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The Long War Against God Study Guide Flashcards

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What is the root cause of every human problem?

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Evolutionism

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What has been made the pseudo-scientific rationale for all kinds of influence?

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Evolution

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Evolution is not merely a biological theory, it is a _____.

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Worldview

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Who was the leading evolutionary spokesman when the book (The Long War Against God) was written?

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Gould

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What does punctuated equilibrium mean?

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New species form suddenly rather than gradually

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What does uniformitarianism mean?

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The present is key to the past

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What religious system has dominated American education?

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Humanism

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Who coined the phrase “survival of the fittest”?

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Herbert Spencer

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Who was the most influential social Darwinist?

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Sumner

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What was an over-ripe fruit of the evolutionary tree?

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Nazism

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Evolution undermines _____ and _____.

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true theology and Christianity

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Who is generally considered to be the father of geological uniformitarianism?

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Lyell

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What is the logical and almost inevitable end result of evolutionism?

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Atheism

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Who is probably the most prolific writer in the whole world of science?

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Asimov

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Identify the first director general of UNESCO.

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Huxley

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What principle views the planet Earth as an actual living organism?

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Gaia principle

17
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What one book (besides the Bible) has had a greater influence than any other?

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The Origin of Species by Natural Selection

18
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Whose work forced Darwin to go to press with his theories in order to beat the competition?

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Wallace

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The most important theologians of the Church during the Middle Ages were _____ and _____.

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Augustine and Aquinas

20
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Where did the practice of astrology apparently begin?

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Sumeria

21
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What two beliefs do all known tribes, past and present, share in common?

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Higher power and immortality

22
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What has been the chief opponent of the saving gospel of Christ?

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Evolutionism

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