Additions to Chapter 4 “What is the Age of the Universe?”
※ Page 29 –Is. 40:22 and Job 26:7 talk about the circle of the earth and the earth floats in space. Have pictures ready to show the preteens of the earth from space.
※ Page 30 – Demonstrate a spiral galaxy.
Have two students hold each end of a 6’ to 10’ rope. Have one person turn clockwise slowly standing in one spot while holding one end of the rope. The other person will walk clockwise, even more slowly, in a circle around him/her holding the other end of the rope. This will represent what a spiral galaxy would do. Eventually the center person will be totally wrapped in the rope proving that spiral galaxies couldn’t be very old or they would be wound up into a ball.
※ Page 31 – Show pictures of the wall in Grand Canyon which has curved/wavy layers. See http://www.answersingenesis.org/contents/379/am/v4/n2/rock-layers.pdf. The world tries to explain the curving walls in the canyon as happening over millions of years. That would mean that the rocks would have had to bend after they were hard/solid. Give each student (or group) a rock and have them try and bend it. If you can’t bend it, it must mean that the rock has to be in molten or malleable form to bend. It had to bend quickly. That means that it did not take millions of years for the Grand Canyon to form. It formed quickly just like the canyon that formed quickly May 18, 1980 by the eruption of Mt. St. Helen. See http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/nab2/arent-millions-of-years-required for more information.
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Does God leave any room in the Old Testament for millions of years?
Does God leave any room in the New Testament for millions of years?