> However, I don't think that has been any sort of common belief before the modern YEC movement. No, 6000 years had lots of belief before that. It's just that

> However, I don't think that has been any sort of common belief before the modern YEC movement. No, 6000 years had lots of belief before that. It's just that it had nothing to do with YEC, i.e. a 6000 year figure and YEC are not the same thing. Prior to the modern YEC people believed that just like Adam was created as an adult, the earth was created already "old".