Christianity: Where Did The Universe Come From?

This paper will address my own personal answers to seven of the fundamental questions we have covered over the semester. I was raised through Christianity and find most of my answers from The Bible, Although I have put my own twist on the answers and find agreements with the other philosophers discussed.

Origin: Origin asks where did the universe come from? Where did life/ humanity come from? For as long as I can remember, my answer to where we came from was Adam and Eve or essentially, God. I was taught that God created the universe, he created the sun, moon, planets, man, and woman. Once I started learning about the big-bang theory, and evolution I became quite confused. However, just like all the scientific theories there is no evidence

Once sin entered the world, everybody from then on was born with it. We do wrong things because of temptation to sin, which is driven by our human nature and from Satan. In the same story of creation, God put the man in the Garden of Eden to work in it, but gave the man one command. He told him he is free to eat from any tree in the garden except from the knowledge of good and evil. The woman knew the command, but fell into temptation and convinced the man to eat from the tree as well. This is when sin first entered our world and will continue to be our problem. In this day and age, many people are get further away from religion and God. The farther we get from the lord, the worse we become. In comparison to Hinduism, this worldview says our most basic problem is that we fail to recognize our divine nature. “We have too many material desires and worldly attachments. When there is no distinction between us and our object of desire we are trapped in reincarnation, which keeps us away from returning to Brahman.” (Rahib) Having a desire, more than the desire of loving and worshipping our God is a problem in Christianity. However, we do not believe in reincarnation or distancing us from the Lord. In comparison to Socrates I stated, “Socrates says we are influenced by the opinion of many, unaware of our profound ignorance, and are resentful against having our ignorance exposed. We have an over concern for our own wealth, reputation, and success.

The Bible often compares death to sleep. After death, we are unaware of what goes on around us. “The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing…their love, their hatred, and envy have now perished.” (Ecclesiastes 9:5) The righteous will go to heaven when they die, while the wicked will forever perish in hell. Death is not something to be afraid of, the righteous are taken away from earth to be spared from evil. Those that are taken away will find rest as they lie in death. Once Jesus comes to Earth again to save us all then all the righteous will have everlasting life. “God himself will be with him and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” (Revelation 21:3-4) This answer is similar to Socrates’ view. He came up with two possibilities, but also said we should not fear death. Socrates said “Death is one of two things. Either it is annihilation, and the dead have no consciousness of anything; or, as we are told, it is really a change: a migration of the soul from this place to another.” Like I said, we will have no consciousness of what is happening on Earth anymore, but our soul will be migrated to either heaven or hell based on our belief and behavior during