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Does The Bible Lead To Complete Concurrence Or Dissension?

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“In the beginning there was…” can lead to complete concurrence or dissension depending on what completes that statement. If the Evolutionary theory is added to complete the statement, then you will have the scientists’ concurrence and the Christians’ dissension. If Biblical creation completes that statement, then you will have the Christians’ concurrence and the scientists’ dissension. There are also various positions that find themselves in-between the two sides; some Christians believe in the Evolutionary theory, while some scientists are Christians and believe their Bible. This paper focuses on the argument between Christians who believe that the Bible is clear about creation, the scientists who believe that science paints a different picture, and the ever-increasing middle ground that sees both sides coinciding rather than contradicting the other. It also will be written under the …show more content…

It is quite understandable why the Christians would be upset about the Big Bang theory considering it fuels so many atheists to deny the Christian god and at first glance it seems to deny their holy book. But, if we look into what the Bible says about creation and what the Big Bang says, is there a firm contradiction between the two theories or are there just minor details? We know that challenging the Bible is unacceptable, but is it unacceptable to challenge an interpretation of it? As stated above, at first glance, the Bible does appear to contradict the Evolutionary theory of the Big Bang and vice versa due to one seeming to state that God created everything and the other that everything happened due to chain reactions. They seem to be at ends, but we should do an in-depth analysis of what the Bible says before we come to any solid

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