I don't intend to be insulting, I'm just trying to understand.
It's clear why those who take the bible literally have issues with the theory of evolution and the big bang theory. But what about the theory of star formation? This sub-field of astronomy is now fairly well developed, with considerable data on star and planetary systems in formation. It's pretty clear that planetary systems form over timescales of a few million years from dense interstellar clouds, and that the process is mediated by various natural physical processes. The implication is that the Sun and the Earth formed this way as well. What do you think of that? Was the formation of our solar system different from that of all other star systems, some of which are apparently older than our Sun, and some much younger, forming today?
It seems to me that the existence of ongoing star formation is difficult to deny outright, since the effects can be seen, for example in the Orion Nebula, using only binoculars.
2007-12-14
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