LC3 Topic 2 and 3

Who is the bible written for?

• Jews

• Christians

• Muslims

• Hindus

Where is the creation story written for Christians and Jews?

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Literalist

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(b) Conservatist

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(c) Liberalist

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(d) Atheist

• God inspired the creasion story

• God created science

• Story teller needed a story and people started to believe it

• God created the world but not how the bible said it. It's a story to teach god's goodness. God

• God created the world is 6 days exactly

• The creation story is historical and factual

• Is not 100% factual; crucially god created everything

• God of the gaps, Freud

Match the following

• Atheist

• William Paley

• Teleogical argument

• Charles Darwin

• Theory of evolution

• A. C Grayling

Which is a disadvantage and advantage of the teleogical/design argument?

Groups:

(a) Advantages

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(b) Disadvantages

• If it was designed, why do natural disasters happen

• Why must god be the designer of the world

• Evolution explains how things are adapted and changed

• There is evidence for design eg. Laws of nature, physics

• Fits with religious beliefs about god

• There is a low chance that the world was created naturally

the ___ ____ theory is how scientists believe the world came to be. It involves an explosion that created the world.

The _________ theory was written by Charles Darwin and explains how species changed and developed over time.

What are some liberal and literal views about the big bang and evolution theory?

Groups:

(a) Literal

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(b) Liberal

• God created science and evolution to help him create the world

• the bible is not 100% factual

• God and science cannot co-exist

• God planted the proof of evolution as a test of faith

• It is a test from god and a disrespect to doubt the creation story

• God and science can co-exist

______ is the ability to think things through

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Rationalism

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(b) Empiricism

• Reason through sensation and experience

• Knowledge through reason and knowledge