I currently have no religion, I believe in a God and that is all right now.
I'm very open minded about religion, but I don't see why I should follow one religion over another when every side believes so strongly that they are right?
You might think religion is not so much of a choice but a "feeling" of belongingness? I have never had a feeling like that. I want to though, I want to believe in something, I just want a good reason to do so.
But anyway, one theory I want to bring up is the creation vs evolution. Has anyone else ever thought that it could be both? The bible says the world was created in 7 days, but what if it wasn't our idea of 7 days? What if it was actually 7 billion years? What if God set off the big bang, and started evolution? We are so complicated in out structure and anatomy, so I would think we'd have a more complicated beginning then just *poof* you're here.
one theory I want to bring up is the creation vs evolution.
Dude, you are so new to this forum, it is crazy.
I suggest going back about 2 pages and finding some threads on this, and then making up your mind, rather than having us do it all over again.
Sorry bro, but the religion in this place is like getting swallowed by mud. You can't escape it and it gets into every pore of your body before finally killing your soul.
Do what Valkery says and also the Big Bang theory and the Theory of Evolution are completely unrelated. Furthermore - why add an extraneous element like 'god' into these theories where it's not necessary?
You might think religion is not so much of a choice but a "feeling" of belongingness? I have never had a feeling like that. I want to though, I want to believe in something, I just want a good reason to do so.
Religions are entirely faith based, meaning belief without evidence. So you just have to accept the claims made at face value. So if you want something with a good reason to believe in it go with something that offers objective evidence.
But anyway, one theory I want to bring up is the creation vs evolution. Has anyone else ever thought that it could be both?
This has come up and no they aren't compatible. Further more creation isn't a theory.
We are so complicated in out structure and anatomy, so I would think we'd have a more complicated beginning then just *poof* you're here.
If complex structure require an even more complex structure then you end up having to ask who created the creator and we go on for infinity adding the creators, creators, creator etc. In that case does it not make more sense that we started with a simplistic base that as it combined and recombined began to take on more and more complex structures? We can even observe this happening in things like crystal formation.
I'm not at home right now but I have a good number of links I will post up that you can browse through on the subject.
Look, if the bible was talking about evolution they would have said. You are reading too far into this. And it expressly says god made the humans. Humans evolved from primates. And evolution is that we slowly mutated over time. Not that we just randomly appeared.
Please look this up before asking questions about it.
If complex structure require an even more complex structure then you end up having to ask who created the creator and we go on for infinity adding the creators, creators, creator etc. In that case does it not make more sense that we started with a simplistic base that as it combined and recombined began to take on more and more complex structures? We can even observe this happening in things like crystal formation.
No one created God. God is located in a dimension/universe where time does not apply or even exist. Therefore, nothing began, leading to the conclusion that God is and was always there.
Or, the simpler answer being, god had no hand in this and it occurred simply due to the chaotic nature of the universe.
Well, that isn't much of an answer. How is our universe chaotic yet, before the big bang, was a piece of ... instantaneous timelessness?
Also, some Christians believe in a mix of evolution/creationism, in a weird way. Personally I feel you can only pick one or two, and so far, I just can't see how a primate could have evolved into a human being so suddenly, with one being so much more intelligent as the other, and to have relatively no trace of that left behind. I mean, if intelligent beings sprawled up everywhere why is it that all of the other homo sapiens happened to die? Cro Magnons and them just randomly disappeared and that just sounds weird.
