How old is the Universe?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where did the Universe come from:

1. The credentials of Moses

• What does the Bible say?
• Where did Moses' beliefs come from?

2. According to secularism

• The current theories
• In the scientific beginning
• Something from nothing?
• Where that leaves us

3. According to the Bible

• The biblical scenario

4. How long did creation take?

• The three alternatives
  • Six days
  • Thousands of years
  • Billions of years
• How old is the earth?
  • Six days
  • Evidence for the young-earth argument
  • Evidence for the old-earth argument
• The central issue

5. Natural Revelation:
What it reveals about origins

• What does natural revelation reveal about origins?
• What is there to be afraid of?
  • An old universe favors evolution?
  • Six days can only mean six days?
  • The universe was recently created to look old?

6. Intelligent design theory on the nature of the universe

• IDT and the nature of the universe
  • Contingency
  • Complexity
  • Specification
• Is it unscientific to infer design?
  • The chief criticism of IDT
  • The scientific justification for design inference
  • Religious implications of a non-religious theory

7. What is meant by "creation"?

• God's M.O.
• Sudden, inexplicable works
• Slow, methodical process
• The pool table analogy

 

See also:

The cosmological argument for God

How do science and the Bible compare?

Wouldn't the discovery of life on other planets totally destroy the Bible?

What is "chance"?

On freedom of inquiry