The Big Bang, a hypothetical theory was put forth to explain the origin and expansion of the universe. Similar theories emanated from the scientific community to explain the origin of the universe and the organisms on Earth, creating ripples that undermined the religious beliefs of many. Today, the theory of evolution is widely accepted by the secular society and vigorously promoted in academic circles. This theory is based on a hypotheses, that is, “chance, and survival”, and not on reason nor with a proper end. The quest of rational minds can be summed up with a few fundamental questions, “why? who? and how?” Man seeks to know the answers to these questions about the world and about his own existence. It seems like the scientific community has got stuck with the question of “how?” and has forgotten about “why? and who?” Without a doubt, the scientific community has done a great disservice toward human society, by presenting theories that learn heavily on that one question. In contrast, the book of Genesis answers those three fundamental questions in its account of creation.
The rise of secular godless culture can be attributed greatly to the Big Bang theory and the theory of evolution. Both have infiltrated academia, leaving a profound impression on those who are being taught that people of faith should be considered gullible. Those who ascribe to secular learning and culture also consider themselves elite in terms of knowledge, and that elitism attracts young minds. Such a dismissive attitude about faith and promotion of God-less culture have adverse consequence. Leaving God out of society and one’s world view has not only effected faith, truth and morality, but even modern family life. Sadly, science has not and cannot decipher the nature of matter itself, so it cannot speak with authority about its own subject matter. When a theory is said to be “true” it means that it agrees with all known experimental evidence. But even the best of theories have, time and again, been shown to be incomplete: though they might explain a lot of phenomena using a few basic principles, and even predict many new and exciting results, eventually new experiments show a discrepancy between the workings of nature and what the theory predicts. In the strict sense this means that the theory was not “true” after all.
Most scientists and secular culture believe a blind force caused the Big Bang that created the universe and in so doing, initiated evolution. With global warming threatening the existence of life that we have known it on earth, scientist and secular culture are alarmed. Suddenly, the scientists believe there is an order that has been disrupted by unbridle human activity, and it ought to be restored. All this time, science has been preoccupied with how the world was formed it. If there is an order to creation, and it must be restored, it is crucial to know who set it and why. Some scientist believe that the universe is so fine-turned that if it should tilt as little as an inch to either side, the whole universe would be affected. These have concluded that such fine-turning could not have come from a blind force, but from a “fine-tuner,” a higher being. That higher being also can explain the existence of natural law, which urges us to choose good and avoid evil. Thus, humanity appears to be coming around to the creation account found in the book of Genesis. The creation account not only explain the order in the universe, but even the beginning of the natural law. It tells us the Lord God commanded man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat …”
Harold Kushner, a Rabbi and author of several books, was of the opinion that the moment Adam and Eve ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, they became human. The Catholic Church recognizes Adam and Eve’s disobedience as the original sin. Natural law applies only to rational beings and not to other creatures or matter, so it could not have originated from matter or from a blind force. Science does not make moral judgments. Anyone who tries to draw moral lessons from the laws of nature is on very dangerous ground. Evolution in particular seems to suffer from this. At one time or another it seems to have been used to justify Nazism, Communism, and every other -ism in between. These justifications are all completely bogus. Similarly, anyone who says “evolution theory is evil because it is used to support Communism” (or any other -ism) has also strayed from the path of Logic. No one can deny that science has brought tremendous progress, but those who have placed the theories of science on a pedestal and glorified them have done great disservice to humankind. The ripple effects of such a stance are conspicuous in moral and religious degradation, and in undue fear of global warming.
The rational mind cannot be satisfied merely with “how” things are. It wants also to know why they exist and who brought it into existence. The big bang theory is relevant to explain existential reality, that is, how the universe continually expands, but it is certainly leaves unanswered who initiated the Big Bang and fails to explains why it happened. Reason demands more than knowledge of the empirical. It needs to delve into metaphysical realm to find the truth that will satisfy the immaterial rational mind. Turning the focus to the metaphysical realm is crucial for mankind’s future and survival. If man continues to exploit nature, he can expect nature will respond with global warming and other unexplained natural calamities. Indeed, science should continue to try better understand the nature of matter, but scientists and those who propound theories should remember that these scientific theories have limitations. Society needs a new big bang to alter its course, so man seeks to find out why he exists, and who decided he ought to be. Could it be that the creation account in the book of Genesis is the answer for modern society?
