Philosophy - Science and Religion

Question 0

What is historical truth?

Answer 0

Truth that is based on documentary and archaeological evidence

• evidence may include objects, artefacts, documents, sound and film recordings.

Question 1

What is scientific truth?

Answer 1

Truth that is based in observation and experiments

• proved to be true using observation, experiments and repeated testing

Question 2

What is religious truth?

Answer 2

Truth based on belief, trust and faith

• evidence comes from religious authority, holy scriptures, sacred writings, conscience, religious experience, reasoning and history and tradition of religion. Observations of natural world.

Question 3

What is moral truth?

Answer 3

Truth based on conscience, reasoning and logic.

• based on individual experience, parents, upbringing, culture, religion, education, peers and experience

Question 4

Criticisms of scientific truth

Answer 4

Constantly changing truth because new observation and experiments can result in evidence that proves earlier theories untrue or inaccurate

Question 5

Criticisms of historical truth

Answer 5

Subjective interpretation of evidence. Experts may disagree and come to different conclusions. Sources could be biased and/or tampered with/incomplete.

Question 6

Criticisms of religious truth

Answer 6

Based on someone’s individual experience - subjective

Question 7

Criticisms of moral truth

Answer 7

Morality differs between people. Everyone is different and their experiences are unique.

Question 8

Explain the Genesis creation story (7)

Answer 8

1- light + darkness
2- water and sky
3- land, sea and vegetation
4- sun and moon (separated day from night)
5- living creatures in sea and sky
6- living creatures on the land ( animals and humans)
7- God rested (Holy Sabbath)

Question 9

Quote about human creation

Answer 9

‘Let us make man in our own image’