God Might be a bit of a Prick

One of the problems of Christianity is the very thing that it is based upon, the bible itself. According to the bible the world, indeed the universe itself is only 6000 to 10,000 years old. However, science shows us that this is not possible. To understand it one needs a bit of background on light and the very cosmos that surrounds us.

Stars distances are calculated by use of what is known as parallax, basically using triangulation to determine distance. Binocular eyes in animals, human eyes for instance, do the same thing. The brain judges the parallax angle from seeing information from both eyes individually then triangulating an object’s distance by the individual views from each eye.

For more distant stars we use what is known as standard candle. Cepheid variable stars have a specific period luminosity allowing brightness to be known, some mathematics and comparison to Cepheid variables of known distance gives an accurate measure of distance.

Hubble has detected light from billions of light years away. This should not be possible according to the bible.

This means that if the bible is correct and only 6 to 10 thousand years have passed since all of creation was started then god would have had to create stars, galaxies and globular clusters in all phases of their life spans. Some near death, some being born, some in the middle of their 10+ million year lives. Not to mention that they would have have been placed in mid-motion. But perhaps the most amazing thing is that god would have had to create photon streams of light that were already showering the earth from before those created stars and galaxies even existed.

The same problem works with objects on earth. Carbon dating works well, it is quite reliable based on the fact that carbon-14 deteriorates at a set rate. Carbon-14 can date back 60,000 years accurately, but this is not possible according to the bible.

If there be a god then it would surely be logical. I understand that the bible itself states that one cannot fathom the thoughts of god, but life does conform to a body of rules, laws and probabilities. “Creation” is filled with logic. But to create the universe in mid motion and fossils, fossil fuels, and other organic remains that at their “creation” were already dead and dating as much older than they actually are does not seem logical at all.

Why would a god do that? The only thing I can think of is that god would want to seem almost non-existent. I can see where someone might bring up the point of faith but I find that sounds too much like sophistry and want for their faith to be true without question.

It’s as if god purposefully tried to cover its tracks when creating, if indeed that is what happened. God, an omnipotent being, would know that science would figure these things out, piece together that all evidence points to a much older earth and cosmos. By doing that he knowingly and willingly put his own “word” at a disadvantage leaving it no proof whatsoever other than an ancient book. This would give rise to “heretical” views, with proof. Was this to further faith in the followers? Then why create reason in the human mind?

It just seems rather evil to tear a society apart with knowledge. I can’t get past that question, why would a god not have science simply explain its own creation rather than contradict it? If Christianity were true, then god’s making a fool of us all, presumably for his own enjoyment.