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Does Starlight Take Billions of Years to Reach Earth?

The presentation presented here explores how light from distant galaxies could reach Earth in a universe less than 8,000 years old. This is from a biblical creationist perspective based on the scriptures and science.

John Gideon Hartnett
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Here I am speaking on Examining Origins YT channel on the question of distant starlight in a created universe. How long did it take light from distant galaxies to reach Earth? Is distant starlight an insurmountable problem for the perspective of young Earth? I discuss this topic with Rebekah and suggest a solution to the issue of light-travel time to Earth in a universe less than 8,000 years old.

Please have a listen and comment below.

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3 responses to “Does Starlight Take Billions of Years to Reach Earth?”

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    vupinto

    From my post on YT
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    John, at 1:03:40 you start to speak a bit more about the “tension” of space, ZPE, and the high density of space, unlike what laypersons view space as being empty and so not having a “density”, let alone very high.

    Would you please consider writing an article or a presentation of explaining what this ZPE is and how do physicists arrive at the conclusion that there IS a seriously high density? I think it will help us all if explained in reasonably moderate terms.

    I’ll also post this request directly at your corresponding webpage.
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      John Gideon Hartnett

      I’ll do my best to write a blog post on that very soon. Stay tuned.

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      John Gideon Hartnett

      Physicists model the vacuum as a crystal like structure of a lattice of oscillators with ZPE, which means only quantum fluctuations of virtual particles. But they have a spectrum of energies so to calculate the energy density you must integrate over all energies and remember they are quantised.. A cut off frequency is assumed but whichever cut off limit is chosen the energy density is extremely high. About 10^60 to 10^120 times larger then the estimates of alleged cosmological constant.

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