RE Scholarship general gist quotes

Question 1

Backing up a God of order being compatible and flourishing science

Answer 1

John Lennox says science flourishes when people believe there is a God of order making laws

Question 2

Backing up believing in God helping science by driving it

Answer 2

John Lennox says that the universe is built by a rational designer, the rational part being the principle that drives science

Question 3

Backing for the Bible helping science - specific example

Answer 3

Psalm 8, with its description of the paths of the sea, gave rise to the discovery of the currents, which are now studied by science

Question 4

Backing for Bible and nature correlation

Answer 4

St Augustine believes book of nature (science) and Bible to both be written by God, and so won’t be in conflict when properly read

Question 5

Backing creation and creator

Answer 5

Minister Joe Kay says science is about creation and religion about the Creator

Question 6

Jesus’s death/ gospel proved by science - before arrest

Answer 6

There is a medical condition called hematidrosis where a high level of stress creates chemicals that break down the capillaries in the sweat glands. So, blood leaks into it and so the sweat comes out tinged with blood. This proves the gospel reliability.

Question 7

Jesus’s death/ the gospel proved by science - the beating

Answer 7

The beating opened up bone. The huge blood loss caused hypovolemic shock. What happens:
1. The heart races to pump non-existent blood
2. Blood pressure drops (this explains Jesus’s collapse)
3. The kidneys stop producing urine
4. You get thirsty (Jesus says he’s thirsty)

Question 8

The cross description wasn’t scientifically inaccurate - details of Greek

Answer 8

The nails, to be scientifically accurate, had to be nailed in the wrists, so the hands didn’t fall off. While the Greek says ‘hands,’ wrists were included in this today.
While the Greek says blood then water, and it was actually clear fluid then blood, this was because there was more blood, and this was how Greek recorded things.

Question 9

Jesus’s death/ gospels proved by science - the stab

Answer 9

The hypovolemic shock and the heart rate that caused, caused a ]fluid in the membrane around the heart (pericardial effusion) and lung (pleural effusion). So when the lung and heart were stabbed, this is what came out and was described as water.

Question 10

John Lennox on the resurrection and laws of nature connection

Answer 10

John Lennox says age laws of nature don’t contradict the resurrection because science can only tell you what will happen if there is no interference, For instance, arithmetic (the most basic law of nature) says if you put sixpence in a drawer, there will be sixpence there the next day. But arithmetic can’t account for if someone interferes/ steals it.

Question 11

Kepler’s life - details

Answer 11

Borm in 1571, he was a German astronomer

Question 12

Kepler’s three planetary motion laws

Answer 12

1. Planets move in elliptical movements around the sun
2. The ‘area law’ which says how to calculate the time planets take to travel
3. ‘Harmonic law’ hitch says that there is an exact relationship between the planet periodic time squared and the mean distance from the sun cubed,

Question 13

Divinely inspired scientists as biblical authors - Job

Answer 13

3500 years old
Job 26:7 suggests ab earth flowing in space, when at the time people believed in a man or a turtle holding up the earth.
Job 28:5 suggests the earth core.
Job 36:27-28 suggests the water cycle.
God cared about scientific accuracy so revealed stuff to them.

Question 14

Mendel - life details

Answer 14

George Mendel, an Augustinian abbott, born in 1822. Elected as Abbott unanimously. Founded genetics. Identified recessive sand dominant traits.

Question 15

Mary Anning - life details

Answer 15

Born 1799, firm Anglican who spent free time reading her Bible.
Discovered first full specimen of plesiosaur and learnt about what dinosaurs ate. Copied religious poems and texts in her journal.

Question 16

John Lennox on his own faith

Answer 16

John Lennox says he’s not remotely ashamed to be Botha Christian and a scientist because Christianity created science.

Question 17

Two types of truths

Answer 17

John Lennox - the explanation for the motor car - both internal combustion and Henry Ford.

Question 18

John Lennox - life details

Answer 18

A Northern Irish mathematician who has written many books in God, science, ethics, science and God…

Question 19

Names of other modern scientists

Answer 19

Dr Francis Collins, William Daniel Phillips

Question 20

Dr Francis Collins - detail

Answer 20

A scientist. Lead the project mapping the human DNA. He was director of the US National Institute of Health for 12 years.

Question 21

Dr Francis Collins on faith and science

Answer 21

The human genome reflects God’s purpose and that researching science is like worship.

Question 22

Muslim medieval scientists

Answer 22

Ibn al-Haytham
Ibn Sina

Question 23

Ibn al-Haytham life details

Answer 23

Ibn al-Haytham lived from 925-1040.
He contributed greatly to maths, astronomy, and physics.
The father of optics
Influenced Isaac Newton and Kepler

Question 24

Ibn al-Haytham quote about science and Islam

Answer 24

Ibn al-Haytham said that he believes the way to closeness with God is through searching for truth and knowledge

Question 25

ibn Sina life details

Answer 25

dies in 1037 Wrote the Canon of Medicine which transformed medical practices. Also worked on the principle of logic and the idea of rational experimentation. Rational, alongside faith

Question 26

Reason for Catholic Church tightening of ideas

Answer 26

Reformation Council of Trent

Question 27

Council of Trent details

Answer 27

started in 1545 decided any WHAT??? SCIENCE? METHODS? REASONING? after Aquinas was null

Question 28

Albert Einstein quote

Answer 28

“Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.”

Question 29

Quote on the way science and religion work together for climate change

Answer 29

Reverend Bingham says science can show that climate change is hitting the poorest the worst and religion can motivate people to act.

Answer 30

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Question 31

Biblical scientists - examples

Answer 31

Solomon - knew about wind patterns and water cycle, a he writes in Ecclesiastes, and understood plants and animals well. Daniel was taught in the royal academy of the Babylonians. they were very scientifically advanced, and Daniel flourished in this environment (apart from with their religion) and became a high-ranking official.

Question 32

Four models of relationship between science and religion

Answer 32

Proposed by Bourber - conflict, independence, dialogue, integration

Question 33

Timeline for heliocentrism

Answer 33

in 1514, Copernicus wrote 'little commentary anonymously.' In 1533, Pope Clement approved heliocentrism

Question 34

Galileo affair details

Answer 34

Head of church approved heliocentrism 99 years before Galileo Letters to Dowager Duchess Christina de Medici - wrote that scripture had to be interpreted in the light of scientific knowledge Earlier writers, like Nicole Oresme, had got away with this. But... Protestant reformation Council of Trent (1545-1563) ruled no scripture interpretation that was agars church fathers. Faction between Dominicans and Jesuits - Galileo friendly with Jesuits, Dominicans were the ones gunning for his arrest

Question 35

First Cause argument details

Answer 35

Harmonious with Big Bang Proposed by Aquinas Kalam cosmological argument 1. Everything that has a beginning has a cause 2. The universe has a beginning (Big Bang, other evidence) 3. Universe has cause

Question 36

Evidence for universe having beginning

Answer 36

Big bang 2nd law of thermodynamics - universe is running out of usable energy Universe is expanding Einstein's theory of relativity - an absolute beginning for space, matter and time

Question 37

Islamic perspective on creation

Answer 37

Allah decided to create the universe, so commanded things to come into being. He made living creatures, angels, planets and rain. He sent angels to earth to collect seven handfuls of soil, all of different colours. He turned that into the first man. Compatible with big bang

Question 38

How to talk about big bang without tripping up on. the timing of creation - without going into evolution

Question 39

Islamic perspective on scientific dtudy

Answer 39

Quite like it. Use it for technical aspects of rituals, like the lunar calendar and prayer times being dictated by the sun. Also for inheritance laws. Equivalent in Christian world???

Question 40

Islamic quote

Answer 40

knowledge of reality is based not on reason alone, but also on Revelation and inspiration.'