When was radioactive decay discovered?
The 1900s
What is an apology?
“Christianity defensively stated”
Who wrote the reference Bible?
Scofield
What does God use to support truth?
Works
What describes the earth’s condition?
Was
What is the nature of biblical creation?
Creation was supernatural
creation was sudden
Creation involved a superficial appearance of age
What verse says to be ready at any moment “to give an answer”?
1 Peter 3:15
What does Acts 1:3 tell us about?
Many infallible truths
What are the 6 days of creation?
1) Earth, Space, Time, and Light
2) Firmament
3) Dry land and plants
4) Sun, Moon, and Stars
5) Fish and foul
6) Land animals and man
What does creatio ex nihilo mean?
Creation from nothing
What allows us to study science?
The “uniformity of nature”
How is Genesis 1 written?
Narrative
Could God have used evolution?
No
What is the doctrine of biblical creationism?
Supernatural creation of all things in six literal days by the God of the Bible, approximately 6000 years ago.
What are igneous rocks also known as?
Volcanic rocks
“People’s beliefs and opinions concerning the existence, nature, and worship of a deity or deities, and divine involvement in the universe and human life”
Religion
What is Exodus 20:11 about?
Creation
How old is the earth according to the evolution model?
4.56 billion years
What does replenish mean?
To “fill”, not to “refill”
What is the creationist’s ultimate presupposition?
The Bible is true
What verse is associated with the phrase “creatio ex nihilo”?
Hebrews 11:3
What is Hebrew poetry?
S V O
What is a result of sin?
Death, both physical and spiritual
What is the evolutionists presupposition?
There is no God
What is Elohim?
The name associated with majestic and omnipotent power
What verse says that Adam was a real person?
1 Corinthians 15:21-22
What does John 10:25 tell us about?
The works of God
What does God’s “very good” include?
Disease, violence, carnivorousness, and thorns
What means second creation?
Asah
What are the two types of science?
Operational and historical
How old is the big bang according to the evolution model?
13.7 billion years
What are the three assumptions?
Constant rate of decay
Closed system
Knowledge of initial starting conditions
What is historical science?
An attempt to explain the past based on the present
What does Psalm 11:3 say?
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
What is the biggest proponent of theistic evolution?
BioLogos
Who founded Catastrophism?
George Cuvier
What is the study of God’s order and reasonableness in His physical universe?
Knowledge
What is the proposed explanation for the existence of our solar system?
The nebular hypothesis
What is the Hebrew narrative?
V S O
What are the seven Cs of creationism?
Creation Corruption Catastrophe Confusion Christ Cross Consummation
What is the process of estimating the age of rocks from the decay of the radioactive isotope?
Radiometric dating
What are the two worldviews?
Biblical and naturalism
What verse tells us about marriage?
Genesis 2:24
Who created BioLogos?
Dr. Francis Collins
What is worldview?
Worldview is the way of thinking and behaving based on one’s knowledge, believes, and experiences
What are the two laws discussed in class?
The laws of science
The laws of logic
What verse tells us the male and female were present at the beginning?
Mark 10:6-7
What is uniformitarianism?
Present is the key to the past
Who proposed the gap theory?
Thomas Chalmers
What is “the 67th book of the Bible”?
Nature
What is the Hebrew word for day?
Yôm
What is the correct translation of Exodus 20:11?
Was
What are the four parts of the scientific method (operational science)?
Observable
Testable/Measurable
Repeatable
Falsifiable
What is bara?
That which requires divine activities
Who created the principles of geology and established uniformitarianism?
Charles Lyell
What are the problems for old age?
Old age given to young rocks
Millions of year-old diamonds and fossils have C-14 in them
Ex.: Igneous rocks at the top of the Grand Canyon have been dated as older than the rocks at the bottom
What is the problem with uniformitarianism?
Evidence of dramatic changes due to catastrophic conditions abounds
What is materialism?
Only matter is real and all explanations come from interaction
What is the model?
A set of presuppositions used to explain and predict scientific facts
Who was tied to the final deportation of Judah in 584 BC?
Archbishop James Ussher
What is axiom?
Something to be true, simply because it has to be true
What is naturalism?
Scientific laws can explain all phenomena
What is “the notion that rare, high-magnitude events have played an important role in landscape evolution”?
Neocatastrophism
