The Faint Sun Paradox

Creation Moments on Oneplace.com · Sep 24, 2026 · 2m

Let's assume for a moment that the evolutionary explanation for the origin of the earth and sun is correct. The sun formed about 4.6 billion years ago. Let's imagine that evolutionists are right in saying that life originated on earth about 3.5 billion years ago. This scenario creates many scientific problems, but today we want to focus on one problem that is seldom mentioned.One implication of these assumptions is that the sun today is about 40 percent brighter than it was 4.6 billion years ago. This means that 3.5 billion years ago, the sun was bathing the earth in considerably less energy…