A Matter of Days, ch. 11-15

Chapter 11 offers stronger arguments. I was very interested by Ross' suggestion that 'the further we breed the progeny (of species) away from the norm, the less survivable the progeny become.' His point is to say that natural selection shows that God's creative activity is truly at rest as no new life forms have come about in human history.

Chapter 12 turns its eye on the ugliness of the debate. Many have concluded that old-earth creationists are evil. Many respectable Christians and theologians have concluded that old-universe creation is a viable option. What is frustrating is the lack of unity and the drastic conclusions many have reached in this debate.

Chapter 13 deals with the concept of the 'Big Bang'. While a difficult concept for the evolutionist, Ross suggests its actually another sign of God's activity. The fact hat the universe seems to have a beginning points to Him. There are passages of Scripture that talk about God 'stretching out' the heavens as we perceive to be happening in the universe.

Chapter 14 offers four methods of dating the universe: 1. expansion of the universe, 2. background radiation temperatures, 3. stellar burning processes, 4. cosmic abundances of radioactive elements. Ross walks through each concluding that the universe is about 13.8 Billion years old.

Chapter 15 considers the challenges to an old cosmos: 1. Astronomers are simply wrong about the distances to stars and galaxies. 2. God could have created light waves already in transit. 3. Light may have traveled faster a few thousand years ago. 4. Light may have taken a shortcut through space. 5. Distance clocks run at faster rates. 6. Earth-based clocks ran at slower rates. 7. Radiometric decay was faster in the past. 8. You weren't there.