Religious Cosmology

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Hindu Cosmology

What form of cosmology believes that creation is timeless and has no beginning. This cosmological belief states that the universe, and other universes, are created, destroyed, and reverted in a continuously repetitive ative series of cycles. The period of the great year of cycles is in 1000 Maha Yuga (4.32 B years)

Buddhist Cosmology

What form of cosmology believes that the existence of the universe is dependent upon the karma of its inhabitants. They believe that the universe is passing in and out of existence. It has no beginning or no end and that there are a number of universes doing the same thing.

Biblical cosmology

What form cosmology believes that God is the author of creation and includes an act of creation. Their knowledge comes from Gensis

Mormon Cosmology

What form of Cosmology believes that human spirits are children of heavenly bodies. These heavenly parents have created an essential intelligence which is considered eternal and without beginning. The creation of the earth was organized from pre-existing matter and was not ex nihilo.

Islamic Cosmology

What form of cosmology believes that God created the universe. The cosmos is a book of symbols for meditation and contemplation to be used for spiritual upliftment.


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