Science and religion are at odds with each other—or at least that’s how it sometimes looks. While most religions are not actually hostile toward scientific disciplines, many evangelical Christians contend that the Big Bang theory is incompatible with a lit…
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How many species live on Earth? We don’t know, but estimates currently range between 5.3 million and 1 trillion. Many creation narratives, including the first chapter of Genesis, acknowledge the stunning multiformity of life on our blue and green planet….
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Nearly every religion has origin stories about our planet and its creatures. These range from the mundane to the fantastic, with the Genesis account somewhere in between. While the meanings of words and phrases like “days” and “creeping things” are deb…
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Myths are passed down from generation to generation.
Mankind
has long been a fan of telling stories. From the cave paintings scrawled by the
earliest humans to the long-winded tales spun by friends over a meal, the
desire to weave stories is strong in people. N…