In the Qur’an, Surah 7:54 says: Your guardian lord is God who created heavens and earth in six days and is firmly throne of authority.
The traditional view of the Muslim cosmology to me is; God created the heavens and the earth in six days, but it doesn’t say exactly how it happened. It tells you in bits. ... ‘He created the birds fish and animals’ (16:5-8) ‘created Adam as the first human being out of clay into which god breathed life’ (23:12-16) this gives you an idea of god creating everything in six days and that all humans came from Gods direction. (Starting with Adam and his wife eve).
The modern version is like a scientific way of explaining creation as it includes evolution. Then God created life from water- ‘We made from water every living thing’ (21:30). From water came vegetation – ‘sent down water from the sky, with it have we produced diverse pairs of plants’ (20:53)
In science most scientists believe that the scientific discoveries found in the last 250 years explain how the universe began and back up the scientific cosmology. A physics discovery shows that matter is eternal, it can’t be destroyed nor can it be created, it can only be changed.
Scientific cosmology states that matter is eternal and the universe began when this matter exploded. The solar system came out of the explosion and started when this happened. The nature of the earth allowed life to form and develop through what we call evolution. In fact evolution states life began about four and a half billion years
Ago and developed through evolution. The first human evolved from an animal 2.5 million years ago and evolved into who we are now.
This scientific cosmology clearly contradicts the religious Christian and Muslim cosmologies. A big contradiction between the scientific and religious cosmologies is the time it took to create the universe. Science says that the universe was created about 15 billion years ago. In religion (Christianity) no one is certain of the date exactly but there have been at least 200 dates suggested, varying from 3483 to 6934 years B.C., all based on the supposition that the Bible enables us to settle the point. But it does nothing of the sort. ...
The literal interpretation has now been entirely abandoned; and the world is admitted to be of immense antiquity. On such questions we have no Biblical evidence, as to why which the Catholic Christians are quite free to follow the teaching of science. Another contradiction is the order in which things were created and who or what started the universe... Religion (Christianity) says that God created the universe and this world, then the animals and humans. Science suggests that we evolved over a long period of time (millions of years) and that the universe was just matter and gas that combined and exploded with the force of gravity pulling the earth together to make the earth.
Another contradiction between the two of them is the idea that humans are the subject of evolution. The religious cosmologies like in Christianity and Islam say that God created humans with the first being Adam and the second Eve and they reproduced to make more humans and so on... but the scientific idea suggests that we developed over millions of years. Something that interests me is the fact that scientists have found/discovered dinosaur bones and fossils that aren’t accounted for in religious cosmologies. This is a reason why scientists say that scientific cosmologies are true because there is proof of dinosaurs and no mention of them in the bible or Qur’an.
Many scientists believe that the study of the universe through science can actually support the belief in God and the religious cosmologies.
These scientists are called religious scientists their belief is that the world and the universe was created by the “big bang” but in order for the big bang to happen everything had to be timed perfectly (down to the mille second). So they think that god made this happen or “a more powerful being than human beings”. The idea that everything needs an explanation supports the idea of God being involved in creation as God could be that explanation.
“YOU CANT BE A SCIENTIST AND BE RELIGOUS”
No, I don’t agree with this theory because a true scientist may have to do certain tests and hypothesis to prove cause and effect, but that does not mean that they cannot believe in God, or go to church just because theology isn't classed as a science. They may know that religion cannot be proved or is not scientific, but that doesn't mean that they can’t be religious themselves...
I also disagree because A True scientist should have faith more than anyone cause he knows more, he introspected through nature, the universe and is aware of its delicate order from the work of a bee, to the movement of stars and galaxies. So he should be aware that there is more there must be something behind all this.
This order can not be created by chaos. Science can not solve all mysteries found in life and the universe, it has to be perfected with spirituality. Or else the individual can not be called a scientist, cause he would be irrational and an individual who gained nothing from his work.
I can see how someone could agree because to be a good scientist one must approach theories and experiments with a minimum of prejudice and view results as objectively as possible, however those that are religious, particularly those that are devout, view everything in the world with some form of prejudice. Thus if, for example an experiment could be conducted to prove or disprove the existence of a god, a religious person already believes that there is a god and so would not be suitable to conduct the experiment, then again an atheist also knows that there is no god, so perhaps an agnostic would be best to conduct such an experiment.
A scientist is a human being with feelings as well as ordered thoughts, and as religion is based upon feelings rather than observations of the real universe it is perfectly possible for a true scientist to be religious. However that doesn't make a true scientist a great scientist. Science requires the ability to ask questions, to gather evidence without prejudice, to test hypotheses and to present the results of experiments and enquiries without bias. No religion or religious belief can stand up to that level of rigorous investigation, so any good scientist choosing to subject their religious belief to a test via scientific method should find their belief wanting. As human beings however, those scientists with religious beliefs do not choose to test their faith so rigorously, which means they can continue to practice religion and science simultaneously.
There have been great scientists who also professed religious beliefs like Einstein and Darwin, but it wasn't their faith that made them great scientists - it was their adherence to scientific method.