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« on: May 22, 2001, 12:54:05 PM »
Those are some good points, based on observable data. However, I disagree with the conclusions. This is why:
As you all know, the formula used to find the amount of time taken to travel a given distance at a given speed is
Time = Distance / Speed
Using this formula and the known speed of light (which is constant), distant stars are found to be millions of light years away. We cannot argue the speed of light or the distance of the stars; these are observable. The only variable left in the equation is Time. According to Einstein's Theory of Relativity, Time is not constant and can be distorted by speed and gravity.
We know that at the event horizon around a black hole, time stands still.
There is a theory, known as Gravitational Time Dilation, which attempts to explain the belief of Creationists that the universe is young. It depends on the assumption that the universe has a boundary.
This theory holds that the universe has expanded at some time in the past out of a previous state in which it was surrounded by a white hole (a black hole running in reverse) and near the center of which was the earth. The event horizon of this white hole would have shrunk and eventually disappeared as the matter expanded. Time would literally stand still on the Earth (within the event horizon). Less than a day on earth would pass, but it would appear the millions of years were passing in deep space. Stars and galaxies would appear to be moving much faster than they do now, but an observer outside the event horizon could measure the speed of light to be the same constant that it is today.
This theory is consistent with the Bible's creation account, and all of the concepts used are widely accepted by cosmologists.
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