Chapter 5.4 Science: Founded on Faith Flashcards
____ 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
CREATION
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
WORLDVIEW
_____ is the counter-belief to to creation, it purposes that the universe is the result of natural processes
EVOLUTION
___ ___, 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”
CHARLES DARWIN
From 1831 to 1836, Darwin sailed as a naturalist with a surveying expedition on the ship .._. ____
H.M.S. beagle
Darwin read “Principles of Geology” by ___ ___, a lawyer and geologist
CHARLES LYLLEL
____, 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
UNIFORMITARIANISM