I started off the interview by asking if my mom agrees or disagrees with the theory of the big bang. She did not know too much about the theory so I had to jog her memory on it. She stated that the theory itself is an amazing concept of life and how it could have created everything we know. I then had her read the article we read in class called “Alone Is Never Enough: Seeing the world through both eye” by John Polinghorne so she could get a better insight on someone who is very religious, but is also a scientist. After reading the article the first thing she said was that she believes that science and God has a lot to do with the way our life works, saying that both science and God intertwine with each other to answer questions that we do not know the answers to. She also added onto that by saying so much has changed since she was in school learning about similar things, that science has added SO much more evidence to large theories like the big bang. All of …show more content…
The first question being: What factors in your life brought you to your beliefs on the origin of the earth? She answered that being raised as catholic and going to a catholic high school for two years made her much more religious. She then said with all of the new information, data, and evidence being found, it has added some science into her belief. But, she has not and will not leave God out of her beliefs. Cristina answered my next question: What factors in your life brought you to your beliefs on the origin of man? with the same answer as the previous question. My last question of the interview: Why do you think I am asking you these questions? Are these theories/beliefs important? Her answer: because people need to know where they came from and how they came to be what they are. It is human nature to wonder where you came from and how it happened, even if you’re not religious. Also, she said she can’t believe that someone could believe that the origin of the earth and the origin of man has nothing to do with God or any kind of divine intervention, even if a person is not religious. She also believes that those who believe that it is purely and only science out there, deep down, do believe in some type of divine