Question regarding age of universe & light from distant stars

[jeffnevins]

I watched a series of videos recently that claimed that YECs must deny gravity. That the speed of light from distant stars must have stayed constant the past 6000 years or our galaxy would've been ripped apart (attempting to refute that God put the light in motion from creation).

I can ask CMI on this as well. Just wondering if this has been covered already and wanting to understand creation as much as possible.

Thanks for any insight.

[heresyhunter]

Jeff, as an ardent creationist, I must admit that the YEC position is falsified by the fact that starlight may take millions of years to reach the Earth. The YEC position is untenable and is giving creationism a bad name. Things are old, man, real old...

[Hunterpoet]

Well I found out what a YEC was, but failed to identify what CMI was.

[mrs]

Things are not very old at all and there is much evidence to the contrary. Anyway in answer to the original post; go to www.answersingenesis.org and search for that phrase .. they do have resources for it. One in particular im thinking of is called Starlight and Time.

[jeffnevins]

Well I found out what a YEC was, but failed to identify what CMI was.

Creation Ministries International.

[jeffnevins]

Things are not very old at all and there is much evidence to the contrary. Anyway in answer to the original post; go to www.answersingenesis.org and search for that phrase .. they do have resources for it. One in particular im thinking of is called Starlight and Time.

Thanks. Before buying the book, I found a video series at YT to find out the gist, and its an interesting theory.

God may have affected the rate of time on the fourth day. And the rate of time may be different according to location in the universe.

AiG seems more supportive of Humphry's theory than that of creation of stars w/light in-transit (which would have problems w/gravity).

But I'm not a scientist, just a layperson with a keen interest.

[patricia1]

http://268generation.com/videoplayer/playe...&quality=hi watch this if you can I just copied it from nebulas topic for you

[Gerioke]

It only stands to reason that everything in space traveled a lot faster in the beginning . As the initial energy it took to create everything has dissipated through space and time, distant stars got to where they are a lot faster than they would have today. This probably all happened around 15,000 years ago.

I'm 48 years old but was born yesterday.

[AnotherTraveler]

I think the God that created everything can handle the recoil from the process of creation. Also, all the theories we can invent are flawed in that our position of observation is based on so little fact, so little time, and the assumption that the laws of physics we accept here on earth are somehow constant in the universe as a whole, and that is a pretty big assumption.

My theory is that the universe is 200 years old, and I only ask that you to present one witness that is alive today that can refute my theory by direct observation. (just a humble attempt at humor )

[Gerioke]

I think the God that created everything can handle the recoil from the process of creation. Also, all the theories we can invent are flawed in that our position of observation is based on so little fact, so little time, and the assumption that the laws of physics we accept here on earth are somehow constant in the universe as a whole, and that is a pretty big assumption.

My theory is that the universe is 200 years old, and I only ask that you to present one witness that is alive today that can refute my theory by direct observation.

Well that leaves me out. I was born yesterday.