“Pillars of Creation” is the name given to an iconic photograph of a vast region within the Eagle Nebula, a cloud of dust and gas seven thousand light years from earth. Secular astronomers consider these nebulas to be the birthplace of stars.
According to God’s Word, stars didn’t form slowly and gradually from “protostars” in nurseries. They were formed at God’s command when “he made the stars also” Genesis 1:16.
And he names them all: God determines the number of the stars and he gives to all of them their names (Psalm 174:4).
Dr. Danny Faulkner, who taught astronomy for over 26 years at University of South Carolina–Lancaster, shares this:
But what have these photographs really revealed? Far less than claimed. These photos are static. That is, they don’t show any change over time.
Rather, the images have been interpreted in terms of the current model about how stars form from gas clouds. That model has changed much over the past half century, and I’m sure it will continue to change.
There are many examples of how astronomers in the past interpreted images in terms of what they believed at the time.
Many of those interpretations are laughable today.
Q: Will the interpretation of these photos be any different?"
CMI
According to God’s Word, stars didn’t form slowly and gradually from “protostars” in nurseries. They were formed at God’s command when “he made the stars also” Genesis 1:16.
And he names them all: God determines the number of the stars and he gives to all of them their names (Psalm 174:4).
Dr. Danny Faulkner, who taught astronomy for over 26 years at University of South Carolina–Lancaster, shares this:
But what have these photographs really revealed? Far less than claimed. These photos are static. That is, they don’t show any change over time.
Rather, the images have been interpreted in terms of the current model about how stars form from gas clouds. That model has changed much over the past half century, and I’m sure it will continue to change.
There are many examples of how astronomers in the past interpreted images in terms of what they believed at the time.
Many of those interpretations are laughable today.
Q: Will the interpretation of these photos be any different?"
CMI
