Starlight and Time?

Published: Tue, 02/12/19

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth!

Hi ,

The evolution model of origins is based on the idea that the universe is billions of years old. And, one of the evidences used is the issue of the speed of light and the distance of stars from us. The claim is that the stars are so far away that it would take a very long time period for their light to reach us.

There are many creationist theories about how this might be explained. Some seem far-fetched while others seem more reasonable. I really don't know. However, here's a very simple scenario I thought of years ago that might simplify the issue. I'll attempt to explain it in a few short steps.

1. First, the Bible says (Genesis 1:1) that in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Can we infer from this that the earth was the first actual "physical" object created? Most theologians seem to agree.

2. Next, the creator (the Spirit of God) was hovering over the face of the deep (Gen. 1:2). In other words, He was right here, at the earth, when it was created. Furthermore, He would need to be here anyway since He was about to make things on the earth.

3. At day #4, He made the lights in the sky - the sun, moon & stars (Gen. 1:14-18). However, we are given a glimpse of perhaps how this was done in Psalm 104:2 and Is. 48:13. These verses seem to indicate that God literally "spread" out the heavens like people spread out a tent. Spreading out a tent usually would imply that the person erecting the tent is standing in one spot, and then with a sweeping motion of the arm, would "throw" or "spread" the tent out before it could be fastened into place with pegs. If these verses do indeed provide an answer, then God, who is physically right here on the earth, spread out the heavenly lights by implication.

4. With #3 in mind, now imagine a glass ball with a light inside that you can turn on or off remotely. Now, imagine if you turn the light off, put the glass ball on the ground, then go away from it to a point 100 ft. from you. Furthermore, imagine that the speed of light is only 1 mph. You then click your remote to turn on the light. Since the speed of light is only 1 mph, it's going to take perhaps 30-60 seconds for the light to reach you, right? That's because the light went from THERE to where you are. And... this is what everyone assumes about the stars. They assume that the light went from WHERE THE STARS ARE NOW to where we are now.

However, conversely, imagine that you turn the light on inside the glass ball while you're still holding it, and then throw it from you so that it rolls to a point 100 ft. from you. In this case, the light did not go from THERE to HERE. It was always "here", and you'd be able to see it as it went away from you to the point where it stops. It went from HERE to THERE.

In the same way, imagine that God, who was right here at the earth (#2 above), spread the stars all out as described in Psalm 104. In this case, just like the glass ball, the light didn't go from "there to here" - it was ALWAYS here because God, in essence "threw" them (or "spread" them) from here to where they are now.

There. Clear as mud? Anyway, it's just a thought, but it's based on Scripture. Whether this is what God did or not, I don't know. But if it is, then it solves a major issue...

In Christ,