"Sorry, but that is incorrect. It's probably another myth pushed by Young-Earth Creationists."
Sorry, but you are incorrect. It's probably another myth pushed by long-age naturalists.
"...consequently there is no evidence for local (~1AU) scale expansion of the solar system."
You are correct. However, you don't realize that the theory applies on an intergalactic scale, not a local scale.
If you hold a basketball, there is actually a gravitational attraction between you and the basketball. But you cannot feel it. Does that mean that gravity does not exist? Of course not.
Wikipedia actually does a good job of explaining expansion and the overwhelming evidence for it. If you want something a little more technical, there are plenty of peer-reviewed, published papers on the internet.
GD: "...consequently there is no evidence for local (~1AU) scale expansion of the solar system."
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Thank you for parading your ignorance and dishonesty for all on FR to see.
You used the same dishonest YEC trick they use in quoting scripture, You excerpted and cited a scientific paper (wrongly) out of context. Here is the entire statement:
"The search for a time variation in the gravitational constant results in \dot G/G=(4 +/- 9) x 10^{-13} yr^{-1}, consequently there is no evidence for local (~1AU) scale expansion of the solar system."
You obviously do not know what an Astronomical Unit is. (It is considerably smaller than the scale of the solar system as a whole.) Look it up; you might actually learn something...
If you were capable of comprehending powers-of-ten notation, you would understand that, with currently-available measurement techniques, we admit that we are simply unable to measure inflation at scales on the order of 1AU -- no matter where we measure. That does not invalidate measurements at greater scales. Nor does it imply that our solar system is a "special case". (Just because you can't "put a ruler to" the diameter of an electron, does that mean you can't know how many miles you drove? Or know how many miles it is from Phoenix to Boston -- even if you are in LA?)
At least scientists -- even Christian ones -- (unlike your ilk) have the intellectual honesty and integrity to admit and publish the limits of their abilities, their measurements, their data -- and their understanding...