If the laws of science dictate that matter and energy can not be created or destroyed, but only transformed, then how did the universe come into being without the presence and act of God?
FYI--In case you're wondering, my personal belief is that there is no conflict between religion and science on the point of creation if you read Genesis in a non-literal way. The essence of the Genesis story was as follows: God created, in this order, light & dark, stars and other planetary objects, seas & skies, creatures of the ocean, plants and creatures of the air/land, and then human beings. This is essentially the same chronology which the Big Bang theory and the theory of evolution would suggest. Moreover, the point of the story is that God created us, we sinned, and the history of the earth from a human perspective went on from there.
Of course, as a writer in The Lutheran magazine pointed out: we, as human beings, have both an imperfect understanding of God and of science....
2006-09-08
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