I think evolution was happening admist the 7-day creation story, which we really don't know when it happened or how long it really was. I find no reason why evolution and the big bang should conflict w/ the bible, because they are well supported scientific theories. Yet, as a christian I know that God is in control of his creation and that science merely goes into MUCH more detail about God's creation, while the Bible focuses on our salvation> agree??
2006-08-16 12:30:06 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Finally! Somebody GETS it!
God said, "Let there be light", and *BANG* there was light!
And Evolution is simply a TOOL used by God to create life.
2006-08-16 12:37:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with what you wrote up to but not including your final sentence. You have grasped the idea of a Creation Day not being determinant as a 24-hour current day (which fluctuates anyhow) and you MUST be aware of the "time, time and a half" passages in the Old Testament.
But the intent of the Creation passages of the Bible are MULTI-purpose and Salvation is only a part of it. It is ALSO a non-scientific accounting by God to humanity about His Will and Power as well as how he did it in terms that a non-scientific people in a non-scientific age could understand.
Science actually came out of religion (mostly Christianity) during the Enlightment, became separated because of certain willful human movements (Marxism among them) but which is now finding itself back to a UNITY with religion--although those on the edge of science are currently trying to avoid Christianity in preference to Eastern Religions, such as Zin.
I am certain that they will eventually abandon that foolishness but it will take several generations for that to happen.
Read Francis Shaffer's "How Then Shall We Live" and view his video series. EXCELLENT MATERIAL. Find out how he was, too.
And remember this. Both science and religion require "Leaps of Faith"--that is the key to it all.
2006-08-16 19:43:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The biggest foible of using the big bang to explain reality is that it doesn't really justify where the big bang came from. And if you say that the big bang came from nothing and is the first cause, then hey, the big bang is god! After all, god has to be the first cause. Alternatively there are definitions about spacetime being utterly different prior to the big bang (imagine the entire universe as one big singularity: time doesn't exist in the same sense in a black hole). So there was no "before the big bang" in the chronological sense.
Hmmmm
2006-08-16 19:41:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do agree with you. I think the bible was written to be understandable for the people at that time and knowledge. Nobody would have believed in dinosaurs 2000 years ago... or even the earth was not the center of the universe... so the easiest way God had to explain creation to humans was using a metaphor... and the Genesis got written!!
2006-08-16 19:38:34 · answer #4 · answered by El calvito 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh man. Believe? Wait, what, you're telling me people still think evolution and the big bang arn't true?
It's kind of sad, really. How uneducated. Of course evolution is true and is happening all around us. Natural selection is inevitable and unsympathetic, so don't think you can escape it by simply denying its existance.
And yes the big bang happened. Come out from under the rock people! There is ample evidence in our day and age, thanks to modern technology like WMAP, we have seen the begginning of the universe, we have seen and mapped the cosmic background radiation, we have confirmed the universes expansion and relative age...and we have confirmed the big bang itself!
Now then, I don't care if you think God did it all. So be it; there's nothing wrong with that. But don't be too naive with your assumptions about what God must be like, as you are with your assumptions of evolution and the big bang!
2006-08-16 20:21:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've often wondered the same thing.
However, 2 questions remain outstanding. One is that evolution/the big bang doesn't explain the origins of life. The other is that those theories have been largely discredited by the scientific community.
God, in His role as Creator/Sustainer has always been free to administrate as He sees fit.
He's very smart.
2006-08-17 12:30:26 · answer #6 · answered by Tavita 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as the big bang goes, let me ask you one question: Wouldn't God be a part of that too? He created everything, them He would of created the big bang. I don't go along with evolution because it goes against my belief of God's word in the Bilbe.
Then again, we still don't know what a day is to God, could one of His days equal millions and millions of years. Just a thought.
2006-08-16 20:00:50 · answer #7 · answered by morris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bible is not a detailed science text book. It doesn't really go into detail about the acts of God. 'The red sea was parted 2.765 meters wide so 3 people could walk side by side' lol That's not really the point of the bible. It's about a relationship like you said.
2006-08-16 19:39:55 · answer #8 · answered by as_myself 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you believe in Evolution and the Big Bang, what do you need God for? What, He snaps his fingers 14.7 Billion years ago, makes the universe, drops a lightning bolt in a pool of amino acids 4 Billion years ago, waits until mankind has evolved the language capacity to understand His Word and disappears?
Not a very loving God if you ask me.
suspendor - you scare me
2006-08-16 19:38:00 · answer #9 · answered by Kenny ♣ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do not know if the Big Bang and Evolution are true or not. No one does. But, even if true in themselves they still can not explain the point of origin.
2006-08-16 19:35:37 · answer #10 · answered by wehwalt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋