Scientific Theories Have Shown God Did Not Create The Universe

Question 1

Stephen Hawking

Answer 1

Big bang - clear challenge, the universe is a unique spontaneous chance event that does not need God because things just happen for themselves

Question 2

Richard Dawkins

Answer 2

An atheist who argues that science has disproved God as the origin. The creation of humans is just a lucky genetic mutation.

Question 3

Charles Darwin

Answer 3

Theory of evolution - challenges the litteral interpretation of genesis by saying that humans were not created perfectly and instead evolved over time

Question 4

Catholic teachings

Answer 4

.God created the world ex nihilo
.St Augustine argued in his book ‘Confessions’ that God created the heavens and earth from nothing
.Catholics believe the world had a begining
.Genesis should be read as a myth that outlines beliefs in God and our relationship with him
.Science can live beside religion

Question 5

What does the book of genesis teach?

Answer 5

Humans were made imago dei and we were made to be stewards, God is omnipotent and transcendent

Question 6

What did Pope John Paul II argue?

Answer 6

Religion and science can live side by side, maybe God is responsible for the big bang?

Question 7

Fundamentalists

Answer 7

Genesis is a literal account of creation, the world was created in 6 x 24 hour days, Adam and Eve were the first humans and beginning of the species