Intro
The author of "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life)"
Who is Charles Darwin?
The belief that there is a God who made the world, then stepped back and didnt get involved in it
deism
how a person interprets life through their set of beliefs
world view
If you have a good grasp of logical reasoning and the investigative procedure, you are using a....
Baloney Detector
What is Natural selection
The idea that the fittest survive and pass along their traits to their offspring
Astronomer who made science popular through TV and books
Theism
Inherit the Wind is a fictionalized story of what actual trial in 1925
In this fallacy, someone's character is attacked instead of their position/idea
Ad hominem
The idea that creation happened without God. This belief is supported either through natural selection or extraterrestrials.
Naturalistic Creation
What is "Is there a God who created us and cares about what we do?"
naturalism
Having control over what the public gets to hear or not hear is called ....
owning the microphone
this is the fallacy of distracting attention away from the evidence by undermining the expert's credibility
Appeal to Authority
Small changes due to habitat and natural selection (like finch beak)
Microevolution
According to the Introduction, polls show that under 10% of the American public believes this
the belief that nothing exists outside of matter
materialism
propaganda
Fallacy of purposely using a flimsy argument in order to easily prove it false
Straw Man
Define Macroevolution
changes that result in new organs, body parts or species being formed
the remaining 90% of the population polled is more or less evenly divided between what two worldviews?
Biblical Creationists and Theistic Evolutionists
What were the 3 mistakes Emilio made?
1: It's only about the length of time
2: God made the laws and the retired
3: Giving away the realm of reason
what was so significant about the Scopes Trial
promoted a stereotype of Christians that allowed Darwinists to capture the power of the law and media, thereby preventing others from thinking critically
Fallacy of only presenting the evidence that supports your theory
Selective Use of Evidence
A Darwinist and world expert on invertebrate fossils who admits that scientists are under great pressure to find scientific proof through fossils (affecting their integrity and forcing false evidence)
Niles Eldridge