Origins and Value of the Universe Flashcards
What is the apparent age?
The idea that the earth looked billions of years old when it was only a second old.
What is cosmology?
An explanation of the origins of the universe.
What is commodity?
Something that humans need or want.
What is creationism?
Belief that everything was created how it says in the bible.
What is the Big Bang?
When matter became so compressed that it produced an explosion and the solar system was formed.
What does creationism say about the origins of the universe?
Science is wrong and the Big Bang can be explained by the effects of Noah’s flood.
Why do Christians believe that God created the world?
It is such a complex earth that a greater being would’ve had to create it.
What does the compatibility response say?
God and the Big Bang are compatible because the Big Bang would’ve had to have happened at the right microsecond meaning God played a part in it.
Who proposed the Big Bang theory?
Georges Lemaitre
What did Georges Lemaitre say about the origins of the universe? (3)
-The beginning of the universe was the beginning of time.
-His theory does not prove nor disprove religion.
-Science and religion don’t conflict.
