Origins of the Natural and Social Order 1.Creatio ex nihilo 2. Rejecting Cosmological Speculation 3. Cosmology Today.

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Origins of the Natural and Social Order 1.Creatio ex nihilo 2. Rejecting Cosmological Speculation 3. Cosmology Today

 If the creator is the true creator of everything and ultimate all- powerful bring, nothing could have existed before him or outside of him.  Creation by “divine fiat”; by word/command/will.  The western monotheisms of Judaism, Christianity and Islam take this approach.  So does Mayan cosmology from Central America.  Theogony = an account of how the gods came to be. These 4 religions have no theogony.

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 There is no cosmic conflict between good and evil.  The created world is good, but not divine (not made of the same stuff as God) and not perfect.  Humans have free will.  Body and soul are created in harmony, not conflict.  God created a good world. Man can create evil if he chooses.

 The answer to cosmic speculation: Who knows? Who cares? Why does it even matter?  Both Jainism and Buddhism broke from Hinduism’s philosophical speculation on the nature of the world and its creation: both saw it as unproductive speculation distracting people from more immediate questions.

 Mythology, philosophy and religious cosmogony competes with secular studies to explain the origins of the universe and man.  Astronomy & Physics  cosmology (the origin and fate of the universe)  Geology & AstroPhysics  Earth’s origin  Biology  origin of life and man Science explains the mechanisms of these creations, but not their purpose or meaning.

 We seem to have a universe designed in fine exact mathematical detail to allow life to evolve.  The odds of a universe such as ours coming into being by mere random chance are enormous.

 The anthropic principle implies an architect to the universe  intelligent design.  Creation Science: an attempt to prove evolution is incorrect and allow room for a literal interpretation of the creation accounts in the Bible.