The Bible teaches us that the earth is older than the sun; science teaches us that the sun is older than the earth.
In the creation of the universe God devoted five-sixths of his time to the creation of this little world of ours, while but a fragment of the remaining time was needed to create the countless worlds that exist outside of our solar system. Five brief words, “He made the stars also,” record the history of their creation.
According to the Bible, the oldest star is less than six thousand years old. What says the scientist?
“I have observed stars, of which the light, it can be proved, must take two millions of years to reach this earth.”—Sir William Herschel.
“Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.”
“So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day” (Josh. x, 12, 13).
“Behold, I [the Lord] will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees” (Isaiah xxxviii, 8).
The Bible teaches the geocentric theory that the sun revolves around the earth; Science teaches the heliocentric theory that the earth revolves around the sun.
Luther, accepting the Bible and rejecting science, wrote:
“The fool [Copernicus] wishes to reverse the entire science of Astronomy. But sacred Scripture tells us that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still and not the earth.”