the earth and sun billions of years ago?

Question

I was just wondering, I dont believe in evelotion, but was wondering what the explenation is for this from your standpoint.

the sun shrinks five feet a day, if the earth is billions of years old, would not the sun envelop, or at least be so big it would burn the earth and the other two planets closer to the sun not exsist?

Answer 1

I'm not an astronomer, but have heard this question before from creationists. The truth is apparently that the sun is NOT shrinking. As I understand it, this modern myth stems from a single bit of speculation from one scientist. There have been subsequent analyses that have shown that it's not shrinking. This question is so common, however, that NASA has a response to it on-line. It's basically mathematical, but not so mathematical as to be unintelligible. I've also provided a link to a story about the origins of this idea, which should be of some interest. Finally, if you're particularly math-inclined... see the last link below for a rather intense explanation.

Answer 2

This is problem for evolutionists who believe the sun and earth are billions of years old.

All living things on the earth ultimately obtain their energy from the sun, as do the wind and water cycles. And nuclear reactions power the sun. In theory, as its nuclear fuel ‘burns’ up, the sun’s core should shrink, and this would make the reactions occur more readily. Therefore, the sun should shine more brightly as it ages .

But this means that if billions of years were true, the sun would have been much fainter in the past. However, there is no evidence that the sun was fainter at any time in the earth’s history. Astronomers call this the ‘faint young sun paradox’, but it is no paradox at all if the sun is only as old as the Bible says—about 6,000 years.

Evolutionists and long-agers believe that life appeared on the earth about 3.8 billion years ago. But if that timescale were true, the sun would be 25% brighter today than it was back then. This implies that the earth would have been frozen at an average temperature of –3ºC. However, most paleontologists believe that, if anything, the earth was warmer in the past.1 The only way around this is to make arbitrary and unrealistic assumptions of a far greater greenhouse effect at that time than exists today,2 with about 1,000 times more CO2 in the atmosphere than there is today.3

The scientific evidence is consistent with the sun having the age that we would expect from a straightforward reading of the Bible. In 6,000 years or so, there would have been no significant increase in energy output from the sun. It is a problem only for old-age ideas.

http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/554

Answer 3

you know how scientist lie sometimes!!
But if the sun shrunk, why would it burn the earth and other planets?
We would most certainly freeze in the future!

Answer 4

hmm... u know... that is a very interesting point...