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1
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When was radioactive decay discovered?

A

The 1900s

2
Q

What is an apology?

A

“Christianity defensively stated”

3
Q

Who wrote the reference Bible?

A

Scofield

4
Q

What does God use to support truth?

A

Works

5
Q

What describes the earth’s condition?

A

Was

6
Q

What is the nature of biblical creation?

A

Creation was supernatural
creation was sudden
Creation involved a superficial appearance of age

7
Q

What verse says to be ready at any moment “to give an answer”?

A

1 Peter 3:15

8
Q

What does Acts 1:3 tell us about?

A

Many infallible truths

9
Q

What are the 6 days of creation?

A

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

10
Q

What does creatio ex nihilo mean?

A

Creation from nothing

11
Q

What allows us to study science?

A

The “uniformity of nature”

13
Q

How is Genesis 1 written?

A

Narrative

14
Q

Could God have used evolution?

A

No

15
Q

What is the doctrine of biblical creationism?

A

Supernatural creation of all things in six literal days by the God of the Bible, approximately 6000 years ago.

16
Q

What are igneous rocks also known as?

A

Volcanic rocks

17
Q

“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”

A

Religion

18
Q

What is Exodus 20:11 about?

A

Creation

19
Q

How old is the earth according to the evolution model?

A

4.56 billion years

21
Q

What does replenish mean?

A

To “fill”, not to “refill”

22
Q

What is the creationist’s ultimate presupposition?

A

The Bible is true

23
Q

What verse is associated with the phrase “creatio ex nihilo”?

A

Hebrews 11:3

24
Q

What is Hebrew poetry?

A

S V O

25
Q

What is a result of sin?

A

Death, both physical and spiritual

26
Q

What is the evolutionists presupposition?

A

There is no God

27
Q

What is Elohim?

A

The name associated with majestic and omnipotent power

28
Q

What verse says that Adam was a real person?

A

1 Corinthians 15:21-22

29
Q

What does John 10:25 tell us about?

A

The works of God

30
Q

What does God’s “very good” include?

A

Disease, violence, carnivorousness, and thorns

33
Q

What means second creation?

A

Asah

34
Q

What are the two types of science?

A

Operational and historical

36
Q

How old is the big bang according to the evolution model?

A

13.7 billion years

37
Q

What are the three assumptions?

A

Constant rate of decay
Closed system
Knowledge of initial starting conditions

38
Q

What is historical science?

A

An attempt to explain the past based on the present

39
Q

What does Psalm 11:3 say?

A

If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

40
Q

What is the biggest proponent of theistic evolution?

A

BioLogos

42
Q

Who founded Catastrophism?

A

George Cuvier

43
Q

What is the study of God’s order and reasonableness in His physical universe?

A

Knowledge

43
Q

What is the proposed explanation for the existence of our solar system?

A

The nebular hypothesis

43
Q

What is the Hebrew narrative?

A

V S O

44
Q

What are the seven Cs of creationism?

A
Creation
Corruption
Catastrophe
Confusion
Christ
Cross
Consummation
45
Q

What is the process of estimating the age of rocks from the decay of the radioactive isotope?

A

Radiometric dating

46
Q

What are the two worldviews?

A

Biblical and naturalism

46
Q

What verse tells us about marriage?

A

Genesis 2:24

48
Q

Who created BioLogos?

A

Dr. Francis Collins

50
Q

What is worldview?

A

Worldview is the way of thinking and behaving based on one’s knowledge, believes, and experiences

50
Q

What are the two laws discussed in class?

A

The laws of science

The laws of logic

50
Q

What verse tells us the male and female were present at the beginning?

A

Mark 10:6-7

52
Q

What is uniformitarianism?

A

Present is the key to the past

53
Q

Who proposed the gap theory?

A

Thomas Chalmers

55
Q

What is “the 67th book of the Bible”?

A

Nature

57
Q

What is the Hebrew word for day?

A

Yôm

57
Q

What is the correct translation of Exodus 20:11?

A

Was

59
Q

What are the four parts of the scientific method (operational science)?

A

Observable
Testable/Measurable
Repeatable
Falsifiable

59
Q

What is bara?

A

That which requires divine activities

59
Q

Who created the principles of geology and established uniformitarianism?

A

Charles Lyell

60
Q

What are the problems for old age?

A

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

61
Q

What is the problem with uniformitarianism?

A

Evidence of dramatic changes due to catastrophic conditions abounds

62
Q

What is materialism?

A

Only matter is real and all explanations come from interaction

62
Q

What is the model?

A

A set of presuppositions used to explain and predict scientific facts

62
Q

Who was tied to the final deportation of Judah in 584 BC?

A

Archbishop James Ussher

62
Q

What is axiom?

A

Something to be true, simply because it has to be true

63
Q

What is naturalism?

A

Scientific laws can explain all phenomena

63
Q

What is “the notion that rare, high-magnitude events have played an important role in landscape evolution”?

A

Neocatastrophism