The fundamentalist doctrine of "Young Earth Creationism" is incompatible with cosmic realities.

What this debate entails:This will be a debate on the validity of Young Earth Creationism, or YEC (http://en.wikipedia.org...). This will be a debate not on the definitive age of our universe as proposed by scientists (which varies only slightly relative to the times which are proposed), but instead to show that the idea that many fundamentalists espouse, that the universe is only a few thousand years old, is irreconcilable with the known universe. An argument that the Earth was created only a thousand years ago, but not the universe, will not be permitted in this debate, for it is self-evidently reliant on a differentiation between our planet and the rest of the cosmos, an arrogance of our species that results in our singular and lonely planet being elevated above the rest of the material world. It is clearly derived from teleological and/or theological claims of revelation, which is not the purpose of this debate. In this sense I am making it easier on my opponent, in that by focusing on cosmic realities as opposed to "earthly" realities (a distinction that can be made without a teleological judgment), I am allowing my opponent to not be bogged down by fossil records and general geology and chemistry that self-evidently show the immense age of our planet. This applies just as much to arguments that "humans" were made a few thousand years ago, with the rest of the cosmos earlier. By averting this argument, I am allowing my opponent to not be bogged down by evolutionary history, which indelibly rely as well on fossil records, geology, anthropology, chemistry, etc. In short, this is an argument which assumes the teleological equality between all matter and all life forms, and arguments to the contrary will put even more pressure on my opponent to prove, which is why I am stressing the specificity of the debate. Reason for this debate:It may be asked by some why this debate has been proposed by those who see the self-evident nature of the debate. It has been proposed due to the widespread nature of the fundamentalist belief on the age of the world, as shown by large institutions proudly adhering to the doctrine, including: the Evangelical Reformed Presbyterian Church, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, and the Seventh Day Advent Church. Those who have studied the sociological nature of such beliefs will ultimately understand that this debate is necessary not due to the validity of YEC, but because of how widespread the belief really is. Clarifications of definitionsFor simple clarification: the speed of light, as measured in "light years," is not a measure of time, but of distance. It is the distance light waves travel during the time of one earthly year. It is dependent on common knowledge of the space-time continuum and the inherent connectivity of these two distinct, yet intricately related, concepts and realities. My singular argument:This is a debate that can take many forms and include many arguments, but I will simply make one observation that I think immediately decides the debate: "The fundamentalist idea that the universe is only a few thousand years old must also come with a denial of the known, immense distance between other galaxies and our own. If the cosmos were only a few thousand years old, and the speed of light is accepted as known, then we would have no way of seeing these very distant galaxies, the light from which having to had traveled billions of years to make them visible to us."For context and sources, I will provide the following:Andromeda Galaxy: http://en.wikipedia.org...Speed of Light: http://en.wikipedia.org... Gallup on YEC & related belief systems:http://www.gallup.com...