3 1.5 - Scientific Explanations of the World

Question 1

What are the genetic explanations of the world? (4)

Answer 1

• Matter is eternal
• About 15 billion years ago, the matter of the universe exploded in the Big Bang
• As matter flew away it formed stars and solar systems
• The gases on earth produces primitive life which led to evolution

Question 2

Why do some Catholics accept scientific explanations of the world? (3)

Answer 2

• Only God could have made the Big Bang at the right microsecond
• Only God could have made gravity
• Only God could have made the gases on the earth react in a certain to make life

Question 3

Why do some people think scientific explanations of the world disproves God?
(3)

Answer 3

• Science can explain the world without God
• No evidence the Big Bang was created by God
• God wouldn’t have created the world in such a wasteful and cruel way