Interpretations of the Origins of the Universe
Valencia Scafe
A common understanding of the relationship between religion and science is that they stand in opposition to each other. On the one hand you have religious belief with its foundational premise that God is the reason why the universe and everything in it exists. On the other hand you have the sciences with their foundational premise that the explanation for why things happen in the universe and why anything is here does not require God just good science. Certainly it can be said that there have been times in the Christian Church's history where it has not been keen to adapt its understanding of the universe in the light of new scientific research.
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