In message , Davoud
writes
Doogie Hoosier:
...It didn't take long for somebody to tell me that was not possible,
because..."According to the WORD OF GOD, the light could only have
existed for 6,000 years..."

I don't argue with people like that. I tell them that they are entitled
to believe what they want to believe, but that a discussion of religion
is outside the scope of my presentation. If pressed, I may stand firm
on that, or I may add that *my* religion teaches that God did not tell
us directly when He created the Universe or the Earth. Instead, He
planted an enormous amount of evidence (some of it conflicting) that
would let us figure it out for ourselves if we were clever enough. So,
if God is not a liar -- if He didn't plant false evidence -- the
Universe is probably about 14 billion years old, and the Earth came
along about 4.5 billion years ago.

Otherwise the God of the Young Earth Creationists is in the same
situation as a dodgy antique dealer distressing his newly made furniture
to make it seem much older and more interesting.

An omnipotent God can potentially fake anything and everything with
arbitrary precision and at any time. It isn't a very appealing
explanation of the universe though. And it certainly isn't scientific.

"Creation Science" is one of the worst oxymorons of the 21st century.
They will drag us back to the Dark Ages given half a chance.
Fortunately, the problem of YEC is still largely confined to the USA.

Modern theologists have little difficulty with 20th century cosmology.

Regards,
--
Martin Brown