How does the big bang theory and religious beliefs about the people appearing on earth differ?

Answer 1

There are two different answers here. First, for anyone who has read The Bible the idea that God used the Big Bang is not blasphemy. He created Light, he can probably handle an explosion.

Second, the theory of the Big Bang supports that the origins of life on the earth are the results of natural selection and survival of the fittest. Theologians believe that God had creative days as expressed in Genesis 1 & 2 in the Bible. Many take the idea that the "day" was a 24 hour period as we have today. The Bible however uses the term day in the way that we would say "Back in my grandfather's day" etc. The scriptures also say that a day to God is a thousand years. Science supports the theory that the creative days could have been as long as 45-50,000 years of our scale.

As it sits there is not a definitive answer available for either side. And yes, I know that every person who believes in evolution and works in science will have a cow at that statement. But the truth is that there are a LOT of holes in the evolutionary theory.

Both are right now, based on faith. A Christian will go apoplectic too if someone posits the theory that life was not created by a Supreme Being.

In the end, as of today, each person has to draw their own conclusions for themselves by examining the facts.