| | According to the Bible, God "stretched out"<ref>For example, {{Bible ref|Isaiah|40:22}}</ref> the heavens (space), and this movement during [[creation week]] caused time to travel faster for those objects, in accordance with [[Albert Einstein|Einstein's]] [[Special Theory of Relativity]], adding to the time dilation caused by [[gravity]], per Humphreys, in accordance with Einstein's [[General Theory of Relativity]].<ref>Hartnett, 2003, Hartnett 2007</ref> | | According to the Bible, God "stretched out"<ref>For example, {{Bible ref|Isaiah|40:22}}</ref> the heavens (space), and this movement during [[creation week]] caused time to travel faster for those objects, in accordance with [[Albert Einstein|Einstein's]] [[Special Theory of Relativity]], adding to the time dilation caused by [[gravity]], per Humphreys, in accordance with Einstein's [[General Theory of Relativity]].<ref>Hartnett, 2003, Hartnett 2007</ref> |
| − | One of the advantages to the Hartnett/Humphreys model is that it could account for the prediction made by big bang theorists in the 1940's - namely the existence and approximate wavelength of cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR). The existence of CMBR was predicted using a big bang model, however CMBR was not detected until over a decade later <ref>Singh, Simon, <u>Big Bang - The Most Important Scientific Discovery of All Time and Why You Need to Know About It</u>, 2004, ISBN 0 00 715252, Harper Perennial</ref>. Similar to the big bang theory, the Hartnett/Humphreys model allows for a large passage of time (other than on Earth), allowing for a similar formation of CMBR. The in-transit theory is less effective at explaining how the prediction of CMBR could have been predicted. This prediction was what popularized the big bang theory over the steady-state theory. | + | One of the advantages to the Hartnett/Humphreys model is that it could account for the prediction made by big bang theorists in the 1940's - namely the existence and approximate wavelength of cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR). The existence of CMBR was predicted using a big bang model, however CMBR was not detected until over a decade later <ref>Singh, Simon, <u>Big Bang - The Most Important Scientific Discovery of All Time and Why You Need to Know About It</u>, 2004, ISBN 0 00 715252, Harper Perennial</ref>. Hartnett/Humphreys model has many of the same assumptions as the big bang theory (such as a large passage of time outside the vicinity of Earth). The in-transit theory is less effective at explaining how the prediction of CMBR could have been predicted. This prediction was what popularized the big bang theory over the steady-state theory. |