Creation Flashcards
What is creation Ex nihilo?
God creating the world out of nothing and God can only do this.
There was no previous being before him.
Who is Saint Augustine? What was his beliefs?
Early christian theological.
God cannot reply on pre-existing matter.
The universe was created from nothing by an omnipotent, omnibenevolent God.
God is the only eternal being.
What is a quote from Confessions?
O God who are Trinity in Unity, Unity in Trinity, there was nothing from which you could make heaven and earth. Therefore, you must have created them from nothing.
What do Jews think about Genesis?
Reform Jews: God started the universe through the Big Bang and has guided creation of life through evolution: symbolic stories like CC
Ortho: Genesis stories are literally true.
What is the Big Bang?
Idea that the universe began in an explosion 13.7 billion years ago. The energy and matter became the planets and stars we. know today. Before this point, nothing existed.
Who is Stephen Hawking?
Scientist who expanded on the idea of the Big Bang. There is no evidence to suggest there is a creator or God made the universe.
What is a quote from SH?
“The universe can and will create itself from nothing.”
Who is George Lemaitre?
Catholic priest who was the first person to present the idea of the Big Bang.
Quote from GL?
“The Bible does not claim to be a textbook of evidence.
What is evolution?
Process of mutation and natural selection.
Changes in species overtime to suit particular environments.
What is a quote for evolution?
“It is not the strongest species that survive, but the ones that are responsible to change” - Charles Darwin
What source of wisdom from Charles Darwin can be said?
“I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidae wasp with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of catapillars”
