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NONRELIGIOUS Worldview There is a scientific view of the beginning of our universe. (This understanding continues to advance as science progresses and new data are obtained.) Recent portrayal. Evidence from science indicates that at a distant point in time all matter was located at a tiny point source of energy/matter, which “exploded” into a series of events/materials that resulted in our current universe (a physical event popularly described as the “big bang”). Observation, for example of the movement of celestial bodies clearly indicates they are all moving away from each other, supports the worldview. BUDDHIST Worldview The Creation is cyclical, having no start and no end. For Buddhists, it is part of the wheel of suffering to which we are attached through re-birth. Creation is seen as just part of this wheel. CHRISTIAN Worldview All that exists does so through God who began creation at a definite point in time and who will end creation. God created from nothing and all that he creates has purpose and meaning. HINDU Worldview Creation is cyclical. From the destruction of a previous universe, Brahma arises to create a new universe; Vishnu sustains it through a cycle of birth, growth and decline; Shiva destroys the universe and the cycle begins again. MUSLIM Worldview Allah (God) is the creator. He simply says “Be” and all things exist. Allah guides his creation and has a purpose for all forms of life within creation. JEWISH Worldview God is the creator and the Book of Genesis says he created in six days and rested on the seventh. God will end creation in his own time. SIKH Worldview God is the creator of all; so all life is good. Attachment to this world means rebirth, so that release from this world is the highest goal. TAO Worldview Creation as an event is not of great importance. There are various stories. In essence, the twin forces of yin and yang were created from nothing rather than by any being, and from these twin forces come all life. DEIST Worldview (of historical interest) Human reason, addressed to the laws of nature, yields the conclusion that there must have been a creation event, but that the Creator who established those natural laws (Supreme Lawmaker) must also abide by them and hence remain apart from the product of creation. The Creator is not involved in the ongoing universe or in present-day natural or human affairs.
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