Apologetics Atheism and Worldviews

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Social Darwinism

sterilize the “feeble minded” so a superior race of humans can emerge

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Natural Selection

Nature blindly selecting favorable traits in creatures as they reproduce

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Uniformitarianism

Viewing fossil + geological records as the result of uniform, gradual changes over the eons

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Punctuated equilibrium 

Evolution occurs in rapid spurts followed by a long resting period (stasis)

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Theistic Evolution

God used evolution to create life on earth

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Micro-evolution

Small changes take place in a species as they adapt to their enviornment

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Macro-evolution

A long term, large scale process that explains the process of life here on earth

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Galapogos Islands

The islands that inspired Charles Darwin’s Origin of Man, had many slightly different finches on them

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Intelligent Design

Some features of the universe are best described as having an intelligent cause

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Lamarckianism

When simple life forms become more complex

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Irreductible Complexity

When a complex organism can no longer be simplified

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SH Battle Cry

Be Rational

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SH Belief about God

There is no God, and no afterlife

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SH truth is found 

In human reason + science

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CH Battle Cry

Be Enlightened

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CH Belief about God

Panthiestic (many ways to God), material world is an illusion

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CH truth is found:

Within yourself

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PMH Battle Cry

Be Tolerant

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PMH Belief about GOd

All religions are true, truth about God is what you make it out to be

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PMH truth is found

There is no truth

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Weak Athiesm/Agnostic

Not 100% sure there is no God/think there is a God but don’t know anything about him.

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Strong Atheism

100% sure there is no god. Also tend to be more vocal.

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New Atheist

Think all religion is evil, the cause of all wars…etc.

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Sam Harris

One of the 4 horsemen of the non-apocalypse

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Anthropic Principle

Everything in creation was designed with man in mind (gravity, distance from the sun, horses vs. cows, fruits…etc.)

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Secular

Not having to do with religion

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Deism

A God created the universe but he is not involved/cares any more

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Rationalism

Everything you believe must concur with human reason, human reason is the source of all truth

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Materialism

The material world is all that exists

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Religious Pluralism

All religions are equally valid

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Panthiesm

The universe is God, God is the universe

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Atheism

There is no god

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Humanist Manifesto

A collection of secular humanist beliefs (no god, humans are basically good, rationalism, materialism…etc.)

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Subjective Truth

Individual truth, “my truth”

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Objective Truth

There is an absolute truth which applies to everyone