I'm not trying to be "gender biased" here - but how come all these rules are aimed at women?

Just curious...

Absolutely agree with you JB1000.

haha! Thinking of Jim Carrey in "Bruce Almighty" where he answers YES to everyone's prayers sent to him via email. Good one.

My husband is a physicist and would agree with your numbers (re: universe 12-14 billion yrs; and Earth around 4 billion).

I love asking my husband questions about space and time, and theory, and how it contridicts with his Catholic upbringing and education. (He got his degree at a Catholic university!) We have great conversations about this! I believe the Church now calls this "Intelligent Design" rather than Evolution, etc. Yes, the Big Bang did happen (at God's command) and while God created the heavens and the earth in 6 days (rested on the 7th) our "day" is different than God's "day." Our day is measured by the Earth's individual rotation, which takes 24 hours. Our year measured by Earth's orbit of our solar system's star, ie, Sun. I can only surmise, then, that God' definition of a "day" might be millions, or even billions, of years!

So much fun to think about! :)

I really wish I paid more attention during science class in High School.