Did Ellen White believe the earth to be about 6,000 years
old?
Ellen White rejected the idea that "the world has existed for tens of
thousands of years." She accepted the Biblical record that the creation days
were seven literal 24-hour periods, believing that the world "is now only about
six thousand years old" (The Spirit of Prophecy, vol. 1, p. 87.) While
Ellen White stated that she was shown in vision that creation week consisted of
seven literal days (ibid., p. 85), she did not claim to have received any
special revelation regarding the specific age of the earth.