It is really surprising to me that sophisticated people at one time believed the world was flat. Science believed it, preached it, and called it fact. As a result everyone else considered it fact. The good news is science has since discovered that science was wrong and the Earth is not flat.
Today science and popular thinking is in two camps. However, if you only listen to the media and selected educators you will only hear one theory. And it will not be presented as a theory; it is almost always presented as a fact. That the universe started from cosmic dust that was moving so rapidly that the particles collided and caused a big celestial explosion commonly referred to as the Big Bang. From that our universe was formed… all the planets, all the stars, all the solar systems, etc., etc. And somehow as the Earth cooled water showed up as a result of the atmosphere that showed up out of nowhere, and then microbes turned into fish and fish turned into reptiles and mammals, and then land animals, then monkeys and finally man. And it all happened by accident. No one caused it. It just happened.
The fact is, this has not been discovered it has only been theorized. This is not science as there is no proof that this happened. This is why it has not been discovered. Science has not been able to replicate the event in a lab which would be proof that it is possible. Therefore it is a belief system. Some believe this to be true and others do not.
The other camp or belief system that many scientists and educators (including clergy but not including the media) support is Intelligent Design. That someone or something made it all. Just like the shed in your back yard (if you have one). It didn’t evolve from a tree. Someone had to put it together. I am not going to get in to who the designer and creator was or is. I only want to expose how stupid the first idea is. Just look at each thing that is on the Earth that man did not make. Examine how complex they are. Science is only beginning to be able to understand how complex they really are.
So the next time you are watching Public TV or the special on how the Earth was made; ask yourself a question. If it all started with a big bang; where did the cosmic dust come from?
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