Creation or Evolution
Where did we come from? Did God create our incredible world in six days, and do we all descend from Adam and Eve? Or was the universe created billions of years ago, possibly by a "Big Bang", with all living things evolving from a single organism? These questions have been debated for hundreds, if not thousands, of years, and there is still no answer that satisfies everyone. Until the 18th century, most people never doubted the Biblical theory of Creation; that God was responsible for the origin of the universe, and every living thing on earth. There are many people today who still believe this theory, which infers that our world is only about six thousand years old. When scientific evidence to the contrary started surfacing, like bones that were found to be millions of years old, many questions were raised. Those that questioned the Bible were met with great opposition by the religious community.
One theory on the how the universe came to in to existence is the Big Bang theory, first suggested about fifty years ago by a German physicist. This hypothesis has since been quite widely accepted by astronomers. It suggests that a giant explosion, billions of years ago, created elements like hydrogen and nitrogen, which quickly condensed to form galaxies. Astronomical indications place the age of the universe at around 15 billion years, and this is also roughly the age that the earth is believed to be, based on carbon dating and other scientific evidence. Most people don't have strong feelings about the origin of the universe, they just accept that somehow earth was created, and then the process of evolution began. A few scientists agree with a combined theory. One such theory is the Day/Ages theory, that each day mentioned in the Bible is meant to represent an age of Evolution, or billions of years. This theory makes a lot
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