Religion and Science

Question 1

What are Creationists/Literalists ?

Answer 1

Christians who interpret the Bible literally and accept every word of the Genesis creation story as true

Question 2

What are Non-Literalists?

Answer 2

Christians who interpret the Bible as more of a story as opposed to Literalists and that the Bible contains important truths but is not a factual account

Question 3

What is the First Cause argument?

Answer 3

The argument that everything must have been started off (caused) by something else

Question 4

Name a scientific theory about the origins of the world and human beings

Answer 4

The Big Bang

Evolution

Question 5

Name a Christian teaching about the origins of the world and human beings

Answer 5

God created the world in 8 days

Adam & Eve

Question 6

Name a Christian view on animals

Answer 6

Humans have souls yet animals don’t, this makes humans more important than animals however as Stewards it is our duty to look after them

Question 7

Name what treatment of animals that Christians accept

Answer 7

Testing for medicine
Food
Labour

Question 8

Name what treatment of animals that Christians disagree with

Answer 8

Testing for cosmetics

Entertainment - racing

Question 9

What is intelligent design?

Answer 9

The universe is explained by the existence of an intelligent designer, this would be God

Question 10

List some arguments for the existence of God

Answer 10

The First Cause argument