Do you believe in "god," the big bang theory, evolution or something else?

Question

What and why? please. What proof is there of any of your theories?

Answer 1

i believe in evolution

Answer 2

I'd like to start that neither of those are mutually exclusive, a deity could have created the universe with something similar to a big bang. Species could have come from evolution, in a deity's plan. However, alone, none of them explain everything. Evolution describes the origin of species and why animals have certain characteristics. The big bang theory explains the creation of the universe. Neither explain the origin of life, which one can use a god to explain.

Myself, I think that what things ARE matters more than what they will be or were. None of the three ideas listed can be proven, except for microevolution, which is so apparent even the previous Pope admits it.

Answer 3

I belive in them all, and none of them. God is good for those people who are comfortable just believing in things. They can go on with their lives without having to think about it. Big Bang is fine for those people who are preoccupied with science. Evolution, is an interesting theory that we can create theories based on viral mutations, and the similarities between animals based on some theory or understanding of cells and mutations.

But, since we cannot go back in time, all the theories are irrelevant. If we use History to teach us how to conduct ourselves in the future, what exactly is the point in understanding the beginning? To prove or disprove God? To recreate the events of the big bang? To force evolution?

My theory is that I have no memory of before I existed, and that event happened long after recorded history. But as far as I can truly know... The Earth has always existed, because there is no proof otherwise. All the history I've read has been written since the earth has existed.

Answer 4

I don't think any of those theories are mutually exclusive (not sure if you're implying that).

I think that there's a lot of good science behind the theory of evolution, the main piece of evidence being the huge amount of DNA that we share in common with those species which already most closely resemble us (simians).

Big Bang theory, you've got observational evidence of the fact that the universe is expanding.

God could've used either or both to create the universe and the lifeforms that populate it.

Answer 5

I don't believe in god. As for evolution and the big bang theory, I don't know and don't really care. It's interesting scientifically, but where we came from and how we got here doesn't really matter to me.

As for proof, I know there is no proof that there is no god. That doesn't matter to me either. I live my life without a god.

Answer 6

Interesting question...

I think that cientists and Christians have a piece of the truth puzzle here. For instance, in the Bible it says God created the world in 6 days..but doesnt it also say that a thousand years to us is just a blink of God's eye? Have any of you stopped to think that maybe He created the world in His time, not ours? Lets do the math here:

Blink of an eye = 100 millisecionds, so our ratio of time is
100ms of God Time = 1,000 years Earth time
x100ms
x60 sec
x60 min
x24 hours
x6 days

= 8,6 billion years

Not too far off from scientific estimates of evolutionary progression.

Personally, I think the key to us evolving collectively is to accept the fact that nobody can claim to have a full understanding of the mysteries of the universe. All of what we believe is based on basic observation, blind faith and the intuition in our hearts. I don't think God would want us to bicker over who is right or wrong, especially when we essentially have different understandings of the same truth. Do I believe in God? Yes. Do I believe in evolution and the possibility of a singularity which spawned time and space? Yup! As far as I am concerned, both theories co-exist quite naturally....but thats JMHO.

Answer 7

The big bang theory and evolution are separate; I know that people keep thinking they are part of one theory but there are not.
Evolution is a FACT not a theory - species are changing/evolving right now - micro-evolution is not a theory it is a FACT!
You can believe in god and evolution at the same time.


In addition, the Vatican's chief astronomer, Fr. George Coyne, issued a statement on 18 November 2005 saying that "Intelligent design isn't science even though it pretends to be. If you want to teach it in schools, intelligent design should be taught when religion or cultural history is taught, not science." ...
He also warned of the permanent lesson we have learned from the Galileo case, and that "we also know the dangers of a religion that severs its links with reason and becomes prey to fundamentalism."




Having learnt a lesson from the Galileo affair, the Church leaves the evaluation and endorsement of specific scientific theories to scientists. The Church has always agreed with scientists on matters such as the age of the earth and the authenticity of the fossil record. Papal pronouncements, along with commentaries by cardinals, have accepted the findings of scientists on the gradual appearance of life. In fact, the International Theological Commission in a July 2004 statement endorsed by Cardinal Ratzinger, then president of the Commission and head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, now Pope Benedict XVI, includes this paragraph:

"According to the widely accepted scientific account, the universe erupted 15 billion years ago in an explosion called the 'Big Bang' and has been expanding and cooling ever since. Later there gradually emerged the conditions necessary for the formation of atoms, still later the condensation of galaxies and stars, and about 10 billion years later the formation of planets. In our own solar system and on earth (formed about 4.5 billion years ago), the conditions have been favorable to the emergence of life. While there is little consensus among scientists about how the origin of this first microscopic life is to be explained, there is general agreement among them that the first organism dwelt on this planet about 3.5 - 4 billion years ago. Since it has been demonstrated that all living organisms on earth are genetically related, it is virtually certain that all living organisms have descended from this first organism. Converging evidence from many studies in the physical and biological sciences furnishes mounting support for some theory of evolution to account for the development and diversification of life on earth, while controversy continues over the pace and mechanisms of evolution.

Answer 8

I believe in God. I think with the evidence before us it takes more faith to believe that impersonal matter made a decision to evolve into that which it had no precreative pattern to follow, than to believe that the existence of personality in the human experience points to a personality that transcends the world about us. Also the information within the DNA could not have been self existant. The discovery by Bell Laboratory Scientists years ago of the uniform background radiation validated the conclusion of Einsteins theory of relativity that the cosmos had a beginning. The idea that I have this thing inside me that says i ought to treat others a certain way and that I should expect the same from them tells me that there is in us all this written code of behavior that comes from beyond ourselves. There is also the evidence of the animosity shown toward all who believe in a Christian way of life. The bible warns me that because of the name of Jesus I will be met with hostility. This has been my experience for most of my years as a Christian. The greatest evidence for me has been the changed lives that I have witnessed in myself and others after giving Lordship over to Christ. Christians aren't perfect but I dare say I haven't met that perfect being in any philosophical or epistomological ideology. The greatest desire for living in my estimation is contained within the virtue of benevolence and although there are many examples of where Christians have failed to demonstrate it this does not become a default for the Christian message but rather proves to me that the precepts of Gods word when followed with the whole heart is the answer to the deepest need within us. Faith [trust] for me goes where the evidence most practically addresses the human experience.

Answer 9

I believe in the big Bang theory and evolution.
It is Science and evolution is being proven everyday .
Just look at genetic mutations and viruses that are constantly mutating to avoid extinction.
The Bible Was not Written by any God but a fairytale by man.

Answer 10

Yes to all the above. Yes I think God used the big bang theory to create. I also think that in some ways he also used evolution to to create also, why is it so hard to understand that he used rules and laws that we are still figuring out through science?

Answer 11

I believe God caused the big bang that started evolution.