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Creation vs. Evolution
Everyone
likes to argue about the battle between evolution and creation. Most people assume that these two views are
totally separate, clashing, non-overlapping opinions that each person must
choose between. However, I think both
are true, and that they mesh together perfectly. I think that everything in the Bible can be
linked to science, and everything in science can be linked to religion and
God. Alright, maybe you should take a
five to ten minute break just to absorb and accept what you think is
craziness. Come back to read the rest of
this post whenever you’re ready.
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Okay,
let’s start from the beginning. The
Christian seven-day creation story, and the Big Bang Theory up until now. First of all, the seven days explained in the
Bible are not literal Earth days. How
long has Earth and our specific solar system been around? Describing time in this strange random sense
of our particular system would make no sense.
Therefore, these seven days are very long periods of time, and aren’t
even equal amounts of time.
On the first day, God created the earth, Heaven, light and
dark. This directly corresponds to the
Big Bang. Basically, these are two ways
of saying the same thing. The Big Bang
was created by God, and it created the earth, Heaven, light and dark. Easy enough to understand.
On the second day, God created the sky and the sea. This corresponds to the ‘scientific’
beginning of our particular planet. How
long ago it happened is irrelevant; it still corresponds. God created the beginning of our solar
system, and created the slow forming of water on the earth and its atmosphere.
On the third day, God created land (earth) and
vegetation. This corresponds to the
beginning of life on Earth, and encompasses the evolution of plants and
microscopic organisms, arguably in other kingdoms of life, perhaps even the
animal kingdom. However, the Bible is
not as strict in its nomenclature, and doesn’t refer to these extremely small
animals as ‘animals’ yet. Anyway, God
created life on the third day.
On the fourth day, God created the lights. The sun was created to govern the day, and
the moon was created to govern the night, and the stars were around always, but
only visible at night. Our solar system came into existence. It’s still all the same thing. The heat from the sun enabled a much wider
range of life to grow than before.
On the fifth day, God created creatures of the sea and
sky. There were great sea monsters and
giant winged birds under the sky. This
corresponds with the evolution of previously microscopic life into large organisms
that are colloquially called ‘animals.’
On the sixth day, God created every kind of land animal,
tame animal, and all animals that crawl the ground. This corresponds with the period of time in
which some sea animals came onto the land and eventually adapted into land
animals. Not a big deal; no
controversy. Then God created humans, who
had dominion over everything. Clearly,
we do today. Man gave names to every
species of animal and plant, and it took a very long time. We have named pretty much every plant and
animal we know of, have we not?
On the seventh day, God looked at everything he had created,
and found it very good, and decided to have a day of rest. Has anything happened since then that hasn’t
really been mentioned in the creation story? No. Is it currently the sixth or seventh
day? Nobody really knows; it might be
both; what difference does it make?
Yes,
all this was explained very briefly, and without specifics, but I assure
you: No matter what degree of specifics
I use, everything will still go together perfectly, because that’s how it
is. I hope that I have maybe enlightened
you a bit, or started you on your way.
