Creationist Ideas
For many years, dating at least back until the time of the ancient Greeks, man has wondered, “who made the universe?” The creationist had an idea that people didn’t make the first people nor did they make animals, therefore there must have been a God. The magazine Skeptic mentions in an article that creationists believe life to hold more religious beliefs and life had to have a designer. They believe God to be the maker of life though not everyone has the same beliefs in God. Traditional creationist resent that God is presented as a Christian God. Intelligent Design theorists believe God could be of any religion and perhaps not a supernatural deity as portrayed, while Gnostics belief God built the earth, did horrible things to Adam and Eve, and used the earth as a prison for pre-existent human souls. Then scientists such as Charles Darwin believed that the universe was created by chance variation. Who is right?
Creationist typically believe in God, but are willing to accept that evolution may have played a part in creating the universe. They accept the idea that science requires the entanglement of religion. Is this true? Maybe the creationist do not want to accept the idea that life is science based and religion does not factor in. Evolution surely happened, whether there is a belief in God or not. If there were a God that is a creator of everything, why would he allow evil to happen? How would he choose who lives and who dies? Why is it that after our death, the world as we know it seems to exist? What is the mystery of life all about?
After reading this article, I feel like maybe I have some creationist beliefs. I believe there is a maker but where did this maker come from and how did this maker get to be “the one that is the sole existence”, the only God or is there more than one God? Other parts of me want to believe that evolution must be the answer. No God, no maker, just by chance, some form of energy combining atoms, creating life. Maybe the answer lies in our unconscious brains. Maybe unlocking this unconscious will open the door to the mystery of life.
McIver, Tom. Skeptic. Altadena, Ca. 13 no2 60-3 2007.
