Excerpted from the book, From Zero To Adam and Eve In Fourteen Billion Years by Adam Kissiah.

From our species' earliest awareness of "self existence" to the present day of scientific and technological advancement, we have wondered about our beginning and questioned the nature of the source from whence we came. Today there is widespread discussion about the universe's age, its origin, and its expected life. There is also much conjecture about how the universe and humankind were "created" or how they "evolved". From the time the New American Standard (Christian) Bible (NASB) and other religious texts were written, many have believed that these documents contained the unquestioned truth of all beginnings, specifically as written, in spite of the many diverse interpretations by many different readers; however, geological, anthropological, paleo-anthropological, and biological findings, leading to writings such as such as Darwin's "The Origin of Species", and others, have opened other theoretical possibilities in the minds of many. Through studies of such concepts as heredity (genetics) and the selective and reproductive role of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), many persons in the scientific community--and likewise persons of many religious faiths--have been convinced that only a process of evolution can explain the enormous accumulation of scientific observations, and the extensive fossorial record in the emergence of mankind. Others, however, are still unconvinced and will not accept any method other than short-term creation. As time passes and the evidence (and opinions) continues to accumulate either in favor of a short-term creationary or of a long-term evolutionary process, it is hoped that one of these descriptions of the universe's--and humankind's--beginnings will gain a dominant acceptability.

The most plausible version of the beginning should be agreeable to and accepted by a substantial majority of persons in both scientific and religious circles. Beliefs and ideas of the masses change and fade away only by the passing of generations, because individuals, with their beliefs and opinions of what is correct and what is not, will not easily change their minds, either by their own volition or by the persuasion of others. New generations continue to arrive, however, and many long-standing beliefs and opinions are replaced by new persons with new ideas. The diversity of our backgrounds and beliefs and the interpretation of our sources of knowledge (or in many cases, the simple lack of knowledge) cause these differences of opinion to exist. These diversities also permit new ideas to survive. The following "suggested scenarios" are not intended to claim that Some statements included herein are the author's personal beliefs and presumptions of fact. As such, they must be taken in the context of personal or religious belief and cannot be confirmed by further research or proved to be correct with scientific reasoning or mathematical formulae. This book is the result of an accumulation of much factual scientific research, intermixed with existing histories and beliefs. It does not provide new discoveries of geological, religious, or astronomical events. It is intended to stimulate new thought and perhaps help to gain acceptance of a plausible description of the universe's beginning and the emergence of mankind.

Though there is disagreement in the perceived pathway of the emergence of life and mankind on earth, there is widespread and ever increasing agreement on how long it has been since the beginning of time, or time zero as defined in this book. It is hoped that discussions herein will help blend science and religious theories from the beginning of time through the evolution of human life on earth, and hopefully to promote less basic conflict between the concepts of creation and evolution.