Origins and Value of the Universe Flashcards
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What are the scientific explanations for the origins of the universe?
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- Matter is eternal, cannot be created nor destroyed
- The matter of the universe became so compressed it produced a huge explosion
- The matter flew away from the universe, gravity helped to join some of the matter into stars.
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Evidence for the Big Bang:
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- Radio telescopes have found background radiation, remnants from the Big Bang
- Red shift effect, shows the universe is still expanding
3
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What is the creationist response?
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- Science is wrong, Bible is right
- Evolution, is fossils from Noah’s ark
- Apparent age theory, the world looked billions of years old when it was only a second old.
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Intelligent Response:
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- They universe is too complex to not have a designer
- The universe depends on many interacting parts and any removal they would stop working
- Big Bang could not have happened by chance
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What is the compatibility response?
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- Both science and Bible are true, the Bible stories are not literal
- Big Bang had to be at the right second
- There had to be scientific laws for the universe to form, only God could have made those laws.
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Why do Christians believe the universe is valuable?
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- God created the universe in a way so it is perfectly suited for life
- God ‘s creation is good and God placed humans in the universe to look after it.
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Why would some Christians disagree with the universe being used as a commodity?
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- God made everything, has to respect it
- It is a gift from God
- In the Parable of Talents, have a responsibility to leave the earth as a better place
- They will be judged on how they looked after the earth
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SOWAAs:
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- “does not contradict the intervention of the divine creator, but requires it.” - Big Bang
- “fill the earth and subdue it.”
- “Rule over the fish over the sea.”
- “limited by concern for the quality of life.”
