The universe appears "old", but it is still less than 10,000 years old

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Albert Mohler is the president of the Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville Kentucky. He is a Young Earth Creationist, however he does not deny that the universe appears to be old. However since he believes the universe is less than say 10,000 years old. So Mohler argues that either god created the universe to appear "old" or that the "fall" rapidly aged the universe.

A Christian Fundamentalist friend of mine, who admitted that he leans to a "six day" creation position thought Mohler's argument was appealing.

Essentially this speech he gave to a ministry conference outlines his argument.

Transcript in this link below.

http://biologos.org/resources/albert-moh...ook-so-old

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_Wi5OYZ7Ks

One caveat of the "six day" reading is the fact that the first 2 days took place without the sun, moon, or stars. We understand evening and morning to correspond to the angular relationship between the sun and the earth. So I think the question has been raised as to whether the "days" of Genesis 1 correspond to earth days or another unit.