I'm not entirely sure of JP's full position re: YEC,
but even if Humphrey's were right (I've not read his
book yet, although I'll search it out) it poses a problem
for MANY YEC's.
Effectively, if right, Humphrey's hypothesis leads to the
conclusion that the story in Genesis is NOT strictly speaking
the literal truth.
Why ?
Genesis says that from nothing to a fully populated Earth
took 6 days.
The earth itself is created on day 1 ... before light is created,
and three 'days' before any stars are created (on day 4).
How could stars be created AFTER the earth, and yet their light
be millions of years old, when the earth is only thousands
of years old ?
We either have a Young Earth, but the bible is wrong.
OR
A young earth and Humphrey's is wrong.
(OR an old earth, natch
)
I cannot see any way that Humphrey's hypothesis could be compatible
with Genesis. Admittedly I haven't read the book ... so perhaps JP
(who has?) could answer this one.