| "In the beginning, God created heaven and Earth .." | | | | tons; the speed of travel would approach that of |
| thus begins the Old Testament of the Bible. On the | | | | light; thus (per our smartest Cosmologists) - at the |
| other hand, Science says the beginning of our | | | | spot where future Earth would be located in the |
| Universe occurred 13.7 billion years ago with the Big | | | | expanding Cosmos - "Day 1 of Cosmic time" (24 hour |
| Bang, when all the matter that comprises our | | | | equivalent day) would be about seven billion years of |
| Universe was created. With the Bible, there is only | | | | present Earth-time; Day 2 (expanding Universe), |
| "faith" - accept or reject it; with Science however, | | | | about half that; |
| there are rules and analyses and explanations and | | | | - Thus, it turns out that 13.7 billion years (Earth time) |
| conditions which can be explored - thus understanding | | | | is equivalent to only about six days of Cosmic time, |
| is gained. | | | | and our Earth (per science), which is dated to about |
| Among the bases of the Science version, there are | | | | four billion years of age, was formed (from the |
| the following: | | | | swirling mass of material which became our galaxy |
| - Our Universe is proven (by astronomical | | | | and solar system) at about the beginning of Cosmic |
| measurements) to be expanding - thus, at its start, | | | | Day 3. |
| the Big Bang is understood to have been initiated | | | | - Interesting aspects of time relativity are: a |
| from a super-compressed small "beginning";. | | | | cross-country aircraft traveler gains perhaps one |
| - The 13.7 billion years, verified by background | | | | forty-billionth of a second, compared to |
| radiation measurements from all areas of the | | | | stay-at-homes; and an astronaut on the moon "ages" |
| Universe, is "Earth time". (Note: Einsteinian time-dilation | | | | a similar, unnoticeable amount of time relative to |
| calculations are that "time passage" is not a constant | | | | earthlings. |
| everywhere (sorry, Star Trek), but varies between | | | | Of great interest to religious believers is that Cosmic |
| places, dependent upon the differences in gravity | | | | time, seems to agree in all respects with Bible time. |
| fields and speeds of travel between the places);. | | | | Events both in the Cosmos and on Earth - as |
| - By Einstein's "Mass -Energy" equation, scientists | | | | astronomy and Earth sciences establish them - seem |
| believe - at the Big Bang - when all the matter of the | | | | to concur with the biblical events. Comparisons show |
| entire Universe was created (everything on Earth, | | | | remarkable correlations to Genesis, day by day: the |
| our solar system, our galaxy, all galaxies) - all the | | | | formation of galaxies; formation of solar system; |
| "mass" of the Universe was converted from an | | | | Earth, water, vegetation appears; aquatic and flying |
| immense amount of "energy" (source unknown);. | | | | creatures, mammals and humankind appear - |
| Most difficult for most non-scientists to grasp is | | | | different words but not a single non-conformity! |
| relative time-passage, that length-of-time is not a | | | | Extremely noteworthy is that the studies of |
| constant at different places. In contrast - flat versus | | | | Astronomy and Earth sciences have been under |
| spherical earth - through education and the | | | | development only in the past few centuries, |
| commonplace of air travel in our daily lives, western | | | | whereas, the matching words of the Bible have been |
| adults easily accept a ball-shaped Earth rather than | | | | around for millennia. |
| flatness - what our eyes see. | | | | What is unfortunate - as humankind uses its powers |
| To self-educate on time-passage-differences, some | | | | of observation and rationalization to understand our |
| gradual acclimatization can assist: Einsteinian | | | | world and how it and we have come about - is that |
| time-dilation (proven by aircraft flight comparisons) | | | | the conventional mind-set of our most intelligent and |
| establishes that time slows as the gravity field-force | | | | educated leaders, is so firmly close-minded against |
| and travel speeds increase; | | | | the mere idea of a "creator" or an "Intelligent Design" |
| - Earth-time is based on Earth's gravity (average man | | | | that logic is not permitted to enter. By dictate from |
| weighs about 170 lbs.) and Earth-surface speed | | | | the secular elite, the leaders of western society: life |
| (about 220 miles-per-second: Earth orbit of Sun; our | | | | came about by chance - Darwin-Evolution explains it |
| solar system movement in our galaxy; etc.);. | | | | all - teachers who dare to teach Intelligent Design |
| - At the Big Bang, the gravity field was so great that | | | | must be "Expelled" (title of recent documentary on |
| a tiny dust mite (that we might see floating in a ray | | | | such attempts) - God must be kept from the |
| of sunlight in our living room) might weigh millions of | | | | classroom! |