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Creation
Whether you believe God created the world or the universe is the result of the Big Bang, ask questions here about the creation of the beautiful and wondrous earth we live on.
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How many times did God create man?
God created humanstwice. First time it was Adam. The second time it was Eve. God created Even from Adam by putting him in a deep sleep, while god took one of Adams ribs and used it to make a second human. Which was Eve and that is how women where created from men.
What percentage of Americans believe in creation?
As of recent surveys, approximately 40% of Americans express belief in creationism, which includes the view that humans were created by a divine being in their current form. This percentage can vary based on factors such as age, education, and religious affiliation. Beliefs about evolution and creation continue to be a topic of discussion and debate within the country.
Why is creationism not considered to be a scientific theory?
To be technical it is supported by no evidence, is internally inconsistent and is not falsifiable.
Could someone write an essay on creationism vs evolution for school?
Creationism and evolution are two contrasting beliefs about the origins of life on Earth. Creationism asserts that the universe and all living beings were created by a supernatural deity, such as the God described in religious texts. Evolution, on the other hand, is a scientific theory that explains the diversity of life through natural selection and genetic variation over millions of years. Both perspectives have their own evidence and arguments, and students should be encouraged to explore and critically evaluate both viewpoints to better understand the complexities of the debate.
How do modern scientists explain the appearance of new traits within a species?
Modern scientists explain the appearance of new traits within a species through genetic mutations. Mutations in an organism's DNA can lead to changes in traits, which may be beneficial, neutral, or harmful. Over time, natural selection can act on these new traits, determining whether they become more or less common in a population.
What do creationists believe on the origin of humans?
Creationists believe that humans were created by a supernatural being, typically a deity such as God, as described in religious texts like the Bible. They reject the scientific theory of evolution and instead adhere to the belief that humans were directly created in their present form.
Cholera has existed since ancient times in the Ganges delta so it may have originated somewhere on the Indian sub-continent. The bacteria which causes cholera may have evolved in that area. It uses the human intestine to breed and spread.
How was the world created - according to American belief?
Regular Gallup polls indicate that Americans are more or less evenly split between a more or less biblical concept of creation and one based on scientific theory, with or without divine assistance.
A poll taken in 2004 show that 45 per cent of adults in the United States believe in creationism, while 38 per cent believe in theistic evolution and 13 per cent believe in natural evolution.
Who was the first man in the Muslim creation story?
Adam was the first man in the Muslim creation story.
Why is man the Masterpiece of God's creation?
According to the people who believe in God's Creation, it is because God looks like a man and so therefore, since God is perfect, man is required to be perfect as well and everything else is inferior (making us "God's masterpiece"). Others say that Woman, being last created by God, that God left His greatest masterpiece 'til last.
On the other hand, according to the people who accept evolution, man isn't a Masterpiece. He would just be a stepping stone on the way to becoming something quite different again - something that may be better (or may be worse - we have no clue).
How long was it before diseases brought to the new world controlled?
The diseases were not really controlled, those who caught the diseases either died or lived. If they lived they often passed on a partial immunity to their children which meant their children were less likely to be affected by some diseases.
Tell me something you wouldn't want to do well in the front row of a church?
swear, sleep, talk, laughing jag, forget prayer/ hymn, sneeze, and one more i cant remember
What is the Pagan creation story?
IF there was a creation then there was a story from earliest times...like other stories it warped with time except where divine revelation dealt with the human fallibility. If there was a Creation there is only ONE story and the pagan story would be a corruption of that that story.
Why was William Paley important to the creation story?
There have been various philosophical arguments that attempt to prove the existence of God. One of these is known formally as the teleological argument, which holds that because there is order in the world, God must exist. William Paley (1743-1805) was a strong advocate for this argument.
Paley's favourite example of design in nature is the eye, whose delicate and intricate mechanism he discusses in great detail. He says (Natural Theology):
"Were there no example in the world of contrivance except that of the eye, it would be alone sufficient to support the conclusion which we draw from it, as to the necessity of an intelligent Creator. It could never be got rid of because it could not be accounted for by any other supposition, which did not contradict all the principles we possess of knowledge."
Since the time of Paley, the teleological argument has been shown to be an unsound argument. As for his favourite example of design in nature, which he said could not be accounted for by any other supposition than an intelligent Creator, biologists have found numerous examples of more primitive eyes in nature and can plot the stages of the evolution of the human eye.
What Bible scriptures talk about reproduction?
Some Bible scriptures that talk about reproduction include Genesis 1:28, where God commands Adam and Eve to be fruitful and multiply, Psalm 127:3-5, which describes children as a blessing and an inheritance from the Lord, and 1 Timothy 5:14, which advises young women to marry, bear children, and manage their households.
Symbols of the creation story?
Major symbols and icons represented in Genesis:
*The Fruit which holds all Knowledge of the mere nature of Good and Evil; This particular fruit is most often and commonly depicted as an Apple.
Within the book of Genesis, a very distinguishing representation of an Apple is often presented - It symbolizes the mere nature of Knowledge - It bears all that is Good and Evil.
What is the order of the creation story?
On the 1st day God made the Heaven and Earth and the Earth was without void. darkness was on the face of the deep, and God said asid "Let there be Light"and there was light.
He called the Light day and Darkness night
God divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. God called the firmament Heaven.
On the second day He said "let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear. And God called the dry land Earth, and gathering of waters He called Seas.
3rd day he made the evening and morning, seasons and days and years.
4th day God created the whales and every living creature
5th day He made cattles, an creeping things and the beast of the Earth after is kind.
6th day God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him: male and female created he them and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air and over all the Earth.
7th day God rested and God sanctified it.
Why do people think the creation story is symbolic?
For many reasons. I will run down a few of the "biggest" ones. One reason is that some people do not believe in God in the first place, and therefore obviously a story about God "creating" the earth will have to be symbolic to them. How could it literally happen if God is not a literal being? Some might attribute it to being just a story about how the world was made that a certain people invented because they needed an explanation, not because that is how it actually happened.
Another reason comes from people who do believe there is truth in the story. Some of them believe there is truth but they do not think that some of the things in the story are possible or it's likely that it happened exactly as described. For example, they might read about God making the Earth in six "days" and say "I think the Earth might appear to be so old because God didn't really do it in six days but He did it over thousands of years. It's just written down as days."
Also some who believe there is truth in the story might not have a problem with the "facts" (like how long it may or may not have taken to make the Earth) but they do not believe that the authors of the story themselves intended for everything to be literal. Certain scholars who analyze the actual writing style of the creation account might feel that the original writers were incorporating things like poetic imagery into the account, or influences from the cultures that existed when the story was written which are artistic more than factual.
What is long rounded piece of wood or metal?
Dowel.
It does not have to be long either. It could be as short as a 1 inch and still be called a dowel.
The spirit that is within man makes him human, as opposed to the spirit of animals which make them animals. Man has the ability to reason while animals act mostly by instinct.
What is the Ancient Egyptian Creation Story?
The Egyptian Creation Story is known as The Story of Re. It tells of the creation of the Earth, and of how the god Re grew angry with mankind and tried to destroy them using his daughter, the terrible goddess Sekhmet.
In the beginning, there was an all-powerful god Re. He made the other gods: Shu - the winds that blew; Tefnut - the rain that fell; Geb - the earth; and Nut - the sky goddess. And Re also made the god Hapi - the river Nile that flowed and made Egypt fertile. Then Re made all things on Earth and he also made man. Re ruled as Pharaoh for thousands of years and it was such a time of goodness and plenty that people spoke of it fondly for ever after.
But it came to pass that Re grew old and men no longer feared or obeyed him. So Re became angry, and summoned all the other gods to him. They advised him, "Send destruction upon men and turn your Eye against them."
So Re sent his Eye against them, in the form of his daughter Sekhmet, the fiercest and most terrible of all goddesses. Like a lion rushing upon its prey, she fell upon the people of Upper and Lower Egypt and slew all those who had disobeyed her father, Re. She killed everyone she saw and rejoiced in the slaughter, delighting in the taste of blood.
The Nile itself ran red with the blood of man, and eventually Re felt sorry for the people, but even he couldn't stop Sekhmet's blood-thirsty rampage, she was so carried away with cruelty.
Re realised he would have to trick Sekhmet into stopping, so he ordered messengers to take red ochre form the isle of Elephantine, and then bring it to him in the town of Heliopolis, where the women had been brew all day long at Re's command. The red ochre was mixed with the 7 thousand jars of beer and then poured out over the land where Sekhmet was planning her next slaughter.
When the sun rose the next day, Sekhmet saw the ground all flooded with the red beer and, thinking that it was the blood of those she had killed, she laughed with joy and drank deeply of it. She drank so much that the strength of the beer made her powerless. She could no longer slay, but instead slept the day away and then staggered back to her father.
Re said, "You come in peace, sweet one," and from that moment onwards she became the goddess Hathor, as sweet and strong as love itself. Each new year afterwards, the priestesses of Hathor drank the beer of Heliopolis coloured with red ochre from Elephantine to celebrate her festival.
Re continued to rule, but he was growing old and losing his wisdom. None of the other gods could take his wisdom as they didn't know his secret name of power. But then Geb and Nut had children, and the younger gods and goddesses were born: Osiris, Seth, Isis and Nephthys. Isis was the wisest of these four, and she managed to trick Re into telling her the secret name of his power.
From that time on, Re was pharaoh no longer, but took his place in the heavens, travelling across the sky each day, and crossing the Underworld each night in the Boat of Re, taking with him the souls of the dead.
Re is also known as Ra.
Seth is pronounced Set.
Sekhmet is pronounced Sec-Met.
Nephthys is pronounced Nep-thes
