Until people begin to understand the time span between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2 they will keep spitting in the wind. Once a person understands that there is no disparity between the Bible and Science.
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 “”