Darwinism Flashcards
What is the thesis of the Townes article?
Science and religion are both universal and basically very similar
Scientific absolutism
The belief that the laws of science possess an absolute quality and explain everything
Uncertainty principle
The discovery that light is both a wave and a particle resulted in a disturbing paradox which lead to the acceptance of uncertainty
Why does Townes believe that religion and science will eventually converge?
Because they have similar goals- understanding the order and a man’s role in it
What term did Michael Behe coin?
Irreducible complexity
Who is responsible for observing and measuring Finch beaks on the Galápagos Islands?
Charles Darwin
Ernst Haeckel
Drew pictures of animal embryos as proof of evolutionary philosophy
Jonathan Wells
Wrote a book about the icons of evolution, arguing the case for creation
What is the drawing of animal embryos supposed to support?
The idea that each animal goes through every stage of evolution
What was the experiment with fruit flies supposed to support?
Animals evolve in one direction. But, the flies grew extra wings that were not an improvement to flying
What was the change in size of finch beaks supposed to support?
The idea that animals evolve in one direction. But it proved animals adapt clinically to environmental conditions
What is the truth about the peppered moths?
Moths were glued to trees
What is the truth about embryos?
They were drawn incorrectly
The fossil record
It does not support the graduate evolution of life forms developing from simple to more complex forms. There are gaps in the fossil record
What can we prove by using mathematical law?
The universe was designed and executed by a great engineering intelligence: the ten coins in sequence argument (distance from sun,tilt of earth, revolution of earth, depth of land and ocean, distance of moon to earth, thickness of the atmosphere.
What does animal wisdom speak of?
A good creator who equipped animals with instinct
The genius of genes
It is as if the entire blueprint of a building exists on a postage stamp speaks of a designer
What does the balanced Eco system of nature reflect
Infinite wisdom
Why is the Cambrian period a problem for evolutionists?
- A vast number (half of the animal phyla) of creatures appeared suddenly in this period.
- This period is short compared to the span of time considered by evolutionists
- There is little change in these species as they appear sudden,y, exist without modification, and even disappear looking the same as they did when they appeared.
What does Richard Dawkins believe causes the belief in religion?
A meme that predisposes some people to be religious. It is like a gene, but it is a psychological unit. He ignores the fact there could be an atheist meme
What did Stephen Gould leave open?
The opportunity that there could be a God in the philosophy of Darwinian evolution, much to the displeasure of Dawkins.
What did Darwin admit about his disappointment in Christianity?
It was not based on his evolutionary theory but on tragedy in his family
Who did Dawkins and other atheists claim was an atheist, even though he denied it and had the most criticism for that group?
Einstein
What did bohlin believe?
- American eugenics society forcefully sterilized thousands of people seen as unfit
- Margaret sanger the founded of planned parenthood was a eugenic its
- Sanger was a racist
- Marx, Lenin, and Stalin were Darwinists. Additionally, hitter was influenced by Darwin
