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PURPOSE: Helping Christians engage in intelligent conversations with doubters and unbelievers

Was the BIG BANG God's method?

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COMBINE INSIGHTS
Here's where we combine the six Insights to get an informed biblical answer

Be prepared to discuss the Big Bang intelligently

For millions of people, the Big Bang is a major obstacle to faith because they assume that to become a Christian one has to become anti-science, give allegiance to Christian tradition, and embrace the concept of a very young universe.

They have heard Christians interviewed and quoted in the media say things about science in utter ignorance, making educated people cringe.

The purpose of this Bible study is not to change the mind of any Christian, but to broaden it, for evangelism.

Whatever a Christian now believes personally about the Big Bang, the important thing is to be able to engage in intelligent conversation that lets others know that God's timing and method of creation are not essentials for Christian faith and that there are different ways of interpreting scripture on this topic.

God gives us progressive revelation

God seems to enjoy allowing us to discover His marvelous creation a little at a time and at an accelerating pace, now so amazing and fast that our minds usually cannot comprehend it.

Each new piece of scientific or historical information gives us a better understanding of God's design plan and how everything functions under His majestic laws of nature.

When confronted with new information, we should not be afraid to change our views about God's world when the changes fit within the teaching of God's Word. God seems delighted to give us ever greater knowledge of what He has done.

The issue is Christian influence in the modern world

The purpose of this study on the Big Bang – and the purpose of all studies on this site – is not to change theological beliefs but to increase Christian influence, to help reverse the current declining trend in America.

We communicate with doubters and unbelievers in two ways: (1) The life we live and (2) what we say about our faith.

This site is about what we SAY.

Of course, lifestyle is a very important part of Christian testimony (the most important part) but the focus here is on conversation (the most neglected part).

Many Christians excuse their silence by saying, 'They can see it in my life.'

What they really mean is that others will think he or she is a good person. But that's not the same as sharing the gospel. There are people from all religious faiths, and people without any religious faith at all, who are good.

The gospel does not rub off on others by moral reputation, proximity, or osmosis. It needs to be expressed in words.

Most people today don't go to church ... don't read Christian books ... don't watch Christian TV or radio ... don't engage with Christian websites ...

So how will they hear the gospel unless friends, relatives, neighbors, and associates tell them?

Christians may talk about church perhaps, but most are not prepared for intelligent discussion of basic theological issues.

Good spiritual conversation with doubters and unbelievers today requires more than unloading a testimony or Bible verse. It requires sensible and coherent dialog to demonstrate that the Christian knows what her or she is talking about – and why – not just parroting phrases from religious indoctrination.

Big Bang is a good conversation starter

Even if no one ever raises the Big Bang issue with you, it's often an effective way for you to initiate spiritual conversation with them. The Fred Hoyle broadcast, for example, is a captivating lead-in story that begins on neutral ground and will not make anyone wary of Bible-thumping.

Talking about the Big Bang is not threatening to people – it's interesting and mind-stretching – yet it lays the basic foundation for Christian faith.

Talking about the Big Bang will also flush out many misconceptions of what the Bible actually says and can extend your dialog to other spiritual topics.

FIVE REASONS

for believing Big Bang

✓ REASON 1. Bible said it first
Genesis 1:1-2, the first words of the Bible, describe the Big Bang. We could not deduce the full concept from those few words – and the concept would have been incomprehensible to ancient people – but now with help from modern science we see how everything began in an instant with the Big Bang, the moment when God spoke the universe into existence.
✓ REASON 2. Confirmed now by science
Until the mid to late 1900s, scientists believed that the universe had always existed (Steady State) and rejected the idea that it had a beginning. Now virtually all scientists agree that the universe had an instant beginning – Big Bang like the Bible describes – caused by 'a singularity' (Christians say 'God').
✓ REASON 3. Removes barrier to faith
Jesus gave Christians the commission to 'make disciples.' Christians often thwart it by erecting unnecessary barriers to faith by saying the Bible says things it doesn't actually say. When doubters and unbelievers are told that the Bible says the universe is less than 10,000 years old – and they are convinced from modern knowledge that this is wrong – they assume that the Bible is wrong about other things too and that it is not a book of truth.
✓ REASON 4. Enhances gospel message
Believing the Big Bang does not in any way alter Christology (birth, life, teaching, sacrificial death, atonement, and resurrection of Jesus Christ), which is the core of the Christian gospel. Instead, the gospel message is enhanced because it is not tarnished with concerns that the Bible has been proven wrong about origin of the universe.
✓ REASON 5. Honors God
A universe that unfolds with majestic precision over billions of years is even more marvelous than a universe put together as-is in a week. It diminishes God's creation when people say the universe is less awesome than it really is.
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Thinkers Bible Studies / Topic 1.1

GOD'S CREATION

Was the BIG BANG God's method?

SIX INSIGHTS
for an informed answer
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Insight 1: Bible credibility
INSIGHT 1

Why Big Bang matters

For the past 30 years, students in virtually all public schools and universities everywhere have been taught the Big Bang theory. But most Christians believe this is heresy to Christian tradition and that a stark choice must be made either for science or for the Bible. Most young people today are choosing science and rejecting the Bible. This tragic loss of Bible credibility is caused by misunderstandings which need to be corrected.
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Insight 2: yō·wm is Hebrew word for Bible creation day
INSIGHT 2

What the Bible says about the Big Bang

Contrary to what most Christians believe, the Bible says that the earth was NOT created instantly in its present form. See the verses in Genesis 1 which show how God used the Big Bang as a method to form the earth over time, as modern science is now discovering.
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Insight 3: What God created in each 'day'
INSIGHT 3

Science catches up with the Bible

One hundred years ago, most scientist believed that the universe always existed. They scoffed at the Bible for saying that the universe had an instant beginning. See the dramatic story of how all that has changed. Now science – with the Big Bang theory – agrees with the Bible.
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INSIGHT 4

Science is not the enemy

There can be no difference between true science and true Christianity because both seek truth. There is only one truth. Science inquires into the physical and Christianity inquires into the spiritual. See how both have been wrong at various times in the past. Eventually conflicts are resolved with new information. Science is agnostic, but not the enemy. Science makes the case for a single almighty God.
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INSIGHT 5

Tradition vs. Bible

Most Christians believe that God created the universe in six 24-hour days, but that’s not what the Bible says. By stretching the Bible, blindly defending tradition, and fighting scientific discoveries, Christians are inadvertently helping science to become the new god in America.
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INSIGHT 6

Proof of God

Some people, whether sincere or just for argument, say it’s impossible to prove that God even exists. Actually, it's possible to prove the existence of God by following five universally acknowledged rules of logic. Also see response to the question: Then who made God?
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COMBINE

Here's where we combine the six Insights to get an informed biblical answer: Was the BIG BANG God's method?

The Insights here are like pieces of a puzzle. Put the pieces together and see the big picture! Now you'll be prepared to engage intelligently and coherently with anyone about what the Bible says about the Big Bang. See list of five reasons why the Big Bang is compatible with the Bible. Also see reader comments.
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I have believed for many years what you have written here, but who among my friends and fellow-Christians will believe me? I stand alone. It took almost two hundred years before the church—or church members—believed that the earth was not the center of the universe. Will it take that long before Christians will believe that Adam and Eve were not the first humans created?
An extremely good read.Would like very much to hear more.
I appreciate this study.
Your site is great for discussions and other questions about the bible. I hope that it continues.
I have always thought this to be true but have never heard it said! Praise God!
Very enlightening and interesting, Thank you
It’s too bad that the Christian community cannot allow for mistranslation of both an ancient language and understanding of that language.
All bad things on the face of the earth are connected to sin , by one mans sin we were all condemned.
Thank you for this! I have had many conversations about science and Christianity. I am not very smart but now I am a little smarter.
Very good explanation
The problem with "science" today that too much of it is based on theory and not enough observation.
Just another Satanic attempt to change God's WORD. More likely made up of Liberal Kids that don't know any better.
The big bang is a theory. God is a fact.
You really don’t understand the Bible at all.
Interesting !!
Very interesting. Verification of my own thoughts.
Have always believed in this way ,read and ask for understanding and it will be given to you.
I am in to deep thinking concerning the Bible, while holding on to Biblical fact. Being open to possibilities where things are vague is food for the soul, yet being careful of being deceived into false teaching.
Right!
My views on original sin have changed. Romans 5:12 says "all men die because all have sinned". What it doesn't say is "all men die because Adam sinned".
Thank you for helping to break down these scriptures, I found out now a lot of what I thought I knew was actually just tradition, most of which was confusing up until now, very grateful.
Thank you so much for confirming what I had always thought!!! Our Father makes wonderous wonders!!!
This is great, I am going to read more of your topics!
Thanks for the analysis
Your site is full of heresy. Repent.
Just came across your website, want to commend you on believing the Bible can and should be read as the Truth. I have always believed that if I cannot make sense out of the scriptures, it is my deficiently not the Bibles. God Bless.
Good points
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Would like to keep you on my site for further study. You made me think.
I stumbled on your website recently, and was impressed by the scope of it and the balance evident in it.
When are you going to have more?
Thank you for your good work.
Just happened upon this site and wow! This is fabulous. I will be back. Thank you for putting this together and sharing it with us all. God bless you and your family.
Excellent
This sounds interesting.
Thank you for a good read on this subject: the indisputable existence of humanoids and civilizations before Adam.
Not sure what to think of this bible study. If nothing else it compels you to really dig deep and think,read and pray for understanding which I think is a good thing.
Thank you for the Bible verses about hell. This is a very difficult subject that many people that believe in Christ have adopted as truth. I have yet to understand why.
I want to learn it all.
I am a person that right now I don't practice any religion whatsoever. Very interesting, thank you
This is awesome, very detailed information and totally makes sense, thanks for sharing!
I have struggled with references to people before Adam, and coordinating it with science. This makes sense to me. Thank you for helping me with my dilemma.
I can't wait to share this article with my grandson.
Thank you for this.It helps me understand my youngest grandchild(age 31). Also this affirms my teaching as a science teacher and pastor.
Brilliant
Very,very informative! Thank you
Thank you. You have clarified how to teach what I have always believed. I didn’t know how to explain it to others.
I am looking forward to reading through the rest of the Thinkers website. Thanks for investing in this work. It’s so important! Especially in these times. 
This site is a literal God send! I've been struggling with reconciliation of what scripture says and what I've been taught through various denominations and their individual traditions. I'm so grateful, honestly, to have permission to think critically and to allow the Holy Spirit to teach me directly.
Your are wrong
I ran across your website this morning. At age 50, I lead a women's Bible Study in Florida. I am at a place where I am questioning so many things about what I have been taught - traditions handed down for generations. To continue teaching is becoming challenging. I have a daughter who is also a believer but wrestles aloud with questions concerning Adam and original sin, eternal hell with eternal suffering, etc. Honestly, I think her wrestling has led me to stop and think more. So now I am seeking…
Great job! Fantastic resource for believers not only to be able to speak intelligently in a time of waning faith, but for our own education and edification as well!
Yes to have a intelligence conversation is of most importance.
This is from the devil. The Bible says Satan is a liar and the creater of it. This is a lie created by Satan to deceive people. Adam was the first man and the first sinner. His sin is what started death.
I find your explanation very compelling and appreciate that we do need to answer questions of unbelievers, there needs to be effort in this direction. So I thank you for your efforts
Thank you for the work that goes into this site, and please keep the good material coming.
It's constructive that science keeps indefinitely improving with better observations and verifiable facts. Immutable good scriptures should simply keep itself relevant by subtle changes in its interpretation to complement and coexist with science. Good work!
One of the best study sites I have found!
Some scientists are open to intelligent design, the problem is some scientists think they are trying to bring church into the classroom.If some scientists find out that some believe in intelligent design they will lose funding.
Please pray for me as I ponder the input you've provided online.
As much nonsense and stupidity as I have heard since big bang or evolution.
this page can go to hell the bible is the truth idiots science is what a man created not GOD!
Don't know, don't need to know. It'll all be revealed by & by.
Adam was the first person on this earth bottom line
This is a great Bible study, it explains everything perfectly so there is no confusion anywhere, it just helps understanding the Bible and God's word so well.
Amen. Thank you.
Thank you. I have visited this site before.
THANK YOU. You are helping me to understand so much more! I have always questioned, and for the first time, feel I am getting answers, or at least more of an insight to my own feelings and beliefs.
The main reason people believe that Adam was the first man is that is what someone told them. It’s man following man and not man reading the Bible for the truths that are in it.
I don't think I believe this
Thank you for this most interesting discussion of genealogy re: the timing of the first man as relates to both the Bible as well as archaeology!!!
Thank you for the article! There are several nonbelievers in my life that I love deeply. My heart breaks for them. Every time I share my faith, I'm bombarded with science. Perhaps this will help. Thank you. God bless you.
Do you offer a textbook?
The reason the doctrine of original sin arose, was that Augustine couldn't read Greek and there was an inadequacy at certain points in the Latin translation, resulting in a misunderstanding.
I want more information and I want bible study
I love this web site. I have always wanted to know more about what the Bible means. Please, please keep expanding this site.
I am 75 years old. I was raised as a Roman Catholic. I have studied religions all of my life. I have so many problems with the Bible starting with Genesis. I agree with your assessment that Adam wasn't the first human on earth. The more that I learn, the less I believe in the bible and religion as a salvation. But I shall continue researching.
What a great and informative article! This information is invaluable when discussing biblical concepts with others, both Christian and non-Christian.
Excellent reading
Yes
Very good and educational, explaining how it all connects and coincides with the Bible’s account.
Thank you
Thank you for this summary. Very large and difficult task and worth the time taken. I am a believer in Jesus Christ, His eternal life, His death burial and resurrection. I believe the Bible is the Word of God.
I am excited to have found this site when I was seeking the truth about Bible timelines. I have been forced to justify my beliefs by a pastor who has a very fundamental belief in God's seven days of creation.
I found this to be extremely informative. I'd always had doubts about the "original sin" and being punished for my ancestors sins, but this explained why "original sin" doesn't really exist in a way that resonated with me. Thank you. I will definitely check this site more often.
very well done.!!
I am a Christian, and I have always been a “young earth” proponent. My son, also a Christian, is an “old earth” proponent, and we have debated this topic. After reading the content of this website thoroughly, I am willing to reconsider my position.
What you have said makes so much sense to me. I would love to read more of what you think.
Very interesting
This is utter nonsense in my opinion
Thank you for letting me know. Opened up my mind.
Amazing! I have been studying this subject and drafting a book for about 5 years. I discovered your web site today. In those 5 years, I have come to many of the same concepts as you. Good job folks.
You are very much on the right track.
Thank you for your studies. I find them fascinating. And I will read more of your articles.
You should just go away. You are preaching heresy.
Since your website is new and still in the making, it leaves me excited yet hungry for more understanding. Thank you so much for putting your website together to help those of us asking questions about traditional lines of thinking. I look forward to reading more!
FInally someone uses their brain instead of emotions to explain what I have thought and tried to say for sooo long. Thank you!
By observing ruins etc firsthand, my personal opinion is that man existed before Adam. Adam was the first God breathed His Spirit into.
Very informative and interesting.
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