Age of the Universe

From The New Answers DVD 1

Evidence for Young Universe

Here are fourteen natural phenomena which conflict with the evolutionary idea that the universe is billions of years old. The maximum possible ages given are always much less than the required evolutionary ages, while the biblical age (6,000 years) always fits comfortably within the maximum possible ages.

Dark Matter

The discovery of dark matter particles (of any kind) might tell us something about the present nature of the universe, but it would not prove the big bang actually happened. From the Bible we can already know the big bang idea is wrong: the Word of God in Genesis 1 says the earth was created before the stars.

Old Universe?

Does the universe really look old, or have we simply been indoctrinated to believe it looks old? Would the Creator God really deceive us into thinking that the universe looks old when, according to the Bible’s account, He created it only about 6,000 years ago? What would a “young universe” look like?

Articles About Age of the Universe

• Deflating Billions of Years

  Scientists confidently date the earth and universe at billions of years old. Does the observational evidence support this popular assertion?

• Semi-Technical Magazine Article

  Saturn—Jewel in the Creator’s Showcase

  

  Feb. 19, 2023 from Answers Magazine

  The Cassini-Huygens mission vastly improved our understanding of Saturn. The space probe Cassini’s most amazing discovery was the clear testimony to Saturn’s young age and that it had a Creator.

• Magazine Department Article

  Physics’ Unsolved Energy Crisis

  

  Jan. 30, 2022 from Answers Magazine

  Two fundamental laws of physics clash if we try to explain the universe’s origin without a Creator.

• Magazine Article

  A Mature Universe

  

  Dec. 8, 2020 from Answers Magazine

  God created the universe mature. Instead of giving just an appearance of age, God created it fully functional, according to the Bible.

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• Magazine Department Article

  New Light from Binary Stars

  

  Sept. 23, 2018 from Answers Magazine

  After 29 years of research, a creation astronomer has observable evidence that stars can’t be billions of years old.

• How Do We Know the Age of the Universe?

  

  June 13, 2016

  To the Christian, God’s word is the ultimate, unchanging authority, and so we can rely upon it for answers for many things, such as the age of the universe.

• Are Green Pea Galaxies a Problem for Creationists?

  Feb. 10, 2016

  The observations themselves merely tell us that green pea galaxies have unusual amounts of doubly ionized oxygen atoms, not an evolutionary story.

• Technical In-Depth Article

  The Primordial Lithium Problem

  Jan. 15, 2015 from Answers in Depth

  Rather than providing good evidence for the big bang model, the abundances of the light elements represents a significant problem for the standard cosmology.

• Book Chapter

  Does Astronomy Confirm a Young Universe?

  June 9, 2014 from The New Answers Book 3

  One of the common objections to biblical creation is that scientists have supposedly demonstrated that the universe is much older than the Bible teaches.

• Super-colliders Looking for Dark Matter in All the Wrong Places

  Sept. 24, 2011 from News to Know

  Super-colliders looking for dark matter may be on a wild goose chase.

• Dark Matter Verified?

  Jan. 2, 2010 from News to Know

  Dark matter: it’s mysterious, elusive (if it does exist), controversial—and now verified?

• Darkness Falls on Dark Energy

  Aug. 22, 2009 from News to Know

  Though once a high-flying idea, the notion of dark energy has received another devastating blow from two mathematicians.

• Texas Age of the Universe Battle

  April 11, 2009

  In the ongoing war over Texas school science standards, the age of the universe is the next battleground.

• Feedback Article

  Did God Create the Universe with the False Appearance of Age?

  Jan. 18, 2008 from Feedback

  Did God create light from distant stars “in transit” to earth? Dr. Jason Lisle examines this argument from a biblical perspective.

• Dark Matter No Longer Required?

  Nov. 3, 2007

  Dark matter, a moderately evil-sounding, hypothesized component that is described as helping hold galaxies together, was all the rage just a few months ago. Now, a team of two astrophysicists is arguing that their modified theory of gravity explains the data and leaves no role for dark matter.

• Feedback Article

  Astrophysics and the age of the universe

  July 20, 2007 from Feedback

  A reader asks how Dr. Lisle can be both an astrophysicist and a young-earth creationist.

• Evidence for a Young World

  June 1, 2005

  Here are fourteen natural phenomena which conflict with the evolutionary idea that the universe is billions of years old.

• Technical Research Paper

  The Hubble Law

  April 1, 1995, pp. 7–11

  The background of astronomer Edwin Hubble and his famous expanding universe law are reviewed. The significance of the Hubble constant is explained, along with the ongoing controversy regarding its actual value. Finally, a creationist view of the usefulness and limitations of the Hubble law are given.

• Semi-Technical Research Paper

  Astronomical Problems

  April 1, 1995, pp. 5–6

  Astronomical theory has lately run into a series of problems. The most troublesome problem is the most recent calculation of the so-called Hubble constant using the repaired Hubble Space Telescope.