Chapter 8A Flashcards
Why is a literal interpretation of Creation so important?
To reinterpret Scripture simply to fit scientific theories is very dangerous. the most literal reading of Scripture is accepted as the starting point for interpreting scientific evidence
What did God give man that He did not give other living things?
The gift of “faith”
How old do most young-earth creationists estimate the earth to be?
How old do evolutionists estimate it to be?
6000 years (4,000 for creation to Jesus, plus 2,000 since death)
4.6 Billion years (Old Earth Theory)
(True or False) Most fossils formed by sedimentation.
True
How do evolutionists explain the fossils seen today? How do creationists explain them?
Evolutionist fossils: earth is very old.
fossils formed by many small catastrophes over millions of years.
rock layers form a geologic column
Creationist Fossils: formed by one major catastrophe, the Genesis Flood
Give four supports for the belief that the Genesis Flood was global.
- Noah wouldnt need an Ark for a small local flood
- A local flood wouldnt kill everyone like a global one
- Local flood wouldnt cover whole Earth
- God’s promise wouldnt just do a local flood
This Creation view says there were two separate creations by God (Genesis was paused)
Gap theory
This Creation view says “a day” = millions of years and uses 2 Peter 3:8 for support
Long Day Theory
says God created things in stages over Long periods of time (says God created types of species in sections and man was created last)
Problem: suffering BEFORE Adam and Eve?
Progressive creationism
This Creation view mixes the Bible and biological evolution
Theistic Evolution
Creationists estimate the age of the earth by using the _______ in the Bible. These are a listing of family histories such as the “begat” or “son of ” in bible verses….
Genealogies
