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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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Where did the females come from if Adam and Eve had only three sons?
The Bible dose not always show the names of daughters. However, what the Bible does tell us is that he had at least two daughters, although he may well have had more: 4And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
What do Christians believe about the origins of the universe?
- All Christians believe in Jesus Christ, as their saviour. Having said that, they come in more varieties than you can shake a stick at.
- Some groups believe in the literal truth of everything in the Bible, including in Genesis.
- Some believe the Bible is a mixture of history, allegory and parables and scientists are probably right.
- Many groups are somewhere between the above two.
It should be noted that Christ did not say how the universe was created or teach that this mattered as part of what it meant to follow him. He simply taught us how to love God and each other.
However, the Christian Church did make pronouncements on this and it is these that have lead to the problems in Christianity as the enlightenment, and the scientific method applied to evolution and cosmology have proved that the Church's teachings were incorrect.
Is evolution or creation true?
- It is easy to find evidence that evolution is accurate. Not so much creationism. Its a theory...but it makes a lot of sense. Many Christians accept evolution and natural selection as fact.
- I believe in Creationism, but that doesn't mean creation hasn't evolved , adapted for weather or changes in food supply etc. These beliefs aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. In fact, many of those who believe in Noah's ark accept that evolution subsequent to "the global flood" occurred at a pace substantially faster than most biologists are willing to concede possible.
What light did God create in the beginning?
He created the world, not light. Answer The light in Genesis 1:3 was not the light from the sun, but light emanating from the very throne of God as God's light from his glory shone on the darkness of the world, as he initiated the events that followed (the creation or remaking of the earth). Light always was, as God always was. All matter interestingly is condensed light energy! In 1 John 1:5 we read that, "..God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all". What all that means, Ive no idea, but light is eternal, as God is. Apparently the Light from the glory of God is so powerful that were he to personally appear uncloaked in all his glory upon the earth, the earth and everything in it would be annihilated. Something about sin, introduced darkness both to the Universe, to the world, to our hearts, and to our souls, so much so that we literally cannot stand directly in His presence in our condition, lest we become consumed as by a ball of fire. This is part of the reason for his mainly indirect communication to man through prophets etc, inspired by the Holy Spirit of God, which cannot be seen. Its also why when He appeared to Israel during the Exodus of Moses day, that he appeared clothed by a cloud, to shield the people from His consuming light. So He never created light, it is part of Gods very nature and inseparable from God.
Did the universe create God or did God create the universe?
There can be arguements if God created the Universe to create different "worlds without number" or if the Universe was already created and he just created the worlds with the space there. Personally,either way, I wouldn't sweat over it. I don't think we need to know this in order to get to heaven.
From my understanding i think the angel Gabriel was a messenger...........
What theory do most atheists believe about the creation of the earth?
Answer:
Cosmologists and astrophysicists (people who study such matters) explain the creation of the Earth (the ball of solids, liquids and gases we live on) as the result of the mutual attraction and accumulation of matter created (either after the "Big Bang" or in process of continual conversion of matter into energy) through gravitational attraction and the pressure of light. The view is not the view of atheism but of science. As atheists have no supernatural belief to explain the existence of the Universe, the opinions and findings of science must, by default, be theirs.
What is the history of the church nurse in black churches?
Black churches have church nurses to tend to the congregation that may fall out during the worship service. As the service builds, members may become enthusiastic and fall. The nurse also tends to the sick during service and provides the pastor with water, juice, or towels before, during, and after the worship service.
How was the world created according to Christian belief?
The word used in the Hebrew scriptures which is translated as 'day', yom , has indeed a variety of meanings according to context. Included in these is an indefinite period of time. When it is qualified by 'evening and morning' it can only mean a day of 24 hours as we know it today. This is even acknowledge by those who do not believe the account to be true, and re-interpret it due to their beliefs, to be the original and intended meaning. The days, in their intended meaning are not symbolic but literal, even though they are given a different meaning due to extra-Biblical beliefs about origins.
Christians believe that the world was created by the word of God. Since God is almighty He can use any means He wishes to bring something into being such as the forming of Adam from the earth, although Adam, like all other humans, was obviously much more than earth. Basically God spoke and it happened. Although obviously all the incredible detail such as in the DNA sequence, for example, was in the mind of God when He spoke, since, if He had to spell out every detail, the creation would not be finished yet and we would not be here. (this latter thought being the personal view of the poster of this answer - there probably being a number of different Christian views as to what 'the word of God' in relation to the creation actually means).
Hebrews 11:3
3Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
John 1:1-41In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.2The same was in the beginning with God.
3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Heb 1:1-3 "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, Has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds; Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself made purification of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;"
Heb 1:10-12 "And, You, Lord, in the beginning have laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the works of Your hands. They shall perish; but You remain: and they all shall become old as does a garment; And as a vesture will You fold them up, and they shall be changed; but You are the same, and Your years shall not fail."
GENESIS:
Heaven and Earth, formless and unfilled and dark and deep and watery, with the Spirit of God moving; to the left and right, to the top and bottom, to the front and back, and then residing in the centre; the Love In God's Harmonic Tones produced LIGHT; it was good, and with its division, then came night; and the evening and the morning were the first day ever, as intergalactic dimensional duration began with the first seven days of the space/time continuum.
- Light, with Day and Night spoken into being
- Sky spoken into being
- Land, Sea, and Plants spoken into being
- Sun, Moon, and Stars spoken into being
- Animals of the sea and air spoken into being
- Animals of the land, and Man in the image of God spoken into being
- Rest taken by God at the end of a very creative week
How long is a day? For us, one complete rotation of our planet counts as a day.
How loudly did God speak? An immeasurable volume.
A Jehovah's Witness PerspectiveJehovah's Witnesses believe that the Almighty God, Jehovah, designed and brought into existence the universe, including other spirit persons and all the basic kinds of life upon the earth.While the bible uses the term "7 days" to explain the time period Jehovah used to create the earth, these are simply symbolic days. The Hebrew word translated 'day' has a variety of meanings, including 'a long time; the time covering an extraordinary event.' The term used allows for the thought that each 'day' could have been thousands of years in length.
*All information comes from a book called "Reasoning from the Scriptures," published in 1989 by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.
From a Mormon PerspectiveMatter has always existed, therefore it cannot be created neither can it be destroyed. It also has intelligence as does everything in this world. Because it has intelligence God is able to command all matter, whatever it size to do his bidding, for he has the power to do so.As has already been stated we do not know just how long God took to gather all of the matter together, not that it matters. The fact that God was able to command the intelligence which matter had, to form the earth and the seas is in accord with gospel principles.
According to Genesis, the world was created by the Word of God. The words "And God said let there be..." are repeated throughout the general account in Genesis chapter 1. Thus, the God who can call things into existence merely by speaking them (obviously as an expression of His thought and intention of how they were to be, with all their incredibly complex constituent parts, DNA etc.) is indeed almighty and to be both feared and praised.
Genesis 1
God, who existed before all else, created the heavens and the earth and all that dwell therein. Here is the scripture for the creation story from the book of Genesis in the Bible: 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was [a] formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning-the first day. 6 And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water." 7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the expanse "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning-the second day. 9 And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds." And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning-the third day. 14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. 16 God made two great lights-the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning-the fourth day. 20 And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky." 21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth." 23 And there was evening, and there was morning-the fifth day. 24 And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, [b] and over all the creatures that move along the ground." 27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground." 29 Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground-everything that has the breath of life in it-I give every green plant for food." And it was so. 31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning-the sixth day.
Genesis 2
1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. 2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested [a] from all his work. 3 And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
Is it possible to describe God?
Certainly not, part of worship is having a go at a full description of God's qualities. It would be wrong to think that you've ever fully described God though, as soon as you think you've got a clear picture of God he tends to blow you away with some new aspect you've missed.
How did the first five books of the Bible come into existence?
Moses is attributed to writing the first five books of the Bible. Moses was present and the chosen leader of God's chosen people in the 2nd through the 5th book and so he would have had first hand knowledge of what happened. But the first book, Genesis, tells of the creation of the universe, the flood, Abraham, and the early history of the Jewish people. These things happened long before Moses was born. So how could he write of them? God led Moses by His Holy Spirit to write this part of the history of the beginnings.
What were the unique achievements of the Hebrew prophets?
In Judaism, prophets don't specifically discuss future events. The Jewish concept of a prophet is a person through whom HaShem (The Creator) communicated. For the most part, prophecy in Judaism was related to the attempt to keep Jews in line with the teachings HaShem gave us in the Torah.
What did Paul Harvey report about Andrew Wommack?
I am not sure what Paul Harvey reported about Andrew Wommack. I think that it must have not been too bad at all. They are wellknown people and also respected persons.
How the world was made in Christianity belief?
The Christan's Belief's of how the world began is almost in your question word Christan begins with the word Christ as in Jesus Christ in the belief Adam and Eve were the first people on Earth and were given the commandment to multiply ..."have many children" and till the earth meanwhile Jesus Christ Was creating the universe it was described that it happened over the space of seven days but days to us may be different to them it could have been seven years !on the seventh day he rested earning the name Sunday the day of rest
another response:
A great many educated Christians find no contradiction between their faith in the Creator God and scientific explanations of the universe and the evolution of life.
AnswerThere has been much in the media recently about Creationism and Creationists. Creationists are Christians who insist on interpreting the story of Creation in the Bible absolutely literally.Creationists insist that Genesis must be taken as literal fact, or you cannot be called 'Christian'. As a Christian and as someone who has been involved in scientific research and education all his working lfe, I find this offensive.
Genesis, in the original Hebrew, is an allegorical Hebrew poem - it contains much truth about human/God relationships, humanity's sinful nature, our tendency to reject our own Creator and so on. But not even the ancient Jews accepted Genesis as fact. Even Paul, in his letters, who quoted parts of Genesis involving Adam, used the terms allegorically. The number of cases Jesus himself referred to Adam, or to Genesis, is precisely zero.
Yet there are those who insist that Genesis should be taken as literal fact, despite the Jewish and Christian traditions, and despite the original Hebrew poetic nature, and despite its literal acceptance flying in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence that simply does not suppoer a literal interpretation of Genesis. This does more harm than good, as it brands Creationists as crackpots, and rightly so, but, in doing so, brands all Christians - especially the majority who take a much more informed view of Genesis - as crackpots too, which is wrong.
Most Christians accept the Big Bang, the formation of the stars and planets and evolution as would any other person. The evidence is plain to see. However, within that evolution, they also believe in a God who set that evolution in motion, by creating the universe with a unique set of values and constants that enables life to exist. Moreover, they believe in a God who is still at work in Creation, maintaining it through love.
He did the same way that we made God,...that it has been put there in your head since you were a child....cat's and dog's are pets....Jesus is your lord....Santa is watching you...your almost their, just keep your mind open and ask questions.
What did the earth look like in the beginning?
Answer:
At a time before the creation of man, it must of been very beautiful for the angels to shout for joy and the future headquarters of the Kingdom of God:
Job 38:4-7New International Version (NIV)4 "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?
Tell me, if you understand.
5 Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!
Who stretched a measuring line across it?
6 On what were its footings set,
or who laid its cornerstone-
7 while the morning stars sang together
and all the angels[a] shouted for joy?
The full Creation story may be read in the opening chapters of Genesis for your reading pleasure. As God is perfect, just imagine all physical life as being brand new and expertly designed for its own unique physical beauty.
Why did God breathe into Adam's nostrils to give him life?
It actually means that God placed into Adam his spirit so that he became a living soul. The body cannot function without its spirit. It is the real you and your body is in the exact likeness of your spirit.
What is the Belief that god created earth then left it alone?
Deism is a form of monotheism that assumes that a god created the world, but rejects the idea that the god now intervenes in the world. Hence any notion of special revelation is impossible, and the nature of the god can only be known through reason and observation from nature. A deist thus rejects the miraculous, and the claim to knowledge made for religious groups and texts. Several of the Founding Fathers of the United States were deists.
What makes man different from other creations of God?
One Answer:
According to the Bible, one thing would be the fact that mankind is 'made in God's image', with the potential for possessing God's attributes of love, justice, wisdom and power.(Genesis 1:27)(Job 35:11)
Animals are 'instinctively wise' (Proverbs 30:24), but man has the ability to love, plan, dream, reason, make moral choices...choosing right or wrong, show honesty, kindness, compassion, altruism. Other creations bring glory to their creator by their beauty, complexity, intricate design and amazing inborn abilities, but human beings, everywhere on earth, WORSHIP. It's another human characteristic that separates us from the rest of creation...the need to look to a higher power for direction. (Jeremiah 10:23)(Matthew 6:33)
ANOTHER ANSWER:
Man seems to have decided itself that we were made in God's image, though it seems quite blatantly obvious that humans, who are respectively destroying the planet and its resources, who are so flawed that some manage to bite the side of their own face, are not made in God's image, the creator of heaven and earth. In my opinion, what differs humans from other beings is our arrogance and attitude that we are better than other creatures, that manage to live in harmony, due to our intelligence that is causing us to destroy the world.(comment by Paddywag)
What Did God put at the gate to the Garden of Eden to keep Adam and Eve out?
Cherubim (a kind of angel) and the flashing sword (Genesis 3:24). In addition to the simple meaning, this hints that we cannot access the Garden in this life anymore: we have to wait until after we've met the sword of the Angel of Death.
How many daughters and sons did Adam and Eve have?
One thought:
According to the Bible, In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. He created them male and female, and blessed them........ and Adam lived on hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. After he begot Seth, the days of Adam were eight hundred years; and he had sons and daughters.(Genesis 5:4)
Another thought:
Three Sons, No Daughters
On what day were dry land and seas created?
The Earth was formed about 6.5 billions years ago. Particles of matter are naturally attracted to each other, which is called gravitation. This attractive force brought together loose pieces of mass in space. This massive form coalesced into the planet we live on today. Most recent reports have 4.6 billion years, not 6.5 billion years.
Did God create the world literally in six days?
Ex:20:11: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Ex:31:17: It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Why do Buddhists not believe in the Universe been created by a God?
Buddha indicated that the belief in a god is not essential to enlightenment. Furthermore the searching for deity related answers (Is there a god?, What does god want?) which are essentially unanswerable wastes time and effort which would be better used in self improvement.
What is the length of 1 day on Uranus?
Uranus Day: 17 hours, 14 minutes, and 24 seconds.
Uranus Year: 84 Earth years.
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