Identify the key features of a religious and scientific interpretation of the origins of the universe?

The current theory is therefore a theory of evolution of the universe, and not a theory of its creation. Time is one of the dimensions used for comparison and measurement within the universe, as are the three traditional dimensions. The implication is that the questions, "Where did the universe come from?" and, "How did it begin?" are simply the wrong questions to ask. Science is currently unable to answer these questions, just as it cannot make any statement on the existence of God as the Creative Force. Looking in more detail at the theory of the big bang it is easy to follow and fully logical. The initial explosion formed an immense number of hot stars hurtling form the centre. 500 million years ago a particularly large star exploded and formed a galaxy composed of hundreds of thousand of smaller stars. The sun is one of theses stars and the earth is also one of the stars just smaller and cooled down. As the earth cooled it was covered with a layer of various chemicals and through evaporation and radioactivity these simple molecules evolved into more complex proteins and acids, which eventually became able to reproduce themselves. This was the first from of life.

Religious views on the origin of the universe are dissimilar in the view from a scientist’s view of the origin of the universe. As there are an enormous variety of religions it would be extremely difficult to comment on all but a general overview of the concept of the beginning of the universe from religious believers mind is it is created by a supernatural being. In the case of Christianity in which I will look more closer at the supernatural being is God. The bible states that the process of the creation of the universe was a quick process only lasting six days. The constant darkness which engulfed the world was firstly dispelled by the creation of light and the primeval waters were divided first by the creation of solid sky and then by amassing the seas in order to allow the underlying dry land to appear, already clothed in vegetation. After this the sun moon and stars are created followed by the birds, animals and finally humans. This shows a purposive Creator carefully designed the universe. It describes how the earth rather than being merely a speck of dust in the vast universe therefore seemingly insignificant is in fact a very central work of art that all the heavenly bodies are in fact subservient to it. Not only that but humans are not only evolved chemicals but indeed they are the result of a special act of creation. Nor do humans ascend upwards from apes but downwards from Adam and Eve.

As said before the views of scientists and religious people are extremely different as you have religious belief with its foundational premises that God is the reason why the universe and everything in it exists. On the other hand there is scientist with their foundational premises that the explanation for why things happen in the universe and why anything is here does not require God just good science. Although this is true, there are still connections, which can and are accepted as links. Some religious people have tried to make peace with science by discovering in the bible that not only concord with science but actually anticipate it. In Genesis the primacy given to the creation of light is a reference to the big bang and also the emergence of the earth from a formless chaos reveals an understanding of its original gaseous state. Another thing which religious people do to incorporate and explain science is that they try to make space for science by appreciating all the dark areas on which it has bought light, but stating that there are other areas which remain a mystery. Lastly I am going to talk about how there is always the question how/who created the big bang this can be an argument to show that yes although there is evidence that the universe was created in this way and people were formed through evolution there may and could be a supernatural existence who controlled and created the big bang.

From looking at both arguments although they are formed from very different basis of knowledge and belief science and religion do not answer all question and by putting the two beliefs together and combining in such a way in the end they support each other’s gap in knowledge creating an even stronger theory on the origin of the universe.