"Recently, a team of scientists released data collected from 800,000 galaxies at different distances from Earth, all lying within the same narrow slice of the sky. Conventional scientists believe the data from this COSMOS-Web survey, obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), will enable them to see how galaxies evolved over time. Yet these data from the COSMOS-Web survey are “challenging” to naturalistic theories of the early universe.
Distant galaxies are billions of light-years away, and Big Bang
In any case, by Big Bang reckoning, we should be seeing these very distant galaxies, not as they are now, but as they were eons ago. Since they assume it took many millions of years for stars and galaxies to form naturally, conventional astronomers were expecting to see very few galaxies in the “early” universe, and they expected that any existing galaxies would appear immature and unevolved. But these expectations continue to be routinely contradicted. University of California Santa Barbara physicist Caitlin Casey, one of the leaders of the COSMOS-Web effort, said,
Of course, the Lord Jesus was free to create however many galaxies pleased Him at whatever distances pleased Him. He was certainly under no constraint to create galaxies in accordance with Big Bang expectations. So Biblical creationists should not be surprised that astronomical observations continue to contradict Big Bang theory predictions.
Big Bang problems continue to mount, and even some conventional sources occasionally suggest that the Big Bang is in serious trouble. Despite the futile attempts of some to explain our universe apart from our Creator, the heavens are still a testimony to God’s glory." ICR
“It makes sense – the Big Bang happens and things take time to
gravitationally collapse and form, and for stars to turn on. There’s a timescale associated with that....And the big surprise is that with JWST, we see roughly 10 times more galaxies than expected at these incredible distances. We’re also seeing supermassive black holes that are not even visible with Hubble.”
Of course, the Lord Jesus was free to create however many galaxies pleased Him at whatever distances pleased Him. He was certainly under no constraint to create galaxies in accordance with Big Bang expectations. So Biblical creationists should not be surprised that astronomical observations continue to contradict Big Bang theory predictions.
Big Bang problems continue to mount, and even some conventional sources occasionally suggest that the Big Bang is in serious trouble. Despite the futile attempts of some to explain our universe apart from our Creator, the heavens are still a testimony to God’s glory." ICR
