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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...show more content...
(Mortenson, 2011) Young Earth Creationist believe in the idea of the Hebrew word Yom. (Morris,
2011) This word translates to mean a literal day and is used in Genesis to describe each day of
creation. We as Christians must take the Bible as true, this being the whole bible including the
Old Testament. In regards to the age of the Earth, young earth creationist take Genesis 5 as a
genealogy of the Earth. The genealogies of Genesis 5 as well as 11 give people an idea of the
years and happenings from Adam to Abraham. Scholars can mostly agree that Abraham lived about
2000 BC. All of these facts then set the date of creation at approximately 6000 years ago.
(Mortenson, 2011)
Old – Earth View
In response to the young earth six day creation of the Earth idea, secular scientist have developed the
idea of the Big Bang theory. According to the big bang theory, theuniverse began by expanding from
a minuscule volume that possessed extremely high density as well as extreme temperatures. Initially
the universe was significantly smaller than a pore on your skin. (Takahashi, 2000 ) It is thought that
this happened about 10–20 billion years ago. According to Yuki D. Takahasi (2000) in his article
"Big Bang: How did the Universe begin?" He states 3 main observations that point to truth in the Big
Bang Theory. Number one is astronomers have found that the universe continues to expand which
means that the
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Comparative Essays

  • 1. comparative essays 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...show more content... (Mortenson, 2011) Young Earth Creationist believe in the idea of the Hebrew word Yom. (Morris, 2011) This word translates to mean a literal day and is used in Genesis to describe each day of creation. We as Christians must take the Bible as true, this being the whole bible including the Old Testament. In regards to the age of the Earth, young earth creationist take Genesis 5 as a genealogy of the Earth. The genealogies of Genesis 5 as well as 11 give people an idea of the years and happenings from Adam to Abraham. Scholars can mostly agree that Abraham lived about 2000 BC. All of these facts then set the date of creation at approximately 6000 years ago. (Mortenson, 2011) Old – Earth View In response to the young earth six day creation of the Earth idea, secular scientist have developed the idea of the Big Bang theory. According to the big bang theory, theuniverse began by expanding from a minuscule volume that possessed extremely high density as well as extreme temperatures. Initially the universe was significantly smaller than a pore on your skin. (Takahashi, 2000 ) It is thought that this happened about 10–20 billion years ago. According to Yuki D. Takahasi (2000) in his article "Big Bang: How did the Universe begin?" He states 3 main observations that point to truth in the Big Bang Theory. Number one is astronomers have found that the universe continues to expand which means that the Get more content on HelpWriting.net