FIIYY NAAL Flashcards
Does faith assume that you have no evidence for believing what you believe
No, because if what you put your faith in is true, there will be evidence
What is the most important question that a persons worldview answers?
What is the thing from which everything else comes
What worldview do most atheists hold on to?
Materialism
What worldview is in star wars
Pantheism
How can abductive reasoning help us to determine the origin of the universe?
We didn’t see the beginning of the universe, so we can look at everything now and work backwards from there
The 19th century saw a dramatic move away from Theism toward undirected evolution. Was this a result of scientific discovery or the personal philosophy of scientists
A personal philosophy because they didn’t see evolution, they only saw common traits
What did Hubble discover about the universe
It was expanding
What theory arose from bubbles discovery
Big Bang theory
How does the Big Bang theory support the biblical claim that “in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”
They both support that there was a beginning to the universe
What does the God hypothesis include that the Big Bang theory does not
A creator
Redshift, and Hawkins solutions the the field of equations of general relativity which suggest a beginning point to both time and space
Proves creatio ex nehilio
There’s not enough mass I. The currently expanding universe to cause a gravitational recollapse; besides, the expansion is accelerating,not slowing
Proves the oscillating universe theory
The discovery of background radiation: remnant energy coming from hot, super condensed matter- energy that would not be present if this theory were true
Disproves the steady state theory
What is the most compelling evidence for the intelligent design of the universe
Fine tuning of the laws of physics and chemistry
How many conditions of the universe must be “just right” in order for human life to exist? What are some of these conditions
35, gravity and the expanding of the universe
Why is the problem with the weak anthropoid principal?
It doesn’t explain why necessary conditions of life are so finely tuned
What is the problem with the many worlds hypothesis
Who or what is generating these universes. There is no evidence for the other universes
What does intelligent design say
Things look designed because they are
What does Darwinism say
Things look designed, but they are NOT
What are the two parts of evolutionary theory?
Chemical evolution and biological evolution
In Darwins day, what did scientists think about the simple makeup of a cell?
They thought it was a simple globule of plasm
What is the function of DNA within the cell
Information in DNA directs the making of protein in the cell
What is the only example of specified, functional information
Intelligence
What are the odds that a single functional protein could come together by random chance?
1 in 10(to the 164 power)
How many proteins does it take to make up the simplest single-cell organism?
250-400
Why are serious scientists not thinking that life began by chance?
Chance is not a good hypothesis, the odds are too great
What is the problem with the prebiotic natural selection hypothesis
It’s not alive yet
What is the problem with the self organization hypothesis
Natural forces of attraction do not explain the info produced
If something looks designed what do we naturally conclude
It was designed
Materialists used to believe that life was made of matter and energy alone. What 20th century discovery has made scientists unable to explain the origin of life?
Information in the cell
Why is the intelligent design hypothesis not an option for many scientists
Because it concludes that there is a greater being
What should be the most important rule of science?
We should evaluate both sides, follow the evidence where it leads
What evidence do we have in the fossil record that disproves Darwins idea of a gradual morphing of life forms over time
There was a sudden appearance of major life forms, not a slow gradual build up to what we have today
What are the 3 key conditions for an objective morality?
- objective standard
- human free will
- intrinsic value of humans
Describe “ theistic virtue ethics”
We are designed to reflect Gods character; he designed us to where we function best
What does the materialist believe about morality- what is right and wrong
There is no right and wrong
What do materialists think of human free will. And what are we determined by?
There is no free will, we are determined by genes, environment, and evolutionary history
To the materialist,what is just as valuable as human life
There is no qualities differences between animals, humans, or any other life form
Describe the philosophy of Moral relativism
There are no objective ethical norms/ no standard/ can’t call me wrong
What is the problem with relativism
It implies that there are no ethical disagreements, no ethical errors, and progress in ethics is impossible
What are some things that you cannot do if you are a “moral relativist”?
- can’t accuse others of wrongdoing
- can’t complain about being mistreated
- can’t blame others or accept moral praise
- can’t make changes of unfairness or injustice
Explain how the actions of all people reveal that they truly do believe in objective moral standards
They don’t want any rules, but they want other people to follow them/ double standards
What is the problem with evolutionary ethics(3things)
- it destroys any reason to obey moral norms
- can’t establish which instincts to indulge and which to suppress
- can’t account for altruism/ doing something selfless
What is evolutionary ethics
Moral rules developed from “moral sentiments” or “moral emotions”
What is the only logical explanation for the existence of an objective moral code
GOD
What are the three tests used to determine the reliability of a historical document?
Internal evidence test
Bibliographical test
External test
What question does internal evidence answer
Is the original written record accurate and true
What question does external evidence answer
Is the content of the document supported by other sources
What question does bibliographical test answer
Is the text we now have the same as what was originally written
What 20th century discovery proved that the Old Testament had been accurately copied over the last 2000
Dead Sea scrolls
A complete manuscript of the book of Isaiah was among the documents discovered. When was it determined to have been written?
125 B.C.
What do the writers of the OT scriptures claim about the source of their writing?
Idk
If the 1st question is “where did it all come from” then what is question 2
Is the bible reliable, who is God
How and why do materialists view the bible
The bible must be man made
Explain Wellhausen’s theory of the evolutionary origin of religion
He thought that religion evolved from pantheism to polytheism to monotheism
Summarize Wellhausen’s documentary hypothesis and his reasons for it
He claimed that the Torah was written by multiple authors, over 100s of years and more than a thousand years after the events actually happened
What are some of the precise details given in the biblical text which situate it in the middle Bronze Age, the time of the events it describes
- covenants
- law codes
- personal names
- place names
What and where is tel el-Dab’a
It is an archaeological dig in ancient Goshen
Describe 2 archaeological discoveries that provide evidence for the presence of Israel in Egypt
Israelite houses, Brooklyn papyrus
Amarna letters
- referring to raids and conquest
- Hebrew term “Habiru” is used
Merenptah stele
- records an attack in Canaan by Pharoh
- mentions Israel as part of Canaan and refers to it as a Dominant Nation
Describe 2 archaeological discoveries that provide evidence for the presence of Israel in Canaan
Amarna letters, Merenptah stele
Israelite houses
4 rooms
Pillared house plant
Brooklyn papyrus
77 slaves names found
Names were Hebrew
Describe the archaeological evidence we have for the Israelites 40 years of wilderness wandering
Egyptian temple inscription-an archaeological inscription saying “land of the nomads of Yaweh”
According to the bible, why did God command his people, the Israelites, to wipe out the people of Canaan
Because of their idolotry/ child sacrifice
What archaeological evidence has been found which supports the Biblical account of the destruction of Jericho?
- grain stores weren’t plundered
- destroyed by fire/destruction layer
- walls of Jericho impressively fortified
- walls fell outward
What two archaeological discoveries situate Jericho’s fall around the biblical date of 1400 BC
- Cypriot pottery
- Egyptian scarab beetles
How is a worldview a type of faith
Faith is belief in a system of thought, a personal philosophy, which is a worldview
