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Biology Chapter 8
Worldview
o The ________________ of reference that a person uses to ________________ and understand
the ________________ around him
o Everyone has a worldview, and this ________________ affects every choice he makes.
The Christian Worldview
o Creation (“ex nihilo”)o The Fallo Redemption I Peter 3:15
o “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every
man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear.”
Psalm 118:8
o “It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.”
Evolution- A ________________ about all the changes that have transformed life on the earth from its
earliest beginnings to the ________________ that characterizes it today
o Evolution
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Change over time toward greater ________________
Results of Believing Evolutionary Theory
o ________________ does not exist.
o Man is not ________________ to God.
o Man no longer needs a ________________.
Results of Believing Evolutionary Theory
o Man is a highly evolved ________________.
o Man’s ________________ should be scientism.
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the belief that ________________ is the only path to truth
Psalm 53:1
o “The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God.”
A Matter of Viewpoint
o A person either accepts the ________________ or not.
o Many are unwilling to admit that there is a God to whom they are ________________.
o Based on ________________, not science
Is there proof for evolution & against the Bible?
o Science cannot ________________.
o Both creationists and evolutionists have the same ________________ evidence.
o It is our interpretations of that evidence that ________________.
Is there proof for evolution & against the Bible?
o Any accurate observation of God’s ________________ could not ________________ the
revealed Word of God.
How Should a Christian View Biology?
o A Proper ________________
o A Proper ________________
o A Proper ________________
8B- Biological Evolution
Jean Lamarck
o Theory of ________________ o Theory of ________________ and ________________ o Theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics Analysis of Lamarck’s Theory
o Basic problem: ________________ on acquired characteristics to future generations
Charles Darwin
o The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
o (1859)
Analysis of Darwin’s Theory
o There is ________________ always overpopulation.
o The “fittest” do not always ________________ and ________________.
o An organism must have the ________________ for a certain characteristic in order for it to be
produced.
o The theory does not allow for the formation of ________________ characteristics. It only
selects for already ________________ traits.
o Natural selection ________________ existing characteristics.
o No ________________ genetic information is created.
Later Developments in Evolutionary Theory
Mutation-Selection Theory (Neo-Darwinism)
o ________________ of Darwin’s theory of natural selection & De Vries’ theory of mutations
o Mutations supply the variations, and natural selection determines which variations
________________.
Mutation-Selection Theory (Neo-Darwinism)
o For ________________ to occur, new genes must form.
o ________________ are the only known way for this to happen.
o However, mutations have not been shown to ________________ the amount of genetic
information.
Problems with the Mutation Theory of Evolution
o Mutations are ________________.
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Scientists cannot control or ________________ which genes mutations will affect.
o Mutations are ________________.
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It is estimated that ________________ mutations occur once in 10 million cell divisions.
o To be passed on, mutations must occur in the ________________ cells.
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Mutations in ________________ cells will not affect the organism’s offspring.
o Requires “________________ mutations”
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Must be ________________
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Mutations are either ________________ or ________________.
o Requires “good mutations” happening repeatedly
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In many, many organisms all over the world
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Not just ________________. . . impossible!
o Too many mutations will kill an organism.
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________________ ________________
o The mutation theory of evolution is ________________ impossible.
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Mathematicians have proved that it could not have occurred, even given billions of
years.
What about the missing links?
Punctuated Equilibrium - Stephen Jay Gould
o The view that ________________ occurred in periods or leaps of time, while at other times, no
or very little ________________ took place.
Chapter 8C - Biblical Creationism
The Short-Day Theory
o A ________________ interpretation
o Each day (morning and evening) was a ________________ period.
o “Morning and evening”
o Use of the Hebrew word “yom”
o Exodus 20:9-11
o ________________ Interpretations of Creation
Theistic Evolution Day-Age Theory (Long-Day Theory)
o Holds that the seven days in Genesis 1 were ________________ periods of time or ages
Progressive CreationismFramework HypothesisThe Gap TheoryArguments Against The Gap TheoryNoah’s Flood
o Antediluvian
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The earth ________________ the flood
o Postdiluvian
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The earth ________________ the flood
Reasons for a Universal Flood
o God’s ________________ to Noah
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Purpose of the flood
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Genesis 6:13, 17
o ________________ in the New Testament
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Luke 17:27
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2 Peter 2:5 and 3:6
o The ________________ of the rainbow
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Genesis 9:11-15
o The continental shelves and seamounts
o ________________ of the fossil record
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The waters covered the mountains to over 20 feet.
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________________ have been found on mountaintops.
o The ________________ of the Flood was over a year.
o If the Flood was local, the ark would have been unnecessary.
Fossil - Lasting ________________ of a once-living organism
Types of Fossils
o Preservation of ________________
o Preservation of ________________ (coal)
o Preservation of ________________
o Preservation of ________________
o Petrification
o Freezing
The Deluge & Fossilization
o The Flood described in Genesis 6-9 is referred to as the deluge.
o Sedimentation
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________________ down of materials
o Sedimentary rock
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________________ of rock deposits
o Evolutionists propose fossil formation by many smaller catastrophes.
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Suggest that fossils are a ________________ record
Support for the Deluge-Fossilization Theory
o ________________ fossilization is not taking place today.
o Fossil ________________ & abundance
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________________ fossils
Support for the Deluge-Fossilization Theory
o Fossilization must be ________________.
o Most fossils required ________________ for formation.