Beliefs
A theology which believes there is a God who made the world and then stepped back and did not get involved with it.
Deism
A 19th century English naturalist who established the idea that all species originated through an evolutionary process from common beginnings.
Charles Darwin
Changes the meaning of a word in the middle of a sentence
Equivication
-Making "time" the main argument.
-Assuming God made the laws and then retired.
-Giving away the realm of reason.
Emilio's 3 mistakes
An unguided and mindless process that is the subject of the book Defeating Darwinism
Evolution
The philosophy that nothing exists outside of matter.
Materialism
This person (not to be confused with a red fuzzy monster) said "I am still a creationist and now I am also an evolutionist."
Emilio
Attacking an opponent's character or his motives for believing something instead of disproving the argument.
Ad Hominem
This is the number of chapters of Defeating Darwinism we studied this year.
8
A person who goes along with the group
Conformist
The idea that everything, including our brains, can be reduced to its material base.
Reductionism
This Prominent church leader was quoted in the book as saying ""Theories of evolution which, in accordance with the philosophies inspiring them, consider the spirit as emerging from the forces of living matter or as a mere epiphenomenon of this matter, are incompatible with the truth about man."
Pope John Paul II
Changing or exaggerating and opponent's position to make it easier to refute.
Straw Man
Five of these nine are:
1. Selective Use of Evidence
2. Ad Hominen Arguments
3. Begging the Question
4. Lack of Testability
5. Trustworthy Experts
Types of bologna (Sagan's list of)
Having control over what the public gets to hear or doesn't get to hear.
The idea that everybody's point of view has its own truth and that there is no absolute truth.
Relativism
This Famous Astronomer said "In science, there are no authorities; at most, there are experts."
Carl Sagan
An argument which says "P is true because Q is true, and Q is true because P is true"
Circular Reasoning
Five of these nine are:
1. Lack of Mechanism
2. Complexities of Variation
3. Lack of Transitional Fossils
4. Cambrian Explosion
5. Advances in Embryology & Genetics
Wedges (Johnson's idea of building the wedge)
A person that believes the existence of God cannot be known.
Agnostic
A philosophy that emphasizes reason scientific inquiry, and human fulfillment in the natural world and rejecting a belief in God.
Humanism
This Famous quote was declared in Inherit the Wind "You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free" This original author wrote this line many centuries ago.
Apostle John
Introduces and irrelevant point into the argument
Red Herring
The 3 pivotal moments in American History that demonstrate how our society has changed.
1. Darwin Centennial Celebration 2. Inherit the Wind
3. School Prayer Decision
A layer of fossils (deep under the layers of rock under the sea) where the fossils of a multitude of animal groups suddenly appear.
Cambrian Explosion