NoNukes writes:
That said, I don't understand the requirement that the creationist side of the debate here be limited to YEC. All that is required is an explanation of why some extra elements exist in the sun so that it appears to be second generation. Apparent age explanations will not cut it, in my opinion, because as I understand stellar evolution, our tiny sun will never fuse hydrogen/helium into the heavy elements currently found in the sun.
This makes sense to me.
What I'd prefer not to see is a debate where the roles are reversed, with creationists arguing that scripture is consistent with science's finding that the sun is a 2nd or 3rd generation star, while evolutionists argue that scripture isn't consistent with this finding at all. That's not what this thread is about.
The thread proposal poses an interesting question for mainstream creationists who presumably reject that the sun is a population I star, but if anyone would like to discuss how Genesis can be interpreted to be compatible with a sun built of material from older exploded stars then please propose a new thread over at [forum=-25].
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