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What do Catholics believe about Scientific theories
What do Catholics believe about Scientific theories
The creation stories were first shared at a time long before modern scientific explanations of how the universe began. The big bang theory and the theory of Evolution are the work of intelligent scientists, using reason to find evidence in the universe that helps to answer the big questions about existence. The Catholic Church teaches that faith( belief in God) should work alongside reason because reason is a gift from God that helps human to understand God's creation and actions better
L/O: To know and understand the Catholic responses to the scientific theories about the Big bang and Evolution
Keywords: Reason, faith, scientific theories, Intelligent design, creationism, scientism
Word bank: Time /Billion / Hydrogen / Matter / Gravity
How scientists understand the beginning?
How scientists understand the beginning?
In the beginning there was a cosmic egg then 13.7 B_________ years ago there was a Big B_________ : The 3 elements created with the big bang are T________, Space and M_________. Everything was hot and the temperature fell then the first atom was formed it was the H__________ . with Gravity the hydrogen gas became plasma and finally light became visible... lifeforms were made....
Charles and the birds?
Charles and the birds?
What is the name of the founder of this theory?
What did he do before coming back to England?
Which animal allowed him to think about adaptation to the environment?
What is a good example of natural selection ?
Many Catholics, encouraged by the Vatican over time, believe that the Big Bang theory and the theory of evolution are compatible with their faith in God the creator, for example they say the big bang is the " let there be light" in Genesis ! and "God separate the light from the darkness" as the gas becoming plasma allowing light to be seen....in this case days are like cycles of million years ...this is the Intelligent Design theory ( scientific explanaiton of creation alongside the a literal interpretation of Genesis)
The first person who suggested the theory of the Big bang was a priest: Father Georges Lemaitre
Question : Give two reasons why some people would disagree with this view?
Father Georges Lemaitre
Father Georges Lemaitre
1927: Father George Lemaitre suggested that the universe began with a small "super atom" and expanded from this point onwards. He did not read the story of creation in a literal way, he was an astronomer and a cosmologist. For Him, the Bible gave essential teaching about how to become closer to God and achieve salvation. the Bible and science would go hand in hand
Internet research: Which country did Father Lemaitre come from and what is a cosmologist?
"My predecessor Pius XII has already affirmed that there is no conflict between evolution and the teachings of the faith provided that we do not lose sight of certain fixed points.
"My predecessor Pius XII has already affirmed that there is no conflict between evolution and the teachings of the faith provided that we do not lose sight of certain fixed points.
Which pope is this ? and can you rewrite his quote using your own words
Which pope is this ? and can you rewrite his quote using your own words
"When we read about Creation in Genesis, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able to do everything. But that is not so," God supernaturally created the universe and life but allowed natural processes to work over billions of years.
"When we read about Creation in Genesis, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able to do everything. But that is not so," God supernaturally created the universe and life but allowed natural processes to work over billions of years.
Which pope is this ? and can you rewrite his quote using your own words
Which pope is this ? and can you rewrite his quote using your own words
Richard Dawkins: reject the necessity of Religion
Arguments against
Arguments against
Some atheist (people who do not believe in God) believe that religious ideas about creation are unnecessary, because science can explain so much about creation and human life: they believe science can give all the answers the big questions of life this is called scientism. Many Catholics believe science can explain the HOW of the big questions but The Bible gives the WHY.
On the other end there are some Christians who do not accept the Big bang and Evolution: they are called Creationists. But some creationists accept the intelligent Design theory
Challenge:
Give 2 reasons why Catholics believe the scientific theories of creation in your answer use a quote from a pope
Show in a paragraph 2 reasons why some Christians disagree with you?
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