The Age of the universe - Page 2

1veedo · 04-30-2008

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Originally Posted by shawnhcorey

I accept the Big Bang Theory as a reasonable explanation but not as the only one.

Einstein's General Theory of Relativity states that time runs slower in a gravity well than in free space. A clock on the Earth's surface runs slower than one in orbit. This has been shown.

As time goes on, more and more mass has appeared in our universe. This has created a deeper gravity well. Time runs slower now than it did in the past. Therefore light, which travels at a constant speed, travels less distance now than it did in the past. This gives the illusion that the universe is expanding.

The figure of 13.7 thousand million years is given as the age of the universe since, if you run the expansion backward and assume a constant rate of expansion, this is the number you'll get. That's if you accept the universe is expanding.

13.7 billion lightyears is the distance to the oldest observable objects in the universe, hense the universe is at least 13.7 billion years old. If you use Hubble's parameter to track the universe's expansion you get about 13.9 billion years. See my above post for more information.

Rasczak · 04-30-2008

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Originally Posted by shawnhcorey

Ah, so your posting is about religion, not science.

SO WHAT THE F*CK ARE YOU DOING POSTING IN THIS FORUM?

False dichotomy. If you eliminate the findings of every scientist in history who saw the hand of a creator in what they observed, along with all the work built on the foundation they laid, we'd go backwards a long way.

Your anxiousness to attack, rather than explain, speaks volumes about what "science" really means to you.