E: The relationship Between Religion and Society - respect and recognition and the ways that religious traditions view other religions and non-religious worldviews and their truth claims. Historical developments in religious thought – challenges from science

what is the name of Christians who believe in 7 day creation?

creationists

What is the term that describe a word for word interpretation of the bible?

Literalists

Which group of Christians find it difficult to believe in science and religion?

Creationists

what was the name of the teacher who refused to teach creationism in American schools?

John Scopes - he was fined 120 pounds

What is a good way to solve the conflict between religion and science?

take the Bible to be a myth and argued that it is not supposed to be a scientific account of how the world came about

What does modern science admit about scientific knowledge?

that most of what we no is dark matter, which is a word to describe what we dont know

Why has evolution caused a problem for religion?

survival of the fittest is not in the Bible and it is considered too cruel

What do some Christians argue about the big bang and evolution?

That they are the ways in which God has chosen to create the universe and humans

Why might the big bang be a problem for some religious people?

it means that life was not planned or special and that we are all simply accidents

What is a myth?

a story without facts

What happens in Genesis 1

There is a 7 day account of creation. Life starting with nothing then light, then land, then plants, then animals and humans and rested on the 7th day

What is the 2nd Genesis book about?

the relationship between humans and God. This is the eve created from Adams Rib and humans created from Mud

What is Genesis 3 about?

This is the fall and accounts the time when Adam and Eve disobey God and eat the fruit

Why are three accounts a problem if you are taking religion to be literally true?

they all make different claims about where humans and the universe comes from

How many versions of Genesis are there?

Three

What does the Roman catholic church teach about creation?

that God created the world ex nihilio (out of nothing)

What is the opposite view to creation ex nihilio?

that the world has always existed and was created out of pre existing matter

why does creation ex nihilio mean that the world was good?

because all that exists is created by God and God said it was good

What does Genesis 1 begin with?

in the begining God created the heavens and the earth

why might pre existing matter mean that evil is not God's fault?

the matter he used to create the universe might have had evil Christian origins of the universe

what day did God create humans?

6th day

What did God command humans to do?

go forth and multiply

In whose image were humans made from?

God's

how many days did God create the world in?

6, he rested on the 7th

What is a dominion?

ruling over something

What is stewardship?

Taking responsibility for conserving the environment

what quote supports dominion?

rule over the birds and the fish

what are humans made from in the second account?

from the earth and also they are made before the animals and plants

What two ways can you interpret the term yom?

24 hour day or a period of time

What happened to adams nostrils?

God breathed into them