Posted on 02/17/2016 8:11:19 AM PST by fishtank
What impact does the detection of gravitational waves have on biblical creation?
By John G. Hartnett
Summary
Gravitational waves as predicted by Einstein were observed by the LIGO observatories for the first time on September 14, 2015.
The detection strongly supports Einsteinâs general theory of relativity published in 1916 where Einstein predicted such a phenomenon. No evidence for violation of general relativity was observed.
A binary pair of black holes were observed to coalesceâthe first time their existence confirmed. Their distance, determined from luminosity, is about 1.3 billion light-years.
The black holes had masses of 36 Mâ (mass of Sun) and 29 Mâ before coalescence and 62 Mâ after they combined. An equivalent of 3 Mâ was radiated away as gravitational waves.
There is very high confidence that the event seen at two widely separated sites must be real. The quality of the detected signals are high and were the same at each site.
This is, in principle, repeatable (with other binary sources) and therefore is operational science. No fudge factors were invoked.
The laws of physics used are the created laws of our God.
The detection provides strong confirmation that the current value of the speed of light has not changed since creation. Therefore the idea of c-decay is ruled out.
There are other more plausible solutions to the biblical creationist starlight-travel-time problem.
Big bang cosmology is not operational science. This observation in no way strengthens claims that the alleged big bang happened. The big bang necessarily still needs many unverifiable fudge factors. It is still unreasonable.
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Scientists have FOR DECADES tried very hard to disprove God and prove speculations like the Big Bang and evolution. But science ALWAYS leads us back to Genesis. Scientists are constantly frustrated by that. They sit in their labs and wring their hands over their inability to disprove God.
No impact. God made it so. End of discussion.
well 2 things i have figured out time and gravity always wins
it’s more confusing when you consider the fact that a person could literally fill this page with the many different attempts by science at guessing how old the earth is in millions of years...or is it billions...or is it trillions?????
you can not prove anything about the age of the earth but you are against those who are as confused as you??? wow!
most christian teachers that i have heard, teach that MAN was created 6000 years ago...not the earth. Big difference.
Do you believe Adam to be the first man, and that he was created by God?
Your answer will reveal much.
“...some of the original Fundamentalists did not have a problem with the idea of an ancient universe.”
care to name a couple?
I don’t have time now, but would like to look into this.
Did dinosaurs live with man because if they didn't, how did they die (and eat each other) if death, which came about through the sin, didn't come about until Adam arrived? And why does God make it so difficult to fully believe the biblical version of how we came about?
Self-imposed medieval ignorance on blatant display...:-(
Don’t beat your head against the wall. You won’t get anywhere. I gave up years ago. Waste of time.
Yes.
you wrote, “And why does God make it so difficult to fully believe the biblical version of how we came about?”
i ask..
And why do some make it so difficult to fully believe God’s version of how we came about?
don’t know if you have ever heard of Kent Hovind, but he has a teaching about dinosaurs and the bible that i find to be most interesting. Might want to check it out.
Dinosaurs became extinct after the Great Flood. It’s possible that the flood caused the climate to change. But we know for sure that the global flooding would have killed off a lot of the plant life that many dinosaurs relied on for food. The herbivores died off first, then the rest of the food chain would have collapsed.
God doesn’t make it hard to believe the truth. Scientists and the enemy who controls them do that. Satan is a great deceiver.
you should check out Kent Hovind also.
your post sounds like you are saying that there were actually land animals (dinosaurs) that survived in the midst of the flood.
If you read the bible carefully you will realize that they would have had to stay treading water for a lot longer than 40 days and nights. Not possible.
Not even considering that God said “Behold, I, even I am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish.
The only oxygen breathing land animals that survived the flood were all on the ark!
Dinosaurs were on the Ark. No need to tread water.
Dinosaurs were on the Ark. No need to tread water.
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