Science And Religion Flashcards
What happened in the Jewish/Christian creation story?
God created the world in 7 days from nothing
What is a fundamentalist?
Someone who believes that the statements in the Bible are literally true
What is the difference between literal and non-literal?
Literal means we take everything to be true and non-literal means we take everything as a story
What did Charles Darwin do?
Came up with the theory of evolution in relation to natural selection
What did Jean-Baptiste Lamarck believe?
All organisms change to meet the needs according to their environment
When do science and religion overlap?
God of the gaps- when religion fills the gaps science cannot explain
What happened in the Hindu creation story?
Lord Vishnu ordered Brahma to create a world in the universe