Science And Religion Flashcards
What are the origins of life?
Darwin - theory of evolution - life changed over time through natural processes (inc. “survival of the fittest”) humans as part of evolution. Challenged creation of life by God - change suggests lack of perfection.(human imperfection explained by ‘Fall’) - Adam and Eve.
What is the agreement between science and religion?
Most Christians now accept scientific theories as best explanation of how God works. Many scientists are religious believers, still wonders of God’s creation - complexity demonstrating God’s complexity and omnipotence in creating it.
What is Human Evolution?
Humans as special part of creation challenged by evolution - contradicts idea of perfect before ‘Fall’ - no longer ‘special’ but part of natural world. Could lead to loss of idea of responsibility or loss of idea of world as ‘for our use’.
What happened in day 1 of God’s creation (Genesis 1)?
God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said “ let there be light”. God saw the light was good, and he separated light from dark. God called light “day,” and darkness “night,” there was evening and morning - the first day.
What happened in day 2 of God’s creation (Genesis 1)?
God said “let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” So God made the vault to separate the waters. God called it “sky.” And there was evening and morning - the second day.
What happened in day 3 of God’s creation (Genesis 1)?
God said “ let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. God called dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters “seas.” The God said “ let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seeds in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. Then there was evening and morning - the third day.
What happened in day 4 of God’s creation (Genesis 1)?
God said “let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. God create two great lights, the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. There was evening and morning - the fourth day.
What happened in day 5 of God’s creation (Genesis 1)?
God said “let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God blessed them and said, “be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on earth.” There was evening and morning - the fifth day.
What happened in day 6 of God’s creation (Genesis 1)?
God said, “ let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. God made all the creatures according to their kind. Then God said, “let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created mankind in his own image. There was evening and morning - the sixth day
What is Absolute V Evolving?
Science ideals with evolving ideals - empirical observation can result, over time, in new, developed understanding of what is ‘truth’; religion sees truth as coming from God - it is fixed and unchanging, like God, the ultimate Truth that science could eventually come to recognise.
What do we mean by How or Why?
Some claim science seeks to explain how things happen and religion to explain why. Similar claims are made regarding morality. However, science does seek to explain why - but may see this as the final point to be discovered. Religion may claim this is where God will be revealed.
Does society favour scientific truth?
Modern societies see scientific progress as both spectacular and unchallenged. However, many do not see it addressing moral questions regarding the application of science. Many see religious faith as compatible with science.
Summarise Big Bang theory.
All matter compressed, giant super nova occurs to create basics for universe including time and space, observable through residual radiation.
What is the cosmological revolution?
Copernicus/Galileo - challenge traditional religious understanding of perfection of God’s creation (Galileo - moon imperfections) and earth at the centre of the universe according to Genesis 1 - Copernicus found out that actually the earth revolves around the sun.
