How Science and Scripture Intersect: A Concrete, Chronological, Connection between the Biblical Six “Days” of Creation and the “Evolution” Timelines
How Science and Scripture Intersect: A Concrete, Chronological, Connection between the Biblical Six “Days” of Creation and the “Evolution” Timelines
- from Scriptural and Secular Parallels
Author(s): Eloise T. ChoiceSubject(s): Theology and Religion, Philosophy of Religion, Biblical studies
Published by: EDIS- Publishing Institution of the University of Zilina
Keywords: Creation; Theory of Evolution; Intelligent Design; Pre- and Post- Geologic Timelines; Astronomy; Geology; Archaeology;
Summary/Abstract: A Debilitating Conflict Resolved. The account of Creation (as chronicled in the Biblical book of Genesis, King James Version 1611, in Tankah: The Holy Scriptures, in The Holy Quran, and in extra-Biblical texts) and the scientifically determined pre-geologic, geologic, and “evolution” timelines regarding the development of the universe, the Earth and life upon it, fuse. What Scriptures say happened on each of the six “days” of Creation precisely parallels that which scientists have determined to have occurred during the universe’s 13.7-billion-years of existence and Earth’s 4.7-billion-year development. The concrete connection between the two serves the religious interest as it validates the Intelligent Design belief. It serves the secular interest of helping Biblical Literalists to advance in their attainment of scientific knowledge as it provides evidence that the universe, the earth, and life upon it, were not created less than 10,000 years ago in six literal 24-hour periods.
Journal: Dialogo
- Issue Year: 3/2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 313-344
- Page Count: 32
- Language: English