--- title: "11 Young Earth Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Young Earth quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Young Earth sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/dante-gabriel-rossetti-15776_nature_her-enchanted-hair-was-the-first-gold-an_642853.jpg" --- > [“Her enchanted hair was the first gold, and still she sits, young while the earth is old.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dante-gabriel-rossetti/her-enchanted-hair-was-the-first-gold-and-still-she-sits-young-while/) [Dante Gabriel Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dante-gabriel-rossetti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/dante-gabriel-rossetti-15776_nature_her-enchanted-hair-was-the-first-gold-an_642853.jpg) > [There's a lot of scientific data that I found out as a scientist that actually show that this is really a young…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-broun/there-s-a-lot-of-scientific-data-that-i-found-out-as-a-scientist-that/) [Paul Broun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-broun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed4/paul-broun-13322_actually_there-s-a-lot-of-scientific-data-that-i_380239.jpg) > [For some, the belief in a Young Earth seems to be based on a kind of intuition or faith in what they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-geisler/for-some-the-belief-in-a-young-earth-seems-to-be-based-on-a-kind-of/) [Norman Geisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-geisler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a04/norman-geisler-25305_based_for-some-the-belief-in-a-young-earth-see_609697.png) > [They are very young. And on their earth, as they call it, they never communicate with other planets. They revolve about all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/they-are-very-young-and-on-their-earth-as-they-call-it-they-never/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e1/madeleine-l-engle-345_all-alone_they-are-very-young-and-on-their-earth-a_912174.png) > [The young earth-solution to reconciling the order of creation with natural history makes good exegetical and theological sense. Indeed, the overwhelming consensus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-dembski/the-young-earth-solution-to-reconciling-the-order-of-creation-with/) [William A. Dembski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-dembski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61f/william-a-dembski-10968_consensus_the-young-earth-solution-to-reconciling_292712.jpg) > [If we could magically transport ourselves back to the young Earth, when it was only a billion years old or two billion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/if-we-could-magically-transport-ourselves-back-to-the-young-earth/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/413/sylvia-earle-1756_able_if-we-could-magically-transport-ourselve_817813.jpg) > [To insist that belief in the Bible demands belief in a young Earth is to put a stumbling block in the path…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-ross/to-insist-that-belief-in-the-bible-demands-belief-in-a-young-earth-is/) [Hugh Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81f/hugh-ross-18610_bible_to-insist-that-belief-in-the-bible-deman_86437.jpg) > [There's a lot of scientific data that I found out as a scientist that actually show that this is really a young…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-broun/there-s-a-lot-of-scientific-data-that-i-found-out-as-a-scientist-that-2/) [Paul Broun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-broun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a75/paul-broun-13322_belief_there-s-a-lot-of-scientific-data-that-i_848885.jpg) > [“It seems to many that they have to make a choice: either believe the Bible and hold to a young earth, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-h-walton/it-seems-to-many-that-they-have-to-make-a-choice-either-believe-the/) [John H. Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-h-walton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c34/john-h-walton-28906_bible_it-seems-to-many-that-they-have-to-make_2235212.jpg) > [The tragedy of young-earth creationism is that it takes a relatively recent and extreme view of Genesis, applies to it an unjustified…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-collins/the-tragedy-of-young-earth-creationism-is-that-it-takes-a-relatively/) [Francis Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/francis-collins-5281_abandonment_the-tragedy-of-young-earth-creationism-i_814651.png) > [“When the Earth was only about a third of its eventual size, it was probably already beginning to form an atmosphere, mostly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/when-the-earth-was-only-about-a-third-of-its-eventual-size-it-was/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0f/bill-bryson-340_carbon-dioxide_when-the-earth-was-only-about-a-third-of_2393774.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/young-earth/#itemlist", "name": "Young Earth Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Her enchanted hair was the first gold, and still she sits, young while the earth is old.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dante Gabriel Rossetti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dante-gabriel-rossetti/her-enchanted-hair-was-the-first-gold-and-still-she-sits-young-while/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/dante-gabriel-rossetti-15776_nature_her-enchanted-hair-was-the-first-gold-an_642853.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/dante-gabriel-rossetti-15776_nature_her-enchanted-hair-was-the-first-gold-an_642853.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/dante-gabriel-rossetti-15776_nature_her-enchanted-hair-was-the-first-gold-an_642853.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Her enchanted hair was the first gold, and still she sits, young while the earth is old.” — Dante Gabriel Rossetti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's a lot of scientific data that I found out as a scientist that actually show that this is really a young Earth.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Broun" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-broun/there-s-a-lot-of-scientific-data-that-i-found-out-as-a-scientist-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed4/paul-broun-13322_actually_there-s-a-lot-of-scientific-data-that-i_380239.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed4/paul-broun-13322_actually_there-s-a-lot-of-scientific-data-that-i_380239.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed4/paul-broun-13322_actually_there-s-a-lot-of-scientific-data-that-i_380239.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's a lot of scientific data that I found out as a scientist that actually show that this is really a…” — Paul Broun", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For some, the belief in a Young Earth seems to be based on a kind of intuition or faith in what they believe an omnipotent God should do. 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It raises the question of why a God who is committed to revealing truth would make the universe and Earth measure to be old if, in fact, they are not.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hugh Ross" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-ross/to-insist-that-belief-in-the-bible-demands-belief-in-a-young-earth-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81f/hugh-ross-18610_bible_to-insist-that-belief-in-the-bible-deman_86437.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81f/hugh-ross-18610_bible_to-insist-that-belief-in-the-bible-deman_86437.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81f/hugh-ross-18610_bible_to-insist-that-belief-in-the-bible-deman_86437.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To insist that belief in the Bible demands belief in a young Earth is to put a stumbling block in the path…” — Hugh Ross", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's a lot of scientific data that I found out as a scientist that actually show that this is really a young Earth. I believe that the Earth is about 9,000 years old. I believe that it was created in six days as we know them. That's what the Bible says. And what I've come to learn is that it's the manufacturer's handbook, is what I call it. 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The good news is that we do not have to make such a choice. The Bible does not call for a young earth. Biblical faith need not be abandoned if one concludes from the scientific evidence that the earth is old.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John H. Walton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-h-walton/it-seems-to-many-that-they-have-to-make-a-choice-either-believe-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c34/john-h-walton-28906_bible_it-seems-to-many-that-they-have-to-make_2235212.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c34/john-h-walton-28906_bible_it-seems-to-many-that-they-have-to-make_2235212.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c34/john-h-walton-28906_bible_it-seems-to-many-that-they-have-to-make_2235212.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It seems to many that they have to make a choice: either believe the Bible and hold to a young earth, or…” — John H. 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