Interpretations of Genesis

What are Fundementalist Christians?

people who read the Bible and believe it is literally true because it is “God breathed”, so they would believe that the world was created in exactly 6 days because they follow exact Biblical order

What are the problems with the Fundementalist view?

• the Bible can be seen as culture bound as the understanding of the universe and science was limited at the time

• modern science provides other ways like the Big Bang Theory

What is the Scientific View of Creation?

The Big Bang theory is the scientific theory about the origins of the universe - that the universe was created in a huge explosion

What is the Liberal Christian View of Creation?

They beleive that God created the world and used the Big Bang as a starting point. They don’t take Genesis literally because they see it as old and potentially biased from the people who wrote it.

How do Liberal Christians think about God creating the world in 7 days?

many see “God created the world in 7 days” as a mistranslation because Hebrew “Yom” doesn’t mean day, but period of timd