Civil Discussion About Religion

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by steveo395

I really don't see how some people could believe in evolution. If you actually think about it, the theory says that people formed from rocks if you go all the way back to the beginning of it. Life is too complex to be made by accident.

The big bang is also pretty far-fetched. The first law of thermodynamics is that matter can not be created or destroyed, but matter would have had to have been created for the big bang theory to be true.

OK, this is somewhat off the subject since I will comment on the big bang theory, but how is it far fetched? Matter can not be created or destroyed, but it can be expanded or reduced. Like a sperm and egg can turn into a 6 foot 230 pound man.
That being said, what you are standing on (earth) had to have came from somewhere, so the matter is proven because you're on it. So how is it so hard to beleive that a big bang occured to help push life on earth? The matter was there cause it's here now.
Now if you're referring to God being the matter, then I can see your point, but maybe He's not matter...I don't know. Everything comes from somewhere, but there has to be something that did not come from something...not everything can be created. 1 thing has to be ominant. 1 thing had to be there to create it all. Something had to start it all. Is that God? I say yes, it's a logical explanation to me.

About your comment, that life came from rocks...that's not completely true. They came from the ingrediants from those rocks that came together. God is very powerful and if he wanted to create us from dust / rocks, then He can.