how was the world created?

Question

Was the world created by God in seven days, as the Bible says? or was it created out of gas whirling in space for billions of years?

Answer 1

God? Ha.

what's the thumbs down count on the "god" answers?
around 30?

God is a child in a grocery store quarter machine with his new personal ball o dimension made by "Blammo"
and he just stands there, staring at it.

watch "parallel universes" under "documentaries".
http://www.tv-links.co.uk/

You might enjoy it.
Then we can talk about "GOD"

for now, I'll only consider the gravity of the sun and the beauty of circles.
3.14159265358979323846264338....


*extra thought*
so, we've got some scientists trying to create their own universe in a bubble only a few inches wide. big bang and all.

They claim the dimensions that make up that universe will separate from our own, safely.
What if it isn't safe and destroys our universe, creating a new one and a new big bang originating from earth.
Will the new life that pops up call our scientists GOD?

Answer 2

It was created by gas whirling in space for 4.5 billion years,the result of a super-nova that happened about 3 million years before.

Answer 3

Creation doesn't begin. The "Big Bang"
is just a point in a cycle.
When the cycle of creation reaches this point,
there is no space or gas or time.

Creation is made from energy, and energy
has two stages: quantum and particle.
The formation occurs from the way quarks
and frequencies interact with invisible forces
we know as Laws Of Physics.

Time and space are merely a by-product
of this reaction.

Answer 4

From the evidence we have, all matter in the universe appeared--very hot, very dense--in the "big bang", about 13.8 billion years ago. I hope you do not expect me to recount all that evidence--expanding universe, microwave radiation etc.

Applying to this event what we know about atomic nuclei tells us that when that matter cooled enough to form atoms, these were mainly hydrogen, some helium and a little lithium. The materials from which planets are made (also, you and me)--elements such as carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and the rest-- --are more complicated, and must have appeared later. Without those elements, no dust would exiss--and no Earth, either, since our planet is largely made up of them.

It is generally held--and again, evidence exists, as well as theory, in which the late Hans Bethe, who just passed away at 98, had a big part--that heavier elements are "cooked," in part in the processes which even now power the Sun, but in addition (and especially the heaviest ones) in the sudden collapse of a supernova, which preceded the solar system. That includes such elements as uranium, which decay radioactively. From the radioactive content of moon rocks, they were dated about 4.7 billion years ago, and it is believed the Earth formed around that time, too.

The material from which the solar system formed must have been the cloud of dust and gas left from the supernova (or maybe from more than one), gradually pulled together by gravity. And it must have been swirling even then, because the amount of swirl--angular momentum--is preserved in mechanical systems. Furthermore, astronomers have observed (using the Hubble telescope, among others), disks of swirling dust which presumably mark the birth of other planetary systems, or perhaps systems of binary stars.

That, in a nutshell, is the "scientific explanation." We weren't there when it happened (the way the Almighty was, perhaps--see Job 38, v. 4), but we have plenty of evidence. You may also look up http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/origin.html.

Answer 5

Well, I personally believe the whirling gas theory, as opposed to the hypothesis, that god made the universe. At the end of the day, all that matters is what you choose to believe.

Answer 6

im willing to bet the gas thing. whats funny about your question is that the church use to believe that the sun revolved around the earth and burned anyone that suggested different. they also said it was flat. Now, thanks to science, we know better. The bible just has stories that we can reflect and learn from. Everybody has the right to believe in whatever they like. "you can believe in stones, as long as you dont throw them at me." I believe that we evolved from cavemen and that the earth might have been created by whirling gas.

Answer 7

I personally believe that Earth formed the same way the other planets in our Solar System formed out of the matter in the accretion disk. I can't credit "intelligent design" because there are too many flaws and engineering goofs that a "supreme being" would never have made!

Answer 8

Questions about god and creation always generate lots of responses, but I don't think anyone's mind is every changed.
Personally, I believe that anyone who wants to believe that god created the universe is just looking for an easy answer. Its an answer that requires no original imagination, thought, or study. The real answer to that question is far, far, deeper and more subtle than "god did it." You are just going to have to find the real answer on your own.

Answer 9

By chance. I believe that the world was always here, and that life has cycled through the earth many many times. I believe that once our "Armageden" comes, life will start all over again.

I also believe that there are many other forms of life also created by chance; it is only a matter of time before we know for sure.

Answer 10

Okay - I've always believed in a mixture of Creationism and Darwinism.

Imagine if you will - God is not the omnipresent being we imagine him to be - what if God is a scientist from an astoundingly advanced race from ours? What if his son Jesus was a space man sent here to teach us how to act? Let's face it, human beings are pretty damn barbaric and maybe they hoped his message would give us some clue on the proper way to conduct ourselves. (I think we have failed miserably) I also think they love us anyway - just as any of us love something we have created.
Does that make me love God the Father and Jesus the Son any less? Not at all - it makes me all the more grateful to them.