Origins Flashcards
T/F. Anti-evolutionism has been largely ineffective, and as a result has declined to almost nothing since 1950.
False.
What are 2 factors contributing to anti-evolutionism?
- Fragmentation of knowledge.
2. American fundamentalist/evangelical protestant tradition is politically powerful.
Know the chart, “Categories on the Origin of the Universe & Life.”
See Evernote.
What is the cosmic fall?
God judges Adam and Eve, and suffering and death enter the world.
What is monogenism?
Humanity arose from one individual.
What is polygenism?
Humanity arose from a group of individuals.
What are the two main concepts with the Doctrine of Original Sin?
- First sin ever committed by a man was the first sin of Adam.
- Sin transferred from Adam to all humans.
Who came up with the Doctrine of Original Sin?
St. Augustine.
Who came up with the Doctrine of Original Sin?
St. Augustine.
“Now it is in noway apparent how such an opinion [___] can be reconciled with that which the sources of revealed truth [Bible] and the documents of the Teaching Authority of the Chuch propose with regards to original sin…” -Pope Pius XII
Polygenism. `
When the first couple were punished by the judgement of God, the whole human race, which was to become Adam’s posterity through the first woman, was present in ___ ___ ___.” -St. Augustine
The first man.
“Today, nearly half a century after the publication of the encyclical new knowledge leads to the recognition of the theory of evolution as ___ ___ ___ ___.” -JPII
More than a hypothesis.
“With man, then, we find ourselves in the presence of an ___ difference, an ___ leap…an ___ discontinuity.” -JPII
Ontological.
What is the Sin-Death Problem?
The fossil record falsifies the cosmic fall, as death existed hundreds of millions of years before humans; there is no causal connection between sin and death.
What are the theories regarding the appearance of behaviourally modern humans ~50 000 years ago?
- Evolutionary Monogenism.
- Punctiliar Polygenism.
- Gradual Polygenism.
