creation event happen?