You can’t have your “old universe and eat it too!
If the earth is some 5.4 billion years old, then I am sure some close by star has gone super nova sometime since the accidental “because it had to come into existence” universe just “happened” out of nothing ( I have young grandchildren who tell me “ it just happened”).
On the other hand, if the creation is some 10,000 or so years old and AND modern “science” (body of knowledge) is accurate, then we really don’t have to worry about Betelgeuse going hot for another 90,000 or so years.
Don’t you get it yet?
Maybe a rerun of “Horton Hears a Who” is appropriate for you “settled science” ( the biggest misnomer ever concocted by depraved man, BTW).
“And Elohim said, “Light, Be; and Light was” Genesis 1:3
Once again, the ancients recognized the need for a primary actor and a first cause for logical, rational understanding of anything in our scope of awareness. Modern theoretical physicists etc rely on the absolute absurd to explain what a child innately knows- someone had to act for anything to move.
Explaining the creation is easy compared to answering a 5 year old’s inquiry into “but Papa, where did God get His power and where did He come from?”
At some point in the equation, understanding that we cannot understand facts outside our own consciousness is the basis of saving faith. But if we accept that the Creator is OUTSIDE of His creation, it becomes rational and logical.
It still takes more faith to believe modern consensus on origins than it does to believe that there is a Creator, a loving one who cares about every person He created....
We’d better find out how to pronounce Betelgeuse before then.
I play it safe and don’t go out a night when it’s in the visible sky.
It may have already happened. Think about it.
Depends where the spin axis is oriented—GRB.
From Wiki:
Due to misunderstandings caused by the 2009 publication of the star’s 15% contraction, apparently of its outer atmosphere, Betelgeuse has frequently been the subject of scare stories and rumors suggesting that it will explode within a year, leading to exaggerated claims about the consequences of such an event. The timing and prevalence of these rumors have been linked to broader misconceptions of astronomy, particularly to doomsday predictions relating to the Mayan calendar. Betelgeuse is not likely to produce a gamma-ray burst and is not close enough for its x-rays, ultraviolet radiation, or ejected material to cause significant effects on Earth.
