Chapter 5.4 Science: Founded on Faith Flashcards

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____ is the belief that the world and everything in it were created by a supernatural act of God. ____ sees the universe as designed and orderly; life has a meaning because it is created to be a reflection of the character and purposes of God

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CREATION

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All scientific study is based on one’s philosophy, or _____. Your ____ is a set of foundational assumptions you use for understanding your existence and the world around you

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WORLDVIEW

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_____ is the counter-belief to to creation, it purposes that the universe is the result of natural processes

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EVOLUTION

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___ ___, a British naturalist published his book “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life”

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CHARLES DARWIN

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From 1831 to 1836, Darwin sailed as a naturalist with a surveying expedition on the ship .._. ____

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H.M.S. beagle

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Darwin read “Principles of Geology” by ___ ___, a lawyer and geologist

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CHARLES LYLLEL

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____, is a materialistic notion that the present is the only key to the past. It is a false belief that teaches that all matter and energy continue by natural processes at the same rate that they have always done

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UNIFORMITARIANISM

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