“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.
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.
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.
An overview of the light travel time problem, how different biblical creationists have addressed it, and the dasha solution to the problem
Distant starlight is seen as one of the biggest difficulties to trusting God’s Word about a young universe and earth.
The Bible reveals that creation was about 6,000 years ago, so how can we see stars that are millions of light-years away?
In conjunction with efforts to resolve the light travel time problem, creationists have in recent decades proposed a variety of new cosmological models.
PDF DownloadThe cosmogony proposed is consistent with all creationist understandings of the biblical texts and has no light-travel time problem.
PDF DownloadI 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.
PDF DownloadIn 2013 D. R. Faulkner proposed what he says is a new solution to the biblical creationist starlight travel-time problem.
PDF DownloadDanny R. Faulkner, AiG–U.S., lays groundwork for the beginning of a new solution to the light travel time problem.
PDF DownloadSome recent creationists have attempted to address the light travel time problem indirectly with an implied appeal to a small universe.
PDF DownloadHow long does it take light to reach the earth? “Instantly!” declares a new creationist theory.
Clear biblical teaching is that the universe is only a few thousand years old, so we should only be able to see objects within a radius of 6,000 light years.
PDF DownloadInterestingly, the big bang has a major light-travel problem of its own.
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.
Several assumptions underly the claim that supernovae tens of thousands of light years away indicate an old universe.
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.
Does the size of the universe prove that it must be billions of years old?
have used Dr. Humphreys’ book, Starlight and Time, in a class called ‘Current Issues in Science’, a part of our general education requirements.
There are two useful conventions to define the time an event occurs: calculated time and observed time.
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.
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