Quote:I’m surprised at how many people get hung up on 6000 years as problem. I have no need to defend myself, but will give you insight into what YECs believe:
Obviously it starts with belief that the God of the bible exists, which is yes, unscientific. That’s the ONLY area you can criticize.
After that, here’s the logic:
1) In His word, he created animals in a single day. Each fully mature animal would have had the same actual age, yet differing appearances of age: Conclusion: not only does He demonstrate creating things with apparent ages, but even differing apparent ages.
2) God also created the starry hosts (the universe).
3) As we examine the universe, we see varying evidence for its age. Not JUST ~14 billion. Some entities show indications that the universe CANNOT be 14 billion years old.
4) The varying ages of aspects of the universe can therefore be dealt with by applying that principle from item 1).
So there you have it: age of the universe logically solid within the creation model.
Here’s the irony: although evolutionists criticize YECs for their ‘age of the universe’ logic flaw, the truth is, it’s actually a logic flaw for them, not us. How do you account for the scientific evidence saying the universe cannot be 14B years old?
(sorry for that long post)
I'm sober and out of pain reliever so I know I'll regret this, but what the hell! OK, what scientific evidence do you have that contradicts the generally accepted age of the universe?
