[Dominick]

Have you ever heard of Progeria?

This would not explain growth rings being doubled over a year. It would require cold and heat and super growth yearly, as well as the thermal shock from events that change temperature from 32F to 80F several times a day. This would change the rotation of the earth to the point that the shape of the Earth would be visibly different today.

Such a rate of heat change would alter the very soil and bedrock the tree grew in.

Just like all intelleget people once thought that the speed of light was a constant...

It is a constant. The speed of light in a vacuum is unalterable, 3x10^12 m/s.

[PetroniusMaximus]

***This would not explain growth rings being doubled over a year.***

No, but it is an example of how the aging process can occure faster than conventional wisdom would expect.

Here is another one. When God created Adam, He created a fully mature human male - not an embryo. Adam, for all appearances (likely) looked like he had existed for over 30 years - even after his first fwe minutes of existence.

Likewise, when God created the trees (Gen 1:11) they no, doubt were created mature - growth rings included.


***It is a constant.***

But not under all conditions, just like time.