quiz 4 Flashcards
(41 cards)
what are we to believe?
- that God exists
- that God rewards those who earnestly seek Him
- that God created the worlds by divine fiat
divine fiat
spoken word
Through God _____ things were made
all
natural selection
belief that organisms which best adapt to their environment have the best chance of survival and reproduction and thus become dominant
evolution
belief that all life began as a single-cell organism and morphed into the millions of species of plants and animals that we have today over a process of 4.54 billion years
microevolution
happens on a small scale
macroevolution
happens on a large scale that transcends boundaries of single species
how did all species fit on the ark?
possibly pair of each genus or family, which could have morphed into individual species
challenges of evolution
- no intermediate body styles
- issue of irreducible complexity
- red blood cells in dinosaur bones
- complexity of a simple cell
irreducible complexity
single system composed of several interacting parts, where the removal of any one of the parts causes this system to cease to function
challenges of creationism
- Geologic column
- radiometric dating
a tale of two stories
birth of two movements around 1844:
1. Adventism: 3 angel’s message
2. Darwinism: evolution/natural selection
if God is good why suffering?
answer according to Adventists is the Great Controversy
the Great Controversy is a meta-______________
narrative
true or false: the Devil was created with “horns and a pitchfork”
false - created as angelic being
God created us with _______-_________
free-will - power to choose to love Him or not
true or false: God created Lucifer with free-will
true
how did Lucifer have “eye” problems
constantly used the word “I”
Satan coveted Christ’s ________ and ____________, not His ____________
position, power, character
what did Satan raise subtle questions about?
- God’s character
- God’s law
- God’s government
what did Jesus call Satan
- liar and the Father of lies
- murderer from the beginning
who was the first terrorist?
Satan
how many of the angels did Satan hijack
1/3 of them
before taking control of the ________, Satan first had to knock out the _________
cockpit, pilot