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Introduction and Categories 1 Flashcards

1
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What did Thomas Henry Huxley say?

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Whenever science and religion are at odds, religion is always crushed.

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Who was known as Darwin’s Bulldog?

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Thomas Henry Huxley.

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What percentage of US scientist believe in life after death and that God answers prayer?

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~40.

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Many US scientists believe in life after death and that God answers prayer. Is this proof of God’s existence?

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No.

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Who is Richard Dawkins?

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Most important atheist in the world today.

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Who is the most important atheist in the world today?

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Richard Dawkins.

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What would Richard Dawkins say about the relationship between science and religion?

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Science and religion only converge when it suits, and to an honest judge, the marriage is a shallow, empty, spin-doctored sham.

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Who came up with the Two Divine Books model?

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Sir Francis Bacon.

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What did Sir Francis Bacon come up with?

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The Baconion Two Divine Books model.

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What are the two books in the Two Divine Books Model?

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The Book of God’s Words and the Book of God’s Works.

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What does the Book of God’s Works represent?

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Nature.

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What does the Book of God’s Words represent?

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The Bible.

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Which of the Two Divine Books is verbal, and which is non-verbal?

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The Book of God’s Works is non-verbal, while the Book of God’s words is verbal.

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What is the warfare model between science and religion?

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You are forced to choose between only two positions, either science or religion.

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What are categories?

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Foundational concepts that direct the way er look at and think about the world.

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16
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Categories can be compared to…

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Glasses and software.

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How can categories be compared to glasses and software?

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Glasses give us a view of the world, and the software processes information through a program or a worldview.

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What are the two popular categories?

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Dichotomies and conflations.

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What are dichotomies?

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The division of an issue into only two simple positions.

20
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What are conflations?

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Careless collapsing and co-mingling of distinct ideas into one undifferentiated concept.

21
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How can the conflict between science and religion be resolved?

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Challenge popular categories and replace with professional categories.

22
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What is the result of peace between science and religion?

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Allows a wide spectrum of possible relationships between science and religion, and allows you to develop your worldview and personal beliefs.

23
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“The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is at bottom no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, ___ ___ pointless indifference.” -Richard Dawkins

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Nothing but.

24
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The Two Divine Books Model is supported by people such as…

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Bacon, Galileo, and Pope JPII.

25
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Which of the Two Divine Books offers general information, and which offers specific information?

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God’s Works offers general information, while God’s Words offers specific information.

26
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What are the six basic categories of divine action?

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  1. Personal Interventionism.
  2. Personal Providentialism.
  3. Cosmological Interventionism in Origins.
  4. Cosmological Interventionism in Operations.
  5. Cosmological Providentialism in Origins.
  6. Cosmological Providentialism in Operations.
27
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What is personal interventionism?

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Miracles.

28
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What is personal providentialism?

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Subtle nudges in life.

29
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What is cosmological interventionism in origins?

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6 day creation.

30
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What is cosmological interventionism in operations?

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Retrograde planetary motion.

31
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What is cosmological providentialism in origins?

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God creating through evolution.

32
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What is cosmological providentialism in operations?

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God working in the universe subtly.

33
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What is the proper ay to determine the category of divine action?

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Determine context (people or origins/operations) and then determine mode (interventionism or providentialism).

34
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Moses parts the Red Sea. What category of divine action would this fall under?

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Personal interventionism.

35
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Moses parts the Red Sea. This is categorized as personal interventionism, and not cosmological interventionism in operations. Why?

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The personal overrides cosmological.

36
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What is retrograde planetary motion?

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Luther believed that since Mars appeared to move backwards as the Earth revolved around the Sun, God was intervening and that Mars literally made loops in the sky.

37
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What is the Metaphysics-Physics Principle?

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A principle that states that everyone makes a metaphysical jump as they apply beliefs to their science.

38
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What are the two structural components in the Metaphysics-Physics Principle?

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  1. Physics (science or facts).

2. Metaphysics (religion/philosophy or beliefs).

39
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What is the relationship between the two structural components in the Metaphysics-Physics Principle?

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“Upwards jump,” where we do science, then ask the big question of “what is the ultimate reality behind our discoveries in nature?”

40
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What is the big question we ask in the Metaphysics-Physics Principle?

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What is the ultimate reality behind our discoveries in nature?

41
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Who makes an upward “metaphysical” jump?

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Everyone.

42
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What is teleology?

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The ultimate belief (metaphysic) that the universe and life have an ultimate plan and ultimate purpose.

43
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What is dysteleology?

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The ultimate belief (metaphysic) that the universe and life have no ultimate plan and no ultimate purpose.

44
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What is the ultimate belief (metaphysic) that the universe and life have an ultimate plan and ultimate purpose?

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Teleology.

45
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What is the ultimate belief (metaphysic) that the universe and life have no ultimate plan and no ultimate purpose?

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Dysteleology.

46
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“The complexity of living organisms is matched by the elegant efficiency of the ___ ___.” -Richard Dawkins

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Apparent design.

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