Major headache as I now realize that this answer is not spaced out with the use of the Return key. Sorry, it's going to be a lot harder to read. //
I think the other guy gave a Hindu creation story. //
Sikhs support the latest (plausible) scientific theories on the creation of the Earth. Right now its probably the Big Bang Theory, until that is disproved. //
In general though, Sikhs are supposed to view the creation of the Earth as irrelevant; it has little significance in day-to-day living. I think it was said that the beginning of time wouldn't ever be fully understood, as God is outside of time and therefore cannot be studied. However, because God is outside time, God will not dynamically influence things in our life as time progresses (or rather, it has already happened for God). //
Whoa, want to catch myself there before I go seriously off topic. Anyhoo, the moment of the Big Bang is the beginning of time (I think?). The question is: Where did the initial matter come from? In Sikhism, that is attributed to God (which is why it makes sense that God is outside time, although this whole idea might just be a lazy approach). //
So yeah, Sikhs don't have a specific, concrete theory because its impossible to know. They just go with science and the most up to date ideas. If you're wondering what they believed when these scientific theories weren't conceived, they accepted that they had no way of knowing, and probably wouldn't without major technology. // tl;dr? Hope not.
I think the other guy gave a Hindu creation story. //
Sikhs support the latest (plausible) scientific theories on the creation of the Earth. Right now its probably the Big Bang Theory, until that is disproved. //
In general though, Sikhs are supposed to view the creation of the Earth as irrelevant; it has little significance in day-to-day living. I think it was said that the beginning of time wouldn't ever be fully understood, as God is outside of time and therefore cannot be studied. However, because God is outside time, God will not dynamically influence things in our life as time progresses (or rather, it has already happened for God). //
Whoa, want to catch myself there before I go seriously off topic. Anyhoo, the moment of the Big Bang is the beginning of time (I think?). The question is: Where did the initial matter come from? In Sikhism, that is attributed to God (which is why it makes sense that God is outside time, although this whole idea might just be a lazy approach). //
So yeah, Sikhs don't have a specific, concrete theory because its impossible to know. They just go with science and the most up to date ideas. If you're wondering what they believed when these scientific theories weren't conceived, they accepted that they had no way of knowing, and probably wouldn't without major technology. // tl;dr? Hope not.
