Religion and Science Quotes

Question 1

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth […] And God said, “Let there be light”, and there was light

Answer 1

Genesis 1:1-3

Question 2

And God saw that it [the creation] was good.

Answer 2

Genesis 1:10

Question 3

And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly high above the Earth”… And God said, “Let the Earth bring forth living creatures”… And then God said, “Let us make man in his image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over all the livestock and over all the earth…”

Answer 3

Genesis 1:20-26

Question 4

‘… the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life… The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it… Now out of the grounds the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens… But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man… the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.

Answer 4

Genesis 2:7-22

Question 5

So God created man in his own image… male and female he created them… And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Answer 5

Genesis 1:27-29

Question 6

Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, now I give you everything.

Answer 6

Genesis 9:3

Question 7

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.

Answer 7

Matthew 10:29

Question 8

The earth is the Lord’s, and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in.

Answer 8

Psalm 24:1

Question 9

Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labour or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in his splendour was dressed like one of these.

Answer 9

Luke 12:27

Question 10

Man is … entrusted with a unique dominion over all visible creatures… Man’s dominion … cannot be anything other than a stewardship in symbiosis with all creatures… his position verges on a vice regal partnership with God.

Answer 10

Assisi Declaration 1986

Question 11

The earth and all life on it is a gift from God given us to share and develop, not dominate and exploit… We have the responsibility to create a balanced policy between consumption and preservation. We must consider the welfare of future generations in our planning for and utilisation of the earth’s resources.

Answer 11

1988 Papal Encyclical ‘On Social Concerns’