Posted by Carlos on January 31, 1999 at 11:21:20:
In Reply to: More Babble on Creation Vs. Science posted by Boje on January 31, 1999 at 05:06:17:
Boje said:
As it turns out, there is a formula which can be derived from what we know from the Theory of General Relativity, which demonstrates that a week of 24 hour days, from the vantage point of a person "speaking" from the point of the "Big bang", would compare to 15 billion years of Earth time, taking into account the degradation (or lowering) of energy levels in the intervening time period. What that means, is not that each day is not equal to 2.1 billion years, but rather, that each "day" is equal to a continually negatively variable time period as described by the formula, which is derived from known information given by the Theory of General Relativity. The point is: it corresponds known scientific data much more accurately in temporal terms with what is declared in the book of Genesis, than that of any other theory which I have heard of.
I believe the book to which you refer is "The Science of God", a review of which I have linked below.
Finally, some Christians are recognizing that irritating little facts like the age of the universe cannot be explained away, so some have made an attempt to make the Genesis account fit within modern science. The result, unfortunately, is simply pathetic.