INDYvidual
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Religion Vs The Big Bang Theory?
Which do you think is more logical? Which do you believe in?
Which do you think is more logical? Which do you believe in?
I think there are a lot of positions besides Relgion or Big Bang.....and I'm not convinced those two can't live together.
Right. Who's to say that there is a God that just put this whole thing in motion? "Ex nihil nihil est", from nothing, nothing comes. To have a creation you have to have a creator. The evidence supports the big bang theory..but who's to say the big bang wasn't caused by a superior being? Did the universe just exist in eternity without a cause and effect? I believe that everything as we know it, or even just life itself...had to come about with some sort of plan or logic. If it all just suddenly appeared...what made it appear? There has to be a first cause. I'm not saying I believe God just said "let there be...everything, etc.", and it all just magically happened. But didn't some intelligent thought have to go into the creation of everything that exists? Unfortunately, like Cman said, it's something we'll never know. More specifically, I think it's something we don't have the capacity to ever know. Our minds are finite, while time and space are infinite...a concept our little brains can't grasp.
As for Intelligent Design versus the Big Bang, as a firm believer in science and as Preferred User stated, I also believe there is a possibility that the two CAN exist together. Who's to say that God himself didn't set the laws of physics into motion but simply chooses to not interfere with them.
On the other hand, the Bible states that everything was created in six days (not seven as some state). Seeing as how the Bible was passed down for centuries by word of mouth, finally written down and then translated many times, whose to say that some creative license wasn't taken or misinterpretations occurred during translation.