CynicalBear there are all kinds of attempts to reconcile 15.75 [or is it now 13.7?] billion years for the age of the universe and 3-4 billion for Earth and life. There are several mathematical and population problems with millions and billions of years for life to appear gradually. My opinion is Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 are simply a re-telling of creation week.
My favored explanation for ages of light and stars is:
Dr. Russell Humphreys book “Starlight and Time”
His theory posits the apparent speed of light/time supernaturally differed during the Creation week where God expanded the Earth and Universe out of nothing [ex nihilo].
A simplified explanation equates this apparent light speed moving supernaturally at:
Day1: 8 billion light years
2nd : 4b “”
3rd : 2b “”
4th : 1b “”
5th : 0.5b “”
6th : 0.25b “”
Umm, you realize that ‘light year’ is a measure of distance and not time...
That post to me makes no sense.
A simplified explanation equates this apparent light speed moving supernaturally at:And Hans Solo made the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs.
Day1: 8 billion light years
2nd : 4b “”
3rd : 2b “”
4th : 1b “”
5th : 0.5b “”
6th : 0.25b “”
Total: 15.75 billion light years giver or take how many more or less 6000 more year of civilization affects the bottom line.
But the problem is -- for both George Lucas and Russel Humphreys -- is that a parsec, like a lightyear, is a measure of DISTANCE, not TIME.