Big Bang Vs Religion

Throughout Collins’s book he goes through many topics that have been a barrier between science and religion for a long time. I agree with many of Collins’s viewpoints when stuck in-between science and religion. This includes his view on the origins of the universe.

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Christian belief encountered significant opposition. Until then, most of the world shared the belief of the “Medieval world view” that not only was the earth positioned at the center of the universe, but that God was all knowing, all powerful and all good. God was thought to have created and sustained the wondrous workings of the universe. This belief told the people all they needed to know about the meaning and purpose of life. Then, scientific discovery and methods began to undermine religious beliefs. Scientists began to reveal that natural laws and natural forces governed the world. Opposing beliefs, e.g. the Marxism belief, criticized Christian views. People like, Bacon, Copernicus, Kepler,

     Where are the boundaries of our mind and soul? Is there a point beyond which we cannot look anymore, where our sights become dim and vaguely disappear in the forever darkness and quietness of eternity? Has our limited knowledge and, at the same time, undeniable need to be able to explain everything, become so obvious and intense that we have to have the answer to every question out there? Religion sometimes may present the answer to our questions, but can one sincerely search for our beginnings by strictly following His word?

Astronomers believed the Universe was created about 14 billion years ago. During that time, the entire Universe was inside a bubble that was thousands of times smaller than a pinhead, and it was insanely hot and dense. Out of nowhere this little bubble started expanding. This expansion created what we know as the Universe. In such little time the Universe went from the size of an atom to the ginormous galaxy we have that is continuously growing.

When attending various classes that educate students on the science of the world, it seems, as there is not much room for argument. We are taught concepts that stand for no contradiction, for example, the functions and structures of the human body. However, when discussing, for instance, the creation of the Earth and the cosmos, scientism may be at play. At what point does a person step back and bring religion into the conversation when talking about the creation of the cosmos? When is it that a scientific explanation is not the only explanation?

The question is “Do scientific theories such as the big bang theory and evolution match up with old earth creationism”. To answer the question, this paper will primarily be using the Bible and the works of Charles Darwin; specifically “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection” and “The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex”. The secondary resources that this paper will be using are “The Myth of the Beginning of Time”, a few papers analyzing Darwinism, a few papers analyzing the Bible, and a paper that discusses the evolution of mankind. By answering the question “Do scientific theories such as the big bang theory and evolution match up with the theory of creationism and the order in which the Bible says the universe

Darwin’s evolutionary theory is the most common topic tearing down religious beliefs. It’s being taught in high schools as a science; when in reality it’s a belief system about the past. Many people today are told to accept evolution, but then add it to the Bible as if God had used evolution to create every living thing on Earth. If God had used evolution, then everything he said in Genesis would have to be a lie. Which brings up the question, what part of the Bible is true? The evils of evolution not only destroy Genesis, but changes the way you think about life and makes evolution a religion.

Frankly, at the beginning of this course, I was most excited to tackle this question. In my chemistry classes, it is interesting to see how my professors integrate faith in seemingly contradistinctive topics. And now, I was interested to see it done from a philosophical standpoint. As a child, I remember the first time Scientism (a much milder form than what we discussed in class) was introduced as an alternative to Christianity. I remember laughing at it and thinking, this is crazy. Obviously, God created the Earth, not some big bang. However, the older I grew, I somehow felt more wrong. I heard more and more arguments supporting Scientism that sounded so valid that I began to compromise my faith. I began thinking that maybe God caused the

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

There are massive explosions arising with the continuous clicking of guns, the landscape is slowly becoming nothing. Death is sweeping up your spine, swallowing you whole as you stand in front of fifty sharpshooters aiming at you. But guess what? They all miss. Each and every single one of those fifty sharpshooters missed, now you ask yourself “how is that possible”? The odds of any of them missing you are so close to small one can pretty much say it’s impossible. One would look for reasons as to why they missed, why the odds against them missing were probably and essentially happened. It is the same way when someone says that the universe “just happened” with no explanation at all. The Big Bang occurred and everything just evolved from that point forward. Even scientists themselves had said that life on this universe would have not been possible if more than two dozen properties were to be changed even by a slight hair. To put it in other words, the world is “fine-tuned” to be exactly the way it is

There are hundreds of alternating stories about the creation of the universe, religion, and morals among the thousands of faith groups around the world. These religions/views and the beginning of religion itself similarly originate alongside the birth of men. The beginnings of religion may have preceded the primary member of our species, Homo sapiens. Many scientists believe the concept that our pre-human ancestors went through a number of changes as they transitioned from “pre-human” to fully human. First, they attained a fully developed self-consciousness and a moral sense, then they developed a spirit of community that was much more advanced than any other species, and finally they constructed methods of precise communication becoming aware of their finite personal life and own impending death. Neanderthals reverently buried their dead with a ritual that seems to show that they anticipated life after death, in some form. They oriented the bodies in a specific direction, they planted tools with the body that might be of use in a future life. Neanderthals might have had based this belief on some concept of the supernatural that was just, in fact, common natural occurrences. From the moment humans have attained a sense of finite existence they have attempted to give meaning to life. Humans have created gods to explain scientific phenomenons, rituals to bring good fortune, and burials to ease death. History has proven that with the changing of society, God or gods change as

There has been a lot of research done on the influence media can have on society, in particular the degrading images of women that are often seen in media. Since the second wave of the women’s rights movements these images were the object of scrutiny and an easy example of how women were viewed. In modern society where women have made many strides towards equality why are there still instances in popular media were women are negatively depicted? Have women come as far as they think? The popular sitcom The Big Bang Theory negatively depicts the female characters by reverting to a binary view of gender, in which the female characters are lacking, they can be beautiful or smart however they cannot be both.

There are many topics that science and religion have opposing views on and continue to debate. One of these subjects that has received a great deal of attention and has placed an enormous wedge between the two realms is the varying opinions concerning the creation of the universe. For nearly a century, scientists have explained this phenomenon with the Big Bang theory, whereas spiritual thinkers have long placed their faith in the Genesis creation account. Both submit valid arguments, however, it is ultimately up to each individual to decide which testimony to accept as truth and to consider if it is possible that both opinions could co-exist.

There have been many theories concerning what the universe looks like, how it became this way, and where it is going. The most popular theory that people hold today is that the universe began when all the matter ever present in the universe was contained in a tiny speck and that spec exploded. This is known as the Big Bang. This theory has developed a great deal since it was first conceptualized and continues to evolve today. Many different scientists have had a hand in this.

What is the relationship between religion and science? In his book, Consilience, Edward O. Wilson aims to find a unified theory of knowledge. Consilence also seeks to show how science is superior to and can replace religion. In this paper, I intend to show how Wilson understands this relationship and science as well as how. as well as show John Stuart Mill would agree or disagree with Wilson.