Linking points in scientific and theological theories on the origin and spread of life
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https://doi.org/10.59531/ots.2023.1.1.49-62Keywords:
Geology and Genesis, Life on Earth, Creation and EvolutionAbstract
According to the scientific world model, one can describe the development of life on earth as a partial process of a long chain of events. In this study, we briefly describe this process, starting with the formation of the planet Earth as a habitat, and going all the way to the current state of the biosphere. In addition, we review some religious creation stories with the aim of finding connections with the scientifically described and accepted sequence of events.
In the first part of the study, we identify the elements of the Earth's environmental system that are essential for sustaining life. We will examine the process of the formation of the life forms and their changes over time, and then we will compare this knowledge with the creation stories of the Old Testament, the Koran, and a Native American tribe. In the next section, we describe the scientific definition of life and the process of the formation of a living organism. Finally, we will look at how the Earth was populated by the initially evolved or created life forms.
The study gives help to link the specific events of the Old Testament’s creation activity to the continuous chain of geological, chemical and biological evolution.
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