Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, who lived 2,000 years ago. In 2010, the number of Christians was at 2.2 billion, 31 percent of the world’s population (Chappell, 2015). Christians believe that God created the Earth and everything else, including humans, in six days. On the other hand, science has revealed that earth most likely was formed about 4.6 billion years ago. It formed from dust and gas rotating and gathered by gravity after the Sun was made. Humans were then made by evolving bacteria over the course of thousands of years. This theory makes sense rather than God being the creator of everything. Many scientist have questioned churches throughout history. Nicolaus Copernicus was one of the first people to
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He was not prosecuted because he died soon after from a stroke ("Nicolaus Copernicus"). Galileo Galilei supported the Copernican theory. Galileo was a famous Italian engineer and astronomer. He built the telescope and furthered Copernicus’ research. In the same year, he published his book “The Starry Messenger.” The book revealed his discoveries that the moon was not flat but had many mountains and craters. He also found Venus had moon-like phases proving it rotated around the Sun. Galileo tried to teach students his findings were not against religious teachings. The Church made this public and ordered him to hold, teach, or defend. He obeyed the order because he was a devoted Catholic. A new Pope was selected and encouraged Galileo to continue but many people disagreed with the ordered and rejected the thought of going against the bible. Charles Darwin has made a great contribution to develop the theory of evolution. Evolution is the theory of which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth. Even though there are many blank spots, we have many hypothesizes that have
He was not prosecuted because he died soon after from a stroke ("Nicolaus Copernicus"). Galileo Galilei supported the Copernican theory. Galileo was a famous Italian engineer and astronomer. He built the telescope and furthered Copernicus’ research. In the same year, he published his book “The Starry Messenger.” The book revealed his discoveries that the moon was not flat but had many mountains and craters. He also found Venus had moon-like phases proving it rotated around the Sun. Galileo tried to teach students his findings were not against religious teachings. The Church made this public and ordered him to hold, teach, or defend. He obeyed the order because he was a devoted Catholic. A new Pope was selected and encouraged Galileo to continue but many people disagreed with the ordered and rejected the thought of going against the bible. Charles Darwin has made a great contribution to develop the theory of evolution. Evolution is the theory of which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth. Even though there are many blank spots, we have many hypothesizes that have