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Creation of the Cosmos, Life, and Man Flashcards

This deck is designed to assist you in understanding the creation of the cosmos, life, and man from a theological perspective.

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What is the cosmos?

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The known universe;

Everything

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Who was Pope John Paul II?

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Was very active in reaching out to the youth;
Discovered his call to priesthood;
Passed away in 2005;
Wrote the “Truth Cannot Contradict Truth” address;
Believed that the truths entailed in science and religion complement each other and have a common source

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What did Pope John Paul II write in his letter to Rev. George Coyne, S. J. (the Vatican Observatory Director)?

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“Science can purify religion from error and superstition.”

“Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.”

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Someone who believes that humans are created in God’s image and likeness should also believe that…

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Every human life has value

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What are the three most popular theories regarding the creation of humans?

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Special/instantaneous creation;
Developmental creation or theistic evolution;
Atheistic evolution

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Who was Georges Lemaitre?

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A Belgian priest who created the Big Bang Theory and serves as a proof that science and religion can be reconciled;
Albert Einstein also serves a similar role in this context

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When did Pope John Paul II pass?

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2005

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When did Saint Pope John Paul II send a message to the participants in the Plenarh of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences?

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October 22, 1996

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In his address, what did Saint Pope John Paul II say regarding science?

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“Science can purify religion from error and superstition.”

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What did Saint Pope John Paul II mean when he addressed the state of the sciences?

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Rationality cannot be taken out of religion or else is becomes a superstition with no evidential backing;
It lacks reliability as a truth

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What did Saint Pope John Paul II say regarding religion in his address?

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“Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.”

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What did Saint Pope John Paul II mean when he addressed the state of the religion?

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With no theology/religion, there are no morals;
Man thinks he is free without any morals or care;
Refer to Dr. Josef Mengele’s experiments on twins;
They were done with no anesthesia and regarded these Jews as non-humans

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Was Hitler a baptized Catholic?

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Yes

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Because Sarai believed that she could not conceive a child in her old age, what did she encourage Abram to do?

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Have a child with their Egyptian maid named Hagar;

This child named Ishmael became the father of the Arabs, but he was not who God had promised Abram

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What was the name of Sarai and Abram’s son?

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Isaac (“he laughs” in Hebrew because both Abram and Sarai laughed as the news)

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According to the biblical stories of Sodom and Gomorrah, what are signs in God’s eyes?

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Incest and homosexuality

16
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According to the biblical stories of Sodom and Gomorrah, what are signs in God’s eyes?

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Incest and homosexuality

17
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Why did Abram not want God to destroy Sodom?

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Because his nephew, Lot, resided in Sodom

18
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Why did Lot’s wife become a pillar of salt?

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Because she looked back at Sodom, meaning that she was not ready to leave her sinful life behind

19
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Was polygamy a widely accepted practice during the Patriarchal Period?

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Yes

20
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When God re-appears to Abram following his previous visits (this time, Abram is 99), what does God give?
(Name-related and external-related)

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God gives Abram kingship (the King of Israel would come from his line) and a new name, Abraham (“Father of a Multitude”);
God also made circumcision the sign of the covenant between God and His people

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When God re-appears to Abram following his previous visits (this time, Abram is 99), what does God give?
(Sarai-related)

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God gives Sarai a new name, Sarah (“Princess” or “Queen”);

God also promised a son through her to be named Isaac

22
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When does God tell Abraham that Sarah would have a son by spring?

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When Abraham goes to greet a group of three strangers (one of whom God and the other three being angels)

23
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Name the two cities that had built a sinful reputation.

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Sodom and Gomorrah

24
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What did Abraham do because he didn’t want his nephew, Lot, hurt?

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Made a deal with God that if there were 10 righteous people, God wouldn’t destroy the city

25
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What happened when two angels, disguised as men, were sent to “check up” on Sodom?

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The people of Sodom, who formed a mob, wanted to rape the guests at Lot’s place

26
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What did Lot offer up in place of the two angels?

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His two daughters

27
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What did the angels do to combat the mob?

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The angels ended up blinding the mob and pulling Lot back into the house because the mob were so close to breaking down his door

28
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What did the angels instruct Lot to do?

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Leave;

He and his family were eventually dragged away from Sodom

29
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What happened after Lot and his daughters escaped Sodom’s destruction?

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They escaped to a cave;
Believing that their father was the only man on earth, the two got him drunk to father their children;
These children became the Moabites and Ammonites, the pagan, religious rivals of the monotheistic Jews

30
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What is the atheistic theory of evolution?

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There is no God;

Humans were made randomly

31
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What is the instantaneous theory of evolution?

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Assumes there is a God who created instant and later Developmental evolution (still by Him);
Perhaps rapid evolution followed by longer periods of stasis (?)

32
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What is the theory of monogenism?

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Humans descended from one man and woman;
Geneology is as follows:
Adam
Abraham
Jesus
Humanity
33
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What is the purpose of a creation myth?

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To explain the purpose of existence and the God/gods

34
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When did the Age of Human Life begin?

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6000 years ago or so

35
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Morality is definite. What is morality?

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God’s views, not human beings because our perspective can change

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