Why Study and More
The commandment to study and use the earth and its resources for God's glory and man's benefit
Creation Mandate
An idea that is assumed to be true
presupposition
An initial explanation that guides a scientist's research
hypothesis
Scientists prefer these types of experiments because they allow only one factor to vary
controlled experiments
Observations, explanations, and models produced through an organized study of nature to enable people to exercise good and wise dominion over the world
science
All humans are valuable because we are made in this way
God's image
This is based on presuppositions
worldview
These are not acceptable only when they perfectly portray what they are intended to represent
Models
Scientists sometimes have to adjust or change this after analyzing their data
hypothesis
New information that a scientist obtains from analyzing data
derived data
God commanded man to fill the earth and have this over it
dominion
This type of idea is one that does not take into account spiritual things, especially the truth of the Bible
secular idea
A description that may include an equation with symbols
law
The last step of a scientific study
publishing results
This type of data is not more repeatable and reliable than measured data
descriptive data
The process by which God restores all things to their original purpose of glorifying Him
redemption
Creationist and secular scientists can have the same information but come to different conclusions because they have different interpretations of this
data
A model used as a framework to explain many observations
theory
For every observable result of a process, there must be an adequate _______
cause
This is done in the same way that operational science is done, except that it deals with the events in the unobservable past
historical science
This type of creationist believes that the earth is about 7000 years old
young-earth creationist
Secular and creationist scientists agree about how this should be collected
data
This is a workable explanation of what the scientist thinks is happening
scientific model
The idea that the world operates in predictable and reliable ways
Principle of uniformity
Name the three foundational points of a Christian worldview
Creation Fall
Redemption