Why Genesis? What is the Purpose of the Universe?

We live in a Universe that differs profoundly from the small and simpler world in which our religious ancestors lived. Then the Earth was flat and at the center of the world, and the Sun, Moon, and stars were lights in the sky. The world and the Supreme Being who created it were centered on us. Modern science has revealed a very different world. Our Universe was born 13.7 billion years ago in the Big Bang, is evolving, and contains 10 billion trillion stars many of which are likely to have ...