Theme B - Origins of the universe

Question 1

scientific truth

Answer 1

truth comes from making a hypothesis and then testing it to see if it is true
-objective

Question 2

religious truth

Answer 2

comes from religion and holy books

Question 3

compatibility

Answer 3

a state in which two thing are able to exist together without problems

Question 4

non literal interpretation

Answer 4

belief that creation stories are symbolic and do not have historical truth
-liberal

Question 5

literal interpretation

Answer 5

belief that creation stories happened exactly as it was told

Question 6

creation stories

Answer 6

religious accounts of how God made the world

Question 7

evolution

Answer 7

-process in which diff kinds of living organisms are believed to have developed from earlier forms during the history of the earth

Question 8

fundamentalist

Answer 8

literal word of god
-scientific ideas are denied

Question 9

conservative

Answer 9

-bible was written by humans who were inspired by God
-scientific ideas are accepted but not evolution

Question 10

liberal

Answer 10

-bible has spiritual meaning + understood directly
-scientific ideas are prioritised

Question 11

Creation story quote

Answer 11

‘earth was formless and empty’
‘let there be light and there was light’
‘seventh day he rested from all his work’

Question 12

Big band theory quote

Answer 12

‘there was nothing’
‘explosion of energy’
‘appeared from nowhere’
‘nearly 14 billion year ago’

Question 13

big bang theory

Answer 13

-all matter was concentrated into a single point
-enlarged rapidly = hot explosion
-gases cooled = planets

Question 14

Evidence for big bang theory

Answer 14

-comic microwave radiation has been detected in space
-proves explosion

Question 15

Similarities between big bang theory + genesis (nothing)

Answer 15

-Genesis = ‘formless and empty’
-Big bang theory = ‘nothing’

Question 16

Similarities between big bang theory + genesis (energy)

Answer 16

-Genesis = ‘let there be light’
-big bang theory = ‘explosion of energy

Question 17

Evolution

Answer 17

-animals adapted to their environment
-survival of the fittest

Question 18

Different views on evolution - genesis

Answer 18

-God made humans on the 6th day = their authority
-evolution gives no authority

Question 18

Different views on evolution - quran

Answer 18

-‘I am going to create a human from clay’
-they were made separately

Question 19

creationists

Answer 19

reject science
-only believe in holy scriptures

Question 20

First cause argument made by

Answer 20

-thomas aquinas

Question 21

First cause argument

Answer 21

-nothing happens by itself
-everything needs a cause = universe as well
-powerful cause made the world = God

Question 22

flaws with First cause argument

Answer 22

who made god
big bang theory

Question 23

First cause argument supporting evidence

Answer 23

-common sense observations
-holy scriptures = highlight god’s power

Question 24

Design argument aka

Answer 24

teleological arguement

Question 25

Design argument

Answer 25

-earth is designed so well
-must have an intelligent designer = God

Question 26

flaws of Design argument

Answer 26

-how can the world have flaws if god is perfect
-made by chance, not designed