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Aug. 9th, 2018
God Squad: God and the Big Bang
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ceretaI believe in God and the Big Bang. Is there any problem with that? -- From T
A: No problem, T. The Bible teaches that the first act of creation by God is God creating light. Light is energy and light and energy are what was released by the Big Bang that exploded (and is still exploding) at the beginning of the universe.
The paleontologist Stephen J. Gould thought that religion and science are not in conflict because they are about different things. Science is about how the universe works. Religion is about what the universe means. Science and Religion are what he called NOMAs (nonoverlapping magisteria). They are two realms of human thought that do not cross over the same intellectual and spiritual territory. I agree.
We are way beyond the time when people read the Bible as a science text book, and also hopefully way beyond the time when people think that scientists can do an experiment to discover the meaning of life.
A: No problem, T. The Bible teaches that the first act of creation by God is God creating light. Light is energy and light and energy are what was released by the Big Bang that exploded (and is still exploding) at the beginning of the universe.
The paleontologist Stephen J. Gould thought that religion and science are not in conflict because they are about different things. Science is about how the universe works. Religion is about what the universe means. Science and Religion are what he called NOMAs (nonoverlapping magisteria). They are two realms of human thought that do not cross over the same intellectual and spiritual territory. I agree.
We are way beyond the time when people read the Bible as a science text book, and also hopefully way beyond the time when people think that scientists can do an experiment to discover the meaning of life.