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Scientists present the Big Bang as the best picture of the process of the start of our known universe according to the data and theories so far derived - a not-
by joe_the_user 5y ago
Scientists present the Big Bang as the best picture of the process of the start of our known universe according to the data and theories so far derived - a not-completely certain process ongoing discovery. Even if the average religious worshiper might be skeptical or view things metaphorically, religions don't present their creation myths as anything like a process of ongoing discovery.
- marginalia_nu 5y agoTo be fair, a fairly basic premise in Christianity is that the truth is unknowable, we as humans are too limited to grasp it, and it is only through divine revelation we may have access to the truth. You really shouldn't be finding people claiming to have all the truths about God's acts, plans, and nature -- at least that's a sign they haven't quite grasped fairly central themes in the faith. Interestingly, there's an extensive tradition of negative theology, that is the study of what we can't know about God. This isn't exclusively a Christian thing, but seems to be the result of the Skeptic tradition of Hellenic philosophy coming into contact with the Abrahamic faiths. John Scotus wrote that "God is not, because he transcends being". Something to think about.