RELIGION AND LIFE 

1 - BELIEVING IN GOD 

Scientific explanations of world - 

• Matter is eternal 
• 15 billion years ago - matter of universe exploded (Big Bang Theory), red shift in light from other galaxies is evidence the universe is still expanding 
• Stars and our solar system formed by matter flying away from explosion 
• Gases on Earth's surface produced primitive life 
• Genetic structure of primitive life forms lead to evolution of new life forms (fossil evidence)

How it may lead to agnosticism/atheism -

• Science explains it without God - no longer need God to explain why we're here 
• If God created the world, he must be the only explanation for it (science says otherwise) 

Religious responses (Christian) -

1 - Scientific explanations are true and prove God created universe

• Only God could've made the Big Bang at exactly the right time 
• Laws (such as gravity) could only have been made by God - needed for Big Bang to form solar systems 
• Only God could have made gases on Earth react so they form life 

 2 - Evidence for Big Bang can be explained by the Bible (creationism)

• Noah's flood 
• Apparent Age theory - when Adam was created (Earth was 6 days old), would've looked billions of years old because of how God created it 

 3 - Science and Bible are correct

• Main points of Bible fit with science
• One of God's days could be millions of years