Scientific Explenation Of The Origins Of The World Flashcards

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What is the Big Bang theory

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An enormous explosion started the universe around 15 billion years ago

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What are the main scientific explanation for the origins of the world

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The Big Bang
Evolution
Natural selection

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How can you prove the Big Bang

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The looking at very technological telescopes you can see stars from many years ago

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What is evolution

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Darwin’s theory of the gradual development of species over millions of years

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How can we prove evolution

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Through fossils and DNA

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What is natural selection

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He way in which spices naturally select the best characteristics in order to survive

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Scientific theories about the origins of the universe leads some pope le to doubt God’s existence because :

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  • they offer alternative explanations of how the world and humans came to exist, with no reference to God
  • science offers evidence that can be seen or proven in the same way
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Some Christian’s believe that scientific theories are compatible with God. What do they believe

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  • the bible’s description of the creation of the world is more of a story
  • the six days of creation were stages not actual periods of time
  • science describe how the world came to exist and the bible explains why
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What do creationists believe

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That scientific explanation of the world are wrong because they conflict with what is written in the bible

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