chapter 1 Flashcards
the statement God created the earth is based on _________
faith
the commandment to subdue and use the earth and its resources for God’s glory and man’s benefit is called ___________________
the Creation Mandate
the curse affected _______________
everyone
a mistake in reasoning is called __________
fallacy
which of the following is NOT an example of faulty reasoning
deductive reasoning
using the results of experiments to formulate a scientific theory is an example of _____________
inductive reasoning
the first law of thermodynamics is also known as the principle of ________________
conservation
creation and evolutionary scientists
interpret the same data in certain areas of study very differently
a scientific model __________
is a working representation of what the scientist thinks is happening
the intricacy and majesty of the universe is best appreciated and understood through the human activity called _______________
science
____________ is the philosophy that scientific inquiry is the only path to truth
scientists
which theory speaks of the orgin of the universe subsititutes an explosion like event for the Creator God
The Big Bang Theory
God commanded man to subdue the earth and have ____________ over it
dominion
the gap theory, the day-age theory and the theistic evolution theory fail to accomplish their goal of making the Bible agree with naturalistic science because ____________do not see evidence for these theories in the data
evolutionists
the belief that conditions and processes today are the same as they have always been is called the doctrine of _________________
uniformitarionism
when you draw a conclusion based on to small a sample you are making a ____________________
hasty generalization
when someone assumes as true the very thing he is trying to prove it is called ___________________
circular reasoning
the _______ ________ arguement involves an attack on the person doing the arguing rather than on the argument
ad Hominem
__________ _____________ does not use the same series of steps to investigate every scientific question
Scientific Methodology
what three facts form the foundation of the Christian worldview
creation
the fall
redemption
from what did God create the heavens and the earth
Speaking
Man’s seperation from God, the hardships of survival, and death are results of what
the curse
name two things about the earth that were changed as a result of the curse
snakes without legs
thorns
what is a secular idea
it does not talk about God
what principal states that entropy is always increasing and that everything in nature tends to degenerate
2nd law of thermodynamics
what aspects of scientific methodology are influenced by a scientist’s world view
questions how to interpret data
what is the difference between a scientific theory and a scientific law
a theory maybe true but a law is true
what is a bias
the subtle effect of a scientists world view
what is a hypothesis
a theoretical statement that guides a scientist’s research
what is materialism
the belief that only visible, tangible matter is real
what is moral judgements
these are outside the relm of judgement
what are models
often created by scientists to study things that are too difficult or too complicated to observe directly
what is redemption
the process by which God restores all things to their original purpose of glorifying Him
what is science
the study of observable facts or events
are both evolutionism and Creationism based on faith
yes
