Ch 1 Section 1.03 Flashcards
Since science cannot measure God’s existence, it is reasonable to doubt the existence of God.
False
There is no more to reality than that which can be measured by science.
False
Scientism is an false belief that cannot be provable by science.
True
__________ is the belief that some all-powerful being (God) intervened in the creation making conditions ideal for human life.
Intelligent Design
Science has discovered that there is a consistency and predictability in which of the following?
The Properties of Water
The Bonding of Molecules
Gravity
Cell Structures
Deism is a type of __________.
Rationalism
Science has shown that that if something cannot be measured scientifically then it does not exist.
False
A follower of __________ refuses to deny the existence of God, but also believes that there is nothing that human beings can know about God.
Agnosticism
__________ is the belief that human beings are incapable of knowing whether God exists or not.
Agnosticism
A famous twentieth-century astronomer named __________ was once an atheist who came to believe in God while studying the origins of the universe.
Fred Hoyle
Science makes use of reason, but reason is much more than just science.
True
Which document, issued by the Second Vatican Council, stated that atheism is an unnatual development?
Gaudium et Spes
The Second Vatican Council stated that __________ is an unnatural development that has both intellectual and moral causes.
Atheism
If the universe were randomly made, a mere accident of chance causes, then science could not happen.
True
The belief that one must be able to “measure” the existence of God in order to believe in Him is a mistake which the Church calls __________.
Scientism
