origins of the universe
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- Created on: 03-01-22 16:05
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- origins of the universe
- Christianity
- they believe that the universe was designed and made by god
- god created all things that exist out of nothing
- the 6 days of creation
- 1 - "let there be light"
- non literal view - he meant the big bang
- 2 - sky
- 3 - seas, land, vegetation
- 4 - lights in the sky - sun, moon and stars
- 5 - fish and other animals in the sea and birds
- 6 - all animals on land and humans in his own image
- 7 - rest, made it holy
- some interpret day as a longer period - hebrew "yom"
- 1 - "let there be light"
- fundamentalists believe every word is inspired by god and is correct
- the bible is "god-breathed"
- liberals regard these as symolic accounts
- big bang theory and evolution must be false because they contradict the book of genesis
- theistic guided evolution - he created s world able to adapt and evolve
- "in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth"
- "every living thing ... according to its kind"
- Islam
- universe was created by God in 6 phases
- "God, who created the heavens and earth in six days"
- "it is He who created night and day, the sun and the moon, each floating in its orbit"
- after that god organised the whole universe to be under his watchful command and befitting his glory
- God's creation never ends - births and seeds growing
- islam encourages the search for clear understanding and scientific explanations that may enable a greater understanding of God
- qu'r'an creation stories closely resemble the big bang
- qur'an refers to the heavens, including the stars as being in "smoke" material at one time
- "the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, we separated them and made from water every living thing"
- qu'r'an creation stories closely resemble the big bang
- Allah sent angels to earth to collect 7 handfuls of soil and with that made the first man - adam - breathing life and power into him
- universe was created by God in 6 phases
- Christianity
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