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Humphreys' model
In addition, there were other problems with the theory, leading most creationists to drop the idea, although some credit it with stimulating further research.<ref>Humphreys, 1994, p.128</ref>
In addition, there were other problems with the theory, leading most creationists to drop the idea, although some credit it with stimulating further research.<ref>Humphreys, 1994, p.128</ref>
=== Humphreys' model ===
In 1994 Dr. [[Russell Humphreys]] proposed a new cosmology<ref>Batten et. al., 2007, p.90, Humphreys, 1994</ref> that includes a bounded universe with a centre and an edge, that God had created 6,000 years ago as a much smaller body than today, then stretched it out, making it much larger.
In Humphreys' model, because the universe has a centre and an edge (unlike the unbounded model of the Big Bang universe), the centre of the universe is also the centre of a [[gravity well]], meaning that gravity is stronger at the centre of the universe than at the edge.
As gravity can affect the rate at which time passes, he calculated that while the six days of [[Creation Week|creation week]] were passing on Earth, billions of years' of time was passing at the edge of the universe.
According to this idea, the Biblical references to time are according to an observer (real or imaginary) on Earth, so ages are given in "Earth time".
This model receives cautious but wide support among creationists.
=== Time dilation field ===
=== Time dilation field ===