In the Lutheran church, thinking that everything was created in 6 24 hour periods is seen as just silly. In my first biology class as a freshman at a lutheran college, the professor talked about science being the study of God and not separate from it. The more we understand about science and the world and how things were and are created, the more we will understand the “great mystery”.
In my first biology class as a freshman at a lutheran college, the professor talked about science being the study of God and not separate from it. The more we understand about science and the world and how things were and are created, the more we will understand the "great mystery".
Now that is an enlightened approach to merge science an religious beliefs. They do NOT have to be mutually exclusive. One of my physics professors in college was also a Deccan in my church. He saw no conflict. If you try to take the bible as the literal truth…then you have a problem. He was very happy believing in the Big Bang theory and Evolution…and didn’t think they interfered with his beliefs one bit.
@db4690 The various students related well on a daily basis but avoided “philosophical” discussions, for obvious reasons.
During the 4 years I was there, we put on “The Diary of Anne Frank”, “The Skin of Our Teeth”, a Greek tragedy “Oedepus Rex”, and the Gilbert & Sullivan musicals “The Mikado”, “Princess Aida”, and “The Gondeliers”. These covered a wide range of religions and beliefs.
Creationists are now pushing the “Big Bang” stuff instead of a 7 day creation, eqully questionable.