On the second day God created dry land and caused the water to gather to one place. Then God created the plants, vegetation and trees.
On the third day God created the sun to govern the day, the moon to govern the night and the stars to aid the moon. Let them show the years, seasons and days and separate light from darkness.
On the fourth day God created the fish for the sea and the rivers and birds to fly in the sky. He then commanded them to reproduce and fill the earth.
On the fifth day God created animals to live on the earth. He created livestock and wild animals and he also commanded them to reproduce and fill the earth.
On the sixth day God created man in his own image to govern the earth and to have authority, command and power over all the animals. He also told man to name each of the different animals, birds and fish individually.
On the seventh day God rested and so this would later be a commandment given to Moses to keep the Sabbath day holy.
The Scientific Cosmology
The Scientific Cosmology is also known as the Big Bang Theory. This is the most dominant scientific theory about the origin of the universe. According to the theory the universe was created by a cosmic explosion, which sent matter into all directions of the universe. In 1927 it was proposed that an explosion was created by a primeval atom by a Belgium Priest called Georges Lemaоtre. Years later Edwin Hubble discovered some evidence, which could be used to justify Lemaоtre's theory. He found that there were other distant galaxies that were moving away from us with speeds that agreed with their distances.
This theory is accepted by many people around the world although it will never be proved because there are still some unanswered questions.
Science Contradicting Religion
By many religions the Big Bang Theory would we considered as a secular theory. This is "Any theory of the origin of the universe that does not see an infinite-personal God as responsible for creating the universe by intelligent design." (Quote from 'Systematic Theology, An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine' by Wayne Grudem). This would mean that the big bang theory (in a secular form, excluding God) or any other similar theories that hold the fact that matter has always existed, would contradict where it talks in scripture from the Bible about God creating the universe out of nothing. When the Bible talks about God creating everything it really emphasizes the power of God's voice as a creator.
“By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
And all their host by the breath of his mouth.
… For he spoke, and it came to be;
He commanded, and it stood forth.”
(Psalms 33:6, 9)
Another example would be when God said, "Let the earth put forth vegetation," and the next sentence says, "And it was so." (Genesis 1:11).
.Basically Christians and other religions believe that God created something from nothing and the sheer power of God is illustrated in these previous verses. It is said in such a way that merely by his breath, life was breathed..
Science Supporting Religion
There are some people who believe that God used or could have the big bang to create the universe. American Scientists discovered radiation patterns in space, which mark the beginning of time. The leader of the research team was called George Smoot and he said, "If you're religious, it's like looking at God. The order is so beautiful and the symmetry so beautiful that you think there is some design behind it." Then he followed that to say, "Whatever caused the rapid expansion of the universe following the Big Bang - the same forces caused tiny ripples. Because if you try to do something too fast, you shake a little. God might be the designer."
What George Smoot is trying to say is that we have found some scientific evidence as to how the earth could have been created. The evidence is so perfect and so exact couldn't this have all been designed by God.
George also said, "It is a mystical experience, like a religious experience." Then followed by, "It really is like finding the driving mechanism for the universe, and isn't that what God is?"
Conclusion
Being an Atheist, I find it extremely hard to believe that the universe was created by God. I believe in the theory of Evolution, purely because of all the evidence scientists have found to support it, and the idea of the universe having a creator is simply beyond me. In my opinion, I think the creation was explained in the bible so that people could understand how the world was created, but when the Big Bang Theory was developed, people found it hard to switch to what I believe is the truth, because they where brought up to believe everything that is written in the bible.
