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{{Short description|Using creation myths to date the Earth}} {{About|religious and traditional beliefs|the modern scientific consensus|Age of the universe|and|Age of Earth}} [[File:Wenceslas Hollar - Creation of the earth (State 1).jpg|thumb|250px|right|Creation of the Earth. [[Wenceslaus Hollar]] (1607β1677) ]] '''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]] hold 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?
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