Is it possible that "Let there be light" was the big bang, and human evolved with the world, but God made Adam
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I like Donald's interpretation.  I don't disagree.
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absolutely...i cant imagine being able to explain the miracle of birth, and the complexity of the human body, the earth, the universe, or anything else with out there being a awesome creator...it would be like saying a light bulb invented itself or evolved by itself from a piece of sand...This world and the creations in it are too awesome and overwhelming for me to see any other explanation..;-)
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I assume you mean "has any theory explaning the existence of man and the universe been accepted?"  The answer is no, but you should not assume that the big bang hypothesis is correct as the 2nd law of thermodynamics (AKA entropy) disproves the big bang.  It just depends on which group of thinkers you follow, if you follow secularists then you will most likely accept the big bang hypothesis, if you follow religious thinkers then you most likely will not.
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Well, I'm a Christian biologist, and I know many others who are.  I accept that evolution occured, but I do think it was necessary for God to direct it.  There are too many irreducibly complex systems at the cellular level, and too many astronomically unlikely coincidences that would have had to take place, if natural selection were completely responsible for the phenomenon.  Even a time span of billions of years is just not enough to account for it, statistically speaking.  That's my professional opinion, and I'm far from the only one who thinks so.
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How do we know evolution is not the way God made us? Perhaps the reference of making us from dust was a metaphor for the ever more rudimentary forms of us as you travel back in the geologic record.\n\nAfter all, the only thing that really separates Moses from Darwin is the matter of time involved. Moses and Darwin both agree that the universe began in fire. They both agree that the earth was formed from this fire, and that waters from the heavens cooled the surface. They both agree that life began in the oceans and spread to the land. They both agree that Man was the most recent of God's creations.\n\nA great deal of the strife caused by this issue is the idea that the two theories are mutually exclusive; that if one is right the other must be a complete fabrication. This is a little too much hubris for me. Even if Moses was inspired by God (as we all are to some degree), there is still the possibility of interpretation and exageration on his part because for all his goodness he was still a normal sinner like you and me. There has only been one man in all of human history who was completely without sin, and he did not actually write anything himself.
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I hate to smash peoples faith, but the definition of perfect doesn't fit their god. I don't believe that any entity can create such a universe, so diverse and large. While only inputting one form of intelligent life. Besides, haven't we already deduced (using scientific data) the creation of the solar system is due to something else entirely? Truth is, we have no way to completely explain anyone's faith. That's why you simply have to accept everything based on faith. I however, would place my faith in the repeatable, and accurate, scientific method.
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When I think of god saying, "Let there be light." I can't help but imagine a blinding flash... much like a big bang would be.
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No, of course not!!  For all we know, God was behind the Big Bang!
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Absolutely! The bible says that “God created the heavens and the earth” and that he did this in 7 days. As I understand it, the original text really said something more like “7 periods of time”. Even if you take the literal 7 days, just how long is a day for God?\nIt also does not say how. \n\nAs I read the story of creation, I soon realize that when God created man, he created mankind not just a single man. This is illustrated when Cain killed Able and was sent away. He said that the others would recognize him. If you were to read the story literally, then there would be no others. There was Adam, Eve, Cain and Able. Cain was killed.\n\nI have always interpreted “God created man in his image” to mean that there were already people on earth, however God gave man a soul. First man then women. Before that men were more like animals. \n\nThe bible does not spell out much about creation; it just simply states it happened. It does not really define how or over what period of time. Who is to say that God did not create man by evolving primates? Isn’t that really the whole basis of the new “Intelligent Design” theory? The why of course is not spelled out either. Maybe so that there would be the debate…\n\nI’m going to leave my religious believes out of this discussion, they are not important to this discussion. Just suffice it to say, don’t jump to conclusions about my believe system based on the answer above.
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...and God said, "Let there be light..."  \nSounds like a reasonable explanation to me.
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god created adam and eve\nnot adam and steve
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"By the way, to name the animals, Adam must have been able to speak. He must have had a complex language right from the start. He did not even have to learn to speak as we have to. He was made as a mature human being.\n\nHow different it was for Adam. He awoke after his creation, a conscious being, fully formed, able to communicate and understand...\n  \nThe Bible, though, tells us that the first man Adam rebelled against God and sin came into the world. Ever since, the creation has been running down. Not only are there no perfect humans in the world now, but all humans have lots of mistakes on their genes (mutational defects or copying mistakes that slowly accumulate in the human race).\n\nThe first man had no mistakes when he was made - he was perfect.\n\nI think we can get a glimpse (looking through a glass dimly, so to speak) of what Adam was like by observing certain people today. I have met people who have photographic memories, others who are brilliant artists. I have read about people who can play musical instruments brilliantly from a very young age, such as Mozart. Others can do extremely complex mathematical computations in their head which even advanced computers take time to accomplish.\n\nIf we put all these talents, plus much more, into one person, I think we are getting close to what Adam was like. Almost makes you feel depressed, doesn't it?\n\nWe have to realize that Adam was so much more intelligent than we are. We are even told that we don't use much of our brain power. Imagine a human who could use all of his brain power. It was certainly no problem for Adam to name and remember animals on one day....."
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what are you on? Did you miss the part where God created MAN, and named him adam?
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God created Adam and Eve so he was their father (and ours) so it must have been: Adam God and Eve God.
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According to the Bible, yes, Adam and Eve were the original parents of the entire human race.\n\nI like to think that God had a hand in ensuring that their children would not come out genetically flawed. I mean, if God could create the world out of nothing, I'm sure He can make his creations non-flawed for a while. After all, the circumstances sort of required some divine assistance to get His human project off the ground.\n\nThere was also a chapter in Genesis that mentioned that some angels of God came down to earth and took some beautiful women with them and had children with them. That might help explain some of the variety in the bloodlines.\n\nI kind of also think that Adam and Eve weren't the only humans God created. He could have very well created others concurrent or after Adam outside the Garden of Eden. Perhaps He spent more time in creating and developing Adam though. I don't know, it's just a hypothesis.\n\nYou also have to consider the fact that all the other humans aside from Noah and his family died in the great flood. That means that even if the children of Adam were flawed, it would be hard to prove since they all died at that point and stopped having descendants. Hopefully, by the time Noah comes around, there was enough of a variety in the blood mixes that genetic defects were few and diluted among the larger generation. Then the whole repopulating the earth would have to start again, but this time, with Noah and his family. Again, I like to think that God didn't stop creating at that point and helped out Noah and his family by preventing diseases and defects from developing in their inbred descendants.
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Maybe it was god. maybe it was the big bang, maybe god created the universe through the big bang...I dont know...but I just want to 'think - out - loud' in this forum....maybe the Universe alwasy existed? No beginning? no end? Because we experience life and death in every cycle on Earth doesnt mean the Universe is also controlled in the same manner. *sigh* I wish I knew it all :)
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The Bible states God (the Designer) created man in his image.  However, that image can only be obtained though evolution.  Thus the first life form on Earth was Adam, the Amoeba (or Adamoeba in ID-speak).  But Adam(oeba) was lonely, so God designed the process of binary fission for which Eve was created from the body of Adam.  Since they were both asexual, they can just as easily be called Adam and Steve.\n\nAfter God designed the process of genetic mutation to diversify the gene pool, Adam and Eve used asexual reproduction to populate the world at an exponential rate through continued binary fission.  Thus all mankind, including Mr. Caviezel did in fact come from "Adam(oeba) and Steve".\n\nYou see?  It is only through the merging of Science and Theology that all answers can be obtained.\n\nIntelligent Design - coming soon to a school district near you! \n\nGlory be ID