Creation, Evolution and The Big Bang Theory

Catholic beliefs about Creation

• The world was created out of nothing - Creation ex nihilo - Genesis 1:1-2
• God created man in the image of himself - Imago dei - Genesis 1:27
• God created the world via speech - Genesis 1:3
• God thought the world was good - Genesis 1:31
• God created time
• Catholics do not take the Bible literally and so do not necessarily believe that the world was created in six days 

Evolution

• It cannot be proved that evolution occured because of God
• There is a contradiction between Genesis and the Theory of Evolution
• In Genesis, one day may have…