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Origins Reflection
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Lily Smithers
CWV-101
Dariah Reeds
06/29/15

Genesis is the book of Origins
Moses was not merely collecting ancient stories. Genesis teaches the creation of the Heavens and the Earth. How the earth came to be formed. God’s promise of salvation and redemption is recorded.
(Genesis 3:15) This book speaks of creation and humankind.

Christians believe evolution is the proposition that God is in charge of the biological process called evolution. God created the Big Bang. God directs and guides the unfolding of life forms over millions of years. As
Christians we believe that God created all things including the Big Bang.

My theory is that language was not like it is now. Moses did not have the scientific terms to describe what he was witnessing while writing
Genesis.
My beliefs are that God created the Big Bang. Science and God go hand and hand.

I believe that God Almighty created the heavens and the earth, and all life upon the earth.
We can find many of our questions of life in the book of Genesis.
Where did I come from, why am I here, and where will I go after death?
We can find the answers to all of our questions in the Book of Genesis.

The Bible makes no claims but as a Christian’s point of view the Biblical creation account has some strong implications. Genesis gives explanation and foundation of the age of Earth.

God still has a perfect time for things to happen. God is not simply the overseer of the Earth, but all powerful and controls the universe. God has a purpose and plan for all of his people. The Bible is a guide to live morally. There is more to this world than what we strive to be.

I was always brought up to knowing that God created Heaven and
Earth. I never imagined it any other way. But as I got older I began to question the creation of the Earth. It’s hard not to question something so enormous in size and great came from absolutely nothing.

I believe that Gods way of creating the Earth was the Big Bang. And whether or

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