The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission | Creation vs. Evolution - Big Bang Theory | Comments

Comment 1

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:30:26 CST

Creation week- 6 literal 24 hour periods?

If this is taken literally (I dont care if it was 144 hours or 144 million years, I figure God handled it either way) why is not everything else in the Bible taken literally?

Comment 2

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:27:18 CST

is it possible that god did have a hand in creating the universe, but not what we think that hand was? i mean, where did the singularity, if thats what it was, come from? and where did the beam of supe-hot-what-ever-it-was come from? besides, it cant possibly be what we think it was, because there is proof that people didnt exsit when dinosaurs did, ans it says that god created this universe and everything on it, and the bible doesnt say anything about dinosaurs… and it cant have been 6000 years ago, it had to have been more, becaue all scientific evedence points to the world being at least 8 million years old.

Comment 3

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:11:08 CST

There are differant versions of the big bang theory. And it’s just that a THEORY not a FACT!! And the bible is a mere(sp) belief so who knows what to believe anymore… But i do believe that God created this Earth. In a matter of days or billions of years.

Comment 4

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:40:07 CST

In reguards to the second comment, contrary to what was said that all evidence points to the billion year old earth theory, if you do your research you’ll find that every single time the “young earth theory” is proven true. No one can deny it. It’s just a fact.

Comment 5

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:01:13 CST

Look, if it’s in the Bible and you consider yourselve a true Christian it seems to me that you would find it impossible to go against what your Lord says is truth. Yes there is room for speculation about the lenght of a creation day. That also means that there is room for speculation about Jesus Resurrection on the thrid day. I am not trying to downsize the role the Lord played in either of these siuations, but am rather trying to point out that their are some things that sensiblr and knowledge thristy adults simply have to swallow whole without question as to where it came from or what it is. Does it make sense to question the true word of God? Not really? If he says he created the world in 6 days than it is so. There is no room for anyone elses therory but Creation. Since no one but Gos was there to witness it, I think His word ih what us humans should relie on.

Comment 6

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:16:22 CST

Kayla, would you use the same criteria for Revelation? Song of Solomon?

To the Lord, a day is like a thousand, etc. 6 literal days? Maybe, maybe not. I dont see either interpretation as unBiblical.

I dont think modern man is the only one to use phrases like “you broke my heart” which is not literally true physically but may well be emotionally.

Just some different points you might ponder.

Comment 7

Sat, 02 Dec 2006 22:33:18 CST

terry,

I would use the same logic in both cases. Song of Solomon is a poem. Poems are notorious for using similies and comparisons. Revelation will take plce in the future and is being described by someone that has not yet seem the mechines of today’s time. Actually, he hadn’t even the machines of my granparents time. That would have been extremly difficult to put into words.

Thank you for your point about the 6 days possibly not being literal and the fact that people in the Bible did use phases such as “You broke my heart.” Not those word exactly, but you know what I mean. These are valid points that do deserve consideration. I would rather think of my Lord being SO powerful that He can create everything in 6 days without the help of 1,000s of years.
Besides, that thory relates too closly to the Gap theory.

Comment 8

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:40:49 CST

I have no doubt that God could have done it in
6 milliseconds if he prefered.

It just doesnt seem like an issue to me, let alone a major issue.

Comment 9

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:35:40 CST

i personally(sp) believe that God created the earth and he did it in six days. i also believe that the earth is about 6000 years old. i know that some people believe that God is just a “thing” and the world is billions of years old, but if the world was billions of years old then why wouldn’t we have so much more technology than that of which we have now? i mean if we had that much time on our hands then we should be in flying cars by now!

Comment 10

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:46:04 CST

I totally agree! Amen!

Comment 11

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:07:17 CST

thanks kayla!

Comment 12

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:22:16 CST

I respect everyones opinion on religion,I think however that the bible was written by people who claimed to have heard voices in their head.I belive these people were schizophrenic and were mentally ill.Back when the bible was written,they didn’t know what mentall ilness were,today we are more intelligent and advanced. Everyone is allowed to have their own opinion and I personlly do not belive in God, I truely do respect christians and muslims and any other religion that is out there.

Comment 13

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:27:50 CST

I totally disagree liz. humans havent been around for billions of years, we have evolved from a certain type of ape why do we have 99.9 n;a which is the same as monkeys and what about the fossil?i belive we were an accident but if it gives you satisfaction to think what you think then I respect you lizz

Comment 14

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:13:42 CST

Liz,
I believe that humans should respect others’ religions, however, you do not. If you truley do respect others’ religions you wouldn’t go around saying that the people that wrote the Bible, our Holy Book are crazy or mentally ill. I find that very offensive and disrespectful. If you believed in anything, and I told you that what you belive is totally false without doing ANY research on it and told you the founders of your religion were crazy, you would probably take offense also.
So if you truley do respect others’ religions than you would do research on Christianity. You would find that not all of the boooks of the Bible are simply rules and history. Although all are inspired by God, some were personal letters to churches adressing specific issues happening in that church at that time.

Comment 15

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 15:38:11 CST

According to the article, “That something is wrong with the Big Bang theory is evidenced by the fact that the microwave radiation has actually been found to be too uniform – more uniform than the distribution of matter in the universe.”

That was an early criticism of the Big Bang Theory, but that criticism was refuted in 1965 by Penzias and Wilson’s discovery of variations in cosmic background radiation. These were the type of variations predicted by Big Bang theorists. John C Smather and George C Smoot won the 2006 Nobel Prize in physics for further research into these background variations.

Comment 16

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:26:53 CST

religion causes too many wars and fight as it is.Can’t we just agree to disagree because we all will never change our opinions. can you please tell me why does it say in the old part of the bible that we should burn down none christians villiages and how come god hates gay people?

Comment 17

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:18:15 CST

Lizz,
In the old part of the Bible or better known as the Old Testament Jesus had not yet died for our sins. Non- christians didn’t exsist yet. The Christian religion did not come around untill after the Christ’s death. Christianity was a derogatory term given to the followers of Jesus Christ by the Romans and Jews. Christians accepted it as a fair name. Followers of the Christ.
As for God hating gay people, He doesn’t. Being gay is a lifestyle, but it is still a sin. After Jesus came a nd died on the cross for everyone’s sins, God was able to look on us and not see the sin, this is after we accept Jesus as our savior, but see Jesus and his blamelessness. God hates all sin. He doesn’t hate His children though, the sinners.

Comment 18

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:50:35 CST

well I agrree with you god soesnt hate gay people he just hates whtat they do. If i was gay than i would like to know that the all powerful god Almighty didnt hate me because if he did then me and all the gay people would be in a world of hurt. But since Im not gay i encourage all of you to be praying for the gay community. if we can pray for them then maybe god will soften their hearts and Christians can reach them with the word of God.
When people talk about whose right and whose wrong there is only one right answer. Jesus is THE way THE truth and THE life he is not a way a truth or a life. Jesus said that “no man can come unto the father except through me” i believe that with all my heart and soul. If I can make a difference in this world I will definatley try to use all of my strength to make sure that i take someone to heaven with me.

Comment 19

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:19:46 CST

I am in full agreement that in the times before the great flood, dinosaurs and humans lived together. I believe this because it says in Genesis that God created all things on the earth and in the universe. The Bible does tell of two dinosaur-like animals in the book of Job. The leviathan, a giant apparently sea living beast and the behemoth, a massive sauropod like animal who dwarfed all other living creatures. I am in full respect of others opinions and comments and they are entitled to them. This is my two cents. God Bless.

Comment 20

Mon, 07 May 2007 11:06:07 CST

:)
I have a few things to say. The first is that when they say that, ““At the beginning of time, all the space, matter, and time of the universe was compressed into infinite or near-infinite density (compactness).” I’ve got to wonder, where did this matter come from? If there was nothing there was no matter. Secondly, why would this non-existant matter expand? Another thing I have to ask is how exactly did this non-existant matter just jump up and decide to create thousands of galaxys with millions of stars? When does matter just do that? Who ever can show me something that is not there expand into anything I’d like to see it.

Comment 21

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:59:50 CST

i do agree that earth is not millions or billions of years old.. but my question is how do we know how long each day is that God created the earth in? i mean God has no time boundaries so that could mean that God’s one day could be our one week or anything like that. who knows? God is the only one who does. God does wonders.

Comment 22

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:12:17 CST

First of all liz god does not hate gay people god says hate the sin love the sinner. for the big bang, how can something so abrupt and out of order can go to something that is in order like how our nine planets revolve around a sun in the same path year after year. then the ? what about the people before christianity, what happened to them. if u read the bible it says when jesus dies for our sins he went to hell. and he spoke to the people there, i believe what he was doing there was giving the people there a chance at forgivness. i believe that god is the creator of all things of the earth of mars the sun any other stars we see in the sky. and let me ask everyone this lets say that all these people who say god doesnt exist. what will happen when they die if they are right? noting. now lets say im right. god does exist. his word is the truth. what going to happen to those who doesnt believe in god. HELL. why would you take that chance.

Comment 23

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:43:10 CST

It was Gandhi (a Hindu) who said “hate the sin, love the sinner.” That is not in the Bible.

Comment 24

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:38:49 CST

ummm he might have said it but its in the bible where god says he hates all sin the same but he love all of his children u take that how u want to

Comment 25

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:54:12 CST

Aaron, can you give the book, chapter and verse? It would be difficult for me to interpret a passage I can’t find.

Here’s a link to the Gandhi quote: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/36366.html

Comment 26

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:58:13 CST

Well we see in Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. We also see in the New Testament in John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word,and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Evolutionist believe of a spontaneous generation, but if we choose to believe that then where do we get the atmosphere and/or asteroids that crashed into each other to make the BIG ban theory. I believe that God did create all on this earth.

Comment 27

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:56:03 CST

Brandon,

What are you talking about? Do you understand what the big bang theory explains? It explains the creation or beginning of the universe, so there were no asteroids that created the big bang.

Please, read this website (http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni/uni_101bb1.html) and maybe some other good information. When Christians go around making absurdly inaccurate statements about science, they just make us all look foolish. Seek first to understand.

Comment 28

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:20:18 CST

Proverbs 8:13 reads: “The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward(wicked,corrupt,and perverse) mouth, do I hate.”
John 3:16: “For God so loved the world...”
The Bible may not say exactly,hate sin love the sinners, but there are many verses that basically repeat that. Wasn’t it Darwins theory? didn’t he say on his death bed that he just made it all up? so why keep the theory going?

Comment 29

Sun, 18 May 2008 17:59:54 CST

Here you go Aaron, hope this helps Bruce, good job Alyssa

Prov 6:16

16-19 For there are six things the Lord hates-no, seven: haughtiness, lying, murdering, plotting evil, eagerness to do wrong, a false witness, sowing discord among brothers.
TLB
1 John 4:9-11
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11
NIV

Comment 30

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:44:52 CST

maby those are BOTH RIGHT it explains BOTH the same thing just ina diff way maby 2000 years ago when people didnt hafe the knowledge of explaining EXACLY what happend they just thought some “thing” a.k.a god created it its just 2 truthhs of the same story
and i read both bible and that stuff about big bang
just.. figure out whats best for u dont fight about it cuz nether of it is wrong

Comment 31

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:32:27 CST

I understand the big bang theory Bruce. There is different theories on this subject of matter from my point i have heard the big bang as asteroids or gas foring the universe but the Bible proves those both wrong.

Comment 32

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:42:36 CST

With regards to comment 9 fom liz,

Have you heard of the Theory of Evolution??
The Big Bang Theory denotes the initial creation of the universe, not the creation of humans. The Earth was created billions of years ago, but that is not to say that humans have been around since then to advance technology. Darwin’s Evolution describes a long process with the gradual advancement in the cellular formation such that human beings are created.
Personally i think that your comment that we should be in flying cars is a really immature way of representing your opinions.

Comment 33

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:40:50 CST

Josh,

Charles Darwin was a great scientist. His theory is fascinating ,but he later came back while near death he apologized for creating the false thoery.

Comment 34

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:22:47 CST

This article has to be a joke. It is as though when faced with empirical evidence and demonstrable fact, the SBC resorts to ignoring what is perversely obvious and misrepresenting hard won scientific data, for no other reason than that the facts of the matter contradict a few pages of poetry written three hundred years before the dark ages.