few thousand years old like some are trying to say?
2007-02-18 08:15:35 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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So what I'm gathering from some of you is that there were galaxies, dark matter, distant quasars, stars, planets, comets, asteroids, etc., in place long before (13 - 16 billion years?) this 6000 year-old earth showed up and that's how the light got here ... it was already in place? That doesn't mesh with a 7-day, 24 hour creation that includes the creation of "light."
As to Dr. Humphrey's idea of gravity effecting light:
"Starlight and Time and related writings by Humphreys exhibit profound misunderstandings of relativity theory and cosmology. Humphreys’ theory is irremediably flawed. It is very unfortunate that these writings have been so widely distributed in the young-earth community and have misled so many Christians." - Samuel R. Conner and Hugh Ross, Ph.D. (The Unraveling of Starlight and Time)
2007-02-18 08:18:34 · answer #1 · answered by Capernaum12 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't confuse time with distance. A "light-year" is a measurement of distance, not time.
Also, God would have created all the stars as visible from Earth from Day 4. This was stated in Genesis 1:14-15. They were created to be lights visible from the Earth for determining seasons and directions. It wouldn't make sense for God to make a star that wouldn't be visible for millions of years.
2007-02-18 16:25:27 · answer #2 · answered by FUNdie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the speed of light is not absolute or constant - neither is the power of God. He is infinate.
think about it.... if God created the world and all that is in it in 6 days, wouldn't it follow that he could create the stars (on day 4) with the light already showing on earth? Especially since the plants (created on day 3) needed the light of the sun (also created on day 4) in order to survive.
2007-02-18 16:22:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the universe is expanding exponentially as I'm told it is, how do you know that your not seeing the light from stars that were much closer then?
... and are now much further away than we think they are?
In any case, the age of the earth is independant of the light that travels to it from distant stars.
2007-02-18 16:23:29 · answer #4 · answered by movedby 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The speed of light is not absolute or constant.
It's an observed characteristic of light that it "bends" when effected by a gravitational body such as a quasar or large star.
It is theorized, (and I believe is true) that light is slowed by gravity. Thus it "bends" because the light at the apogee from the gravitational body is traveling faster than the light at perigee relative to the body.
In the void of deep space, nothing inhibits the free movement of light, so it travels exponentially faster explaining the arrival of light from distant stars within the 7 day creation.
We can only measure light in our own gravitational field. Assuming it is a constant, we measure distance in "light years", but that concept doesn't take into considertion this property of light (that its speed is not constant).
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2007-02-18 16:18:54 · answer #5 · answered by s2scrm 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not a scientist or anything but if the star was shining a billion years away it would take a billion years for us to see. So if it shined a billion years ago we would only see it now. it doesn't matter how old the earth is.
I hope I made some sense here. :)
2007-02-18 16:20:24 · answer #6 · answered by Andrew W 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I read some of the answers, some very thought provoking. I am not a scientist and cannot even attempt to answer your question because scientifically, I am uneducated but I can say that through my faith and reasoning, I know for sure that God has created all things perfectly and I trust in that. I have no need to explain things, just to enjoy the beauty of all of creation in all its forms is enough for me and I thank God for it all.
2007-02-18 16:26:13 · answer #7 · answered by Mamma mia 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A few thousands of years old? I always thought the earth was a few hundreds of years old. I didn't think it was as old and ancient as a few thousands of years old.
2007-02-18 16:24:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wouldn't the light have already been here in this particular spot in the universe even before the Earth was here?
2007-02-18 16:19:35 · answer #9 · answered by Axe 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not only that but how did the trees and plants bare fruits after its kind on the 3rd day of creation when the sun was created on the 4th day?
Ps. This is only possible as long as it's known that our planet was not the first planet in creation.
2007-02-18 16:20:40 · answer #10 · answered by Nuwaubian Moor 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋