How many errors and dishonesties can you spot in this Young Earth Creationist answer to the argument that distant starlight proves that the Universe is older than 6,000 years?

Here is a start. They describe the “horizon problem,” which is a problem for the standard Big Bang theory of cosmic expansion:

The horizon problem is a problem with the standard cosmological model of the Big Bang that was identified back in the 1970s. It exposes how different regions of the universe could not have come in contact with each other, yet measurements show that the entire universe has the same temperature and other identical physical properties. The only way this could be possible is if different regions of the universe exchanged energy with each other. Energy cannot be exchanged any faster than the speed of light, yet the distances needed to travel based on the evolutionary model for the size and age of the universe could not be traveled in the time allotted for the evolutionary age of the universe.

So, the horizon problem clearly indicates that the universe is not old enough, or the speed of light is not fast enough, to match the theory of the Big Bang.

Alas, even if you knew nothing about cosmology a quick read through Wikipedia’s entry on this topic reveals that this “problem” has already been addressed which the above article fails to even mention:

Inflationary theory allows for a solution to the problem (along with several others such as the flatness problem) by positing a short 10 ^{− 32} second period of exponential expansion (dubbed “inflation”) within the first minute or so of the history of the universe. During inflation, the universe would have increased in size by an enormous factor.

If correct, inflation solves the horizon problem by suggesting that prior to the inflationary period the entire universe was causally connected, and it was during this period that the physical properties evened out. Inflation then expanded it rapidly, freezing in these properties all over the sky; at this point the universe would be forced to be almost perfectly homogeneous, as the information needed to change it from that state was no longer causally connected. In the modern era distant areas in the sky appear to be unconnected causally, but in fact were much closer together in the past.

Cosmic inflation does, however, still predict some variation in temperature in the cosmic background. These variations have been confirmed by measurements of the cosmic microwave background radiation.

Have fun with the rest.

The article amusingly ends with a typical creationist accusation of scientific conspiracy:

The truth is that people who believe in billions-of-years do so because they are intimidated by the opinions of the biased scientific majority, rather than on observable scientific facts. They [i.e., professional astronomers] have chosen to place their trust in the fallible opinions of men who are driven by the ulterior motive of denying God’s existence so they can feel justified living immoral lives, rather than placing their trust in Jesus Christ and obeying his Word. In short, they have opted to believe in a false theory that has never been proven right, instead of the Word of God, which has never been proven wrong.

So all professional astronomers within the “scientific majority” are godless heathens who want to deny that God exists so that they can all live sinful and immoral lives away from work. If the author of this tract had his way, then our scientific quest for knowledge about the natural world would be abandoned in favor of blind obedience to Iron Age desert scribblings.

By the way, this is also the same website on which a book reviewer complains that a creationist astronomy textbook incorrectly refers to the star as a sun…