Man Lies, God Cannot
by Edward Hendrie
The vast majority of creation scientists accept the account in the Bible of God creating the heaven and the earth within six (6) literal days (with God resting on the seventh day). They acknowledge that creation happened approximately 6,000 years ago, just as indicated in the Bible. But heliocentric creation scientists also accept the view of profane science that the universe consists of a vast vacuum of space where there are trillions of stars that are billions of light years away from earth.
Profane science says that the star Icarus is 9 billion light years away from Earth; the most distant supernova is 23 billion light years away; the most distant quasar is 29 billion light-years away; the most distant galaxy is 32 billion light-years away. The closest star is thought to be Alpha Centauri, which is alleged to be 4.367 light years from Earth. A light year is the distance that light can travel in one year. Light travels at approximately 186,282 miles per second, which is 670,616,629 miles per hour.
The theory of profane science is that the universe came into being through a spontaneous “big bang” that happened approximately 14 billion years ago. The problem that heliocentric creation scientists have with their acceptance of the heliocentric dogma of so-called science is that there is no way that the stars, which are billions of light years away, could be seen on the day of creation, or even today, if the earth was created only 6,000 years ago. That is because it would take billions of years for the light to reach earth and be seen, and the earth is only 6,000 years old. Thus, the profane cosmology, if accepted as true, seems to have refuted the biblical account of the six days of creation having taken place only 6,000 years ago.
Incidentally, the big bang, which is theorized to have happened 14 billion years ago, also cannot account for how we can see a supernova that is 23 billion light-years away, a quasar that is 29 billion light years away, and a galaxy that is 32 billion light years away. But profane cosmology is full of such inconsistencies, which are beyond the scope of this email.
Heliocentric creation scientists reject the big bang theory, but they accept that there is a vast universe of space with stars that are billions of light years away. That acceptance of the vast universe presents a dilemma for the heliocentric creation scientists. And they understand their dilemma. Jason Lisle, Ph.D., a Creation Science Hall of Fame inductee explains the quandary faced by the heliocentric creation scientists:
“Critics of biblical creation sometimes use distant starlight as an argument against a young universe. The argument goes something like this: (1) there are galaxies that are so far away, it would take light from their stars billions of years to get from there to here; (2) we can see these galaxies, so their starlight has already arrived here; and (3) the universe must be at least billions of years old—much older than the 6,000 or so years indicated in the Bible.”
The heliocentric creationists have undermined their young-earth model by accepting the profane cosmology of a vast vacuum of outer space. Indeed, Dr. Lisle recognized that fact. “Many big bang supporters consider this [distant stars, billions of light year away] to be an excellent argument against the biblical timescale.”
What are the heliocentric creation scientists to do? Simple, they just make things up. They have come up with several sophisticated theories to reconcile the irreconcilable. Dr. Jason Lisle has even invoked Einstein’s irrational and physics-defying theory of relativity into one of his explanations for addressing the contradiction between the young 6.000-year-old earth and the visibility of distant stars that are billions of light years away. Dr. Lisle, though, admitted that his work-around “may or may not be” true; it is only an “intriguing possibility.”
“Now, this idea may or may not be the reason that distant starlight is able to reach earth within the biblical timescale, but so far no one has been able to prove that the Bible does not use cosmic local time. So, it is an intriguing possibility.”
Dr. Lisle cited to an article by Robert Newton in support of his theory. According to Answers in Genesis, “Robert Newton is the pen name of a creationist astrophysicist currently undertaking research for a doctorate at an accredited university in the USA. He graduated summa cum laude, with a double major in physics and astronomy, and a minor in mathematics. He has also completed a M.S. in astrophysics. Robert is a member of the American Astronomical Society and Phi Beta Kappa.” Robert Newton realizes that the acceptance by heliocentric creationists of the profane science of stars being billions of light years away poses a problem for them of defending the biblical account of creation.
“This immediately presents an apparent problem for Biblical creationists. The Bible states in the first chapter of Genesis that God made the stars on Day 4 of Creation Week. A straightforward reading of Scripture shows that Creation must have happened about 6,000 years ago. This means that the light from distant stars should not yet have reached the Earth. Yet clearly it has, because we do see very distant stars. This is no small problem, for we are able to observe galaxies of stars that are so far away that their light should have taken billions of years to reach Earth. Some people claim that this disproves the Genesis account of Creation, and proves that the universe is billions of years old, not thousands.”
What is Robert Newton’s theory? Recall that the stars were created on day four. Genesis 1:14-19. Robert Newton opines the following:
“Perhaps the answer is much simpler. Perhaps the definition of time that God uses in Genesis 1 is observed time, not calculated time. In other words, had there been an observer standing on Earth on Day 4 of the Creation Week, he or she would have seen the stars being created on that day. This is certainly the impression we get from a straightforward reading of Genesis. The insightful reader will at this point realize that this view implies that the stars observed on Day 4 were ‘actually’ created years—even billions of years—before Day 1, according to calculated time. This view suggests that God created stars ‘before’ the beginning of time (if such an idea is meaningful) in such a way that their light would reach Earth on Day 4.”
Notice, this is complete conjecture. He prefaces his theory with a massive “perhaps.” He reconciles his theory with the plain language of the Bible by creating two different time-frames for creation. He states that there is calculated time (which is when things actually happened) and observed time (when God said things happened).
According to Robert Newton, the Bible gives the account of when the stars were created according to observed time. But the observed time given in the Bible is not really when the stars were created. The stars were actually created billions of years earlier. That actual time-frame for the creation of the stars is what Robert Newton calls the calculated time. According to Robert Newton, God kept it a secret from man when he really created the stars (the calculated time). When God said in Genesis 1:1 that he was giving an account of creation from the “beginning” he was telling a fib. Robert Newton’s account has God lying in the Bible about when he actually created the stars.
“Since the Bible indicates that the stars were visible on Day 4, we now compute the (calculated) time at which they were created. Alpha Centauri (a star 4.3 light years away) must have been created about 4.3 years ‘before the beginning’ (before Day 1) in order for its light to have reached Earth on Day 4 of the Creation Week. Likewise, a star 10 light years away must have been created about 10 years before Day 1. A star one billion light years away must have been created about one billion years ‘before the beginning’ and so on. So, we see that more distant stars were created earlier than nearby stars. The time of creation depends on the distance from Earth. So what appears to be simultaneous according to observed time, now appears to be spread out over a long period of time. Which view is the ‘correct’ picture? They both are—each according to the chosen convention of time measurement.”
Robert Newton is opining that when God said “[i]n the beginning” in Genesis 1:1 it was not really the beginning. Robert Newton is claiming that God was prevaricating about when exactly was the beginning. Robert Newton claims that God really started creating the distant stars billions of years earlier. That would have been billions of years before “the beginning” in Genesis 1:1. That means that when God said it was “the beginning,” it really wasn’t the beginning. The implication of Robert Newton’s theory is obvious. Robert Newton is intimating that God is lying in his account in the Bible of creating the stars. Robert Newton explains:
“But how can a star be created before the beginning? We must remember that the Bible’s statement ‘In the beginning’ (Genesis 1:1) is a measure of time, and therefore must be the ‘beginning’ as measured according to observed time. So although the beginning of the universe occurs simultaneously everywhere on Day 1 according to observed time, the beginning of the universe (just as with the stars) occurs at different calculated times depending on the distance from Earth. Day 1 occurs much earlier for places in the universe that are more distant from Earth than nearby places. … At this point, (thanks to God’s innovative method of creation) all the light from all the stars reaches Earth at exactly the same time. This may seem an unusual method by which to create a universe, but then is there a ‘usual’ method by which universes are created? This method is compatible with the Word of God; and it is compatible with all astronomical observations of which I am aware. The God who created space and time should have no difficulty creating and placing the stars where and when He desires.”
Heliocentric creationists, like Robert Newton, try to reconcile the irreconcilable conflict between the word of God and profane cosmology by saying that God prevaricated about when he created the world. Robert Newton presents a god who is like a crooked accountant who keeps two sets of books. According to him, God had a set of observable time books and a separate set of calculated time books. He kept his calculated time books secret. He only told us about his observable time books. Heliocentric creation scientists of all stripes are schemers and liars, and so is their god. The true God of the Bible, who created a flat and stationary earth, did not keep two sets of books; he is not a liar. “God is not a man, that he should lie.” Numbers 23:19.
Heliocentric creation scientists discredit God and God’s word. No wonder profane scientists scoff at the arguments of creation scientists. Heliocentric creation scientists are not preaching the real God of the Bible; they are preaching a crooked and deceptive god who keeps two sets of books. Heliocentric creation scientists are connivers and they present a god to the world who is a liar. Who would believe in a god, when what that god says cannot be believed.