On 14 Jan 2004 12:29:34 -0800,

From "Things Creationists Hate"
www.skepticreport.com/creationism/thingscreationistshate.htm

Supernova 1987a

This was an important astronomical event that was observed on the
Earth in--guess when--1987. The supernova is 169,000 light years away,
and lies in the dwarf galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud, which
can be seen from the southern hemisphere. That means the explosion
happened 169,000 years ago. But that can't be possible if the universe
is only 6K years old, so pick your favorite creationist "explanation":

* the universe is way tinier than astronomers say it is
* the speed of light has changed

No, that won't work either. There is an expanding bubble of light from
the original flash that was reflected off nearby dust clouds whose
diameter can be measured. This shows that the speed of light at the
time was exactly the same as it is now.

For details see
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/dave_matson/young-earth/addition
al_topics/supernova.html

* God created the light of the supernova within 6,000 light years of
Earth, so that it falsely "reveals" an "event" that never really
happened

To all you anti creationists,
Genesis 1;3-31 is not discussing the original creation of matter or the
heavenly bodies. It describes the preparation of the already existing
earth for human habitation. This included creation of the basic kinds of
vegetation, marine life, birds, animals and the first human pair.

All of
this is said to have taken place in six days. However, the Hebrew word
translated day has a variety of meanings, including 'a longtime; the
time covering an extraordinary event.' Old Testament Studies, 1978, W.
Wilson, p.109. The term used allows for the thought that each day could
have been thousands of years in length.

From a true believing Christian.