Darwin Flashcards

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What is Darwin’s Famous book? What year was it published?

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The Origins of Species

1859

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What ideas did the origin of species introduce?

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Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection

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What ideas did the origin of species introduce?

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Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection

•Refers to creator 7 times

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What is the Psalms 19 Factor?

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The Heavens Declare the Glory of God

•Struggling with intelligent design is a major part of Darwin’s story

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What is Dawkins Thesis?

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Darwin made it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist

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What is the Lamoureux Anti-Thesis?

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Darwin made is possible to be an intellectually fulfilled theist

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What is Darwin’s Science during the beginning of his work based off of?

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Paley’s Science

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What is Paley’s Conflated 3 Premises (Categories) about nature?

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1) Intelligent Design
2) Perfect adaptation (anti-evolution, the world already works perfectly)
3) Beneficence (good and happy world)

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What is Paley’s Conflated 3 Premises (Categories) about nature?

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1) Intelligent Design
2) Perfect adaptation (anti-evolution, the world already works perfectly)
3) Beneficence (good and happy world)
* The premises are conflated and Darwin has trouble separating ID from it

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What it the Horrid Doubt Problem?

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Suggested by Darwin’s as the inability of the mind to be trusted for truths (1) on the subjects of God and Design
(2) to make grand conclusions (metaphysical conclusions)

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How did Christians and Pastoral Implications of Darwin’s work affect his religious beliefs?

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Christians gave Darwin
•Mistaken view of Origins: Progressive Creation
•Mistaken view of Design: Paley’s conflation
•Mistaken view of Hermeneutics of Gen1–11

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