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HINDU COSMOLOGICAL TIME CYCLES
The structure of Hindu astronomy is built upon the foundation of their
unique concept of cosmological time cycles. No other culture on Earth has or
is known to have such a unique system of cosmology. The only other culture
to come close to the vast scale of time conceived by the Hindus are the
Mayan.
Dennis Curran wrote in message ...
>What do Hindus believe regarding the creation of the earth and life upon
>it? I heard (somewhere) that of the world's major religions, the Hindu
>creation story was the only one that gave an age for the earth close to
>the current scientifically accepted age. The number I vaguely remember
>was some tens of millions of years. Is my memory correct? Could you
>point me toward any books that might help? I would also be interested in
>hearing whether you see any conflict between your creation story and
>modern scientific theories, in particularly the "Big Bang" and
>evolution.
>
>I'm curious because I've been spending some time at the talk.origins
>newsgroup which is devoted to debating the fundamentalist Christian
>(6000 year old earth) vs. the modern scientific view (4.5 billion year
>old earth) of creation. I'm a chemistry/physics major and very
>interested in the relationship between science and religion in different
>cultures.
>
>Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!
>
>Thanks-DMC-----------------------------------------------------------------
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