Starlight

Distant Starlight

“Hasn’t science demonstrated that it would take billions of years for the light from the farthest galaxies to reach the earth? Doesn’t this disprove the Genesis account or force us to interpret the words differently?” Not at all.

Size of the Universe

Critics of biblical creation sometimes use distant starlight as an argument against a young universe. But when we examine this argument carefully, we see that it does not work. The universe is very big and contains galaxies that are very far away, but that does not mean that the universe must be billions of years old.

Distant Starlight: The Anisotropic Synchrony Convention

Einstein’s theory of relativity launched a new way of looking at the universe. But one question remained: How long does it take light to reach the earth? The answer depends on your assumptions. “Instantly!” declares a new creationist theory.

Articles About Starlight

• Technical Research Paper

  A Biblical Creationist Cosmogony

  Jan. 14, 2015 from Answers Research Journal

  The cosmogony proposed is consistent with all creationist understandings of the biblical texts and has no light-travel time problem.

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• Technical Research Paper

  Response to: “Critique: Faulkner’s Miraculous Translation of Light Model Would Leave Evidence”

  Nov. 19, 2014 from Answers Research Journal

  I am delighted that my friend, John Hartnett, has responded with some objections to my proposal for a new solution to the light travel time problem.

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• Technical Research Paper

  Critique: Faulkner’s Miraculous Translation of Light Model Would Leave Evidence

  Nov. 19, 2014 from Answers Research Journal

  In 2013 D. R. Faulkner proposed what he says is a new solution to the biblical creationist starlight travel-time problem.

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• Technical Research Paper

  A Proposal for a New Solution to the Light Travel Time Problem

  Feb. 23, 2014 from Answers Research Journal

  Danny R. Faulkner, AiG–U.S., lays groundwork for the beginning of a new solution to the light travel time problem.

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• Technical Research Paper

  Astronomical Distance Determination Methods and the Light Travel Time Problem

  June 12, 2013 from Answers Research Journal

  Some recent creationists have attempted to address the light travel time problem indirectly with an implied appeal to a small universe.

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• Semi-Technical Magazine Article

  Distant Starlight

  

  May 25, 2011 from Answers Magazine

  How long does it take light to reach the earth? “Instantly!” declares a new creationist theory.

• Technical Research Paper

  Anisotropic Synchrony Convention—A Solution to the Distant Starlight Problem

  Sept. 22, 2010, pp. 191–207

  The clear biblical teaching therefore is that everything in the universe is a few thousand years old, it would seem that we should only be able to see objects within a radius of 6,000 light years.

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• Magazine Article

  Distant Starlight

  Feb. 24, 2010 from Answers Magazine

  Interestingly, the big bang has a major light-travel problem of its own.

• Book Chapter

  Does Distant Starlight Prove the Universe Is Old?

  Dec. 13, 2007 from The New Answers Book

  Critics of biblical creation sometimes use distant starlight as an argument against a young universe. But when we examine this argument carefully, we will see that it does not work.

• Light Travel-Time Problems

  June 1, 2007 from Responding to Protestors’ Propaganda

  Several assumptions underly the claim that supernovae tens of thousands of light years away indicate an old universe.

• Are All Stars Within 6,000 Light Years of Earth?

  May 31, 2007 from Responding to Protestors’ Propaganda

  Light years are a measure of distance, not time. Apparently this argument attempts to insinuate that we believe the stars are only 6,000 light years away.

• Feedback Article

  Stellar Evolution, Distant Starlight and Biblical Authority

  June 2, 2006 from Feedback

  Does the size of the universe prove that it must be billions of years old?

• Feedback Article

  Starlight and Time in Your Classroom!

  Oct. 14, 2002 from Feedback

  have used Dr. Humphreys’ book, Starlight and Time, in a class called ‘Current Issues in Science’, a part of our general education requirements.

• Technical Research Paper

  Distant Starlight and Genesis: Conventions of Time Measurement

  April 1, 2001, pp. 80–85

  There are two useful conventions to define the time an event occurs: calculated time and observed time.

• Magazine Article

  The Velocity of Light and the Age of the Universe

  March 1, 1981, p. 38

  Much modern research in astronomy and physics is built on the assumption that the velocity of light is one of the few things that is truly consistent.