origins revision 2 Flashcards
Who developed the teleological argument?
William Paley
What is the teleological argument also known as?
The design argument
What does redshift show us?
Evidence that the universe is expanding
People that believe everything in the Bible is factually correct, including the creation story in Genesis.
Literal Christians/Creationist
People that believe God was the driving force behind the Big Bang and Evolution and that Bible stories should be understood as symbolic or metaphoric.
Liberal Christians
What did God create on day 1 according to Genesis 1?
light and dark/day and night
What did God do on the 7th day?
Rest
What is Christian Fideism?
Fideism is a view of religious belief that holds that faith must be held without the use of reason or even against reason. Faith does not need reason. Faith creates its own justification.
How old is the universe according to the Big Bang Theory?
13.8 billion years old.
How old is the universe according to Creationists?
6,000–10,000 years old.
What are the non-religious viewpoints we have looked at in this unit to explain the origins of the universe?
Evolution and the Big Bang Theory.
Who developed the Theory of Evolution?
Charles Darwin.
What did God create on the 2nd day in Genesis 1?
Sky and air
What did God create on the 3rd day in Genesis 1?
Land and plants
What did God create on the 4th day in Genesis 1?
The sun and the moon
