The big bang model of the universe, frequently alleged to prove that the universe is billions of years old, is examined using first classical Newtonian mechanics and then general relativity. The model is, in fact, found to be incapable of determining the age of the universe, and does not prove the age usually associated with the model. A recent Creation is just as consistent with the laws of physics of the model as the big bang followed by vast times needed for evolution. A modified Hubble's law is thus derived. This modified Hubble's law shows, among other things, that the quasars, for instance, are not as distant as previously believed. This reduction in the distance to quasars should aid the understanding of the energy which they radiate.