Searching for the Origin of Life

Searching for the Origin of Life

Our origin and destination was never such a baffling question. The

answer was simple, God. However it seems as though the evolution of

thought has complicated the topic, to the point where the previous

simple answer was almost left behind. Religion has science to blame

for its loss of complete power of the people. Perhaps this is why the

religious society is so unwilling to find a happy median. Although

that is completely understandable, science did embarrassingly

undermine their entire belief system, or did it? A growing number of

people from each belief system are beginning to understand that

science and religion depend upon each other to give the best answer

available to the questions where did I come from, where am I going?

Scientists believe that the universe was created 15 billion years ago,

where as the chapter Genesis in the bible indicates the world is less

than 10,000 years old. Genesis says the first life form was created

10,000 years ago when god created us out of dirt and when the earth

was formed, scientists believe the first life form was 3.5 billion

years ago and that humans evolved from apes. The list of conflicts is

almost as long as the Genesis chapter itself. The scientific evidence

is much more convincing to an educated member of society than the

bible. Scientists believe that the universe was created when a super

dense particle exploded spreading matter and creating what we now know

as the universe. This explosion consisted of matter and antimatter

rushing away in different directions. Against usual scientific law the

explosion consisted of more matter than antimatter, of about ...

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stone like it was many years ago, we can’t even clearly define what

religion is anymore. Science has provided us with some answers, but

has provided us with even more questions. Many philosophers have

offered alternative theories but until we learn more about science and

religion it will simply stay a theory. The truth is there is no answer

to the big question yet. Humanity needs to become more open minded and

optimistic and hopefully in time the answer will become more clear.

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