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Atheism and Worldviews and stuff
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Social Darwinism
sterilize the “feeble minded” so a superior race of humans can emerge
Natural Selection
Nature blindly selecting favorable traits in creatures as they reproduce
Uniformitarianism
Viewing fossil + geological records as the result of uniform, gradual changes over the eons
Punctuated equilibrium
Evolution occurs in rapid spurts followed by a long resting period (stasis)
Theistic Evolution
God used evolution to create life on earth
Micro-evolution
Small changes take place in a species as they adapt to their enviornment
Macro-evolution
A long term, large scale process that explains the process of life here on earth
Galapogos Islands
The islands that inspired Charles Darwin’s Origin of Man, had many slightly different finches on them
Intelligent Design
Some features of the universe are best described as having an intelligent cause
Lamarckianism
When simple life forms become more complex
Irreductible Complexity
When a complex organism can no longer be simplified
SH Battle Cry
Be Rational
SH Belief about God
There is no God, and no afterlife
SH truth is found
In human reason + science
CH Battle Cry
Be Enlightened
CH Belief about God
Panthiestic (many ways to God), material world is an illusion
CH truth is found:
Within yourself
PMH Battle Cry
Be Tolerant
PMH Belief about GOd
All religions are true, truth about God is what you make it out to be
PMH truth is found
There is no truth
Weak Athiesm/Agnostic
Not 100% sure there is no God/think there is a God but don’t know anything about him.
Strong Atheism
100% sure there is no god. Also tend to be more vocal.
New Atheist
Think all religion is evil, the cause of all wars…etc.
Sam Harris
One of the 4 horsemen of the non-apocalypse
Anthropic Principle
Everything in creation was designed with man in mind (gravity, distance from the sun, horses vs. cows, fruits…etc.)
Secular
Not having to do with religion
Deism
A God created the universe but he is not involved/cares any more
Rationalism
Everything you believe must concur with human reason, human reason is the source of all truth
Materialism
The material world is all that exists
Religious Pluralism
All religions are equally valid
Panthiesm
The universe is God, God is the universe
Atheism
There is no god
Humanist Manifesto
A collection of secular humanist beliefs (no god, humans are basically good, rationalism, materialism…etc.)
Subjective Truth
Individual truth, “my truth”
Objective Truth
There is an absolute truth which applies to everyone