How do other religions than christianity think the world begun?

Question

Christians have the creationist theory, what do other religions think ?

Answer 1

According to my religion, the universe as we know it began with a great expansion, often called the Big Bang. Earth formed as a result of that expansion and, guided by the laws of nature, eventually abiogenesis occured. From there, life evolved to the point where it was conscious and capable of trying to understand the universe from whence it came.

(We are the universe watching itself.)

Answer 2

The acceptability of people as messengers is in part related to the roles prevalent in the culture of the time. There are other themes that reflect cultural differences of the time, rather than the underlying essence of what is conveyed in religions and other spiritual traditions. It would be more difficult for anything to be successfully communicated in a way that seemed too different from what people were familiar with. e.g hierarchical societies tended to be reflected in a spiritual hierarchy, whereas this was not the case with non-hierarchical societies. And yet the conclusions were not necessarily very different in substance. To the extent where it was true, it doesn't necessarily imply that ladies were considered any less important or had any lesser influence either. The statement "Behind every good man there's a good woman" could easily have applied. They might just have had a different kind of role. On the whole, the male nature is kind of a development of the hunter/gatherer more active, protective goal oriented , rather than the more receptive and affiliative nurturing female nature. It would be reasonable to expect that historically more men would have been the ones speaking out more vociferously. It doesn't imply that they would have been isolated from the influence of or disrespectful of women though. There's lots of stuff in the religions that's more like female than male stuff in nature.

Answer 3

While the details of how creation happened vary, the majority of religions believe that the world is the results of a direct action of "god". Where the Christian accounts varies the most from all the others is that it places God outside of time and space, and the creation as an act of making everything from nothing. The others have already existing matter, and God (or the gods) rearranging it from within time and space to make it suitable for man.

Answer 4

According to hinuism, it begins with the Divine Sound Aum, with the sound there came to be something. And before, there was nothing. Its rather complex and poetic.

It could work together with the big band theory. The idea of a sound and something being created.

It could also work together with the bible, if you want to interpret it that way. John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." in which case the "word" would be Aum, according to Hindus.

Aum is just a divine sound/syllable/word and has no meaning by the way, and cant be translated.

Answer 5

Almost all major religion believe that God or Gods created the universe, this world and humans, animals, plants, all things "natural".

There are now about 38,000 different Christian denominations and here are just a few of their ideas on how and when this world began.

God made it about 6800 years ago instantly or in one to seven days.

God made it 4.5 billion years ago (science view also)
Jesus made it 4.5 billion years ago (science view also)

Most Christians think the world will be destroyed and then made better. Some think it remains as it is forever or will slowly get better.

Eph 3:21 is true. This earth abides forever in God's and Jesus' and the Holy Spirit's love and care. "World without end."

I know by Revelation, and science also, that our earth was made about 4.5 billion years ago when some very hot materials were ejected from our sun when a nearby small system of suns came by pretty close to our sun. Earth started out much smaller than now. 2.5 billion years ago, it was about 1/10 of its present mass and was still growing fast by meteoric accretion. About one billion years ago, earth was about its size now; and it had cooled down enough to have an ocean and an atmosphere. Simple life was created here about 550 million years ago. The first primitive human family was about one million years ago. Modern man, from the Adam and Eve biologic uplifting, was about 37,000 years ago. Melchizedek came to Abraham about 4,000 years ago; Jesus Christ Incarnated here 2013 years ago on Aug 21 of 7 B.C. On May 18, AD30, Jesus ascends and returns fully in Spirit here that same day as He the Spirit of ALL TRUTH: GOD See John 16:7-16. He might send one or more high Sons of God and/or super-Angels here any day now; most likely by AD2030. No drastic changes will be make; God gives each human here full freewill. Some will follow the teachings of Agents of God; others will not. Real world peace may be here on earth in 1000 to 50,000 more years; depending on how exacting your definition of peace is. :))

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Answer 6

there are many different creation myths, including several different versions of the christian story.

creation science does not first appear until the early twentieth century (some time after the catholic church had already accepted darwinian evolutionary theory). it isn't really a christian belief at all, just a schismatic anomaly.

Answer 7

Most religions ascribe to a creationist theory. I cannot think of one that doesn't. All relgions have a creator figure hence they had to create something.

Answer 8

Most religions have their own creation story. They're generally available online, just google "creation stories".

Anyway, Creationism is not a theory. It's an old bedtime story.

Answer 9

Turtles, all the way down. Always have been.

Answer 10

study them & learn!