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Science and Non-belief in God

some people - Bible literal word of God, Did create world in 6 days
Scientists - world made Big Bang
Big Bang better explains creation of universe
Complex - in simplest form: explosion of matter took place 15 billion years ago, universe cam into being, continues to expand and evolve.
Believe theory of evolution explains how life developed on earth - proposed by Charles Darwin
He says all living things evolved form common ancestors
Belief of Big Bang may lead to believe that genesis is incorrect, so bible itself is incorrect
Atheists - disbelief in God
Agnostics - Unsure whether God exists

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Literalist - Bible does not mention Big Bang so did not happen
Bible literal word of God
Impossible to believe in Big Bang, this literalist
Liberal - Both Bible and science are right, Big Bang created by God
People writers of Bible, written in their own words
Message important not literal meaning
creation story designed for us to learn how to take care of world - big bang did happen
combing both seven days of creation with Big Bang
Day for God - thousands of years - seven days in God times
Proposer of Big Bang - Georges Lemaitre, Roman catholic priest and scientist
church shown strong support for world created by nothing theory

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unanswered prayer - somebody prays and nothing happens
person prays to God - God does not answer - feel like God does not exist
person prays for something - do not get what they want - believe that God does not exist
atheists think - God was omni benevolent and omnipotent - God would answer prayers
God does not do anything - people easily lose faith in God
Christians say God says No or Not Now to certain prayers
if prayer is selfish - God will say No
others believe God answers prayer but not in way we expect
God has ultimate plan for everyone
Roman Catholics say ask St Monica to pray for them when their prayers go unanswered

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Moral Evil: somebody harms someone else, causes suffering
Natural Evil: when people are suffering cause of nature, has nothing to do with other people
People believe that God does not exist as he does not help those who suffer, losing faith completely
Evil and suffering in world, God cannot be all this*
If people accept these theories then they lose faith in God and reject him

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Some Christians say we should not worry about Evil and suffering, God has a plan for all of us
So we have to accept that God knows best and we have to place our trust in him
Follow example of Jesus, combat evil and suffering with prayer and service
Prayer: first thing, is powerful, unable to help - pray.
Service: help those suffering from evil, offer service follow Jesus teachings, offer them basic needs, or even be good friends with them
PRAYER AND SERVICE:
Free Will: Christians believe that we cause suffering as we have free will, if we choose wrong thing to do we could be hurting others
Not in paradise yet!: others say there is pain and suffering as we aren't in heaven, will e pain free, expect pain and suffering
Life is a test: we are tested to see if worthy to be in heaven
To help us grow: others say evil and suffering is around to make our faiths stronger.

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