I was surprised to find that Christian scientists are dabbling in my theory of how the universe can be both old and young.
Russell Humphreys’ model, often referred to as the "White Hole Cosmology," is a young Earth creationist attempt to reconcile a ~6,000–10,000-year-old Earth with scientific evidence for a ~13.8-billion-year-old universe. Here’s a concise breakdown: Core Idea:
Humphreys proposes that during creation, Earth was near the center of a "white hole" (a theoretical opposite of a black hole, where matter and light pour outward). In general relativity, strong gravitational fields cause time dilation: time passes more slowly in the field compared to regions with weaker gravity. Humphreys suggests that early in creation, Earth experienced extreme time dilation due to this white hole, so thousands of years on Earth equaled billions of years in the distant universe. Key Claims: Creation Week: During the biblical six days, the Earth was in a deep gravitational well.
Time on Earth was "slowed," so one day locally could correspond to billions of years cosmically.
White Hole Collapse: As the white hole shrank and dissipated, the gravitational effect lessened, aligning Earth’s time with the universe’s by the end of creation.
Cosmic Expansion: Humphreys ties this to the universe’s expansion, suggesting it explains redshift and other cosmological observations while supporting a young Earth.
Mechanism: Uses Einstein’s general relativity, specifically the Schwarzschild metric for gravitational time dilation:
Δt=Δt01−2GMrc2\Delta t = \Delta t_0 \sqrt{1 - \frac{2GM}{rc^2}}\Delta t = \Delta t_0 \sqrt{1 - \frac{2GM}{rc^2}}
, where time (Δt\Delta t\Delta t
) slows near a massive object (mass ( M ), distance ( r ), gravitational constant ( G ), speed of light ( c )).
Earth near the white hole’s center experiences slower time compared to the universe’s outer regions, allowing a short Earth history within a vast cosmic one.