SOR Essay

SOR Essay

Intro
1. Hypothesis
  1. The Creation Story is an important religious text as it helps people to interpret their values and beliefs and highlight their own theories of evolution
P1
1. Ancient texts in the 21st century
  1. Technology
  2. The Bible is the best selling book in the world
  3. There is a greater percentage of older people who read the bible compared to the younger generation
P2
1. Bible -> creation story (Genesis)
  1. Hebrew Scriptures -> The Old Testament
    1. Historical, legendary, legalistic, didactic (intended to teach)
    2. Most of the literature is written in Hebrew but a few passages were written in Aramaic, a kindred language which came into common usage among the Jews during the post-Exilic era (After the sixth century B.C)
    3. Old Testament -> Christians
    4. Hebrew Scriptures -> Jews
  2. The Creation Story
    1. Day One
      1. God created light and separated the light from the darkness, calling light ‘day’ and darkness ‘night’
    2. Day Two
      1. God created an expanse to separate the waters and called it ‘sky’
    3. Day Three
      1. God created the dry ground and gathered the waters, calling the dry ground ‘land’, and the gathered waters ‘seas’. On day three, God also created vegetation (plants and trees)
    4. Day Four
      1. God created the sun, moon, and the stars to give light to the earth and to govern and separate the day and the night. These would also serve as signs to mark seasons, days, and years.
    5. Day Five
      1. God created every living creature of the seas and every winged bird, blessing them to multiply and fill the waters and the sky with life.
    6. Day Six
      1. God created the animals to fill the earth. On day six, God also created man and woman (Adam and Eve) in his own image to commune with him. He blessed them and gave them every creature and the whole earth to rule over, care for, and cultivate.
    7. Day Seven
      1. God had finished his work of creation and so he rested on the seventh day, blessing it and making it holy.
  3. The Bible reflects historical situation, human events, men's reactions to these happenings, and the belief that God was also involved in events
P3
1. Evolution Theory
  1. Charles Darwin; English Naturalist 12th February 1809 - 19th April 1882
  2. 2 Major Ideas -> evolution occurs, organisms change over time -> evolution occurs by natural selection
  3. Darwin's 5 Theories
    1. Evolution- species come and go through time, while they exist they change
    2. Common Decent- organisms are descended from one, or several common ancestors and have diversified from this original stock
    3. Species Multiply- the diversification of life involves populations of one species; this has probably occurred billions of times on earth
    4. Gradualism- evolutionary change occurs through incremental small changes within population; new species are not created suddenly
    5. Natural Selection- evolutionary change occurs through variation between individuals; some variants give the individual an extra survival probability
P4
1. The 'science' behind the creation story
  1. Science alone cannot cater for our spiritual needs
  2. Science if seen as undermining or displacing religion
  3. 'Science and religion are based on different aspects of human experience'
  4. In science, explanations must be based on evidence drawn from examining the natural world. Religious faith does not depend on logical evidence, is not modified in the face of conflicting evidence and typically involved supernatural forces. Because they are not apart of nature, supernatural forces cannot be investigated by science.
P5
1. Creation Story & Evolution Theory in the 21st century
Conclusion
1. Restate hypothesis, use examples and reference from research

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