Christians: do you agree that stars are millions of light years from earth??

Question

then how can you say that the earth was created only a couple thousand years ago by god??

if the stars are millions of light years away and the earth was created like the bible says in 4000 BC, then WE WOULDN"T BE ABLE TO SEE ANY STARS AT ALL!!!! cuz it took millions of years for the light to reach earth.

makes you wonder if god created everything in the first place huh???

get a clue.

it's a shame how ridiculous stupid people answer these questions.

especially thinking that an imaginary, made-up god (of thousands throughout history) is the explanation of the earth and the universe. ONE MADE UP GOD OF MANY IS THEIR REASON OF EXPLAINING THEMSELVES.

THINK OBJECTIVELY PEOPLE.

Answer 1

Doesn't make me wonder about that at all...I KNOW God created the Earth and everthing on it.

What do you believe in? The Big Boom??

Like the Big Boom makes more sense?? You get a clue!

Answer 2

Many people believe that the creative days were definite periods of time. However the Bible does not support that assumption. In Genesis these periods of creation were called "days" to indicate that the different stages of creation had definite lengths of time. The term day is used to indicate varying lengths of time throughout the Bible with the one constant being they are periods of time that have a definite beginning and end. So, the first creative day could have been millions of years while the last could have been only a single day. We do not know the specific amount of time creation took, but to try to define it using mans so called wisdom is foolish. All one needs to do is read the Bible thoroughly to understand finer points like this. Here is an interesting article with information about creation from a Biblical point of view that takes into consideration what science has taught us as well.

Answer 3

Of course, the speed of light is a calculable. And can be measured.

However, you should take the time to actually read the creation text carefully and without bias.

The text in Genesis says "the heavens and the earth" were created, "IN THE BEGINNING", leaving the time that the physical universe was formed unstated.

Therefore, the age of the universe is not incompatible with the Bible account.

If you read with bias - or worse yet, simply believe what someone else tells you, you will miss facts that help you reach factual conclusions.

Answer 4

I am a Christian and have wondered that myself. But it doesn't bother my faith because it has been all to evident in my life that God has done things for me.

The only thing I found to consider is this: God may have created the EARTH around 4500 B.C., however, God himself is infinite. For all we know he could have created those stars millions (or billions) of years ago, only to have created Earth very recently. There is already evidence to suggest that Carbon-14 dating is inaccurate, and also that water erosion does not take as long as the science books will lead you to believe. So the Earth is young in my opinion. However there is no doubt of the speed of light, and given the magnitude of a star, it fits that they would have to be a great distance away in order to keep from interfering with one another. Plus, as I said before, God is infinite, having no end as well as no beginning. So it's logical to think that any amount of time could have elapsed before Earth's formation. Or perhaps elapsed during the time that Earth was "void and without form..."

You'll ultimately have to decide what you believe in the end. No one can do it for you, no matter how harsh their words. But remember, if science could prove God's existence, then would it really be "faith?"

Answer 5

Sounds like you've already made up your mind. I don't know which one requires a greater suspension of disbelief: to say that the universe always was and always will be, or to say that God always was and always will be. It's one or the other.

A good question is, who created space-time? What were the principles governing space-time at the beginning of the universe (if we presuppose there was such a thing)? Were you there?

Honestly, if we hold up dualing worldviews next to each other, the age of starlight is my only difficulty in believing in a young universe. However, the humanistic worldview can't explain a lot of things for me, most notably love and hate.

What I really can't understand is why so-called atheists are so adamant about proving the existence of nothing.

Answer 6

I think of myself as an agnostic; I just don't know. I'm 54 and have explored different religions and the only thing that I am certain of is that not only do people lie but huge communities of people lie; it is called "group think".

This makes me wonder at a persons ability to believe a person that tells them a "scientific fact", like stars are millions of light years away, that they can't verify for themselves but reject it out of hand when another person tells them that some force other than chance created our world. If you really think about it, and I have, both statements are fantastic and what if both groups are lying? If you can't verify something yourself then how do you KNOW for certain that it is true or false.

I'm afraid that I have to say to you; get a clue. You don't know for certain either way and since time is a phenomenon that people invented (Albert Einstein, who also believed in God by the way) how do you KNOW what length of time the 4000 years is measuring? I think that you, like every self proclaimed atheist I've ever talked to, just like most fanatical religious freaks, pick and choose your FACTS without every stopping to think about what you are really doing.

Good luck in YOUR search for THE TRUTH

Answer 7

the Bible isn't a science book. A day could have represented a million years. The Bible was given to people who could not understand the concept of millions of years and billions of miles. The point of the Bible was to show us God's character through showing us how he dealt with humans. It does a very good job at that. What if you were God and wanted to reveal yourself. Could you have done it in a better way?

Answer 8

The earth isn't 6000 years old, it is much older. But.....the univers wasn't made by a "bang" or some stars exploding, thats just stupid. God had to of made the universe because it it just to complex and precise for some random chance bang to create it. The 7 days most likely doesn't actually mean 7 days. Much longer.

Answer 9

I am a Christian, but I think that God's definition of a day is different than ours, because it says in the Bible that "a thousand years is as a day" to God, and vice versa. So six days may have been six thousand years. Just an idea - I don't know if it's a correct assumption, though.

Answer 10

Um , no. And who said it was 4000 BC?? There is not an exact number available. Time was measured differently thru history and to God, time is irrelevant, so how can we presume to pick a number?

God made the stars early, so if His creation took a lot of years, it all works out. We don't know. 7 days are listed, but the Bible also says that to God, a day is like 1000 years. The timeline is not for certain, it could mean anything. Don't let your arrogance distract you from truth.

Answer 11

I'm Christian and don't happen to believe that the earth/universe is only a few thousand years old... which is NOT stated by the bible either but calculated by several non-denominational type "scholars." Real christians know that Scientific truth and Religious truth cannot conflict, circa Aquinas.