(December 8, 2011 at 12:21 pm)Voltair Wrote: First off let me admit something that many of you may find shameful. I have never studied out evolution and for the most part in school (Florida) I did not receive an education in it. That didn't really change much in college either because I am currently still attending that private Christian school as a senior.
That’s really a shame, the more you learn about Darwinism the more absurd you realize it really is.
Quote: One thing I am curious to know though is if you have a star that is 5 million light years away and we are seeing the light from it now how in the world can people say the earth was made 6,000 - 15,000 years ago? I have heard that people believe God created the light inbetween so we could see them or the idea that 6,000 - 15,000 years ago the speed of light wasn't the constant that it is now.
God creating the light en route is actually not proposed much anymore, mainly for the reasons that Deist pointed out earlier. Most creationists won’t ascribe to C decay either. I believe currently there are five competing Cosmological models right now that can easily ge the light to Earth in 6,000 years or less, so it really is not much of an issue for Creationists anymore. The more important thing to realize is that the Big Bang cosmological model has the same issue; the universe is not nearly old enough to account for the uniformity of radiation we observe today. So anyone who points to this as a problem for creationism is actually pointing out a huge problem with their own cosmological model.
Quote: Is this seriously the best arguments that YEC has to offer? The other baffling thing to me is why people get so worked up with evolution anyway. It has nothing to do with the existence/non-existence of a higher power. The only thing is really shoots in the face is a literal interpretation of Genesis which even some Christians think wasn't intended to be literal in the first place.
My problems with evolution are scientific in nature, not merely Theological.
Quote: I am not sure if the speed of light is one of the main arguments against YEC or not but it seems like that elephant in the room itself is enough to make the idea look pretty absurd.
No, it was an issue before the development of our current cosmological models, but it really is not much of an issue anymore. I liken it to the Evolutionist’s version of the old silly “If Evolution were true then why are there still Monkeys?” argument.
Hope this helps!
SW
