The
Age of the Universe Pt II
The Age of the Universe Pt II
[An excerpt: The Age of the Universe by Dr. Jason Lisle]
The evolution connection
"It is noteworthy that most (though not all) of the scientists who believe in
billions of years also believe in particles-to-people evolution. Evolution
requires vast ages. It couldn’t possibly have happened on a mere 6,000-year time
scale, because such profound changes would then have to be happening so rapidly
that we would not only see massive transformations all around us, we would have
historical records of many examples. Yet, we have never seen life evolve from
non-life, nor have we ever seen a living organism evolve into another kind with
greater specified complexity. These “uphill” changes just aren’t observed;
indeed, they seem to be impossible.
The imaginary vast ages are invoked to make these seemingly miraculous leaps
feasible. As George Wald has stated, “Time is in fact the hero of the plot. . .
. Given so much time, the ‘impossible’ becomes possible, the possible probable,
and the probable virtually certain. One has only to wait; time itself performs
the miracles.”3 The insurmountable obstacles to evolution are simply swept under
the rug of vast ages.
The addition of the billions of years does not actually solve the problems with
molecules-to-man evolution. These problems have been addressed in detail on our
website at answersingenesis.org and in the materials available there, and so
there is no need to elaborate in this astronomy book. The point here is simply
that evolution requires vast ages. Hence, this is an example of how worldviews
can affect a person’s interpretation of evidence. Evolutionists must believe in
vast ages. Their worldview bias does not allow them to consider the possibility
that the universe could be only thousands of years old, regardless of what
recorded history teaches, and regardless of any scientific evidence. People who
reject molecules-to-man evolution would do well to remember this before jumping
on board with the vast ages." Full text: The Age of the Universe by Dr.
Jason Lisle
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/tba/age-of-the-universe-1
“The heavens declare creation and science confirms it.” Jason Lisle