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There is no conflict with the description in Genesis, which says, "let there be light, and there was light."  It does not say, "let there be stars to generate light that can illuminate darkness," or "let there be light, and there was darkness that light later reached."

There is no conflict with the description in Genesis, which says, "let there be light, and there was light."  It does not say, "let there be stars to generate light that can illuminate darkness," or "let there be light, and there was darkness that light later reached."

Other possible explanations include the possibility that light traveled faster at higher energies in the past, and/or space has expanded at a rate faster than the speed of light.

The most likely explanation is that the universe is in fact billions of years old, allowing the starlight the time necessary to reach Earth. Other possible explanations include the possibility that light traveled faster at higher energies in the past, and/or space has expanded at a rate faster than the speed of light.

[[image:Crab composite cx.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Crab nebula, a supernova remnant]]

[[image:Crab composite cx.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Crab nebula, a supernova remnant]]

=== Light created in transit ===

=== Light created in transit ===

Some creationists have proposed that the light we see from stars more than 6,000 light years away was not emitted by those stars, but was created 'in transit' by God.  Some question why we would see an image of a star exploding if the explosion did not actually occur, but the finest artistic design is often illusory.

Some creationists have proposed that the light we see from stars more than 6,000 light years away was not emitted by those stars, but was created 'in transit' by God.  

=== Moon-Spencer theory ===

=== Moon-Spencer theory ===