9. responses to the big bang

what does genesis suggest

god creates light

what do many people see the light as a metaphor for

the big bang

what does physics show

all events are caused (first cause)

what does the ‘fine tuning’ argument suggest

god caused the big bang

what does the fact that we exist show

god ‘fine tuned’ the constants

whats the anthropic principle

the possibility of the universe is so small (10^100) that it must be god

what does multiverse theory suggest

there is a colossal number of universes from a big bang

what was the position of the RCC from 1951

big bang theory doesn’t conflict w creation

what would an atheist say

the big bang is uncaused or self-caused

whats a creationist view

there is no scientific accounts of the universes origin

what do creationists appeal to

their own brand of science (statements in the bible)

what does intelligent design claim to be

properly scientific

whats the most popular creationist view

6-day creationism (young earth)

whats young earth creationism

literal reading of genesis (god made the world in 6 days)

when do young earth creationists say the world was made

by god 5,700 to 10,000 years ago

what do young earth creationists believe

the fall took place

whats progressive (old earth) creationism

the earth is 4.5 bill years old

how do old earth creationists believe creation happened

god had bursts of creative activity w long periods of equilibrium

how do old earths think god intervenes

as an intelligent designer

whats intelligent design

certain parts of the universe and living things r explained by an intelligent cause instead of natural selection

what does intelligent design avoid

naming the designer

what did michael behe claim

many biological systems are ‘irreducibly complex’ at molecular level

what did behe say happens if you remove anything from the system

it stops working

how does the scientific community reject creationism

says its pseudoscience

what does intelligent design insist

some structures r made by supernatural intelligence (e.g. the eye)