Hey guys, I have been wanting to explain my opinion on the Bible and how I think that it very closely relates to evolution and the Big Bang (or something similar).
The Bible says that man was made from dust. The Big Bang says that everything is made from dust and matter, etc. Both of them lead up to the conclusion that dust is what was used to create.
I believe that the tree of knowledge was not actually a tree, but a symbol of wisdom. As man evolved, that wisdom grew until man finally ate the 'fruit' of knowledge and used his knowledge for sin. I believe this says that as man's intelligence evolved, that Adam and Eve were the first humans capable of reasoning through guilt. I believe that the tree was just a symbol of the growing knowledge rather than being a tree itself. And I believe that the Garden of Eden was Earth through the eyes of ignorance. It was seen as being beautiful and free from sin, but through the eyes of knowledge, evil can be seen through the world.
When God put Adam to sleep and took one of his ribs and created Eve, I believe that this means that Eve came from the same flesh as Adam - the same ancestor. She evolved into the second human who was capable of the same logic and reasoning as Adam was - to the point that she could feel shame through simple actions.
God said that the animals of the Earth were created before Adam and Eve. Then later he gave them the option to name the animals for themselves.
The Bible portrays Earth being created before the Sun. Within the Big Bang theory, this is very possible. The Earth may have very well been formed and have drifted through space long before the Sun appeared. It was not as we recognized it, but it was still Earth nevertheless. After the Sun was formed, Earth was one of its planets to become pulled into its gravitational field. With the help of God, it hit the gravitational pull at a perfect tilt which made it possible for water to be the primary source of life (since it would not freeze or boil).
What are your thoughts?