what is harder to believe?
1.after the big cosmic explosion, the molecules "miraculously" came together to form life and then life evolved with no intelligence
2. God created the universe
do we have concrete solid proof for either of the two, or should we all turn agnostic until we know for sure?
2006-12-14 07:05:23 · 21 answers · asked by esero26 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm too cute to have been created by cosmic soup.
Definitely the work of a Higher Power - God.
2006-12-14 07:08:08 · answer #1 · answered by The First Lady 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Why does it always have to be - either there is evolution or there is God? God created the universe - science explains how the process may have happened. God created the "cosmic soup" the "big bang", etc. One does not mutually exclude the other.
However, it does exclude the idea that all was created in 7 days as in 24-hour man days. A day to God could be a million years to humans, there is no way to define time based on an infinite creator.
2006-12-14 07:28:49 · answer #2 · answered by Unity 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am latter of the two options
God created the Universe, but I think you might find this interesting
Two Basic Pieces of Information about the Standard Cosmological Model Are Provided in the Qur'an
In the Qur'an, and in the Torah and the Bible that were corrupted after their revelation, God has revealed that the universe and all matter were created out of nothing; in the Qur'an, the only text that has not been corrupted, He reveals one other miraculous secret that the universe is expanding.
The way the universe came into "being" from "non-being" is reported thus in the Qur'an:
He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. (Qur'an, 6:101)
The expansion of the universe, one of the main areas of research of modern science, is revealed in this verse:
And it is We Who have constructed the heaven with might, and it is We Who are steadily expanding it. (Qur'an, 51:47)
As we have seen, two elements of the standard cosmological model, the Big Bang and Inflation, were reported in the Qur'an at a time when the means of astronomical observation were very limited. This represents clear proof that the Qur'an was revealed by God. The findings of modern science are in complete agreement with what is related in the Qur'an, and these latest studies once again draw attention to that close compatibility.
2006-12-14 07:22:15 · answer #3 · answered by onewhosubmits 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I believe the cosmic soup and *God* (at least the God of my understanding) are one in the same. Which ultimately means we are all divine as God because we are made of the same elements of God. But you have a great point. Until we know for sure, maybe it's best to just admit we don't really know. I'm not sure what the answer is. Good question.
2006-12-14 07:12:22 · answer #4 · answered by swordarkeereon 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do I believe that over the period of eternity that life just happened, Yes.
Do I believe it can all be answered by God? , No, That just begs the question where did God come from.
Is it a miracle that life exists at all or that God exists and made life, sure, both explanations are miraculous.
Quantum physics, and eastern philosophy each have a very similar description of life, to say one is or is not true because the word God is not used, that is semantics.
2006-12-14 07:10:51 · answer #5 · answered by Sara 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe God created life from the "cosmic soup."
I hope this doesn't sound disrespectful, but it never ceases to amaze me that so many people refuse to believe that there just might be some overlap in what all the different sides are saying.
2006-12-14 07:09:01 · answer #6 · answered by I'm Still Here 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
"Miraculously"? Hardly.
It took billions of years for the Earth to come into being, and billions after that for live to begin.
It was very simple and limited and not very diverse for a Really Long Time after that.
Once it began to be more complex and diverse, it was a really long time before critters such as us evolved.
The answer to your "which" question is neither. There's a much more reasonable and well-supported explanation.
Your question is like asking "Did a stork bring you to your parents? or Did you grow in a cabbage patch?"
The answer is "neither of those is a reasonable answer."
2006-12-14 12:30:41 · answer #7 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, seeing as how #1 is worded in ignorant ways (showing that you have NO idea what you're talking about) then I choose neither.
#2 is harder to believe than anything. It just creates more unanswered questions.
BTW: Just because we may not know the answer to something doesn't mean we should halt science and say "Oh God did it"... "He'll fill in the gaps".
2006-12-14 07:09:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
That God just "created" the universe is much harder to believe.
2006-12-14 07:11:10 · answer #9 · answered by Crabby Patty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God
2006-12-14 07:08:29 · answer #10 · answered by Preacher 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋