Old Earth Secular View

Introduction

There will always be a separation of opinions on how and when life was created on Earth. There have many studies that confront the difference and viewpoints of creation of the earth and life. The two different views are supported by scientific evidence and the book of Scriptures. Christians believe that God created everything on Earth within six days in which is supported by the Bible. For example, in Genesis 1:31 says, “God saw all that He made, and it was very good” (New International Version). However, many individuals voice their opinion by believing and supporting the old-earth secular view. These individuals believe that everything came from a cloud of dust and gas which is supported by the nebular hypothesis. This view is supported by scientist and their research that gives scientific evidence. When it comes to identifying an opinion
The nebular hypothesis is supporting facts on how the earth was created. This hypothesis dates to many centuries ago (Bracher, 2006). Old-Earth Secular scientists believe that the creation of earth is tied to the formation of the solar system. “According to Dai Wensai’s nebular hypothesis, the formation of the Earth was closely related to the formation of the solar system, which can be described as primordial nebular-protoplanetary disckonisphere-planetesimal-planet” (Wang and Geng, 2015, p. 3530). In addition, the nebular viewpoint shows the solar system and earth being created by a cloud of dust from the energy of circulation and gas. This circulation of cloud of dust, gas, heat, gravity, and energy formed the sun, moon, and stars. Thomas (2015) stated in his article, “According to the nebular hypothesis, the solar system’s planets formed from a condensing, swirling cloud of dust called a nebula” (p. 1). However, many scientists argue against the nebular hypothesis and believe that the earth was not created by the