Why is understanding the universe and its origin important?

Answer 1

Actually, depending on how you look at things; and depending on what you feel is 'important'; the Universe is not really so important.

The Bible states that God created the Universe. Genesis 1:1 says: "In the beginning, God created the heaven and earth."

Of course, God was in existence before that 'beginning'. God does not need the universe for Him to exist. God is not limited nor confined by the forces (laws) of the universe. God not only created the physical universe; he also created the various unique forces (ie light, temperature, gravity, magnetism, E=MC2, etc). Therefore God exists outside the confines of the universe.

The Bible also states that God created things, before he created the physical universe of stars, galaxies, planets, (and the element these are constructed from.) God had created 'living beings' like himself. The Bible calls them angels. They also exist outside the confines of the universe.

So from that viewpoint, the universe is not important at all for their existence.

But when God decided to create completely newforms-of-life(plural) 'physical life' (ie plant-life / animal-life / human-life), then God created a physical universe. Therefore, for any 'physical life' to exist, it needed a 'physical universe' and a new set of laws. So for 'human-life' to exist, for 'plant-life' to exist, for 'animal-life' to exist, that's why the universe is so important for us. But for God, this universe is really not important for his existence at all.

Answer 2

Understanding of the universe and its origin is important to thwart myths and misconceptions, and to explore physical sciences.

Answer:

Understanding the universe as a thinking person can lead us to a powerful recognition of God.

Answer 3

Understanding the origin of everything can carry vast implications. According to the theory of the Big Bang followed by evolution, the Universe (and this Earth) resulted from random events stemming from natural laws, and life then developed by random processes, especially mutations.

The narrative of Divine Creation, which is contained in Genesis ch.1 and 2, states that God created the universe. This teaches us that God exists, that our lives and the world are not random, and that the created things may be assumed to contain vast wisdom in their beautiful and purposeful design. (In recent decades, this wisdom has indeed been partially revealed, through increasingly powerful microscopes.)There are Creationists and religious people who espouse a belief in God-guided Evolution. Other Creationists, given the difficulties in Evolutionary theory, hold that this is unnecessary and that a recent and more direct Creation is the truth.

Evolution through random mutations, on the other hand, may be understood as implying that life is an accident, that perceived beauty and wisdom are ultimately purposeless, and that our instinctive yearning for the Eternal is just an electrical impulse in our brain.

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Is there evidence against Evolution