origins of the universe

Question 1

catholic beliefs about the origin of the universe

Answer 1

• believe God is omnipotent and transcendent creator
• beliefs based on St Augustine’s (ex nihilo) “you created this thing out of nothing” and book of Genesis
• believe creation story mean nit to be taken literally but read creation stories in a symbolic way, believing they reveal important things about the nature of the world and humanity
• Pope John Paul 11 stated Catholic belief and science are compatible. “There is no conflict between evolution and the doctrine of faith”
• theory of evolution can be accepted as part of God’s plan for the universe

Question 2

fundamentalist christian beliefs about the origin of the universe

Answer 2

• believes the account of creation in the Bible is an accurate account of what happened. belief known as creationism
• believe the creation if the world and everything in it took 6 calendar days, like Genesis says. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”
• stems from view that the Bible is the direct words of God, which is never mistaken

Question 3

jewish beliefs about origin of the universe

Answer 3

• God is the creator and source of all life
• teaching comes from book of Genesis, first book of the Torah (jewish written law)
• most orthodox jews accept Genesis accounts of creation as literal word of God as was revealed to Moses on Mt.Sinai. they celebrate creation weekly through observing the Sabbath and they celebrate creation through the festival of Rosh Hashanah

Question 4

non-religious views about the origin of the universe

Answer 4

• scientific thinking = world caused by big bang
• claims that all matter was originally concentrated into a tiny point which as a result of a massive explosion in space 13.7 billion years ago, expanded into the universe and is still expanding today
• this thinking associated with Professor Stephen Hawkins
• In addition, according to science, life came about as a result of a process known as evolution. idea proposed by Charles Darwin. idea that organisms gradually change and develop into new species by a process called ‘natural selection’