1. How did everything get here?

2. Origins of Man How I think man come to be man
God created man special – we are unique
We have evolved over along period of time from more than just two people
Most likely had common
ancestry with other animals

3. Why I think…
In Genesis 1:28.“Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground”
God made us special, He gave us a purpose, made us above the all the other creatures.

4. Why I think… 2. We are unique because we are made in God’s image
Humans can do things that animals can’t
We have…
Higher social and mental ability
Ability to have a personal relationship with God
Purpose to be stewards for God

5. Hominid and Human Fossils
Why I think…
3. Fossil evidence
Within the last century there have been many fossils discovered that fit the pattern of evolution.
Hominid and Human Fossils
Ardipithecus
5-4 MYA
Australopithecus
4-2.5MYA
Paranthropus
MYA
Homo habilis
2-1.5 MYA
Homo erectus
1.7million-250 thousand years ago
“Archaic” Homo sapiens
thousand years ago
Homo neanderthalensis
thousand years ago

6. Why I think… 4. Diversity in Human DNA
With the diversity of humans today it is almost impossible for everyone to
come from two individuals
with mutation rate at what
it is.

7. Why I think… 5. Evidence for Common Ancestry
Similarities between humans and chimpanzees
Opposable thumbs and nails
Frontally located eyes
Similar skeletal features

8. Origins of the Universe
How I think the universe came to be
Began as a condensed, ball of energy/matter
Rapidly expanded and cooled and continues
Hydrogen and Helium (some Lithium) were made and started to collect around nuclei, which began the formation of atoms.
This happened many years ago
God was in control and the creator the whole time

9. Why I think… Universe is still expanding
Objects in the sky are moving farther away from us
Taking the rate of expansion and working it backwards we find that everything came from one spot

10. Why I think… 2.Remaining energy glow Radiated heat was spread out in
all directions when the Big Bang
happened
It should be found everywhere in very faint amounts
It was discovered in 1965 and named Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
Is a temperature close to absolute zero

11. Why I think… 3. Planets have evidence of old universe Mars Moon
Taken samples finding minerals and crystals that require water exposure
Most have been warmer, had liquid water on surface and thicker atmosphere, many, many years ago
Moon
Moon rocks have been dated at billion years old
Fragments of the moon have been found on earth and measured to be billions of years old

12. Why I think… 4. Distant star show old universe
We see light from stars that
are millions of light years away
This means that the light we
are seeing now is really
a million years old

13. Why I think… 5. God is the creator It says very simply in the Bible
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”

14. My Non Negotiable Truths
There is a God who is in control of everything
Man is made special from all other creatures
There is no conflict between science and God just our own interpretation

15. My Unknowns
Where did the energy and matter come from that started the big bang?
The concept of time, how God could always be here and how we live forever in heaven. What is eternity?
What is beyond our universe?

16. My Interpretation of Genesis
I believe that the Bible tells us that God is in control and doesn’t stress about the how He did it. God wrote the Bible telling us about purpose and science is telling us the how it works. If God wrote the Bible filled with a bunch of science then the original audience wouldn’t have understood what He was talking about.

17. My Interpretation of Genesis
There can’t be conflict between God and science because God created both. The part that is in conflict is our own interpretations of things. I think God made us special in his image and He used natural processes to create.

18. My Interpretation of Genesis
God wrote Genesis in a way that the readers would understand. For me it doesn’t that the Bible says that it took God 6 days to create everything a few thousand years ago and science proves that it is much older. I believe God created everything through a process that He chose to use.

19. The End
God is in control, He loves us and is the creator. “he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities… as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.” Psalm 103: 10, 12