The YEC hypothesis can be briefly stated as being based on the creation account in Genesis:
1) God creates the Universe, probably 6-7000 years ago, depending on which source scripture is used,
2) God causes life to arise on Earth in multiple "kinds" during the six days of creation,
3) Mankind rejects God's authority, causing what is popularly known as "the Fall".
4) After a few thousand years Mankind grows in sinfullness,
5) A global flood destroys all airbreathing animal life not preserved on Noah's Ark.
These are the major elements in Genesis which most YECs subscribe to.
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Fairly recently I discovered a possible way to resolve the apparent dilemma of how we can see stars billions of light years away in a universe that is only 6-7000 years old. This idea is generally based on the Big Bang idea that the coordinates of the universe expanded exponentially in the past, but this idea has a slight difference: it assumes that the expansion rate was slighter greater than that assumed by the Big Bang.
Scientists have been discovering much about the so-called "simple cell" in the past decade. One can get a feel for this by going through the "sticky" thread "Cell Trends Too" which talks about the discoveries since the year 2000.
It now appears that the three unsolved problems of evolutionary theory have been pushed back in time back beyond the Cambrian, which means before 99.99% of the fossils were laid down.
The three problems are of course: 1) the DNA/RNA/protein interrelated system, 2)
the sexual reproduction mechanism, and 3) the HOX gene switching mechanism which affects development of an embryo.
YECs believe that these are no "problem" at all if one assumes that Genesis was correct that God created multiple "kinds" of creatures that had the three "advanced capabilities" aready in place.
1) God creates the Universe, probably 6-7000 years ago, depending on which source scripture is used,
2) God causes life to arise on Earth in multiple "kinds" during the six days of creation,
3) Mankind rejects God's authority, causing what is popularly known as "the Fall".
4) After a few thousand years Mankind grows in sinfullness,
5) A global flood destroys all airbreathing animal life not preserved on Noah's Ark.
These are the major elements in Genesis which most YECs subscribe to.
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Fairly recently I discovered a possible way to resolve the apparent dilemma of how we can see stars billions of light years away in a universe that is only 6-7000 years old. This idea is generally based on the Big Bang idea that the coordinates of the universe expanded exponentially in the past, but this idea has a slight difference: it assumes that the expansion rate was slighter greater than that assumed by the Big Bang.
Scientists have been discovering much about the so-called "simple cell" in the past decade. One can get a feel for this by going through the "sticky" thread "Cell Trends Too" which talks about the discoveries since the year 2000.
It now appears that the three unsolved problems of evolutionary theory have been pushed back in time back beyond the Cambrian, which means before 99.99% of the fossils were laid down.
The three problems are of course: 1) the DNA/RNA/protein interrelated system, 2)
the sexual reproduction mechanism, and 3) the HOX gene switching mechanism which affects development of an embryo.
YECs believe that these are no "problem" at all if one assumes that Genesis was correct that God created multiple "kinds" of creatures that had the three "advanced capabilities" aready in place.
