A Religious Appearance Of Creationism

Many people believe that Christians have to reject evolution in order to believe in the biblical account of creation in Genesis 1. Scholar and author John Walton, as well as physician, Francis Collins argue that this is not necessarily true. Walton reminds us that we have to read the Bible carefully, as it was not written for us but for the Israelites. Walton also argues that observing natural effects does not mean that we have to remove God from our thoughts. He cannot just reveal all the scientific details that were going to occur because the past generations would not understand. The Bible is the proof of His love and patience for humans, not a science textbook. Even though it was not for us, we still read it since the Scripture is

Understanding the bible, both in its inspiration and authority, shapes how we decipher the stories in the bible and how we receive messages and revelations from God. Fundamentalists and Contextualists have profoundly different assumptions and perspectives when reading bible stories which impacts the messages they receive. In this essay I will address the point of views taken from a Fundamentalists and Contextualist in regards to the world and the human creation accounts, the miracle stories told in the Gospel writings and the story of Mary near the cross at Jesus’ crucifixion.

One of the fundamental questions that religions seek to answer is that of origin. How was man put on earth? Why and from what was he created? Who created him? What does his creation imply about the status of human beings? Some or all of these questions are answered by a religion’s creation stories. Every religion’s creation myths attempt to give solutions to problems present to that religious society. Because of this, each religion may have one or more creation stories, each of those different from one another in the questions they ask and the answers they give.

The question as to whether or not creationism should be taught in public schools is a very emotional and complex question. It can be looked at from several different angles, its validity being one of them. Despite the lack of evidence to support the fundamentalist idea of creationism, that in itself is not enough to warrant its exclusion from the curriculum of public schools in the United States. The question is far more involved and complex.

Creationism is the acceptance that the universe and living organisms originate from definite acts of divine creation, as in the Biblical account, rather than by natural processes such as evolution. A creationist is someone who dismisses scientific explanations for the origin of life and the universe, preferring a hypothesis of supernatural creation by God. The considerable amount of creationists in the United States are fundamentalist Christian Protestants, but there are creationists of other denominations as well. Creationism was the default hypothesis before Charles Darwin’s, but when the theory of evolution was proposed, its superior support and explanation led it to quickly win scientists over. Contrary to creationist, today there is no deliberate scientific debate

Exploring the debate over creationism as opposed to evolutionism is a multifaceted and touchy undertaking. Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s Inherit the Wind examines this debate in the court case that is central to the work as well as in a short feud between two characters, Melinda and Howard. As this argument represents the trial that drives the work and is indicative of how the court case unfolds, it is a momentous interaction that furthers the message of the need for consideration of other points of view during debate.

“In the beginning was the big bang,”[i] writes John Polkinghorne, a physicist turned theologian. As the reader follows through the remainder of his cosmic creation story, the reader is intrigued at how mystical and religious the story sounds. “The space boiled, in the rapid expansion of the inflation era, blowing the universe apart with incredible rapidity in the much less than 10-30 seconds that it lasted. . . . The world suddenly became transparent and a universal sea of radiation was left to continue cooling on its own . . .”[ii] Then, the story unfolds to tell of the creation of hydrogen and helium and the creation of stars. The death of stars follow, which

Outlined in Driscoll’s article “What are the various Christian Views on Creation” the author provides six examples of the creation account. This writer initially held to the literal six 24 hour days. Before this particular theology assignment, I had not given this thought of actual days nor the story of creation the proper study. In Genesis 1, it states “…evening and morning establishes the first day” I then realized that there were family members and friends of mine who failed to take the time to ponder and study this subject as well; after all, not only is this very significant but without taking the time to research it, can cause one to believe an actual day to be longer than 24 hours, which in term weakens the foundation of the message of the Cross; the issue of sin, Jesus’s death, burial and resurrection.

Objection 1: In 1820, fossils were identified and many began to argue that their very existence discredits Biblical truth. When geologists began to realize that the discovered fossil records were incredibly old, the separation between science and the theologians was increased. They were much older than the creation story in the Bible claimed. The scientists found that the creature, which walked, called Australopithecus, slightly resembling an ape, resided in the Middle East and in east Africa, approximately four to five million years ago. After this, scientists believe Homo erectus, a

When talking about New Atheist, it is best to start with core atheistic belief that there is no God.  In a sense, New Atheist  that the human race has evolved to the point where is no need for primitive superstitions. New Atheist describe faith as “an irrational belief in the absence of evidence.” New Atheist believe in logical positivist and moral sense.

Pope Francis once emphasized, "When we read in Genesis the account of Creation, we risk imagining that God was a magician, with such a magic wand as to be able to do everything," (Taylor Wofford). This quote visualizes many of the Catholic followers' point of view when it comes to the theory of evolution. These people are also known as creationists, because they believe in the story of Creation that takes place in the book of Genesis. However, there are many perspectives that withhold the Catholic position on evolution, and they include Pope Pius XII, Pope John Paul II, and my own. These viewpoints will assist in bringing better acknowledgement to this contradicting subject.

upon as evil by the born-again Christian community, and they are saying that evolution is

On the road of pursuing Bible and Christian world, the first step we need to know and accept is God’s creation. If we believe the biblical creation, we will believe everything in Christianity.

Christianity is established in the book of Genesis chapter one, with “In the beginning God created . . . .” This one statement affirms creationism, the view that the God of the Bible created the world. This view directly reflects whether we believe the Word of God or call its validity into question. As Christians, we must differentiate between creationism and the other main theory to explain the creation of the universe, evolution. The doctrine of creation is the starting point of the Bible and of the Christian faith. It is reiterated throughout Scripture. All Christian doctrine is ultimately derived from it. To doubt or deny biblical creation is to declare God and Christ a liar, the Bible in error, and to make salvation in Christ meaningless.

many people want to allow a religious view of creationism to be taught in the