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Without the bible humans would not be able to depict different theories of creation. The Old and New Testament are not considered in many people, but it is known by all. Theories that have affected different religions are creation, evolution, and mythology. With 6,775,235,700 people walking the earth, every person has his/her personal opinions about the world’s existence.

In the book of Genesis, Christian Scholars have described the work of God in his seven days of constructing the world. Waters, land, light, humankind, etc. were established in the days of the Spirits work. The seven days God used creating the universe, man transformed into a time period. Names have been assigned to the days for distinction, such Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, etc. However, the days fall out of sequence. God started creating the world on day one; however on Earth the first day of the week is Sunday. Had man simply added names to the days given by God, the Sabbath day would fall on Saturday, not Sunday. Then again, man has done further “reconstruction” of the bible and the world which God has created.

Charles Darwin was a naturalist who is known for his theories of evolution. Although “evolution is the continuous change that occurs from simple to more complex forms” (Thorsen 109), Darwin dedicated majority of his life to proving his theory. Although Charles Darwin’s evolutionary theory was appealing to many people, he caused a disturbance in other areas. Darwin’s theory caused great anger among the Christians for it went against the book of Genesis. Also, evolutionist questioned the Bible which was an insult to the Christians. However, as many creationist liked to argue the facts from the Bible, “most evolutionists preferred to devote their energi...

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