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Genesis: Religion Vs Science

  • Mar. 6th, 2009 at 7:56 PM
Rafale - Difficulties, Adventure
Today after the first hour, we had like 4 hrs gap before the next hour starts. So some of us (around 6) stayed back in class. And as we were talking, for some reason, big bang theory came into the discussion...Sushi asked me whether I believe in big bang theory...I said 'yeah, I do'...And he was like, 'you do?!' I was like 'yeah!'. Then Jerryn asked...'you believe in evolution or creation?' :|

Off ho! Now I'm at fix!

I always kept science and religion separate. I believed in God and his creations...but I also believed in science and evolution. I have never tried to inter-relate these two. Now, I'm so totally at fix! Science or religion? What's the connection? What's the explanation?

And these guys were fairly surprised I did not think about this before because I'm very good at arguing...even if it's a silly stuffs, even if the entire world stands against me with a silly stuffs, I argue till the last breath of logic.
Sushi was like, 'I have seen how deep you can go when you think...and why don't you think about things that matter rather than crap!'

Right now, I don't have any answers to big bang theory and Genesis...but hopefully some logical explanations will spark some thinking...

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(Anonymous) wrote:
Mar. 5th, 2009 03:29 pm (UTC)
Well, serious question here: do you have a problem with the idea that God created the universe and all life on the planet through the Big bang and evolution? That these are just what it looks like to us people when He does his thing?

I have never thought that faith in God and belief in science have to conflict. Whatever your particular view of God, He is a being who has intentions, makes decisions, has a Will, a plan, whatever.

The theories of the Big Bang and evolution are just descriptions of a process and they say nothing about "why" the universe exists or "why" we are descended from moneys and not tigers.

Personally, I rather like the idea of a God who refuses to leave any kind of signature or calling card behind to prove to mortals that he exists. If He really wants us to have free will and come to Him of our own choice then that's the only way it can happen.

Where I come from we have a lot of Christians who push the idea that the Bible is literally true, but ultimately they seem to do that so they can leverage political power, which I am pretty sure Jesus said was pointless. They have this very easy Christianity where you don't have to do any work or think about anything, you just give them your money and sing along. Anyway I think a belief system that encourages you to face challenges and learn the limits of reason to find your faith is a better one.
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