Genesis

Science (from Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge") is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. It is repeatable. If F=ma results in 100N, with the same mass and acceleration, anywhere on Earth, it will still gives us 100N. Regardless of religion and race, science is absolute and I am sure you, certainly agree with science. If you believe in science, then let's proceed.


Earth as we know it today is approximately 4.5 billion years old (given to us accurately by science of course) and the universe is certainly much older no doubt. So if we believe in Christianity and that the Bible is the word of God, we would have to believe that when Earth was created, it consist of a few animals and two humans. However, fossil evidence and ancient plants dated back millions of years ago show otherwise. Why no mention of these creatures in the Genesis? Humans did not even walk on the planet Earth before a few hundred thousand years ago. If Genesis is true, does it mean that our Earth is a few hundred thousand years old? What about all the fossils of dinosaurs and plants? Even if we accept that God created Earth and all its living inhabitants, why did God created dinosaurs and all the prehistoric creatures, then chose to destroy all of them and then started to re design a whole new range of mammals and insects and then only a few hundred thousand years ago chose to create humans? And when he/she did created humans, why chose a select tribe in the middle east to hand down the Words of God in a specific Hebrew language that could only be understand by that little region of the Earth? What about other religions that preceed Christianity? If we find those religions obviously rubbish and man made, what gives Christianity and other newer religions that special right that they are true? We can even witness it today the branching of major religions in sect like the Mormons, many sects of Islams etc. How man made can it be? And how ignorant are we to continue to believe?


Besides, the Bible was handcrafted, short stories selected and compiled into a book. Some stories that does not fit the taste of the time, were disown and not included. How obvious is it that Bible was made made? Precisely, made by those who have power in the Church during that era. So why did the revelation from John of Patmos make it into the Bible, but not the others? From CNN Belief Blog, the 4 big myths of the Book of Revelation:


Athanasius was so fiery that during his 46 years as bishop he was deposed and exiled five times. He was primarily responsible for shaping the New Testament while excluding books he labeled as hearsay, Pagels says.

To me, Revelation is a really great tool to be included in the last chapter since it instill that scary thought that hey you might not make it to heaven if you choose to disbelieve.