The big bang

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  • george lemaitre (catholic priests), proposed idea of big bang which was developed by stephen hawking
  • Hawking proposed all in matter in universe orginally focuse in small point.
  • around 13.7 billion years ago was 'big bang' matter rapidly expanded, forming stars + galaxies over time.
  • Earth is a lot older than religious explanations suggest
  • what did Pope Francis say about the big bang?
    'The big bang theory, which is proposed today as the origin of the world, does not contricted the intervention of a divine creator but depends on it' - Pope Francis
  • catholics believe that the big bang theory could be how God created the world
  • Dawin traced the evolution of humans back through ape-like species and reptiles all to a single bacterium
  • scientific evidence supports the theory of evaluation
  • natural selection?

    a process in which animals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive
  • Humanist?

    a non - religious person who follows the principles of humanism
  • 'There is no conflict between evolution and the doctrine of faith regarding man and his vocation Pope St John Paul 11
  • The catholic church accepts the theory of evolution but argues that it does not mean that humans are sacrad
  • Catholics believe that the idea of God having a loving plan for humans is whats important, rather than the process of evolution itself
  • Many fundamentalists Christians reject evolution and see it as undermining God's role as creator of the universe