Philosophy
The study of truth, knowledge, and ultimate reality.
What is philosophy?
This is the foundation for Christian ethics.
What is the Bible?
Any change in heritable traits in a population over time.
What is evolution?
Psalm 19:14
"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock, and my redeemer."
Colossians 2:8 describes the biblical worldview of this field of study.
What is philosophy?
The ability to make decisions that glorify God in our relationships with Him, ourselves, others, and the earth.
What is wisdom?
The belief that there are no objective moral norms that apply to everyone.
What is moral relativism?
The small changes in the traits of a population over time, often due to factors like natural selection and genetic drift.
What is microevolution?
Isaiah 26:3-4
What is God's law?
The statement, "It is cold in here," is an example of this kind of truth.
What is subjective?
The belief that right and wrong vary from culture to culture.
What is cultural moral relativism?
The theory that life originally came from nonliving matter more than 3.5 billion years ago.
What is abiogenesis?
Psalm 139:23-34
"Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."
Genesis 1:12, 21, and 25 deny this school of thought.
What is Neo-Darwinism/macroevolution?
Philosophy seeks to answer these three questions.
1. What is truth?
2. How do we know?
3. What is reality?
The belief in universal moral standards that are true for all people, at all times, in all situations.
What is moral absolutism?
The theory that the universe did not come into existence by chance but was the creation of an intelligent mind.
What is Intelligent Design?
Philippians 4:8
"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, what is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things."
Proverbs 16:25 and Judges 21:25 sum up this concept perfectly.
What is moral relativism?
These are the three ways humans acquire knowledge.
What are experience, authority, and reason?
These are the two key worldview questions for the study of ethics.
1. Are there right and wrong ways to behave?
2. Who determines what is right or wrong?
The theory that new species arise from natural selection acting over vast periods of time on chance mutations in DNA.
What is Neo-Darwinism?
Joshua 1:8
"This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have great success."
John 1:3 supports this scientific theory.
What is biogenesis?