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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
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