RE: [asa] YEC cosmology question: astro shows

"geometry shows that the Milky Way is appreciably larger than 6K light
years."

Is that any different than Adam being a day old yet looking like a
mature man? If it is in the same category, then it has the same
explanation.

I think the difference is in seeing "events" that took longer than 6,000
years for the light to travel to us. In that case, the events, like
watching a movie, really happened or are an illusion. As for how big
things are, they could easily be explained by a YEC for "appearance of
age" I think.

...Bernie

-----Original Message-----
From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of David Campbell
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:11 PM
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Subject: Re: [asa] YEC cosmology question: astro shows

A bit closer to home, current technology allows parallelax
measurements to reach beyond 6000 light years. I.e., geometry shows
that the Milky Way is appreciably larger than 6K light years.
Creation of the light on its way from the distant objects is the only
young-earth scenario I know of that is actually compatible with the
scientific data. Objections to such a model must be philosophical
rather than scientific.

-- 
Dr. David Campbell
425 Scientific Collections
University of Alabama
"I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"
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