Unit 4 Science And Religion Flashcards
What did Lamarck believe
Organisms changed to meet their needs. They were small at first but developed into more complex life forms. He believed the most important organs grew larger and stronger and the least used ones shrunk and eventually disappeared. Changes useful for an organism were also inherited by their offspring
What is natural selection
Organisms produce more offspring than will survive. Each offspring has slight variations. The ones with the more beneficial variations are more likely to survive than those without it or with worse variations. These organisms grow enough to have offspring and pass that trait on. This is natural selection
How does genesis explain the origin of life
God created the world in 6 days. Humans were in their final form when created and haven’t changed. We are the image of God
Why do christians believe we are the image of god
According to genesis 1:26, god said “let us make man on our own image and let the rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air’
How does darwins theories conflict with religious belief
Darwin showed things developed in small steps and weren’t always in their currant form so they weren’t in their final form since creation on day six
If natural selection is all chance, this rejects the idea of a designer god
Bible says god created and environment of all living creatures but evolutions shows organisms change to adapt too their environment
What was the view of the world in the Middle Ages
Earth was centre of the universe and god placed us there
Earth was flat
Nothing happened unless it was gods will
How did Copernicus and galileo start the cosmological revolution
They realised the earth wasn’t the centre of the earth and that the movement of planets was natural, not gods work so they began to disprove god
What was the cosmological revolution
Time a few hundred years ago where people began to realise the world and universe wasn’t as religion had taught, e.g. earth wasn’t the centre of the universe. This meant science and religion began to separate and science didn’t use god to explain things. Religion became a thing to explain things not yet known through science
What is the God of the gaps theory
Religion was no longer the truth and science now is. Religion is now used to explain gaps in scientific knowledge that will eventually be filled so god won’t be needed
What is deism
A belief that god created the universe and the universe is like a clock. He wound the clock and set it going and no longer intervenes and has moved on
What is evidence
Facts that can indicate whether something is true
What is a theory
A hypothesis that explains facts that are widely axccepted and well tested
What is religious truth
What believers claim as evidence for their religion
What is scientific truth
Truth provided through scientific evidence, hypothesis experiments and repeated testing
What is historical truth
Evidence from a time period researched to gain a truth about an event of historical era
