Where did it all begin?

Examples of creation science includes the Judeo-Christian belief the first two chapters of the book of Genesis in the Bible. They show how God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh. Some Christians take this account very literally and believe that this is exactly how the world was created.

Today however, many Christians accept the theories of cosmology and evolution and do not take the Biblical account of the Creation literally. This is also known as a theistic point of view. They believe that the Bible is there to explain why God created the world, and the relationship between God and nature, rather than a scientific account of how the world was created.

Science does not always pose as an obstacle to religious perspectives. In Islam for example science has never posed a major problem for Muslim beliefs about creation. For centuries Islamic scientists have been at the forefront of many ideas and discoveries.

Muslims would argue that science does not affect their belief in Allah's creation of the world; instead, it explains what the Qur'an teaches. Science does not affect their belief in Allah's creation of the world; instead, it explains what the Qur'an teaches. Therefore scientific explanations are welcomed as they help Muslims to have a greater understanding of Allah's creation.  The Qur'an has an account of the beginning of Creation which prefigures modern scientific theories:

Do not the unbelievers realize that the heavens and earth were a solid mass, then we split them asunder, and we made from water every living thing?
Surah 21:30

He it is who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon each gliding freely in its orbit.
Surah 21:33

These quotations taken from the Muslim Holy Book, The Qur’an, completely agree with modern day scientific understanding. Science has only fairly recently proved these ideas as being true therefore it is truly remarkable that these words were written in the Qur’an nearly one and a half thousand years ago.

Finally, unlike the creation story from Genesis, scientific ideas seek an evidence-based explanation for the way the universe came into existence. Most cosmologists agree that the universe began in a 'Big Bang' about 14 billion years ago, and that all the stars and planets, including the earth, were formed during the subsequent expansion of the universe, which is continuing today.

In conclusion, the story of creation is an argument which has been debated for a very long time, and will continue to be debated in the future. This debate is very relevant to us as these religions govern our everyday life. Although, I have proved it is possible to believe in more than one idea, they will never truly merge and will continue to spark conflicts of belief.