Science and Faith Quiz #4

What ship did Darwin sail around the world on?

HMS Beegle

What creatures eventually lead him to formulate his theory of evolution?

Birds finches

What were the two primary means by which evolution worked according to Darwin?

• Natural selection (survival of the fittest)

• Sexual selection is (creatures that don't have survival skill sides but are still able to reproduce because of their sexual selection to the next generation)

What is meant by “irreducible complexity”?

Something that is complex and would stop functioning if one of its composed parts was taken away.

What was the illustration we used?

Mousetrap

What three examples did we cite?

1. Cilia

2. Flagellum

3. The Human Eye

In which passage does Paul demonstrate that Christianity as falsifiable?

2 Corinthians 15:12-18

What is the modified view of evolution scientists have developed to explain the fossil record?

Punctuated Equilibrium: the view that evolution is so slowly moving and all of a sudden the creatures have a rapid mutation

What two reasons did we give to argue against dinosaurs being millions of years old?

• Large reptilian creatures of record recorded by man found

• Red blood cells in the fossils of a t-Rex that woul break down a million years which indicated that it must not be as old as it claims to me.

What is the most famous supposed human ancestor?

Lucy: Lucy’s bones structure of the hips and the knees that may indicate to stand upright is “proof” that Lucy might have be human.

What is DNA? Why is it significant?

• The “code” that programs everything about a person.

• Four chemical bases

• These pairs are arranged in the “double helix“ and “program” each cell with instructions.

• Genetics points to an incredible organized, detailed code that programs all of life

• Information coated into a cell to produce a protein

Who was the leader of the Human Genome Project who is a born-again Christian?

Francis Collins

What is a mutation?

• A glitch in the genetic code that happens randomly over time

• It happens during the replication process

3 Major Ways Evolution Contradicts Genesis

1. Sea creatures and flying creatures created one day before all other creatures -> not millions of years of evolution 

2. Genealogical contradictions with evolutionary timeline of humans

   1. The record give specific dates with how long those people lived

3. Foundation of evolution is survival of the fittest; if Genesis metaphorically recounts evolution, many generations of animals have to die before the Fall of Man in Genesis 3