science and religion Flashcards
cosmological argument
God is the first cause
design argument
the world was designed by a creator (God)
Thomas Aquinas
creator of the cosmological argument
Christian Literalists
ppl who believe the Bible word for word, that it has no mistakes, that its a scientific text
Conservative Christians
they believe the Bible was inspired by God but written by humans, Gods message in our words, they support both science and the Bible
Christian Fundamentalists
Bible can be interpreted slightly, the Bible was made by God, cannot contain errors
Christian Liberals
writers of the bible were inspired, contains spiritual not literal truths, parts of the Bible are symbolic (Jesus’ miracles, etc.)
Genesis
first book of the Bible
Ken Ham
Creationist who has very convincing arguments
the big bang theory
concept of there being nothing but a singularity which expanded out into what we know today as the universe
contradictions in Genesis
things such as how light apparently existed before the sun, moon and stars and such that doesn’t make sense
“Just because every human has a mother does not imply that humanity has a mother…”
Bertrand Russell
“You should always look for the simplest answer, its usually right”
William of Ockham
“My theory of relativity must be wrong, unless the universe is not eternal”
Albert Einstein
O, H, E, V(F)
Observation Hypothesis Experiment Verification (Falsification)