Science and Religion

Big Bang Theory:

• most widely accepted scientific theory on how the universe came to it's present state
• Due to great scientific advancement and discovery int eh 20th century 
• 13.8 billion years ago is when the universe began
• states that the universe began from a singularity (a high temperature and high density state), and has been expanding ever since
• based on the agreed observation that the universe is constantly expanding - 1927, George Lemaitre noted an expanding universe could be traced back in time to an originating single point, scientists have built on his idea of cosmic expansion. 
• Hubble then built on this in 1929, who concluded galaxies were drifting apart
• Russell: the universe is a "brute fact" simply exists and that is it
• Dawkins: evolutionary biologist, supporter of evolution and we are simply "slaves to our genes" - supports the big bang theory, there is no God 

Problems:

• what was the cause of the Big Bang? - muti-verse theory (there is a group of parallel universes including our universe - chance - God??
• Alistair Mcgrath is a priest, theoligan and scientist (and former atheist). Supports evolution.  "It's not that science is wrong...It's that science is incomplete!" - science does answer the question as to why we are here, what was the cause of the Big Bang? 
• Science can only provie us with theories about the origins of the universe 
• scientists present didfferent views and their views may change, making it difficult to suggests science is ever definitively correct about the origins of the universe - scientists are fallible
• Would mean humans have no purpose, and no soul (since this is God given) so whats the point? - Dawkins, evolution is a marvel enough 
• Kant: we are missing a 

Evolution: 

• Darwin: 'origin of species' 1859
• species of lviing things have changed over time and adapted to ensure the 'survival of the fittest'
• supported by evidence of fossisla dn the rapid changes that can be seen to occur in micro-organisms (antibiotics, resitant bacteria)

Creation Story 

• "In the beggining god created the heavens and the Earth" - opening chapter of the Bible
• 6 days of creation, God rested on the 7th (Adam and eve were created on the sixth)
• God is the creator and cause of the origins of the universe 
• The Earth, according the story of Genesis, is around 6,000 years old 
• Humans are…