how can the earth be only 6000 years old if stars take millions of light years for us to see them?

Question

ok, so i know their are multiple opinions about how old bible followers think the world is. now to focus on the one where they claim its under 6000 years old ( i know there are other philosophies, but i am focusing on this one, not to disprove god, but to disprove this specific philosophy) . so if the world is 6000 years old, how can humans see stars which are proven to be millions of light years away? wouldn't that mean the earth has to be around for millions of years inorder to view that light?

Answer 1

Dear Friend,

I am not touching the age of Earth , but the logic in your question.

To a see a thing that existed millions of years ago , the light from that object or stars in this question started coming towards earth millions of years ago and is reaching now.
So what you see in the sky is not what exists at the moment of your seeing , but which existed and that may not be existing now.

To see a thing that is millions years of age, you need not be of that age too.A kid of age three or four too can see the stars?Do you mean to say the kids is aged millions of years?

So I do not see the question is logical.

Coming to the age of Earth Hindu Sanatana Dharma has different opinion.It says it is existing since billions of years .
I do not that you too believe the same.It is your personal thing to agree or to disagree.It is a matter of faith.

Answer 2

God, and hence the Bible, does NOT say the earth is only 6000 years old. That 6000 years is derived from an ASSUMPTION of what the Bible says. So, it is not the interpretation of the days of "Creation Week" that is off -- they are normal 24-hour-days. The assumption is that God created man and all the beasts immediately upon (at the same time as) he created the universe. A very interesting footnote is added to the New International Version of the Bible, that can shed some light on the issue. Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was {Footnote: or possibly BECAME} formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. With this understanding, that the earth BECAME the waste and empty place AFTER God had created the universe. There is a gap in the history of creation. Other parts of the Bible show that Satan's rebellion occurred during this gap, and that it was he who laid waste to the earth. The gap is apparently billions of years wide. The scientific estimate of the age of the universe is correct. But a day is still a day in Genesis 1. About 6000 years ago, God repaired the mess, and created man; he did all that in 6 literal, 24-hour days. And that gave us the 7-day week. Our week isn't billions of years long, now is it? .

Answer 3

Simple.

The term "light year" is stupid for it does not refer to time even though the word "year" is in it. It's really just a fancy way of saying "so many miles/kilom's per hour/day/month".

"Light years" refers to distances, not time zones.

So it matters not if the earth is 6,000 or 6 million years old, the distances between stars will always be there, in approximate estimates, for stars do move around a little bit.

Answer 4

Because God created the stars with the light from them reaching the earth as he created them.

That is nothing for God.

Answer 5

None of the eyes that see the light were around for that long. But you are off to a good start in your thinking process here.
It has to do with Relativity and the speed of light.

Answer 6

When He said; Let there be light. The light did what it was told.

Answer 7

Trying to explain physics to a 4 year old while only using a crayon wont work. Just keep pretending you have an argument and I’ll keep thinking you rode the short bus...mmmm’kay

Answer 8

What about dinosaurs?

Answer 9

It can't. When you look into space, you look back in time. The further out you look, the further back you see.

Answer 10

I am Christian. The earth is billions of years old.