Six-Day Creation Vs. Religion

Introduction Undoubtedly, one of the most debated mysteries humanity has ever wondered concerns with the formation of the universe, but more importantly, creation of the Earth. History had been a witness of the battle between the theories of the creation of the Earth, each of which presents considerable arguments (Badash, 1989). In general, the popularity of the debate between the theories explaining the creation of the Earth arises from the conflicts between Science and Religion (Brush, 1990). In this light, this paper will discuss two different theories regarding the creation of the Earth. For the purposes of this paper, the theory representing the field of Science will be the Nebular Hypothesis of Earth creation while the field of Religion

Various religions and ancient civilizations had their own versions of how the Earth was made. However, the Six-Day Creation is the most successful in terms of popularity, especially before the scientific evolution of the 16th century (Badash, 1989). Nevertheless, the Six-Day Creation was accepted by a significant amount of human population throughout history. The Six-Day Creation was originally an excerpt from an ancient Scripture that dates back a few thousand years ago. To be specific, the records from the Genesis section of the Scripture describes the creation of the Earth and all its inhabitants (Mortenson, 2004). The Six-Day Creation entails the story of how an entity, an almighty, omnipresent, and omniscient God created the entire universe. It is important to note that one of the controversies behind this creation theory is that the Scripture had various interpretations (Greene, 2006). In general, the Six-Day Creation depicts the creation of matter, light, and objects within six days. Each day corresponds to a significant creation by God, which are: (1) light, (2) sky and waters, (3) plants, (4) sun, moon and stars, (5) sea creatures and flying creatures, (6) land animals and man, and, finally, God rested on the seventh day (Greene,

It must be noted that the Six-Day Creation states that the form of life first appeared after the formation of the waters and the Earth (Greene, 2006) while the Nebular Hypothesis implies that life never existed for at least a few billion years after the Earth was born (Wetherill, 1990). Furthermore, the two theories implied that there are elements essential to the formation of the Earth. The Nebular Hypothesis implies that the residual dusts and elements within the nebula are the materials which gave birth to the Earth, as well as the other planets (Lawrence, 1977). On the other hand, one of the interpretations of Genesis 1:1 states that God created all the matter and energy needed to create the Earth (Greene,