Chemistry science and worldview

Observational science

Testing ideas in the present to understand how nature commonly behaves

What does observational science involve?

Things that can be directly observed, tested, repeated, or false able

What does observational science lead to

Leads to production of useful products

Historical science

Interpreting evidence from the past

What questions do historical questions ask

Origin, nature , purpose, destiny, the problem of evil, and the existence of God

What is a worldview

The way a person sees and interprets the world

What are worldviews made up of

Presuppositions

What a factual battle in worldviews?

Not facts but the interpretations of the facts

What is a battle in worldviews?

Man’s word and Gods word to determine the truth

Naturalistic worldview

Only natural causes can explain the facts

What does naturalistic worldview ask?

“How can I explain this without God”

What is the only path to truth in naturalism?

Human reason informed by science

What is all that exists in naturalism?

Nature

How is everything explained in naturalism?

Time+chance+laws of nature working on matter

How does naturalism explain the beginning of the universe?

By chance, with the Big Bang, 13-15 billion years ago

How does naturalism explain how humans got here?

Evolved from a common ancestor millions of years ago

Uniformitarianism,

The universe has been occurring at a constant rate in the exact same way

What happened when a person dies according to uniformitarianism

Dies and ceases to exist

How were the universe end according to uniformitarianism

Heat death

Biblical worldview

Interpretation of the facts that start with the bible

Why has God given us human reason and science as tools?

To allow us to draw conclusions and inferences from the other information

How do we know about the origin, nature, purpose, and destiny of people and the universe?

Who is the creator of all things according to biblical world view?

God

How many 24 hour days and how many years ago did it take for God to creat the earth?

6 days and about 6,000 years ago

What was created on day 1?

Earth, space, time, light, and water

What was created on day 2?

Expanse/ sky and firmament

What was created on day 3?

Dry land and plants

What was created on day 4?

Sun, moon, and stars

What was created on day 5?

Flying and sea creatures

What was created on day 6?

Land animals, man, and women

How were things on earth right after God made it?

It was very good, there was no sin, and non death/ suffering

What does God do with his creation?

Preserves and sustains it

What is the purpose of creation according to the biblical worldview?

To glorify God

Humans are a special creation made is whose image according to biblical worldview?

Gods image

Humans have been given what according to biblical creation

Dominion over all creation

God commanded Adam and Eve to not eat out of what tree?

The tree of knowledge of good and evil

What did Adam and Eve do to bring sin in the world

Disobeyed

What is the punishment for sin for biblical worldview?

Death

What is the reason for death and suffering in the world according to biblical worldview?

Sin

In the world wide flood of biblical Christianity, who was spared?

Noah, his wife, their 3 sons, and their wives

God commanded Noah to built a what to save who in a biblical worldview?

Ark; him and his family and air breathing animals

The flood covered what in a biblical worldview?

The whole earth

What does the flood explain in a biblical world view?

Fossil layers, high mountains, and geologic features

God commanded Noah and his descendants to do what according to a biblical worldview?

Fill the whole earth

The people after the flood stayed in one place and built what according to a biblical worldview?

The Tower of Babel

What did God do to them pole that built the tower of bible according to a biblical worldview?

Confused their languages

Why do we have different languages according to biblical worldview?

The Tower of Babel

Why did Jesus Christ come into the world according to biblical worldview?

To save us from our sin

How did Christ conquer sin and death according to biblical worldview?

Through his death on the cross and the ressureection

What do you have to do in order to be saved in a biblical worldview?

Believe in Jesus for everlasting life

What will God do one day according to a biblical worldview?

Destroy the sin cursed world and make a new heaven and earth

Those who belive in Christ for everlasting life will do what according to a biblical worldview?

Live forever in perfection with God

Why study chemistry?

To declare Gods glory

The order, beauty, and the complexity of creation delayers what?

Delayers Gods greatness

Studying chemistry is an act of what?

Act of worship

Creation mandate

Help others, enhance the quality of life, and take care of the earth

We study chemistry to confront error in what

In false worldviews

Bias

Preference of one choice over the other

Chemistry prepared us for what?

Life choices

What thinking skills does Chemistry give us?

Critical thinking skills

What is chemistry?

The study o matter and the changes it undergoes

Chemistry relies on observations but we are sometimes what?

Limited

What do we use to describe the composition, structure, and interactions of matter?

Models

What is a model?

A workable explanation, description, or reprasentation of a phenomena

What is the goal of science?

Produce workable models

Why is human understanding limited?

Sin

What do models help us do?

Useful answers