[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout

Yeah, I have no idea how the theory of relativity works.

My hypothesis was if time is relative could how the earth experience time have shifted since the creation of the earth?


I fully expect the answer to the "no".

My thought was "if time is relative, it's relative to what? And therefore could that what change?"

But I want to reiterate I do fall on the evolution side of the debate, but want a better understanding of this theory and why it debunks creationism.

Time is realtive to an observer in a different frame of reference. Depending on your frame of reference you might may have observed the earth as only exising for what you precieve to be 6000 years (for example if you were in a very strong gravititational field), though at that point it wouldn't just be the earth you observe differntly, but the whole universe. However that doesn't change the fact that from our point of view/frame of reference, the age of the earth is 4.5 billion years.