... July 4, 2014 2014 PHSC 210-B14 LUO Tom Williams Introduction Many people today have their thoughts on how the Earth was created. Christians take a biblical perspective of how the universe was created by a creator. One thought that Christians believe is that God created the earth and accomplished this in six days and rested on the seventh day. This is the model of how a week is set up and the model that we currently follow. Jon W. Green states “though differences of opinion exist for various doctrinal issues within Christianity, few are more divisive than controversies surrounding the days of creation and the age of the Earth.” As stated previously many people have thoughts and are curious as to how the Earth itself came into existence. When it comes to the scientific community there are two major theories the old earth view and the young earth view. The two conflicting points of view vary in the idea of how long the it took to create the earth and how old the Earth is. Many creationist take the side of believing that the world was created in six twenty-four hours days and that the Earth itself is no more than 6,000 years old. Whereas those who believe in the old earth theories believe that the earth was formed over a longer period of time. There are two concepts of how these happened the Big bang theory and the six day creation theory. Each of these relates back to the age of the earth. Young - Earth View ...
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...the only reasonable explanation of the universe. Scientists, like Stephen Hawking, claim that they proved that evolution is the only correct answer to the origins of life and the universe, yet evolution is a theory proposed by scientists to explain the origin of all species. Evolution is not the only answer but in fact, the creation theory is based on the bible and that God created the universe. This is the idea of creationism which is supported by religion. Creationism offers a more credited answer to the development of the universe than the evolutionary theory because creation has the support of the bible. To make a decision on which theory is more appealing to them, people must choose either religion or science. The creation theory is solely based on the bible. The Bible, in fact, is actually one of the most proven books in history. Creationism is the theory that God created the universe and it's creatures in six days. For example, in Genesis 2:7 it states "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters". The Bible is not considered a science book, but many consider it to be scientifically correct. For instance, the Old Testament is quoted in several ancient manuscripts which includes the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Dead Sea Scrolls were actually found in 1947 which contained the entire Old Testament. To this day, there is no...
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...Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Old - Earth View III. Young - Earth View IV. Compare and Contrast V. Conclusion Introduction Christians today have a biblical principle and opinion of the universe existence. Christians believe that God created earth and that he accomplished that in only six days. Genesis 1 explains the creation and the interpretation is so utterly clear and one writer states “Thus, any interpretation that goes beyond a clear plain meaning of the text is considered to compromise Biblical authority and capitulate to evolutionary theories”. One look at the Young Earth View is said to be formed from the Modern English Bible. Jon W Greene also writes that “Two Christian apologists state this problem well: “When the ‘young earth’ creationist insists that the biblical evidence indicates an earth only six to ten thousand years old, all communication bridges to the secular science community break down. The communication gap widens and such reactionary creationist views are labeled as ‘folk science.’ The scriptures and the gospel are consequently dismissed as meaningless.” And, “Many non-Christians are driven away from the God of the Bible by the young-earth claims which are, frankly, ridiculous to most people who love science. It is a shame that people who love science, who would like to know the One who created the universe, reject, out of hand the Christian God, because they see Christianity as so unscientific. Old - Earth View The scripture shows only...
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...formula (m/s) / m = 1/s = s^-1 = 4.286111111^17 s Then divide 4.286111111^17 s by (1min/60sec)(1hr/60min)(1day/24)(1yr/365days) = 1.3591618^10 = 13,591,691,800 billion years Finding the calculations of the Universe was a challenging yet easy thing to do. Challenging, because one has to use many formulas and do many different calculations. Easy, because once one the numbers needed were found, they just had to be plugged into the given formulas. Finding the final answer and knowing it was right, makes one feel as if he or she is a scientist or even a genius and have more interest in the Universe. Origins are important to scientist because it helps them understand the age of Universe more. An explanation for the universe’s origin, which has been around for decades, is the big bang theory. Stating that around 15 billion years ago a huge blast or bang made the Universe’s matter and energy. Yet, in a study done of scientists across America more than 75% of the scientist said, “ There was no origin of the Universe. The Universe was eternal.” The Origin of the Universe. A bit contradicting don’t you think? Knowing the age of the Universe helps people define the rate of expansion. From reading, Creation of the Universe I understood that the Universe’s expansion is moving at a fast speed but due to a mysterious property of space called dark energy, it shows...
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...Introduction This is a comparative essay and its purpose is to compare old-Earth and young-Earth viewpoints on Dating the rocks of the Grand Canyon. There are different views on this and no scientific method that can prove (completely) the age of the universe or the earth. There are the use of different types of calculations that can provide some guesses on the age of the earth. Many things need to be assumed such as a beginning date and the speed of change along with varying increases and decreases of material over time. “Young-Earth Creationism” (YEC) is based on a precept that earth and the universe were created by God, only 6,000 years ago in six days. Their position is that by examining geological records the scientific details of early history will become clear and a literal biblical view of Earth’s creation supported. Now, “Old Earth Creationism” (OEC) is also based on a precept that earth and the universe were created by God, but they also believes and interprets the book of Genesis differently. OEC try to fit cosmology and theories on evolution in (in some form). Both “Young-Earth Creationism” as well as “Old Earth Creationism” believes in a creator. The biggest area of disagreement is the age of the universe and the earth. This essay will look at both “Young-Earth Creationism” and “Old Earth Creationism” in regarding Dating of the rocks in the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon is one of the most popular areas in the world to focus on this debate. There is a great deal...
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...want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it” (Coalho 22). Throughout this novel, I picked up several indications of real life experiences that the main character goes through. The Alchemist is a story about a young young shepherd who leaves his home in Spain to search for treasure in the Pyramids of Egypt. The main character, Santiago, leaves everything he has, including his flock of sheep, to follow his heart and love for travel and search for treasure that he has been dreaming about. This quest takes Santiago to places he did not set out for, and teaches him lessons that he was unknowingly hungry for. By the end of this book, Santiago uncovers real treasure, himself. Through this novel, I understood...
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...of matter created of the big bang. Every star, every planet, every drop of water. The big bang is the defining event of our universe and everything in it. The secrets of our past, our present and our future are in one moment in time. So was there before the bang, what banged and did it banged. We built machines the size of cities to simulate conditions when the universe was created and space telescope to peer deep into our past. “We are getting close to answering the old-age questions. Why are we here? Where did we come from? Does the universe in fact have a beginning or an end...? If we know the answer we know the mind of god” (A Brief History of Time 3). Since 1920 everything we know about universe has been turned upside down. Before that we thought our universe was static and eternal. Until 1919 scientist believed that the Milky Way (earth’s Galactic Home) contained the whole universe. . In that Era there was a lucky astronomer who had the privilege to work at the world’s largest and most advance telescope in” Mount Wilson Observatory in California” his name was Edward Hubble. He studied stars and realized that there are stars and nebulas too far away from us to be part of our galaxy. He proved that our galaxy is one of the billions galaxies out there. In 1927 he published his theory that is called Hubble’s law which explains that the universe is expanding. “Hubble discovered that ALL galaxies are moving away from us (and...
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...First of all I want summarize the movie. At the end of the 80s, a 16-year-old teenager named Donnie Darko is starting to see some unreal-time images. In particular, a man in a bunny costume appears. The young person, who is experiencing harmony with the environment, leaves the path he draws for his family and the school itself and follows the trail of his mysterious guest. The film mentions the universe of tangent. In fact, it clarifies the concept for the movie. We live in the real universe right now. And time continues to flow without interference. But sometimes, in accidents, there's a break in time in incidents, and an alternate universe can occur and it's called the Tangent universe. The tangent universes are extremely unstable and in a short time it turns...
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...Westphalia Charles V Spanish Inquisition Louis XIV Versailles Catherine II balance of power Adam Smith VOC Ptolemaic universe Newton John Locke capitalism joint-stock companies putting-out system Copernican universe deism Discussion Questions Examine the centralizing efforts in countries like France, Spain, and England. How and in what ways were they successful? Why was the Holy Roman Empire not as successful as other European states in centralizing power? Examine the idea behind the balance of power. How did this concept play itself out in Europe? How was this balance of power different from the political patterns in the rest of the world? Examine the career of Martin Luther. What were the foundations of his Reformation? What legacy did he leave Europe? Why did earlier reformers not have the same impact? Examine the rise of capitalist thought and practice. What factors led to this rise? Examine the leading thinkers of the scientific revolution. Why were the early discoveries of the scientific revolution met with such resistance? In what ways did these discoveries destroy an old worldview and create a new one? How did their ideas influence the Enlightenment? What were the foundations of the Enlightenment? Could there be a...
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...Introduction God is the source of much doubt and controversy, of peace and of war. At this point in our human existence what was once certain and unquestionable has become the most questioned topic. The faithful, believing people have become unsure. I guess the question is either God exists or He doesn't. There really is no middle territory, and any attempt to remain neutral in relation to God's existence is automatically putting you in the category of unbelief. The age old question is far from being an irrelevant one, because if God does exist, then nothing else really matters; if He does not exist, then what does really matter at all. Until now I've never been put in a position where my faith was questioned. I found this title somewhere, I cannot remember where I saw it, but it describes me the best it can; as a recovering Catholic, I really am in no man’s land. Do I believe or not believe, that is the stand I have to take in this paper one way or another, yes or no, black or white. At that point this became more than a final paper. Can I, comfortably write a paper stating that God does not exist? After thorough personal inflection, I had my answer, and with much of my upbringing weighing down on me. I will try making my case for the existence of God. ("God." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009. Merriam-Webster Online. 29 April 2009) What better place to start, than Simon Blackburn On Blackburn's projectivist view; after he sketched the outlines of his projectivist...
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...or if God created the stars, galaxies, universe, and life itself. Both sides have influential evidence to convince one side of the argument to the other. The term Darwinism is the theory that states we evolved by natural selection created and theorized by an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist named Charles Darwin. Darwin was born on the 12th of February in 1809, and is known for his contributions to the science of evolution. He even wrote a book about...
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...the common perception, it is not a theory about the origin of the universe. Rather, it describes the development of the universe over time. This process is often called "cosmic evolution". Over the last several decades the basic picture of cosmology given by BBT has been generally accepted by astronomers, physicists and the wider scientific community. However, no similar consensus has been reached on ideas about the ultimate origin of the universe. This remains an area of active research and some of idea current ideas are discussed below. That said, BBT is nevertheless about origins In addition to being a theory about the origins of the basic building blocks for the world we see today, Given the nature of the subject matter, it is also frequently discussed with heavy religious overtones. Young Earth Creationists dismiss it as an "atheistic theory", dreamt up by scientists looking to deny the divine creation account from Genesis. Conversely, Old Earth Creationists (as well as other Christians) have latched onto BBT as proof of Genesis, claiming that the theory demonstrates that the universe had an origin and did not exist at some point in the distant past. Finally, some atheists have argued that BBT rules out a creator for the universe. What is the Big Bang theory? a) Common misconceptions about the Big Bang In most popularized science sources, it is often described with something like "The universe came into being due to the explosion of a point in which all matter...
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...existence of the world or universe and the existence of a being that created this world or universe and maintains its existence. According to many studies, the cosmological argument comes in two forms: the modal cosmological arguments and the temporal kalam cosmological arguments. The modal cosmological argument The modal cosmological argument, also known as the argument from contingency, suggest that the universe existence requires an explanation. In other words, there must be a cause that can explain why the universe exists now. The modal cosmological argument places the universe as a contingent being. A contingent being is something that requires a cause of existence. On the contrary, the cosmological argument explains a second type of being: a necessary being. A necessary being is something that does not require an explanation or cause of its existence, a being that could not have failed to exist. In conclusion, the ultimate cause of everything that exist must then be a necessary being. The modal cosmological argument places this necessary being in God’s existence. The modal cosmological argument bases on the following premises: 1. If something exists, what it takes for that thing to exist must exist. 2. The universe exists. 3. Therefore, what it takes for the universe to exist must exist. 4. What it takes for the universe to exist cannot exist within the universe or be bounded by space and time. 5. Therefore, what it takes for the universe to exist must transcend...
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...19th century and early 20th century distinguish two perception of time in his renowned book <The Unreality of Time> (1908). He named them A series and B series of time. A series of time refers to the flow, or passage of time. Time is composed of past, present and future. Time is meaningless without defining the present (which is constantly changing), or now. It is analogous to our spacious notion of here (changes as you walk away) and there. For example, when you were 16 years old, high school was your present and university is the future. As time flows, university became your present and high school is the past. Every part in time could be classify or indexed with the present as a reference. On the other hand, B series of time refers to the assignment of time to a sequence of events. The orders of these events manifest the relations of before and after. Present is no difference with past or future, it is simply the way how events arrange. It is in 2006 that you’re 16 years old and 20 years old in 2010....
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...Hubble. “An astronomer is a scientist who studies the planets, stars and space. Edwin P. Hubble made important discoveries about the universe in the early 1900s” (NASA, 2015). Mr. Hubble is the man who discovered the cosmos and that redshift increases with distance. The Hubble was the telescope that discovered the moons around Pluto that had not been seen or heard of before. The telescope has helped scientists understand how planets and galaxies form. The pictures taken by the Hubble have helped scientists learn more about the universe and have also convince them that the universe is almost 14 billion years...
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