RE: The speed of light, stars, and YEC?
January 10, 2012 at 6:32 pm
(This post was last modified: January 10, 2012 at 6:39 pm by JudgeDracoAmunRa.)
(December 8, 2011 at 12:21 pm)Voltair Wrote: 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.
Oh not this old chestnut again. Let me ask you something very simple. How does science know for a fact that the light we're seeing now was actually emitted from the star you claim it was emitted from?
Science doesn't know that as a fact yet. Science assumes that the light we're seeing now was emitted by these very distant stars.
(December 8, 2011 at 12:50 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote:(December 8, 2011 at 12:21 pm)Voltair Wrote: Is this seriously the best arguments that YEC has to offer?If Genesis isn't literal, there was no literal fall from grace. No fall from grace means no need for Jesus to redeem us on the cross. No Jesus on the cross means no Christianity. Game. Set. Match.
That's all very well, but your argument is based on an if.
"What if" Genesis is literal. Game, set, match to the Christians I reckon.
That kind of "what if" argument not only works both ways, but it also fails both ways.
The interesting thing about Truth is that Truth is still Truth even if the devil speaks it. The interesting thing about Lies is that Lies are still Lies even if God speaks them.