Science or Religion?

Question

What do you base your beliefs on, science OR religion?
Big Bang OR God creating world?
Evolution OR God creating man?
How OR why?

Answer 1

GOD created the earth and man. Pay attention to this. Science keeps changing and GOD has not. It's that simple. Thank you and GOD bless.

Answer 2

Although many people feel otherwise, science does not contradict the Genesis account.

The belief used to be that the universe has always existed. The steady state theory postured that the universe had no beginning or end in time. That gave way to the big bang theory which acknowledges that the universe indeed had a beginning. This is in perfect harmony with the doctrine of creation - the universe had a beginning. Science has proved this, not disproved it.

The late Stephen Gould, perhaps the leading evolutionist of the 20th century acknowledged that the fossil record possessed two factors that were out of harmony with Darwin's evolution: stasis and sudden appearance. That fossil record, however, is in perfect harmony with the Genesis account of creation.

I know that science teaches me many things. But I also know that scientists are continuously correcting and revising. The Bible has not done that. It is not a scientific book but when it touches on scientific matters, it is accurate.

I know that if what I believe is the truth, it is not going to conflict with proved science. But I also know that it makes no sense to ignore what God's word says because he knows more than I ever will about his works.

It should be noted that the creation account in Genesis does not restrict the age of the universe and life in it to 10,000 years or less. Neither does it teach that the creative days were 24 hours each. On the contrary, the account allows for the earth to be 4.5 billion years old and the universe to be - I believe - 15 billion? My memory may be off on the numbers but the Genesis account nowhere states the age of either the earth or the universe.

There is no reason to believe that this is an "either/or" situation. Though many people feel so, science and true worship do not contradict each other; indeed they are quite compatible.

Hannah J Paul

Answer 3

The Big Bang and evolution make perfect sense if you just look at them with an open mind.

God creating the universe doesn't make sense. How is it possible that the most complicated, advanced, complex being in the universe (God) was ALREADY THERE at the beginning of time? Where did it come from? Again, it makes no sense.

And God "designing" all life on Earth doesn't make sense either. If everything was "designed", why have so many species gone extinct? Did God mess up on those animals? And why do we have things like redundant DNA, useless body parts, flightless birds, and animals like the Dodo? What kind of "design" is this?

It's not a matter of "science vs. religion" for me; it's a matter of "which theory makes sense and which doesn't?" and "which theory has evidence and which doesn't?" And science tends to make a LOT more sense than religion.

Answer 4

My opinion on this is science AND religion.
We/I need a religion that accepts science, and a science that

But for your questions:
Big Bang (did you know that this was a pejorative term at first?)
Evolution
However: To me, nature is sacred. Hence there's no gap between science and religion (by the way, religion can be a kind of science - theology). I can revere/honour nature AND pray to a "god/ess"(or life force or whatever) AND be a scientist. In addition, there needn't be a gap between evolution and Creation. The inifinite energy concentrated at the "time" (inappropiate, since there was no time) could be viewed as a supreme entity, a god.

How or Why? Why or? Both aren't blurred by a kind of Heisenberg's law. In every field of science, both of them are necessary. Especially in medicine.

Answer 5

I believe that God created the world. However I think no matter how you slice it, there is no definitive proof either way. Someone may ask who created God, and I can say who created what the big bang originated from. There is no evidence either way. I choose to follow Jesus and believe in the Gospel, because this is what makes the most sense to me. When I look at the the big bang theory, I just don't see it happening like that. We as human beings are too complex to be formed by chance. This is my view on it.

Answer 6

I base my belief in God.

Hope you will take time to read this.

Where other cosmologies found in religions have the world on the back of turtles, or the earth being the result of a fight between gods, biblical revelation is quite consistent with science. This is not to say that the Bible is vindicated by science; rather, it is science that is vindicated by the Bible. Consider the following: (note: all quotes are from the NIV)

The Spherical Shape of the Earth - "He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in" (Isaiah 40:22).
The Hebrew language did not have a word for "sphere." Circle is quite sufficient.

The Earth is suspended in nothing - "He spreads out the northern [skies] over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing" (Job 26:7).

The Stars are Innumerable - "He took him outside and said, "Look up at the heavens and count the stars -- if indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be" (Genesis 15:5).

The Existence of Valleys in the Seas - "The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of breath from his nostrils" (2 Samuel 22:16).

The Existence of Springs and Fountains in the Seas - "In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month -- on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened" (Genesis 7:11). See also Gen. 8:2; Prov. 8:28.

The Existence of Water Paths (Ocean Currents) in the Seas - "O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!...When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,...You made him [man] ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet...the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas" (Psalm 8:1,3,6,8).

The Hydrologic Cycle - "He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight" (Job 26:8).
- "He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams; the clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on mankind" (Job 36:27-28)
- "The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course. All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again (Ecclesiastes 1:6-7).

The Concept of Entropy - "In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded" (Psalm 102:25-26).

Answer 7

I believe everything natural was created by God.

Not only do I believe the Big Bang and Evolution to be junk science, but many scientists are backing away from the Big Bang theory.

Evolution was the brainchild of an idiot.

Why can't evolutionists understand they cannot brainwash us and move on to something else?
It is because they don't know anything else.
They only know what they can parrot.
And they call themselves intelligent.

Given billions of years, can my Chevy become a Caddy?
Given billions of years, can my Chrysler become a Mercedes?
Given billions of years, did my watch just come together to tell me time, or was there a watchmaker?

grace2u

Answer 8

A faith in God through Jesus is not at odds with science.

I believe that God spoke the universe into existence:-

"Let there be light"

How big a bang are you looking for? After all, science is really the study of God's creation, but unlike God, science is fallible.

Answer 9

I kinda combine them both-Except I'm not religious, meaning I don't believe in the bible or any religion, but I do belive in an energy (god) that infuses everything together and makes Evolution and the beginning of the world and universe all possible--I think I'm classified as either Agnostic or a Theist..But that's my viewpoint

Answer 10

Wel believe it or not so many things scientific things that are happnng now adays wre wrttn in the Quran thousands of years ago. Its Gods ability and power that made all the world happen. It is his big ability to make everything he created to be explained scientificly. to make human kind search for knowledge! The power of god is unquestionable. God creaated science in other means!!!

Answer 11

Sorry, but I just can't accept the argument the god did it. There is no evidence to support the existence of any supernatural beings, let alone the idea that they are responsible for everything. Science has provided a great deal of evidence for how the universe runs.