Creation Flashcards
Give some quotes from Genesis 1.
‘Then God commanded “let there be light” and light appeared’
‘Now we will make human beings, they will be like us and resemble us. They will have power over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky.’
‘Increase in number’
‘In his image, he created them male and female’
‘In the beginning, God made Heaven and Earth’
‘Be fruitful and multiply. Rule over the Earth’
Give some quotes from Genesis 2.
‘Then the Lord God took some soil from the ground and formed a man’
‘He blessed the seventh day and set it apart as a special day.’
‘He formed a woman out of the rib and brought her to him’
‘You may eat the fruit of any tree in the garden’
Give a similarity between Genesis 1 and 2.
In both God made everything.
Give three differences between Genesis 1 and 2.
G1 called men and woman but G2 called Adam and Eve.
In G2 humans are made from soil.
No time frame in G2 whereas, days are given in G1.
When referring to creation, what are fundamentalists called? Give some examples of their beliefs.
Evangelical or ‘Creationists’. Believe the Bible is the word of God and is factual. Humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time (the 6th day). Earth about 5000 years old like it says in the Bible. Each day in G1 was 24 hours. God commanded things and they appeared.. The world created in 7 24 hour days. Bible is free from error. New Earth Christians. Brought all life form 9no evolution).
Define Creation Ex Nihilo.
God alone can create out of nothing.
Define Transcendent.
God exists outside of space and time.
What was St Augustine’s book called?
Confessions
From Confessions:
Give a quote which shows Imago Dei.
Give a quote which shows Creation Ex Nihlo.
Give a quote which shows God is the creator.
Give a quote which shows God is omnipotent.
Give a quote which shows God is omnibenevolent.
Give a quote which shows God is eternal and transcendent.
‘made something in the Beginning, which is of yourself’
‘you created this out of nothing’
‘you created Heaven and Earth’
‘for there is nothing you cannot do’
‘you are good and all that you make must be good’
‘You were, and besides you nothing was.’
Summarise the “Creation of Adam”
Painted by Michelangelo 1508 - 1512 in the Sistene Chapel.
“They were naked and not ashamed” Genesis 2.
Arm reaching out showing we need a link with God. However, Adam isn’t really reaching back as sometimes we don’t want a relationship with God.
Not holding hands shows free will, epistemic distance has to be at a certain distance to allow free will.
Mirror each other to show the Image of God.
God is elderly - wisdom, omniscient. Floating - omnipotent. In white - purity. Human brain - knowledge and power or placenta - what you need to create life.
What is the Big Bang theory?
The theory that the universe began at a singular point and is expanding outwards over 14 billion years. Georges Lemaitre first proposed the Big Bang and Stephen Hawking developed this.
What did the Pope say about creation?
‘When we read the creation story we run the risk of imagining God as a magician, with a magic wand. But God created scientific laws for us to learn and develop.’
What did Charles Darwin develop? What does it mean?
The theory of evolution by natural selection. “survival of the fittest”. Creatures survive if they are best suited to adapting to their natural environment.
Define Imago Dei.
A Latin phrase that means ‘in the image of God’.
What did St Catherine of Sienna say about Imago Dei?
She said that our soul and God mirror each other so we are made in the image of God. Evidence of this in three ways - God made us so we are like him and we are made up of complex DNA. That we have a conscience so we are able to choose between right and wrong. Life is sacred.
