Universe Old, Earth Young

• Humphreys theory based on general relativity but with starting assumption of bounded cosmos

  • Earth and universe form out of a "white hole"

• Six days pass on an Earth clock while billions of years pass beyond the white hole event horizon

• Solves: distant starlight, supernova, red shift, cosmic background radiation, Genesis valid

• Problems:

  • Still have radiometric dating of Earth rocks/solar system meteorites, no short-lived radioactive isotopes issues (unaddressed)

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The sub-title of Humphreys book is "Solving the Puzzle of Distant Starlight in a Young Universe". He correctly points out the main flaw of the mature creation of the universe concept which is that most of the events that astronomers observe (such as Supernova 1987a) would never have happened. If light were created in-transit, this event from 160,000 light-years away would seem to be fictional.

Humphreys' theory is based on the principles of Einstein's theory of general relativity, whose predictions of time dilation due to motion and gravity have been proven. This creationist cosmology is based on the following assumptions: 1) the universe is bounded, having a very large but finite size and a definite boundary (which he believes are "the waters above the heavens" - a wall of ice), 2) the Earth is near the center of mass of the universe, 3) God stretched out interstellar space during the creation week, and 4) the universe was created while six Earth days transpired.

Some highlights of the theory are: 1) the Earth and universe begin as a dense ball of liquid water ("the deep"), two light-years in diameter, inside a black hole having an event horizon (the boundary beyond which light cannot escape) of .5 billion light-years, 2) God said "Let there be light" and thermonuclear fusion reactions begin, 3) by direct intervention, God begins stretching out space causing the ball of matter to expand rapidly, changing what was a black hole into a white hole (nothing can enter it), 4) God marks off a large expanse separating the material for the Earth from the material for the stars of the universe, 5) the shrinking event horizon of the white hole reaches Earth early on the fourth day, after which billions of years take place in the cosmos (beyond the event horizon) as stars are formed and ignited, 6) God stops the expansion before the evening of the sixth day - the creation now being complete.