Did God make the world?
Did God make the world?
Stories of the mystery of creation
Prof. Dr Jürgen Heumann
Institute of Theology and Religious Education
Some of you will have heard that God made everything, the world and people. Others may have heard that the world was created from a great explosion and that all life evolved from the water. But who is right?
Nobody knows exactly how it happened, of course. But there are ancient stories that are 3,000 years old - for example in the Bible. They tell of the creation of the world by God. Why are these old stories still told today?
Did the people who wrote these stories only want to talk about the creation of the world? Researchers believe that they wanted to tell about something else - something that must not be forgotten. What could that be? To find out, we need to take a closer look at these stories and go on a long journey.
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