Origins Test 1

ultimate presupposition

the Bible is our ultimate authority

naturalism

scientific laws explain all phenomena (no supernatural)

materialism

only matter is real and everything can be explained by interactions of matter

worldview

overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world

Biblical

worldview: creation foundation, rules set by Creator

humanistic

worldview: evolution foundation, no rules because there is no Creator or right and wrong

science

study of God's order and reasonableness in His physical universe

operational

science that is doing something that can be seen

historical

science that attempts to explain the past based on the present

falsifiable observable repeatable testable limited

operational science is...

model

set of presuppositions used to explain and predict scientific facts

evolution

naturalistic origins of all things through chance events

biology

varieties of life through random mutation and natural selection

all life can be traced back to a single cell \n unlimited variety with increasing complexity

creation

supernatural origins of all things with design, purpose, and interdependence of parts

all parts must be present for function of the whole

apologia

reasoned defense of beliefs

Colossians 4:6

scriptural support for apologia

1 Peter 3:15

Christianity defensively stated

evidentialism

evidence leads to belief

John 10:25 Acts 1:3

scriptural support for using evidence to support truth

Romans 1:20

scriptural support for God seen in the tangibles

Genesis 2:24

verse regarding marriage

Genesis 3:21

verse regarding clothing

Genesis 1:26, 28

verses regarding sanctity of life and humans created in God's image

Genesis 3:15

verse regarding the Gospel and the promise of a Savior

Psalm 11:3

verse regarding the attack on our foundations

supernatural creation of all things in six literal days by the God of the Bible approximately six thousand years ago

definition of Biblical creation

Hebrews 11:3

ex nihilo

Elohim

name of God associated with majestic and omnipotent power

bara

Hebrew word that refers to divine creative acts

heaven

space and time

earth

matter or mass

Psalm 33:6-9

verses regarding sudden Creation

410

number of times yom is used with a numerical adjective outside of Genesis

38

number of times "evening and morning" is found outside of Genesis

Exodus 20:8-11

verses regarding Israel's cycle of work and rest

Genesis

Old Testament book most referred to in New Testament

Mark 10:6-7

verses regarding male and female present at the beginning

narrative

verb subject object

poetry

subject verb object

light earth space time

Day 1:

angels

may have been created on day 1

firmament

day 2:

dry land plants

day 3:

sun moon stars

day 4:

flying creatures sea creatures

day 5:

lands animals man

day 6:

Chalmers

proposed the Gap Theory

Scofield

popularized the Gap Theory

Gap Theory

supernatural creation by God twice

Gap Theory

time gap between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2

Gap Theory

preadamic man with no spirit

Gap Theory

bara: first creation

asah: second creation

Gap Theory

Lucifer's Flood

Gap Theory

"was" in Genesis 1:2 should be "became"

Gap Theory

"replenish" implies previous population

Romans 5:12 Genesis 3:19

physical and spiritual death are a result of man's sin

Genesis 1:21, 25

bara used interchangeably with asah (bara: whales and fowls, asah: land animals)

Progressive Creationism

popularized by Ross

Progressive Creationism

evolution + God + creative acts

Progressive Creationism

God created everything following the evolutionary timeline

Progressive Creationism

God used the Big Bang to get things started

Progressive Creationism

ignores the omnipotence of God (claims God couldn't have done what He says He did)

Biblical account

earth before sun and stars, life on land before life in the sea, birds before reptiles, whales before land animals

evolutionary speculation

sun and stars before earth, life in the seas before life on land, reptiles before birds, land animals before whales

40000

man's spirit evolved \___ years ago according to H. Ross

60000

evolutionary dates for Aborigines is at least \___ years ago

Collins

proposed Theistic Evolution

Collins

director of Human Genome Project

Collins

head of NIH, started BioLogos

Theistic Evolution

evolution + God

Theistic Evolution

involved Creator, naturalistic explanations only, Genesis 1-11 not scientifically/historically literal, Adam not a real person

Deuteronomy 32:4 Titus 1:2

evolution impugns the character of God (verses regarding the fact that God cannot lie)

1 Corinthians 15:21-22

verses regarding Adam as a real person

GT PC TE

believe in an old earth

GT PC YE

believe Adam was real

GT YE

believe in a global flood

YE

believe in a young earth

GT PC TE YE

believe that Christ died for our sins

Ussher

suggested creation date of 4004 BC

584

anchor date for Ussher was final deportation of Judah in \___ BC

Genesis 5, 11

contain genealogies used to determine age of Earth

13.7

Big Bang occurred \___ billion years ago

4.56

Earth came into existence \___ billion years ago

1700s

young earth and global flood were accepted through the late \___

catastrophism

developed by Cuvier

catastrophism

multiple smaller, localized catastrophes rather than a global flood

Lyell

developed principles of geology

radioactive decay

dating method of \___ \___ caused age of earth to jump to 4.56 billion years

uniformitarianism

processes acting in the same manner as at present and over long spans of time are sufficient for evolution

2 Peter 3:3-4

verses regarding uniformitarianism

neocatastrophism

notion that rare high-magnitude events have played an important role in landscape evolution

radiometric dating

process of estimating the age of the rocks from the decay of their radioactive isotopes

half life

how long it takes for 1/2 of parent element to change into daughter element

carbon 14

found in living things, comes from atmosphere and plants

80000

C-14 can only give an age up to \____ years

5730

C-14 half life is \___ years

assumptions of carbon 14 dating

1. Constant
2. closed
3. knowledge of initial

Canyon Diablo meteorite

earth's age is based on radiometric dating from the \___ \___ \___

light year

the distance that light can travel in one year

c

letter denoting speed of light