This doesn't offer an explanation of the origin of the entire universe.
The smoller/temple paper does not, however, Physicist Dr. Russel Humphrey's cosmology does. Indeed it takes the position that the universe has a center and an edge and that we are at or near the center.
Humphreys is a Young Earth Creationist. He believes this cosmology answers some of the questions the traditional 'big bang' theory leaves open.
Not being a physicist myself, let me try to give you my interpretation of what I think he is trying to say -
Being a literal creationist, we would believe that the earth and the universe were created according to the account in Genesis. Here are the verses we will reference (they are essential to the YE-creationist view of the creation of time and space).
Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Gen 1:4 And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Gen 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
We see that God created light, and then separated light from darkness. He called it day and night. THEN, the first mention of TIME is recorded in the Bible - evening, morning, were the first day. Lets break that down -
1. God created light. In other scriptures it says that God is light. God is eternal, therefore we can surmise that God is separating time from eternity. God is creating our 'space/time continuum' as it were. This is further supported scientifically. Look at Einstein's theory - E=MC^2. Energy and mass are dependent on the constant of the 'speed of light'. Even Newton's equasions on Gravity are based on mass. Moreover, the way we often measure gravity is by acceleration which is a speed calculation - distance and time. So, we can see that the very laws of the universe are insepperable from light and time. In creating light, God basically created the 'constants' he would need from which all the laws of the universe follow.
2. God separated light from darkness and called the light day and the darkness night. Here we see the clear separation of 'eternity' from 'time'. If God is light and God is eternal, we can see that separating light from dark is actually the creation of time. It is very important to note that God does not create the sun or stars until day 4 - so this light here is NOT physical light from the sun.
3. The evening and the morning were the first day. This is also very important. If we do a word study in the Bible - the Hebrew word YOM is used for 'day'. Whenever YOM is used in conjunction with 'evening' it always means a literal (1 earth revolution) day. Whenever YOM is used in conjunction with the word morning, it always means 1 literal day. Whenever YOM is used in conjuction with a number (such as the word 'first') it always means a literal day. So from this verse we can accurately see that this is the first mention in the bible of literal passing of time. However, like I mentioned, the sun, moon, and stars have not yet been created - that happens on day4. This is further indication that it was written this way to give the reader an accurate representation of the ammount of time that was passing. One literal day.
So, in summery - God creates light, separates it from darkness, and in doing so starts time - which is evidenced by the 'begining of the clock' when he says 'the evening and morning were the first day'. The purpose of DAY 1 of the creative week was the creation of all space, time, and energy.
One of the unanswered questions of the creation of the universe (as it relates to the 'big bang') that creationists got were 'if the universe is only 6000 years old, how can we see light from starts that are millions of light years away?'. Humphrey's cosmology definitively answers that question.
If indeed the universe as we know it has a center and an edge, and if we are close to the center than we are to the edge, then time is relativistic. For those planets and galaxies close to the edge (or event horizon) of the universe, time is much faster. For those things nearer the center of the universe, time would pass more slowly. Therefore, there is time dialation between us and the stars - this is how we can see light from stars that are millions of light years away while only 6000 years passes on earth.
Keep in mind, according to the creationist point of view, God spent several additional days beyond the creation of the 'rest of the universe' in creating life on earth (plants, then sea creatures, then land animals and finally man). Therefore, it stands to reason that the earth is very near or at the center of the universe, or even, perhaps, that the earth was somewhat uneffected by the established laws of the universe as God - who is not bound by time or space - continued his work here.
Scientifically, red shifts (as well as the concentric circles on that 3d map) are some other 'evidences' of this cosmology. I will post more on that later when I have more time.
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'Evolutionist science journal gives exciting support to creationist cosmology!
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