By
Sherry Weinstein

21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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Universe and Life created suddenly, out of nothing
Earth created “relatively recently” , geologic features resulted from a flood
All “kinds” of living organisms were created supernaturally
Humans and modern apes have separate ancestors

-Bible as stories to guide people
-Natural selection as God’s method of shaping world
-God created world, evolution created diversity among species

• Former Pope John Paul II- “more than a hypothesis”
• Current Pope Benedict XVI- -cautious of evolution
• evolution occurred with help of a higher power
Catholic Schools:
- teaches evolution

-3 Main sects:
-Orthodox- most traditional
-Chabad- part of Orthodox movement, very traditional
-Conservative and Reform- more liberal

-evolution does not coincide with the Torah
-trying to find link between Torah and science
-Rabbi’s believe Earth is older than scientists believe
-God controls all life
- “borei-u-manhig”- Hebrew for manipulator/creator

Rabbi Moshe Feinstein:
-wanted pages on evolution ripped out of textbooks
Decided biology was “prized discipline” making evolution legitimate theory
Orthodox scientists view:
-evolution generated diversity…. With help of divine power

-no official response to evolution
-some Conservative Rabbi’s teach that God created world and life, but not how creation exists
-Torah not meant to be read literally, just interpreted

-Evolution based on scientific method
-problem, hypothesis, collect/analyze data, conclusion
-Religion
-supernatural being, communication with divine spirit
-scared objects, rituals

Life existed in present form since beginning of time:
-70% Evangelical Protestants agree
-32% Protestants
31% of Catholics

-Religions will never see eye-to-eye on the theory of evolution
-Differing views within each religious group
-still practice religion without agreeing
Creationists: literal view of Genesis
Christians: evolution is hypothesis, Bible is a guide
Judaism: Torah interrupted, God created life

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