Bible Vs Big Bang Theory

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The question of creation has haunted many civilians and scientists over many generations. The concept of something coming out of nothing seems almost impossible to comprehend to the human mind, yet there must be some explanation. Through decades of breakthroughs, two contrasting theories have become the most popular of explanations for the world’s birth, the Big Bang Theory and the Bible’s creation story. These controversial accounts are placed on two very different ends of the spectrum, on being scientific and the other being based on faith. The Native Americans, although years prior to this discussion, were not oblivious to this concept, so they too provided interpretations of their own. Although from different backgrounds and regions across America, the Creation stories provided by the various Native …show more content…
Not a single of these tribes is exactly the same, differing in ethnicity, language, geography, and culture. The Indian Self-determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 “favored tribal control over their own destinies”, over their land and resources, in order to revive their cultures, separate from American government. These tribes remain prominent and thriving in today’s world, still practicing the ways of their ancestors with the help of oral tradition. The prominence of oral tradition continues for multiple purposes, including “performance”, “sense of community”, “living tradition”, and “love of language and playing with language”. The creation stories, in particular, tell of “how the first parents came to be or tell the story of a mythic hero who creates the universe”. Following this pattern, the creation stories of the Algonquin, Iroquois, and the Papago tribes each tell of their version of how the world and its contents came about from